Revealing the real maintenance costs and sales amount after owning a Lexus IS500 F SPORT Performance for three years. The surprising ability of the V8 sports sedan’s residual value rate of “80%” and the full story of the final profit and loss | Creative Trend

2026-05-03

Revealing the total maintenance costs and sale price of the IS500 F SPORT Performance that I owned for 3 years!

In my last blog, I mentioned that I sold the Lexus IS500 F SPORT Performance, which I owned for about 3 years.

Overall, my satisfaction level is very high, and I believe that a domestically produced sports sedan equipped with a 5.0 LV 8-cylinder naturally aspirated engine will probably never appear in the automobile market again in the future, so in that sense, I think it’s a shame.

However, since my father, who originally loved this car, has deteriorated to the point where he can no longer drive it, it is difficult for me to continue owning this car for a long time, so I sold it without passing the vehicle inspection.

Regarding the IS500 F SPORT Performance, in addition to the actual maintenance costs of owning it for three years, how much did you actually sell it for, and how much was the final profit and loss after deducting the total maintenance from the sale price? I would like to check it out.

Calculating realistic maintenance costs after owning IS500 F SPORT Performance for 3 years

First, let’s calculate the realistic maintenance costs of owning an IS500 F SPORT Performance for 3 years.

By the way, the total mileage of my IS500 F SPORT Performance is 22,630km, and it has undergone all inspections and legal inspections up to the initial vehicle inspection.

[Real total maintenance costs after owning a Lexus IS500 F SPORT Performance for 3 years]

[イニシャルコスト]・・・9,585,300 yen

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[ランニングコスト]

Maintenance fee ➀: Total inspection fee…0 yen
・Free inspection for 1 month after delivery
・Inspection 6 months after delivery
・Legal inspection for 12 months after delivery
・Inspection for 18 months after delivery
・Legal inspection for 24 months after delivery
・30 month inspection after delivery

Maintenance cost ②: Total gasoline cost…347,925 yen
Total mileage: 22,630km
Cumulative number of refuelings: 33 times
Cumulative refueling amount: 1,998.68L
Lifetime average fuel consumption: 11.3km/L
Gasoline fee: 347,925 yen

Maintenance cost ③: Coating + external car wash total…216,130 yen

Maintenance fee ④: Optional insurance fee…350,140 yen

Maintenance fee ⑤: Other…216,130 yen
・Custom fee: 42,130 yen
・Automobile tax: 87,000 yen x 2 times = 174,000 yen
・Parking fee (for my parents’ garage): 0 yen

Total maintenance cost (running cost): 1,130,325 yen

The above will be as follows.

By the way, we have also summarized the actual maintenance costs of the IS500 F SPORT Performance two and a half years after it was delivered, so please use this as a reference.

The total maintenance cost after owning the IS500 F SPORT Performance for 3 years and running it over 22,000km was approximately 1,130,000 yen.

As mentioned above, I have owned the IS500 F SPORT Performance for 3 years since it was delivered, and the mileage has exceeded 22,000km.Total maintenance cost is 1,130,325 yen (approximately 1,130,000 yen)It became.

By the way,Including the initial cost, the total amount is 10,715,625 yen (approximately 10,720,000 yen)This is a shocking amount of money, but for your reference, even if you own a fully normal car, it will cost you this much.

From the total maintenance cost mentioned earlier31,398 yen (approximately 31,000 yen) in monthly termsHowever, maintenance costs ② to ⑤ vary greatly depending on the user’s intended use, so I would like you to use this as a reference value to see how much it would cost if I owned it.

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