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You only get warning triangles on cars that are likely to breakdown. There is no spare wheel so you will not take all the skin off your knuckles changing a wheel so no need for a first aid kit. Enjoy your great car. 😂😂😜😜

impressive mate

Looks a nice example, engine bay looks valeted :) I wouldn't carry drugs in mine personally but if you're into LSD what can I say!

Already owning a Lexus LS400 and having watched the 1st 30 seconds I have placed an order for the sailing boat :)

You'll get used to it - I believe after a week or so it quietens down a bit anyway. Certainly is, by far, the best sounding car I've ever owned :-)

Hi all, I thought I would start a topic on my latest purchase. I've just bought a 2005 3rd Gen GS300 se-l, purchased it from a chap in Ireland who kindly drove it down to Essex for me (en route to picking his new car up!). I kind of bought blind having only seen photos and a video he took of it for me. Needless to say I was very pleased! The aim of buying it was to be used as a daily runner to the station and back for work, however the modifying bug has already started to hit me and going to find it difficult parking it in a car park all day every day!!! First impressions was how quiet it is inside! My other cars are both Mercedes (2008 C220 cdi sport and an sl55 amg) and this is leagues ahead in the comfort stakes. This one being the SE-L has the ML stereo which is great. The car came with refurbed alloys in a darker shade, BC Racing coilovers which gave it a nicer stance and surprisingly comfortable, it also has a front splitter fitted which i've already managed to break!! (too low, hit a speed bump, now its being repaired!). It also has 15mm spacers on the rear, which I may switch to the front and add 20mm to the back. In the last few weeks of ownership I have had a knocking noise at the back, believed to be from the BC Racing coilovers (common on them apparently), they have been temporarily removed (being fixed under warranty) and the standard rears are back on, hence sitting higher at the back in the pics! Apart from a squeak on the rear shelf (I think!) it seems perfect! Full Lexus History, 71k on the clock.... It was never my intention of buying a black car as they are a pain to keep clean (my Sl55 is black and gets filthy even in the garage!) so started vinyl wrapping her yesterday. One of the easier cars i've done to be honest, what you see in the pics took around 7 hrs in total. There are 2 small parking dings on the other side which I want removing before wrapping that side, then its just the front bumper, refitting the rear bumper / parking sensors and blacking out the chrome! The colour is 3M matt aluminium metallic, very easy to keep clean, having a metallic sheen to it makes it difficult to scratch compared with normal matt colours, plus it does sort of change shade / colour in certain light, from a bright silver down to a shadowy titanium..... Few pics for you... Beginning of wrap... Start of rear bumper (pain!) Bonnet done Half a side! Rear door and handles (rear handles a pain to remove!) Will update as I finish it!

I think that the problem with having rear lights permanently on in daylight is that there would be reduced contrast change when you are braking. I know that some cars (BMW) have 2 levels of brake lights, depending on how hard you are braking, to emphasise to following drivers whether you are braking hard. I'm also not convinced that rear DLRs would add anything to road safety - if you can't see the car in front of you in daylight without it having its lights on, then perhaps you shouldn't be driving. I'm (personally) not that convinced that front DRLs are that effective, either. If I recall correctly, much of the research into DRLs was done when only a few cars (SAABs and Volvos) had them, and the daytime accident rate was found to be lower for such cars. However, I suspect that the reason that the accident rate was lower was because these cars were different to all the others, and stood out. Once every car has DRLs, there's no longer any differentiation, and, as a driver, you now just have the distraction of a range of weirdly shaped LED lights on the front of all oncoming traffic No problem with the idea of lights coming on with wipers. I'm sure that I've read of at least one manufacturer doing this.

"Why are the Japanese obsessed with cuphoilders?" Presumably because their main market is the States, who have to have them.

I am afraid a test drive is a very slippery slope, Lexus Bradford loaned me one for a day and I wanted it before I had driven 2 miles down the road. Good look resisting LOL. The is300 made my CT seem very ordinary

This one has been listed on ebay before but it didn't hit the reserve. If you look at the completed listings the guy answered some questions regarding it. It looks very tidy and I think it looks well smart but I'd be worried that it's around the age where everything would start wearing out and causing issues. Maybe someone with more experience would be able to tell whether it was worth the money but I wouldn't trust myself not to miss something important. Just out of interest, runsgreatasanut, what work have you had done on yours? Any more or just what you have mentioned?

Hi. Just an update for anyone who is interested. I had a Olympian hoist put in my RX 400h and it is great. No trouble with battery drain. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Nope, still black plastic! When I had a look on mine, you can use a screwdriver to release them and re-use as required.

Very good indeed.Thanks for the reports Chris. Please let us all know how the wrapping bears up against the elements. Regards John

Bit of an update, the front end is now done! Front bumper was very tricky, ended up removing the headlights completely, refitting the bumper to wrap then removing / fitting lights back. Also repaired, wrapped and refitted the front splitter. Car sits very low at the front now, already scrapped the driveway pulling off of it! Tempted to remove permanently. Also made a new number plate and trimmed down leaving off the numberplate holder. All that is left to do with the passenger side, got a dent man coming tomorrow to remove 2 small parking dings before wrapping, then it will be perfect! Bumper wrapped headlightless! Healights back in ready for refitting. (took a while wrapping each parking sensor individually!) No more chrome at the front! Splitter on Slightly smaller but still legal front plate Needing front wheel spacers! Cheers Chris

Great work, well done. Mike.

Thank you, I was a little unsure on the colour to begin with (originally bought the vinyl for the Sl!) but now its almost complete i'm really pleased! Material cost depends on brand and type of vinyl, this one was around the £24+vat per linear metre (1520mm wide). I have 14 metres for the car but ideally 15metres would have been easier (I am keeping the roof black for now).

wow, great looking car. Thanks for sharing your pics! What are the material costs of the wrap, if you don't mind me asking?

Here is a picture of the faulty switch What happens is over time for some reason the back becomes loose as shown by the arrow - inside the switch is a series of spring loaded copper discs which rotate to make or break an electrical connection and i think whats happening is when the back becomes loose it creates enough Loosiness between the discs to break the electrical connection which causes the blackout. wiggling the key corrects hope this helps

Part number is 84450-16080 and it is the same as a Toyota Starlet 96-99 models which will probably be cheaper than the Lexus price around £85.00!

this points a faulty ignition switch - i had this problem on my mark 4 3 years ago - after replacing the switch never had the problem. next time the problem happens try wiggling the key in the barrel to see if it makes a difference - i will try to find my old barrel and post up a picture hope this helps