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Well, since I was the friend that visited him last night, I think the forum is doing well helping out so far. Good guy to hang out with (we spent about 2 hours in a parking garage ). Sath, you almost got it right Your descriptions are accurate, except it is the first turn of the switch that is the dipped beam and the second is the main beam. It turns out that it is the small dipped beam bulb that is blown. If he had the replacement handy, I would have had a go at changing it. It is a nice, clean car with only a few minor blemishes. Although one thing did come up; could one of you IS250 owners tell me how high your car idles when cold? Sath's was perhaps a little on the high side. Although it ran perfectly smoothly and silently otherwise.

Some stats to put things in perspective. Toyota produces 10 million cars per year. Toyota is absolute marketleader in hybrid vehicles with 9 million sold until last may. In 2015 the total number of plug in electric vehicles sold in the entire european Union was 50,000. With exception of scandinavia, netherlands and california the share of plug ins per country is less than 1%. in the countries where this is higher it is artificially influenced with fiscal stimulation. Less than 10% of plug ins are purchased by private owners. So, not really a big market is it... There is no way you can build a solid businesscase on those numbers. The main reason why manufacturers are spending millions in R&D is the C02 legislation, hence downsizing etc. The market is not there in spite of the fact that a lot of press coverage goes to manufacturers like Tesla and all developments about electric infrastructure in innercities and highways. With fiscal stimulation plug ins are expensive and if that is taken away they are unsellable. The choice now is not between a Tesla or Range Rover as evenly priced but between Tesla and nothing as fiscal stimulation means free transport for the owner. The positive side about Electric Vehicles is silentness, acceleration and the idea the power is green ( electricity has to come from somewhere). The negative a limited range, especially when driven hard or in winter, excessive weight and an inflated price. Until a breakthrough in batterytechnology is here i prefer a hybrid or diesel

Hi, ive only had my ct for two weeks but can wholly recommend it. I enjoy driving mine everytime i get behind the wheel. The ride yes it can be firm but i find it suitable for my driving style. Test drive is the best way to decide. As with any car a full dealer service history is preffered. Reference the batteries. Lexus warrant them for 5yrs then on each anniversary a health check warrants them for another year. This applies up to ten years. I find it a very relaxing ,lazy drive very similar to my old 400 .

No problem I was just showing that as an example and stated the correct manuals do appear on ebay from time to time. I certainly wasn't aware of the Haynes version. All of my OEM manuals are for LHD versions, yes there are differences but all the important bits are there.

Thanks gdh :). In one year, i haven't got problems with my car, the only problem with this generation of IS is on the engine of the 220d. Thanks Bluesman :). When i do another pictures, i'll put them here, no problems ;). And if i have many questions, i will put them here too :) Thanks Runs :). Oh Millau is not far from my house ^^ ! Yeah, in France (in my country at least) we haven't got lots of Lexus :/. Next time you pass in Millau, send me a PM, it would be possible to meet us, if you want :).

Car outside all night...temp was 5° at start up. Initial burst at about1700rpm for about 12 seconds....then dropped to 1500rpm ...after another 10 secs dropped to 1100rpm

I love having paper manuals but it seems that most people these days sign up to the Toyota/Lexus service website and then pay a few quid for 24 hours access to the service manuals online (you can print pages from the books to keep tho)... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just ordered my winter setup. Have always run winters even on my old Quattro's. Good formula for winter setup is cheap rims, good tyres. In this instance went for a square setup of 225's at each corner. The fox rims vaguely reminded me of the LFA rim so should look ok... for the relatively short period they will be on each year. Once these arrive will have my originals fully refurbished (not that they really need it but I cant stand even the smallest mark) so will be chemical stripped to bare metal and powdercoated. Good times

Had the car in to the local brake place: we agreed that his price was much more appealing, but given I'd still got pad thickness left before the wear indicators kick in, and that the discs were OK for the moment, I'd run until the tell-tales started whining and then replace the lot. That being said, YouTube does indicate that the front rotors / pads change on this car are significantly easier than the S4, so I may just get the parts and have a go hero.

