Reliable Estate 2k, Suggestions...

[kurt535]

Heaveho said:

kurt535 said:

Heave - love the car to bits. Except I did want to re-chip it but essentially don't bother as Toyota wrapped that one up and its not worth trying. I have considered putting a turbo on but think at 50 I need to reflect on my need for such things! Local ex-main Lexus dealer is dead against me doing anything to it other than getting wheels re-done due to the corrosion they suffer. As a compromise, he did say i could have yellow brake callipers

Ours is my wife's main car, she's very taken with it. As is the dog! We'd had a couple of Galant V6 estates before it, very good cars in their own right, but only 170 bhp. If I could find another IS at sensible miles, I'd buy it, it's going to be a very difficult car to replace. We were both in the trade, and have preferences for Jap petrol cars generally, not many big engined, auto, Jap estates about that fit the bill.

got mine off Autotrader from a Lexus dealer mid-England - paid 4.5k which wasn't cheap but they had two other buyers for it -one showed up after my test drive incase I didn't take it.

[Heaveho]

kurt535 said:

got mine off Autotrader from a Lexus dealer mid-England - paid 4.5k which wasn't cheap but they had two other buyers for it -one showed up after my test drive incase I didn't take it.

Yeah, I would have paid that for one with that mileage, not many people want them, but those who do are prepared to pay. Long term reliability's worth the extra. You'll get a lot of years out of that.

[kurt535]

It was meant to be my shed car after I got fed up with 20k's worth of 535d sitting on the drive. Opposite has happened - care more for it than the Beemer!

[Matt UK]

Alan16ac said:

Matt UK said:

I bought a 2007 merc c class for less than your budget. Now on 220k miles and no issues. Inside looks like new.

Some reliability issues have put me off Merc a little. You had none at all?

Nope, none at all. Had some service costs as it gets older (bushes, cracked spring etc) but I'd expect that on any car really.

Drive train / electrics are all good. But it's Classic SE spec, so no sat nav / heated seats / sunroof etc to to go wrong.

I do like that the boot is flat though with no lip.
Means no only are large loads easier, but my kids can sit on the edge with the boot door open to take football boots on / off when raining.