Bought a Lexus on Saturday

[Adrian E]

.....but before anyone gets too excited the S8 is still for me and the Lexus is for my retired parents

It's on completely the wrong side of the country from them so went to have a look and gave it a clean bill of health so did a deal there and then.

What struck me and why I'm posting it on here is how much of the spec on the car is similar to my S8 and in some ways far exceeds it! I know it's about 4 years newer than mine which accounts for a lot of that and it's way too small as a family car (it's an IS250 SE-L) and a bit lacking in poke for me.

lots of airbags - check (has knee bags for both front seat occupants)
leccie memory seats for both front seats - check
leccie steering column with fat ******* mode - check
heated AND cooled front seats - check
touch screen nav - check
reverse parking camera and visual parking sensors - check
flappy paddles - check
leccie rear blind - check
heated front screen - check

About the only things it's missing are TV (it has the Mark Levinson 5.1 setup though), rear side blinds, heated rear seats (which my S8 doesn't have anyway) and any sense of occasion whatsoever lol It goes well enough but it's a bit like a BMW in needing quite a few revs before anything much happens and even then it feels like it could handle a whole lot more power.

Was pleasantly surprised by how it drove and only real criticism is the lack of occasion behind the wheel - lots of plastic switches scattered everywhere that could come from any Toyota and the leather looks a tiny bit low rent. Do like the half black/half leather colour dash though which lifts it a bit.

Lot of car for the money in any case - hopefully my Dad likes it - my Mum loves it already as it's not the Fiat 500 my Dad was harping on about buying until recently!

Adrian