Excellent....well done Shahpor

From a cold start the car idles at 1.5k rpm.

According to the plate on my 400h the limit is 2000 kg. I tow a 1750 Kg caravan.

Back in the day we used to strip the starter motor and clean the sticking solenoid when we had got fed up of hitting it with a hammer, they were easily accessible. Now you sometimes having trouble finding it under the cluttered bonnet. If you don't want to be under the bonnet while stranded in the middle of nowhere, I believe it's best either to replace with either a new one, or a refurbished one from a trusted source. We've replace started motors and alternators on our family cars with refurbished, been fine.

Just taken the starter motor out, fairly easy once the battery and air inlet ducting is removed, no special tools needed. starter motor turns by hand and had no rattles coming from it, nothing is jammed or corroded, so must be something internal such as brushes or contacts. searched online and got an OEM equivalent with 12 months warranty for £100, delivered. Original Denso one from Toyota was over double that. considering how many starts the car has had over its lifetime the original starter has done well. ill let you know what happens next.

And just to add a little to Steve's reply above, usually if the rectifier has gone, the ignition (battery) light will stay on or come on when the engine/key is off.

The diode pack consisting of 6 diodes in a 3 phase alternator merely rectify or convert the AC output to DC, the voltage regulator controls the DC output voltage dependent on the load demands. The car battery which has inherent capacitance provides smoothing.

Where abouts are you located? I'm near Bournemouth on the south coast. If you're near me at all ....... get your bulbs ....... and I'll put them in for you, and give you a walk-thru on how to do it for future reference.

At the time, I was running an RS4 saloon but I sold it as I was doing a lot of miles and I didn't really like the idea of putting xyz amount of miles on such a car. So I ended up selling it for a decent price and had an old IS200 Sport parked in the driveway from my university days. So, I brought that onto the road as my daily driver just until I bought something suitable to replace it. Once I started driving it, I realised that it's such a fun little car to drive - I didn't mind thrashing the straight 6 engine to have some fun, the 6-speed gearbox was still a joy and the rear-wheel handling was just a bonus. You could say that I had a mini-epiphany. I did some research on the new IS300h and most of the initial reviews were positive and portrayed it as a quirky vehicle. Plus, the aesthetics of it were really striking and very different from the competition. I guess the looks were the main selling point for me, not to forget the mini-epiphany I just had with my previous Lexus. So I went out and bought one on a good deal before clearing the finance a month later, and it was good for a few months, I had some issues with it on a couple of occasions, but generally, it was quite an enjoyable experience. Now though, as I’ve got to know the intricacies of the IS300h, the novelty has well and truly worn off. I understand and appreciate the mechanics of the IS300h, but I don’t think I could ever get used to the CVT gearbox and hybrid system – it is simply not for me. I love the looks, I love the build quality, I love the interior, I love the gadgets, but I can firmly say ‘...been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.’ Without upsetting anyone, and going back to a previously point made in this very thread that @royoftherovers made ‘...say that as one grows older and more experienced one`s attitudes, requirements and priorities do change.’ I guess I bought the IS300h well before I reached that stage and solely based on the looks and exclusivity. As miniscule as the demand for a 3.5 litre V6 is, if only Lexus brought a handful of the IS350s they sell in America – I would have been at the front of the queue for one.

