My new (to me) Lexus IS 300h

My new (to me) Lexus IS 300h

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anonymous-user

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53 months

Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Well I have purchased this today after a lemon of a 320 which shat itself after 2 weeks!

It's a 2014 64 plate Lexus IS 300h with a smidge under 30k. I bought it from Cargiant at a fantastic price and I am very happy with it.



It's executive spec, a lease special so nothing too amazing.
As you'll expect I'm planning to swap over a Bizzarini V12 and make it a drag monster so all questions I'll try to answer. Im still getting grips with it.
- MPG wise I hammered it all the way home and it did 46 mpg which is frankly brilliant. Claimed is 65, my doomed 3 series barely cracked 25 most of the time
- It's very well equipped, however if you can afford a premier buy a premier, or a GS450h (a lot quicker but not as decent on fuel)
- It makes a horrible noise on Eco when floored, on Sport the noise is artificial, the shame
- Very spacious for this class. Tonnes of legroom and far better than the boggo 3 er
- The salesmen tried to sell me another A6 hehe it was a S Line 2.0 TDi and frankly sounded like a tractor, and very very dirty
- Road Tax is £10 for Exec, £20 for anything above that and £0 for an SE ( not worth it)
- the Lexus nav is frankly a headache. I'm glad i got the bloody remote dial and not that awful joystick!!


Thanks for reading, I know its not very interesting but it's different, I'll try to answer as many questions as possible! smile



Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 21st September 07:27

crazy about cars

4,454 posts

168 months

Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Nice one, keeping eye out for more pics as this was my other choice for an eco motorway cruiser.

I'm just a bit surprised at the price but perhaps I've got bit of a bargain? I've bought a 15 plate Merc C300 Bluetec Hybrid which was an ex-lease car with around 22k miles, also from a car supermarket.

It's pretty loaded too with pano sunroof, Burmeister and full cream leathers etc. Being ex lease car everything was in very good condition, almost like new. I've £25k for it 2 months ago. I could've negotiated lower price but as I really wanted the car I paid the full asking price.

edit: Ah just re-read the post and realised you meant 30k miles :P


Edited by crazy about cars on Tuesday 25th October 23:43

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Tuesday 25th October 2016
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crazy about cars said:
Nice one, keeping eye out for more pics as this was my other choice for an eco motorway cruiser.

I'm just a bit surprised at the price but perhaps I've got bit of a bargain? I've bought a 15 plate Merc C300 Bluetec Hybrid which was an ex-lease car with around 22k miles, also from a car supermarket.

It's pretty loaded too with pano sunroof, Burmeister and full cream leathers etc. Being ex lease car everything was in very good condition, almost like new. I've £25k for it 2 months ago. I could've negotiated lower price but as I really wanted the car I paid the full asking price.

edit: Ah just re-read the post and realised you meant 30k miles :P


Edited by crazy about cars on Tuesday 25th October 23:43
Haha, if it was £30k that's financial suicide laugh
It cost £16,000 which is reasonable. Was yours from cargiant?
My other choice in this was a E300 Bluetec Hybrid but unfortunately at this price it was high mileage. Instead the salesmen tried to sell me a 2013 A6 S Line. I'm an Audi fan and all but it was properly knackered! Owned by Rolls Royce plc and it had no service history too... rolleyes
This one was owned by Lex Autolease.

Thanks for reading! Pics of your C Class? Sounds very nice!

P.S don't ever buy a BMW with the N46... mine sounds like it needs an engine rebuild already! Thankfully it has been disposed of with a full refund and is now about to do the rounds at various BMW dealers in the UK!



Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 25th October 23:52

BlueHave

4,636 posts

107 months

Wednesday 26th October 2016
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Like the look of the current Lexus although why they still bother to pump engine revs and acceleration sounds through the speakers is ridiculous.

It just seems like the car equivalent of the old childhood trick of putting a bottle between the rear mudguard and back wheel to make your stty BMX sound like a scrambler

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Wednesday 26th October 2016
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BlueHave said:
Like the look of the current Lexus although why they still bother to pump engine revs and acceleration sounds through the speakers is ridiculous.

It just seems like the car equivalent of the old childhood trick of putting a bottle between the rear mudguard and back wheel to make your stty BMX sound like a scrambler
I wholly agree - they think it's a sports saloon - when it's more of a luxury car. It's like comparing a S600 to an A45. Just as fast, but not the same.

crazy about cars

4,454 posts

168 months

Wednesday 26th October 2016
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sleepera6 said:
Haha, if it was £30k that's financial suicide laugh
It cost £16,000 which is reasonable. Was yours from cargiant?
My other choice in this was a E300 Bluetec Hybrid but unfortunately at this price it was high mileage. Instead the salesmen tried to sell me a 2013 A6 S Line. I'm an Audi fan and all but it was properly knackered! Owned by Rolls Royce plc and it had no service history too... rolleyes
This one was owned by Lex Autolease.

