Lexus IS-F

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paulocorreia96

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11 posts

79 months

Thursday 10th August 2017
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Does anybody know any people or dealers who would be looking for an ISF?

Got one for sale on the site at the moment, but really need to speed up the sale process.

Heaveho

5,279 posts

173 months

Thursday 10th August 2017
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What year, mileage and price? I've got a real soft spot for these.

paulocorreia96

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79 months

Red Devil

13,055 posts

207 months

Thursday 10th August 2017
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paulocorreia96 said:
...but really need to speed up the sale process.
Could be your location is working against you on this.

paulocorreia96

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79 months

Thursday 10th August 2017
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Yeah I get that, but even locally, its a nieche market In Jersey, if its gonna sell, will be UK.

paulocorreia96

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79 months

Thursday 10th August 2017
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Red Devil said:
Could be your location is working against you on this.
I mean Jersey is not too far away, only issue is that you must get it shipped one way or another, but heading down to Poole or Portsmouth, a boat will go straight to Jersey, but I understand it's still abit annoying, or arrange a courier to deliver.

Red Devil

13,055 posts

207 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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I can only speak for myself but the car would need to be pretty special to justify all the extra faff involved and I live in the south of England. I would never buy a car sight unseen so it would mean a flight or ferry over to check it out.* Then another trip to collect or paying someone else a tidy sum to do it for me.

 * A sufficiently competitve asking price might persuade me to venture across for this.

GLWS. smile

paulocorreia96

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79 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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Well the vehicle is pretty special.

It's priced extremely competitively for the low miles it has done compared to other examples with the same spec.

I am open to offers, and I understand the extra costs required to bring it over, so I would be open to sensible offers.

Plus while you in Jersey, you can treat it as a holiday wink

Heaveho

5,279 posts

173 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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It's a really odd situation with these. They're a great car to drive, limited numbers, mega-reliable, properly quick, subjectively look spot on. And yet they always seem to hang around come sale time. I thought ours was a much better ownership prospect than the V10 M5 we had previously. Even my other half likes them, and she's a bloody nightmare to please!

I'm trying to figure out if I can do anything about this one, we had been talking about getting another, just a bit short notice at the moment. I have stuff I'd have to get rid of first.

paulocorreia96

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11 posts

79 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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Heaveho said:
It's a really odd situation with these. They're a great car to drive, limited numbers, mega-reliable, properly quick, subjectively look spot on. And yet they always seem to hang around come sale time. I thought ours was a much better ownership prospect than the V10 M5 we had previously. Even my other half likes them, and she's a bloody nightmare to please!

I'm trying to figure out if I can do anything about this one, we had been talking about getting another, just a bit short notice at the moment. I have stuff I'd have to get rid of first.
Yeah I get that, and the simple reason Is that people seem to opt for the C63/M3/RS4 because it's more well known vehicle. But the amount of people who switch to Lexus and don't go back is amazing, I guess people are worried about the badge :P which too me, is a hell of a good one anyway.

Same power, same luxury, more stuff as standard, and the reliability can not even be compared to the others, you will never get a problem with a Lexus.

I am open to take offers, I do understand the costs of having to come over and take it back to the UK, so that can be spoke about, but the car has everything that needs done, done to it!

700BHP

456 posts

79 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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Adore these. Always have done. I think it's the front wing that does it for me.

If I had the need for one, I'd buy one tomorrow.

paulocorreia96

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79 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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700BHP said:
Adore these. Always have done. I think it's the front wing that does it for me.

If I had the need for one, I'd buy one tomorrow.
Vey smart looking cars!

Such a quality package!

Heaveho

5,279 posts

173 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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paulocorreia96 said:
Vey smart looking cars!

Such a quality package!
What are you replacing it with?

paulocorreia96

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11 posts

79 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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Heaveho said:
What are you replacing it with?
Nothing,

I work in a car dealer so I get company cars, so the Lexus never gets used.

Would rather it go than just rot away.

But if I was to get a car would be the new GS-F

ecksjay

327 posts

151 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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Always had a hankering for one. ended up going for a new lease (leon cupra 300) that im waiting patiently for, but may well end up getting one of these when the leon goes back. I would probably say location is the only real thing working against you, price etc looks bang on. I'm not personally a fan of silver (would take any other colour over the silver) but it is very understated and almost sleeper in that tone.

paulocorreia96

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11 posts

79 months

Friday 11th August 2017
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ecksjay said:
Always had a hankering for one. ended up going for a new lease (leon cupra 300) that im waiting patiently for, but may well end up getting one of these when the leon goes back. I would probably say location is the only real thing working against you, price etc looks bang on. I'm not personally a fan of silver (would take any other colour over the silver) but it is very understated and almost sleeper in that tone.
Yeah they are lovely.

Location is indeed a nightmare, Jersey is a island with 40mph speed limits but people love their sport and super cars over here, a lot of nice cars over here, but they are hard to sell over here, but yeah the price is right but I would lower it as I know the costs of coming over, ect.

BUG4LIFE

2,007 posts

217 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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I really want to make one of these my next car...it's so perfect for all my needs!

Yours in a good price for the low miles. And I agree it is a special car.

If it was over here I would be working out how I could move my 'new car deadline' forward and come take a look [sorry, I know you don't want to hear that]!

Maybe to help the sale, pop up a few extra pics [engine bay, more of the interior etc] and brake down the service history as this would be important to me...I know the 60k one is a big service but it's dependent of years too [is that the major service you mention].

Good luck mate. I will be keeping my eye on it!

marathonic

88 posts

103 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Very nice car but potential buyers should do some research. I may be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure we'd have to pay VAT on import to the UK.

paulocorreia96

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11 posts

79 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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marathonic said:
Very nice car but potential buyers should do some research. I may be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure we'd have to pay VAT on import to the UK.
I forgot to mention that the vehicle originally came from the UK in Surrey, so the car is VAT qualified.

paulocorreia96

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Tuesday 15th August 2017
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BUG4LIFE said:
I really want to make one of these my next car...it's so perfect for all my needs!

Yours in a good price for the low miles. And I agree it is a special car.

If it was over here I would be working out how I could move my 'new car deadline' forward and come take a look [sorry, I know you don't want to hear that]!

Maybe to help the sale, pop up a few extra pics [engine bay, more of the interior etc] and brake down the service history as this would be important to me...I know the 60k one is a big service but it's dependent of years too [is that the major service you mention].

Good luck mate. I will be keeping my eye on it!
Thank you for the kind words.

Like I said I have all the service history and information if people require, I have got someone very interested right now, but I am still more than happy to send over details if you want them