@Slickk I wouldn't take anything said on forums as anything personal, people get emotional about their cars, especially when individuals who have been with a particular brand for a long time and you try to point out justifiable deficiencies in a product. It's a bit like the grief reaction.....I would say anyone who have moved on from the denial stage is starting to make progress to acceptance :). I fully agree with you, I love our IS300H as a comfortable way to get from A to B, but if you want more 'fun' / 'engagement' it falls way short due to the power delivery. But a bit back on topic, the 3L turbo engine found in the 335i/340i cars are in my honest opinion the best it gets for combustion engines. My old 335i had the first generation of that engine and I cannot fault it, not very reliable, but very very good. Hardly any turbo lag, below 3-4K revs very quite, lots of torque even at below 2K, will return 35-40mpg if take things easy...But thrash the thing at near the red line it sounds amazing, above 3-4K there is no throttle lag at all, totally linear power delivery, oh and your talking about so much power/torque to make 265 section rear tyres loss grip in 3rd gear at speeds of 60mph+ if you go full throttle on anything but perfectly dry/flat asphalt, so you need to be awake to drive thing. There is good reason why as we approach 2017 BMW are still essentially using the block/turbo setup as back in 2006 when the first N54 unit was released. If your after a combustion powered sports saloon you cannot go wrong with a 340i, I would hope by now BMW has also sorted out all the reliability issues :). If I wasn't so bitten by the EV bug I would find it hard to choose anything else but a 340i touring for my next car, that's despite my hatred of BMW dealers, and all the reliability issues I had with my previous 335i.

Uh-oh. As is often the case with some of your comments on this forum, it sounds like someone has a big bee under their bonnet. Let's just make you take a step off your high horse to understand the Lexus IS300h from someone else's perspective. A C250d is most certainly under-powered according to MY preferences. Not everyone is as easily pleased as you are. Just because it has a Lexus badge on the front/back, doesn't necessarily mean that it'll tick all the boxes. As it goes for your comment about buyer's remorse - well let's distance ourselves from your psychoanalysis lesson there, and having owned the car for over a year, I think it's safe to say that the concept of buyer's remorse is well and truly out of the equation. ''Its very clear that you obviously don't research vehicles before buying them'' ****! Very clear? What do you know about me and the way I go about my business and how I research/purchase vehicles? I actually research vehicles all too well prior to buying them, but as I said, it's difficult to gauge what a long-term prospect of living with one will be like during a 30 minute test drive. That W203 C220 you traded in? Comparing that to a modern day IS300h and Mercedes C250d is a pointless comparison - different cars from different eras, with very different purposes. Also, thanks for the ''tell you what, just go sell the IS and buy another car and stop complaining about it. You don't see us on a Merc/Audi/BMW forum slating their products.'' Isn't that one of the purposes of a forum? For owners to express their opinions, ask questions and just have a general chit chat about their particular cars with transparency. I've read far more positive/negative comments on forums relating to more expensive performance vehicles - RS4, M3, C63 AMG just to state a few, and other owners tend not to reply back with the same hostility. That's just how forums work! Plus, as a Lexus owner, I'm pretty much entitled to whatever opinion about the car I desire to express. I paid for the privilege and if I'm not happy with a purchase that I've made with my own money, then I'll state it. If I'm overjoyed with a purchase made with my own money, I'll state that too. Thanks for the unrequested tip though. ''Again hypocritical - the BMW 340i and 335d are just engine choices, both can be had with whatever performance kit and wheels you want to stick on it.'' I've yet to see a BMW 340i with the Performance Kit bolted onto it, I've even asked a few BMW garages about this and both have stated that it's not something they'll be looking to fit to a 340i. Maybe when I do see one, I'll consider the possibility of ownership, but until then, I think I'll stick to my guns. Appears you have a huge reluctance to accept what other Lexus owners have to say about their own cars. You own an RX and an IS, judging by your comments on this forum - you worship the ground those two vehicles are parked on and good for you. I, on the other hand, don't feel the same way about my car, purely on the basis that it's disappointing driving experience, and I'm certain there are other people who fit into my category too. Seriously though, you need to relax a little. People differ, opinions differ and perceptions differ. Nobody is right all the time. Let's just agree to disagree and move on.

Okay, I'm in the 61-70 group. And yes! I feel that there are advantages of being an old git. One thing I can sit back and think "I was around during the Summer of Love". Peace, grass, make love not war, karma, flowers in hair, very little bring you down, psychodelia, Woodstock (even though I didn't get there). Wouldn't have missed it. Way to go! Man! LOL