Thanks for reading! Pics of your C Class? Sounds very nice!

P.S don't ever buy a BMW with the N46... mine sounds like it needs an engine rebuild already! Thankfully it has been disposed of with a full refund and is now about to do the rounds at various BMW dealers in the UK!



Edited by sleepera6 on Tuesday 25th October 23:52
Haven't got time to take pics as been busy driving it (80miles/day commute) but will try and get some pics up smile My first white car but the wood/cream leather interior really complements it (IMO!)

I've bought mine from Imperial. Never buy a used car without service history, I've learnt the hard way! There are so many choices nowadays anyway with competitive prices and full history so it's a no brainer. I've always had doubts about car supermarket but must say experience was very good.

I've owned a few BMWs before although all petrol - lovely driver cars but not one I'd like to be in on my commute. Good job on the full refund though!

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Wednesday 26th October 2016
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crazy about cars said:
sleepera6 said:
Haha, if it was £30k that's financial suicide laugh
It cost £16,000 which is reasonable. Was yours from cargiant?
My other choice in this was a E300 Bluetec Hybrid but unfortunately at this price it was high mileage. Instead the salesmen tried to sell me a 2013 A6 S Line. I'm an Audi fan and all but it was properly knackered! Owned by Rolls Royce plc and it had no service history too... rolleyes
This one was owned by Lex Autolease.

Thanks for reading! Pics of your C Class? Sounds very nice!

P.S don't ever buy a BMW with the N46... mine sounds like it needs an engine rebuild already! Thankfully it has been disposed of with a full refund and is now about to do the rounds at various BMW dealers in the UK!



Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 25th October 23:52
Haven't got time to take pics as been busy driving it (80miles/day commute) but will try and get some pics up smile My first white car but the wood/cream leather interior really complements it (IMO!)

I've bought mine from Imperial. Never buy a used car without service history, I've learnt the hard way! There are so many choices nowadays anyway with competitive prices and full history so it's a no brainer. I've always had doubts about car supermarket but must say experience was very good.

I've owned a few BMWs before although all petrol - lovely driver cars but not one I'd like to be in on my commute. Good job on the full refund though!
It's funny how dealers are very friendly when you buy but s when you want to refund!
The E91 I owned was a petrol LCI.

Does the Merc have a CVT too? Im suprised at how many cars have CVT now, thought it was mostly just Japanese cars.

I bet that Merc is comfy, definitely holds value better than the Lex. Good buy!

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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Just had it dinged and scratched banghead TWICE in one day!!
Needs a touch up pen for the scratches , the dent is pretty bad

Bdevo3

478 posts

88 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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I have a devil fuelled is220 best car I've owned yet fully loaded for the price of a poverty spec bm

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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Bdevo3 said:
I have a devil fuelled is220 best car I've owned yet fully loaded for the price of a poverty spec bm
yes
Exactly why Lexus is a good buy used. Unveatable reliablity top. Only thing is bland.

Bdevo3

478 posts

88 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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sleepera6 said:
Bdevo3 said:
I have a devil fuelled is220 best car I've owned yet fully loaded for the price of a poverty spec bm
yes
Exactly why Lexus is a good buy used. Unveatable reliablity top. Only thing is bland.
I wouldn't say bland lots of nice bits in executive spec. I've done the usual tarting up on mine wheels tints lowering just to help it stand out. Excellent warranty on them I had the engine replaced along with dpf after a month of lying that it was burning oil.it's nice to have a warranty receipt of 5900 parts for a car I paid 6000 for

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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Bdevo3 said:
sleepera6 said:
Bdevo3 said:
I have a devil fuelled is220 best car I've owned yet fully loaded for the price of a poverty spec bm
yes
Exactly why Lexus is a good buy used. Unveatable reliablity top. Only thing is bland.
I wouldn't say bland lots of nice bits in executive spec. I've done the usual tarting up on mine wheels tints lowering just to help it stand out. Excellent warranty on them I had the engine replaced along with dpf after a month of lying that it was burning oil.it's nice to have a warranty receipt of 5900 parts for a car I paid 6000 for
Yeah, the image for Lexus is quite bad. But people don't seem to see that the equivalent BMW (320d for you) is actually far less reliable and refined

