Dear Madf

So so grateful for finding me this review .

Im staggered because I always thought Lexus couldn’t put a foot wrong.

As you say barge pole job!

Steve

It's a £1600 car at the end of the day and you'll be pretty shocked at how little that buys in the current market. A smorgasbord of tat and MOT failure disasters with major faults.

If it has done 100k and it is running OK, has a decent MOT/tyres etc and no sign of any sort of headgasket issue it might be worth a gamble as a cheap banger.

Biggest issue with these is they are horribly over geared - you need to be doing about 70mph for it to take 6th properly. They also have a generally not very refined drive line with rather clunky gearchange.

If it is otherwise clean and drives OK maybe worth a punt, I'd be inclined to simply drive it and if it packs up after 20k just consider it good value and scrap it.

As I said at the start, £1600 will not buy you much at the moment.

Edited by pd on 28/10/2020 at 17:45

I read in Parker’s that the 220D made in2006 has no DPF but the later 200D has a DPF and piezo injectors.

Is this correct please ?

Not at all the car has only covered about 3000 miles local runs average over the last Four years.

Thats my sort of mileage too.

I agree with you Avant.

Who would have thought Lexus /Toyota couldn’t produce a reliable diesel?

And of course they have had massive problems with their automated gearbox’s .

So they have abandoned diesels and let the Europeans tackle the impossibly stringent emissions rules and concentrate on hybrid.

Smart move as they , i understand are , selling hybrid technology to MB in return for the small number of Diesel engines they still need for some European markets.

This has really been an eye opener for me !

We have a 2007 car in the family.

It belonged to my late brother who bought it new. His usage involved regular motorway journeys and it's suited to these. Since it came to the family, it only ever does local journeys. It's way over-geared and seldom gets out of 3rd gear. Very notchy gear changes. Very rattly and thirsty engine - mpg in mid to low 20s locally. Cramped rear space. In fact a Yaris of the same period has more rear space.

Loads of EGR and DPF issues due to local use.

Parts very expensive as limited aftermarket so confined to dealerships. I had to buy a shock absorber from the USA (£120 delivery and taxes) as British prices were ridiculous (£250+).

I'm a Toyota/Lexus fan normally, but this diesel variant is naff. Avoid.

Only reason we still have it, is sentimental value. Only memory my elderly parents have of him. Parents don't drive so don't understand the ownership pain.