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I can understand for hybrids, but for the older petrol cars isn't one of the joys of a Lexus that it's an ultra reliable brand? I've heard it said that the IS250 is the most reliable car you can buy on the used market, and quite a few parts are cheap Toyota parts.

Yeah it's been sat in the main for approx 3 years, no oil changes etc.

Third party or not, I suspect a main dealer would have some clout in getting certain works approved as good will? Speaking to a completely independent dealer the other day (no relationship to Lexus) he explained that he has some pull with the warranty company (Warranty wise or whoever, would have to check). The fact that they mainly retail premium cars (Bentley, McLaren etc), in volume, and have submitted few claims on behalf of customers (indicating they curate their stock well) being a factor there. An example he gave was a shock absorber replacement for a customer. The warranty company t&c only obliged them to pay out for one, dealer said he talked warranty company around to replace as a pair as that is the correct works for the car, and it's dodgy to leave the customer fronting the 2nd one effectively compensated for half the required works.

WRT my comment you replied to re general anaesthetic, wasn't going into detail it's someone else's thread - but was terrified was because the last one was fine had lovely little sleep - until I got home and spent the night throwing up blood into a bucket. I think they struggled intubating me, a totally rare occurrence no doubt, but my cunning plan was by remaining awake during the latest operation, I shall avoid repeating that! Agree wrt treating these things as an experience, an "adventure" even.. and having had a few procedures done, concur the usually fear is worse than the reality. Have a good friend who is really grounded and very philosophical take on life, first contact I had from him after he had a cardiac NDE was (paraphrasing..) 'wow.. that was mad what an amazing experience!'

Total scumbags @-Rich- I hope your insurance take care of you ASAP. I'm in a pretty remote location and have one near neighbour (and night before last, someone wandering around with a torch for 2hrs early AM have a police incident no) am wondering how tempted thieves are by a nice IS250? I was pretty much on the fence about a GT86 because it could be targeted. On this point, given most here have keyless entry, I wonder how many of you are vigilant about keeping your keyfobs in a metal box / RF proof container in the night...

Ah.. fair enough.. I took that advice from another forum, but I trust you are correct Check out these posts on Honda paint.. https://www.civicx.com/forum/threads/holy-crap-the-paint-on-these-cars-sucks.57186/

If it's a young car (post 2012ish) with silly thin water based paint and you're doing a lot of motorway miles, possibly as stone chips can get down to bare metal and if not noticed or attended to rust creeps under paint and.. BOOM whole panel needs a respray. At least.. this is true of other brands including Mazda, Honda.. I don't know about Lexus paint. Folks.. Get a cuppa, sit back and relax, this is very soothing to watch 😄

Ah..! Good tip on the Lexus website Getting the VIN number can help verify the spec of car too I'm sure the issues I mention are rare btw, and probably indicative of someone doing 'too much' due diligence.. 😂

When did you purchase yours? Many cars haven't had a service since 2020 due to lockdowns. The example I've shown was sourced at auction probably many of these are Lexus trade in stock not good enough / too slim margin for the forecourt. Warning : never trust 'service stamps' unless buying from a trusted source! In my car hunt I've encountered three shifty scenarios : 1. Faked service stamps. Very convincing looking, but a rubber stamp isn't hard to facsimile (even a potato one 😂 ) increasing the resale value of a car by several thousand pounds! Verify with a service dept if possible. 2. Conversely, verified services stamps a Lexus dealership claimed were fraudulent. What happened was the owner previous to the seller knew a Lexus mechanic and had his work done on the side. How do I know this? The seller accidentally revealed the previous owners contact details including phone number, so I called him and he explained this and verified the cars history for me (which I confirmed later, eg he mentioned it had been traded in to Porsche and Porsche acknowledged this and named the person etc). When I explained to this prior owner that Lexus refuted the stamps, he immediately produced a legitimate invoice on official Lexus paperwork showing the service showing costs for parts and nothing for labour. Clearly that branch didn't want to acknowledge that this had occurred. 3. Erroneous 'fake stamp' in service history. With another vehicle, the service dept refuted one of the stamps validity, indicating that the car in question had missed it's major 60k service (sparks etc) and claimed that stamp must be fake. However I contacted the accounts departments who produced an invoice for the work donem which went into great detail. In that case, the information will not have been entered onto the computer system at the point of service. I guess this is why Mazda and others are going digital..

"Official Service!" at Wer**** Motor Garage, per chance?

Queried these guys earlier today about the following IS250 advertised as "FULL LEXUS MAIN DEALER SERVICE HISTORY." It has Lexus Edgeware stamps until 2018.. then nothing to a recent indie July 2021.

One of the less well regarded Lexus franchises offered £100 for my Honda. I was like.. why are you even suggesting that? I'd get more to watch a scrap metal dealer lift it onto a flatbed!

Congrats on getting through it, and being on the other side.. Had an operation in October and I was more terrified of the general and being intubated than the operation (it didn't go well last time) so opted to be fully conscious. One of the maddest things I've ever done tbh and full theatre with about 7 staff, but tolerated it quite well and chatting throughout.. thanks to the wonders of benzodiazepines and self induced hypnosis. My very best wishes to you for the results!

As someone who has been observing prices closely for months, this is literally true. A multifaceted combination of factors have cascaded and conspired including : Chip (CPU) shortages Covid factory lockdowns Disruption to haulage logistics Folk working from home then not Brexit sunny uplands Vehicles are ordinarily a depreciating asset class in all but the rarest examples I'm seeing cars today that were advertised a year ago for half the price (edit : I don't mean by type, I'm talking the same car) Folk paying more for used cars than retail cars (the latter being unobtainium) The worst is camper vans. In collusion with the above issues, people are abandoning foreign holidays this year in favour of camping