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  1. I had owned my ls400 for a matter of days before I was faced with a 600 mile round trip from Dundee to hull..and back...rather spookily if you use aa route finder, the total miles to go to hull and back is 666 miles...really. these cars were built for this kind of trip. in deference to its age and my not 'knowing' the car, I sat with the cruise on at 58mph, just on 2000rpm and watched the world go by in cossetted air conditioned bliss. 6 hours later I stepped out of the car with no aches, pains or fatigue. the big 4 litre v8 had averaged 34 mpg driven like this and like the original poster I thought wow, this is what these cars are built for. I doubt any car could have given me this feeling of comfort, refinement and invulnerability. I would not have jumped in any other nigh on twenty year old car I had less than a weeks experience of to do a trip like this in the blazing heat. hope my experiences continue to be this good, gbn
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  2. Hello, all. As of tomorrow I will be joining you as the owner of an 10 month old silver IS300h in Luxury trim with premium navigation. I previously had a blue mark 1 IS200 sport (my last manual car) for several years, then a mesa red IS250 SE-L that was sadly killed off when hit by a rebound from someone else's collision, then (after two weeks swanning around in a nice GS 450h rocket ship at the other guy's expense) four happy years driving the silver 250 SE-L pictured in one of the attached images alongside its successor. I would have liked to replace it with a white IS300h in premier trim with all the extras, but, oh well, next time perhaps. I am spending enough on this car as it is. My old car never missed a beat and we were even featured together (with Lexus Leicester) in three pages of Auto Express. Typical well-satisfied Lexus owner with helpful dealer and well-behaved car, etc. Made a change from getting published in my usual criminal law journals anyway.... So the new kid certainly has a hard act to follow, but I did love my test drive earlier this week. So easy to drive! Whining transmission? What whining transmission? Slow? Ye gods, I'm doing 80 already, and it feels like 55... Only £20 VED p.a.?? Well, I can't afford NOT to buy it can I? That is what I am telling my wife, at any rate. Maybe she will fall for it. It looks like I have a lot to learn about the new car (big fat owner's handbook for starters) and no doubt will be asking you guys for advice before long, but IS300h owners look like a happy bunch on the whole, so i am optimistic.
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  3. Push a hard bargain pack of biscuits as well ;) It looks lovely in the red, and will be keeping my eyes peeled :) cheers
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  4. Sounds like you should sell it to me for 17k and il give it a good home and use it everyday ;)
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  5. If you lock the car with key in the lock (rather than blip with remote) you can leave the roof on tilt and alarm will not go off. (You can also leave windows ajar) You can still unlock with remote fob, and of course the rocker sensors are not set, so someone could nick the car if they wanted to jemmy the door open. I do this most days at my office, but I can see my car out the window. Indicators do not flash when locking with key, and when you undo with remote the lights do not flash either. This is case on my Mk4 and recall my previous LS was the same.
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  6. Hi J, Sounds good on the mods chap. :) There's quite a lot of stuff on US eBay worth looking at I find. If you want genuine tuner parts from Japan, Paul at Whifbitz can source most things for you. Not cheap mind! ;) Aftermarket alloys are certainly more plentiful in the US. Let us know how you get on chap. Cheers. Peter
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  7. Good stuff. Visit the USA site fella. Some incredible looking wheels on some of those cars. Vossen seem to be popular and look epic.
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