Alonso92

245 posts

157 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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Bdevo3 said:
sleepera6 said:
Bdevo3 said:
I have a devil fuelled is220 best car I've owned yet fully loaded for the price of a poverty spec bm
yes
Exactly why Lexus is a good buy used. Unveatable reliablity top. Only thing is bland.
I wouldn't say bland lots of nice bits in executive spec. I've done the usual tarting up on mine wheels tints lowering just to help it stand out. Excellent warranty on them I had the engine replaced along with dpf after a month of lying that it was burning oil.it's nice to have a warranty receipt of 5900 parts for a car I paid 6000 for
Wow you must really be a charming and honest gentleman...

Bdevo3

478 posts

88 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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My only issue with it is the road tax in Ireland it's 1000 a year although I've had it two years and apart from consumables such as brake discs and pads and servicing I haven't had to put a spanner to it in 60k which is worth a grand a year to me. Compared to previous vag group cars I've had with failing turbos and flywheels. The missus loves it I rarely sit in it as I have a van for work and a little evo 3 for weekend messing
Nov to everyone's taste but she's a good daily school run hack

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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Alonso92 said:
Bdevo3 said:
sleepera6 said:
Bdevo3 said:
I have a devil fuelled is220 best car I've owned yet fully loaded for the price of a poverty spec bm
yes
Exactly why Lexus is a good buy used. Unveatable reliablity top. Only thing is bland.
I wouldn't say bland lots of nice bits in executive spec. I've done the usual tarting up on mine wheels tints lowering just to help it stand out. Excellent warranty on them I had the engine replaced along with dpf after a month of lying that it was burning oil.it's nice to have a warranty receipt of 5900 parts for a car I paid 6000 for
Wow you must really be a charming and honest gentleman...
I've just read that again.
You bought the car for £6k, when in warranty, claimed the car was burning oil so had it replaced with a brand new engine and DPF?!
yikes
A bit out of order, sorry.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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Bdevo3 said:
My only issue with it is the road tax in Ireland it's 1000 a year although I've had it two years and apart from consumables such as brake discs and pads and servicing I haven't had to put a spanner to it in 60k which is worth a grand a year to me. Compared to previous vag group cars I've had with failing turbos and flywheels. The missus loves it I rarely sit in it as I have a van for work and a little evo 3 for weekend messing
Nov to everyone's taste but she's a good daily school run hack
Looks nice

Bdevo3

478 posts

88 months

Friday 18th November 2016
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It's a well known fault with the diesels the Ringlands fail and if the car is under 160000 km Toyota still cover the engine on warranty. Much like they did with the older 1.4 vvti engine

anonymous-user

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53 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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So, a month tommorow from purchase - quick!
It's been going well.
Sitting in traffic, it's eerily silent and returns over 60mpg.
Over a mixed journey, it's close to 50mpg - great since there's a smooth 2.5 V6 PETROL under the bonnet and not a wheezy 1.6 or a noisy clattery VAG TDI. I liked the A6 TDI I saw in full chav spec but I love this car even more.
One thing I would change however -
Fit a turbo to the V6. Really! I miss the turbo in our old 320 (the car was noisy and st anyway so i dont really!). It got faster and faster and faster until it felt like you were going to lift off. And it did 0-60 in nearly 10 seconds! biggrin

The CVT box is a bit dim witted, and throttle response is quite slow, but bearable. I guess that's what happens when you test drive an M5 V10 SMG with it's 65 millisecond shift time before buying this!
Its supremely comfortable and being in any other car that isn't exotica or other new cars makes me feel like trapped in a cage with an a tiger. Okay, that's an exaggeration biggrin

I doubt I will sell this car.
Hybrids are the future, not EV's. Well, I'd like a Renault ZOE, for town, but I don't like Tesla's. Too big and heavy and very bland. The V6 fake noises make me cringe in the Lexus though laugh




Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 27th November 22:08

Croutons

9,807 posts

165 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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Would you mind indicating what the price was? And how are they for servicing? Have been looking at the RX450, but can't get over the styling, so thinking I might try smaller...

anonymous-user

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53 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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Croutons said:
Would you mind indicating what the price was? And how are they for servicing? Have been looking at the RX450, but can't get over the styling, so thinking I might try smaller...
£16,000 from Cargiant.
Haven't serviced this car yet, unneeded for now.
I too was going to buy the RX450h before I purchased this.
Dealers are first class, Cargiant was a pleasure too.