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In France we have to pay the VAT (20%) and import taxes for japanese parts. And do not think you would have to pay much more in Ireland. It has absolutely no effect on the noise and or performance.

With Shipping fees and various taxes, the kit ends up at about £ 870.

hi Kieran, Four of our Club Lexis fellows went for the AIMGAIN diffuser, pretty easy to paint and fit, it gives the Lexus a pretty distinctive look. I ordered 4 kits from Japan, and took care of all paperwork myself to get them up to La Havre in France. I would recommend these japanese parts ... only drawback is that they are a bit expensive. http://forum.clublexis.com/viewtopic.php?id=18420&p=6 Feel free to contact me if you need any inputs.

That's good news John, as dblacha asked, could you tell us more about the answer you got.

Yes I have the exact same problem in my 300h, they definitely have to do a recall. Yes, I have the very same problem too. Looks like it is a design problem that all new IS have. Some drivers will notice, some won't. But before going through the recall process, Lexus engineers have to FIND a solution, and that may take some time. That may not even happen on our Gen 3 Lexus but on the future "release". As far as I know, it has been reproted an other Toyota/lexus hybrid vehicles.

Hi Dazed, we've moved this topic over to "Potential Manufacturing Defect" if you'd like to follow it. Everybody reporting the problem (just 3 of us so far, unfortunately, so welcome to the club!) agrees it happens between around 80 - 90kph when the engine is between 1300 and 1400 rpm, and it goes away if you paddle down a 'virtual' gear. I'm pretty sure there is a solution because most owners don't have the problem - perhaps a little electronic tweaking of the CVT. Please don't let this turn you off the car. I'm bringing mine in to the dealer in a few weeks, and will be taking all the comments with me, so watch this space. Hi Dazed, at least three more of us in France have reported this vibration problem, two on F-Sport and one on Executive version. And as stated on the other topic, it has been reported an other Toyota hybrid models as well.

That's the very same problem that some of our members have reported, it occurs when cruising at 85/90 km/h, engine revving at about 1300 rpm. One of our member told us that the same problem had been reported on Prius II.

The MY 2011 should be the last IS Gen² version before Gen3 comes out late 2011. And as far as we know there won't be any diesel engine in Lexus future after 2011. However, Lexus should bring in a 2011 IS200d at Paris auto show next october. The purpose of this exercise being to slightly bring the price down for the diesel version of the IS which sales volumes are ridiculously low (in France at least). Toyota and Lexus dealers were expecting much higher volumes. see Lexus IS MY 2011 official pics released yesterday

I've owned two IS200, these are great gars. when came time to change, I obviously had a look at the IS250, and test drove it several times. But for me, if power is OK, torque is not, which is what you could expect for a 'small' engine (2.5). I then decided to stay with the Gen1 IS and since then, I have been the happy owner of my IS300 for 2 1/2 years now. As mentionned earlier the only real drawback is fuel consumption. an IS300 can be quite thirsty when driven hard. The best choice for me would be the IS350 (not imported) or even the middle east IS300 version (not imported either), while the IS-F is not for me. :winky:

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Hi sveinongen, You could go and have a look there: good luck

Actually, according to Lexus Eu, gas mileage and CO² have been slightly improved on 'standard' IS220d (God knows how they manage to achieve this)and more significantly improved on the Sport IS220d by moving to a different final gear ratio which sits in between the former very 'short' gear ratio and the 'extra long' standard ratio.

I fully agree with this statement, politics are clearly pushing Diesel engines forward which is a major mistake for our future.

No unfortunately my figures are correct. -_- In a fisrt phase, the IS220d came in two flavors, standard gearbox ratio = 168g/km and pack Sport gearbox ratio = 195g/km. Then for a number of reasons (some of them being customers complaining) , Lexus decided to go only for the sport type package with the "short" gearbox ratio and therefore associated with the 195 g/km emission level. http://www.lexus.fr/Images/Specs_et_Equipe...m602-793185.pdf