2jzdc

Hey everybody,
I'm in the market for a IS200T F Sport or IS350 F Sport, I found a 2014 IS350 F Sport with 95K miles, and I'm hesitant on picking up right now, and the 200T F Sport for some reason is hard to find in SoCal.
Anyone have any issues with the IS350 F Sport?

gravesg

You don't want that 200T engine

master tech says he has one in the shop now and, working on the engine is a ***** and lexus rushing R&D is showing.

premier3IS

Since when has the 200T F-Sport been hard to find in SoCal?
95k is ridiculously high for a 2014... Whats the price?

premier3IS

useless comment.
so what's he working on the engine for that its such a *****?

Sheddy

2jzdc

Not hard to find per say, but hard to find in my budget.
$21k.

nathantse

That's kinda high IMO, you can fork over a few thousand more, and get a 2014 IS350 for about HALF that mileage.

Or you could look into later models.. but those may range ~30k.

premier3IS

exactly what I'm waiting to hear too....
"master" tech doesn't sound like much of a master tech... Feel bad for the 200T in that garage...

premier3IS

If your budget is 21k, you need to look for another make or a 2IS. And if you find a 3IS for that price, you probably don't want it to be honest (or have money ready for maintenance issues which may start coming up)

gravesg

the motor needed heads, and book labor for that job sits currently at 32 hours
the reason that the labor is so high is because the exhaust manifold is built into the cylinder head.

i was in a rush when i typed my vague comment, but thats the 2nd one to come in and this one only has 22k miles on it.
they may not be time bombs, but lexus knows these aren't bulletproof by no means.

tea

95K on it and still asking $21,000? pass

2jzdc

Yeah, the base 350 and 200t are within price range but really love the F Sport cluster and grill ugh.

Sheddy

That's not good. I have around 35k on my 200t and i've been running different types of tuning products with no major mechanical issues other than a faulty vacuum regulator which is covered under warranty. Most manufacturers are going with the built in manifold design with their turbocharged engines, so its not just Lexus.

gravesg

my guess is if nothings happened yet it probably won't, the 2 failures i saw with the motors pulled were fairly low mileage.
1 came out of an IS, the other an NX.

the nx was still in the car and the is motor was on a stand.

Sheddy

Crazy, thanks for the update.