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I bought the AWD, the price was about the same so why not. The rear only has 7hp but 40Nm if I remember correct. I was skeptic but again not that much of I price difference so I went for it. According to the manual the rear electric motor can help you if you get in to a skid. I have not got stuck or had a bad skid or something like that, I cant tell though if that is because of the AWD. I use to tow my snowmobile with a GS300 from 2000, all my cars has winter tires but all have had stud less tires. The UX has Continental viking contact 7. The UX has this winter towed my snowmobile on the same road and same conditions as my GS did. The road to where I snowmobile is really bad, it twist goes up/down constantly and no salt. I feel that the UX feels much safer to drive on snow/ice then the GS300 but I dont know if that is because the GS is very old with many miles or because of the UX AWD. Hope this helps. Yes, towbar is allowed on the UX here in Sweden, factory option but no big heavy trailers...

I thought I should report back. I've had the car for about a week now. Before I took delivery of the car the Lexus dealership checked the sub and found nothing wrong with it. I'm using a usb source now instead of radio and the sub sounds much better and I can even max out the bass setting. I have a 10" sub in my GS300 and the ML sub in the UX doesn't shake the seat but I wasn't expecting that and I think it does a good job. Excellent comfortable little car, very happy with it.

I looked at a used UX250h with Mark Levinson sound system yesterday and adjusted the sound settings to hear what the sub can do. When I adjusted the bass to max the subwoofer started to sound really bad, just radio and pretty regular volume. Is this normal or should I get the dealer to have a look? Previous owner is 62 and the car is only 2 years old with 18000km/ 11000 miles, looks like new.

Hello, I was wondering if some one could tell me from this video if I need new bushings on the steering rack? I changed lower ball joints and outer steering joints last autumn and that was I huge improvement but lately the steering on hard acceleration and on ruff road feels off. Passed MOT in feb with this issue. My dealer could not tell me how much play is tolerable. Model year 2000 with 149000mi. Thanks!

Hello all, I had a hard time finding any solid info on an correct amp bypass lead so I thought I would share my finding. I have an GS300 from 2000 without navigation. I bought the amp bypass from autoleads called PC2-93-4 on ebay and it states that it would be an direct fit. That was of course not the case. The connectors are the right ones and the lead is long enough to reach the speaker connectors at the amp but the pins are wrong. I looked at a schematic and with a small screwdriver it fairly easy to move the pins. Ignition 12V+ goes in the amp bypass lead to the amp but I could not find any pin for that, however there is IGN+ available in one of the original stereo connectors located behind the stereo, I cut into that and soldered on the wire from the aftermarket ISO-connector. Next to do is connect the sub to an amplifier in the boot.

Great to see that my thread is still alive. Sad to see that so many cars suffers from it. I have nothing new to report. I haven't done much to find what's causing it, only had two people listen to it but no one can figure it out. My car has passed MOT without a problem, I am hoping the will find it sooner or later :D However I have noticed something when I change tires... If I pull the wheel up and down I get a little play and a barely hear able knocking sound. I don't know if it should be like that and I cant see where the play is. Has anyone also noticed this? Should it have a little play?

Could you please PM me the link? Thanks!

What turbo kit are you planing on buying?

Hello Stav, hope all is well! How is it going with your car? I would like some pictures and video please :D

I got a DDX5022 and it is great! The sound improved alot compared to the orginal sport package in the is200. I got a 80gig 2.5" HD that I run my music and videos from and because of the size of it, it takes 1-2min for the Kenwood to read the HD and start to play. If you have a memory stick with 1GB the delay is much shorter. This is the only thing I find negative but you learn to live with it. It is great not having to change cds! The screen itself is great! Touchscreen is very nice! Kenwood makes the best stereos in my opinion they are great! I say go for it! One more thing! Not all HD work with the unit because of the low current output. The stereo can only deliver 500mA if I remember correct but you can have an extra powersource to get around that.

I show you.... This is my boat. I don't think it can weigh more then one tonne, a wild quess would be 800-900kg. The is200 and 300 aren't allowed to tow more then 1200kg here in sweden don't know if it's the same in the UK. If my boat weighs 800kg or so I could end up below the 1200kg limit if I'm lucky. The is200 and 300 should be able to tow it on the road but without an auto I will kill the clutch eventually. I phoned Lexus and they said that pulling the boat out of the water wouldn't be a problem with an auto. Both is300 and is250 would manage the "pull" probably the 200 auto would do the trick also but on the road I feel the lack of torque in the 200 would make it feel like I have to torture the 2 litre engine but that is my opinion without having tested it. A is300 or is250 or perhaps a RX 300/400 is the answer if I don't decide to get two cars. I still don't know... The RX xxx is a totally diffrent car but ofcourse more practical then the is xxx. It all comes down to money as always :)

I have bought my self a boat and with it a headache :) I need a suitable car for towing and pulling it out of the water, dont know the fancy world for it sorry :D The boat is quite heavy, 24 feet long something that I believe the clutch in my is200 wouldn't like. When I look at pictures of the shifter on the auto in the is300 there is an "L". Would that be a gear suitable for pulling my boat out of the water? I like my 200 and would like to keep it or buy a 300 if it has a "low gear". Two cars (is200 and a car with a "low gear" would be costly but perhaps it's my best option. Oh and I also need a car for trailing? my snowmobile in the winter. Toys are fun :D My current is200 doesn't have a tow bar but ofcourse I can have one put on. Don't know if that is an option though since the 200 isn't that powerful.... Please help!

Sorry for that Ejan, ofcourse I thought that you were Anders (didn't know he had sold it).

Ejan is "damaged gods" :D His previous car was a civic raped with a turbo producing way to much power... Sorry Ejan! I still hope I get a ride in your SC IS. :D I don't think the is200 is a slow car but it would be nice with some more tourqe. Still I think it's a fun engine with the kick it makes at 4200rpm and the noise after that :D I like the car and do not compare it with something else because there isn't something else outhere that I know of that drives as nice, makes me smile and looks as good.

Yes that is true! I didn't read it orderly/understand it correct, thank you Steviewevie! The english is also a bit difficult to understand....not used to it....thank you! I did phone paypal yesterday and explained but I don't think the lady understod me correctly. They also had som computer error and therefor was unable to log into the system and take a look at my case. I have now sent an email to them and I will wait to see what the say before I contact the seller. fingers crossed....