wicked677

Exact situation happened to me too at the garage, luckily it was late at night and the garage staff came out and pulled the lever while i opened with my nails/keys.

Used to own an IS200, moved to an Audi A4 and want to move back to Lexus. Far superior cars, looking through the threads no reported issues (like oil consumption on Audi's!). However my only concern is the batterys for the hybrid aspect, I am looking at buying a used one that is about 2/3 years old. Anything I should look out for?

I've actually seen two in Worcester, one a few weeks back at a CO-OP, if the guy hadn't had his family in the back I would have spoke to him about it. I think it was a white F-Sport model. I didn't even notice it was the new IS as when parked beside it, it actually looks like the old IS, only until I pulled back and saw the razor sharp rear lights I knew.. Also a grey one In Worcester too, for such a small *city* I thought two was a lot since I have seen 0 in Birmingham...

Yes, if you get 2003> onwards fogs, you will have to cut the cables and manually touch them to the conenctors. It's a simple job... the only difference between the actual lamps is the connectors and the IS300 has a yellow filter on the projector. PIC of 2003 onwards fogs:

Looks good m8, I bet everyone has a good look when you drive by, It was a lovely car to look at and drive.

Shame, I was VERY close to buying AJ11, it's sold now... wondered if you had it. Drives so quiet!

Lovely motor, is that 'AJ11' by any chance?

Got him some off Andy on here, sent them to him yesterday. Ian, is there any more? Sorry, didnt explain clearly, it was a member on here who was selling a set removed from his car. It's me, unfortunately no more sets left. However I have other bits and pieces that are going QUICK. Considering my car was undervalued by car stealerships I would have clawed back at least £750 on bits so far, and could even get £1,000 for the car if I wanted completely rid!

You'll be lucky!

Did actually consider a GS300, one thing that put me against it was the ones in my area were quite high mileage and expensive. Also don't under estimate the sheer length of the car, I thought my A4 was a average size compared to others on the lot, until I got it up the driveway! I rekon the GS has at least another foot on it too... absolute quality car though, fully loaded... If length is not an issue for you, then go for the GS otherwise stick to the IS250 for nippy town parking etc... Maybe something for you to consider from a different perspective.

Car dealers won't give you more than a grand part ex... and good luck trying to sell independantly cos they are a bugga to sell... ended up giving mine to parents and they sold their punto... as I wasn't going to give it away to a dealer for a grand.. good luck. Don't waste your time with autotrader to sell, had it priced low and just had a load of timewasters, not one bothered to show up. Oh and you end up getting a tonne of Nigerian scammers email/text you... Could try ebay, although I have heard again there are lots of timewasters who don't turn up to pay for the car. So there is an added hassle of going through the whole ebay process to get it relisted and what not. You could however get lucky and sell it quickly, but be prepared to accept less than it's worth..

Hold off for a while until the launch of the new IS in a couple of months, might find that dealers are wanting to clear old stock

Are you looking for the matte black ones or silver?

No they are the original reflector lenses, official toyota kit... the only projectors around are DIY jobs AFAIK

Let me know via PM and can send you half a dozen pictures and my specific location/number - got the reciepts from toyota refurb too, they are in good nick and slightly a gunmetal colour but not much and doesn't look "boy racer"