PDA

View Full Version : anyone own a Lexus IS200 sport ?

Suprasteve
24-01-07, 12:42
is this a good deal ? my employer is selling a company car and i'm quite interested...

Lexus IS 200 Sport Saloon
Manual
Petrol
Registration OWO3 ETU
Date of registration: 9-7-2003
Black
Mileage 42,500
Good condition
Price £8500
Havard
24-01-07, 12:46
Sounds like a good deal to me. That car would have been about £26k three and a half years ago!!

They are great to drive and unbelievably reliable.

H.

Edit: comparison
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/111134.htm
Ian W
24-01-07, 12:48
for an 03 plate??? that's Vectra money mate....bloody good deal.
Suprasteve
24-01-07, 13:02
now that i've moved i'm clocking up some serious mileage ...and petrol. I've been thinking of "downsizing" the supra for a while now but the new car needs to be half decent.

I'm after comfort, good looks, fairly powerful but also good MPG. All this for less than £9k as i don't think i'll get anymore than that for mine - (basically i want my cake and eat it)

any ideas what else i should be looking for ?
Chewie
24-01-07, 13:04
Our project manager here has one and I'm impressed and for that price, it's good deal.
m45sey
24-01-07, 13:16
one of the engineers i work with has a lexus 1s200 and he uses as a drift car,he goes to most competitions and has quite a few sponsors and he says its the best car he has,hes got three of them,one for drifting,one hes building up and the other has a supra tt engine in,and there nice.
ill try and get some pics of the ones hes got
Suprasteve
24-01-07, 15:09
one of the engineers i work with has a lexus 1s200 and he uses as a drift car,

I take it they are rear wheel drive then ?
Havard
24-01-07, 15:30
I take it they are rear wheel drive then ?

I thought all Lexus's or Lexi were RWD!!

H.
monkey76364
24-01-07, 15:38
I must say I do like these cars... and a good price, go for it !!!!
Suprasteve
24-01-07, 16:07
just been told they will only keep it till 6th Feb then sell back to the dealers.

theres no chance i'll sell mine before then - TBH i'm not even sure i can bring myself to sell it.

If anyone is interested i'll try and have a word for you cos i'm sure anything is better than selling it back to the dealer as they'll give them bugger all for it.
m45sey
24-01-07, 18:14
yeah they are rwd.
Wez
24-01-07, 18:57
My mate at work has a supercharged one built by TDI, very quick and well put together.

He was my passenger when I raced a dodge viper late last year :D
aido
24-01-07, 19:16
one of the engineers i work with has a lexus 1s200 and he uses as a drift car,he goes to most competitions and has quite a few sponsors and he says its the best car he has,hes got three of them,one for drifting,one hes building up and the other has a supra tt engine in,and there nice.
ill try and get some pics of the ones hes got
Sounds like that'll be Clawley then, if you see him tell him Aido says hello and that he's a glockenende!

I used to have a supercharged IS200, they're ok, not great on fuel though, they use the 1G-FE which is nice and smooth but a bit crap on economy, I used to get around 250-300 miles to the tank, maybe 350 on a motorway run, costs me a third more to run the Aristo. One of the lads I know reckoned he could get 500 to a tank on the motorway but he never used to drive more than 60mph.

Nice cars though, they handle great when the suspension is modded, and they're still a great looker nearly 10 years on!
Graham S
24-01-07, 20:01
Amazing drive with a great gearbox :d But i found they are a little slow but also they have great sounding stereo's!