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If there's a turbo, an EGR and a DPF involved, it doesn't matter what car it is - if you drive it inappropriately, you're going to have a bad time. One of the best dieselisms I've seen was hand written on the rear of a Mondeo TDCi: "Have you been missold TDI?"

I think, the one and only LS460 in flame-blue or ultrasonic-blue 2.0 (8X1):

But only for two weeks with a colleague who needed a bigger car to take to the airport and has done me a favour knowing I like my cars and as I have been thinking for a while now of buying a 911 this was a good opportunity to have a taster of one. The porker is a 2011 Carrera S convertible with the PDK 'box with a few options sports chrono, PASM, sports exhaust. Was a bit of a shock during the drive home today, the noise, ride and rawness (roughness)) was not pleasant. Made more sense this evening honing around with the roof off and although in a couple of weeks I may be of a different opinion for now I am really looking forward to getting the ISF back!

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Williams ceramic coating, topped with Meg's Xpress spray wax

Rained last night, got a layer of Poorboys Blue Natty on there. Smells lovely as well!

I almost always wait until it reaches 0 miles, or later. From extensive experimentation, 0 miles means there will be about 2 gallons left in the tank, so anything between 40 and 60 miles of driving depending on the road you are on. This works for ISFand RCF In 7 years, my fuel pumps have never caught fire through lack of cooling.

@Nick W858 Nick careful now you may get tempted to all those things that the German cars have to offer I've prepared a list for you ... Honesty 🤥 integrity🤥 build quality🤥 reliability🤥 great dealers🤥 Oh and before I forget having had many Porsche in the past 'Paranoia' Big Rat

I once ran out of fuel many years ago, in a very inconvenient part of the world in an old car with, as it turned out, dodgy electrics. I guess I was scarred for life by the experience, because I have made sure I always fill up early. The sight of that little yellow petrol pump glowing at me makes me come over all strange.....

Turns out it was on top of the bumper, possibly residue from being masked off and sprayed? either way a massive relief and some simple cleaner and a gentle cloth and all is well!

@NemesisUK He was of the opinion that they were just not up to the Lexus original quality by a fair way, for me I know the Lexus prices are high for supply and fit of these items but I've not heard anybody say a bad thing performance wise about them apart from cost and dust. Now obviously they are an important feature of any car goes without say, but mine is original brakes all round including pads after eight years and 42K which I think speaks volumes it's just a shame Mr Lexus wants sooooo much for them. Big Rat

Don't mention SKODA! She is a REAL badge snob! Well an update on the saga. She wanted and I found two good ones in her price range .... but they had been sold! Tried hard to sell her a Corolla and Honda Jazz - "Granny Cars!" In frustration, and as a joke, I sent her VW Beetle I saw on AutoTrader - she liked that! It looked good one ....... sold! Then saw another Beetle in Canterbury - 2005, 2.0 litre petrol, 71,000 full service history (independent VW garage) cambelt done - immaculate! Sold? NO! She got it for £1,500 - I thought a really good buy. Not the car she wanted at first or the size of engine - WOMEN! Not a car I would have chosen - style of substance - but she is thrilled with it and £2,250 cheaper than an 06 Polo she was going to look at! Are men like that? Has anyone here set their minds on a particular car and ended up buying something completely different on the day? Also managed to sell her Seat Ibiza to a Polish chap for £200, who was exporting it for parts. He buys 400 cars each month for parts. He says older cars are very cheap here in the UK.

Been to look at them with my mate Paddy he's an automotive engineer specialised in braking and suspension systems over many years. He's probably forgotten more than I'll ever know about these matters, and even his cursory look at them the pad compounds are very different from the standard ones this of course may be a good or a bad thing ! He felt the compound was less metallic and possibly softer, the originals are legendary for the dust but they work very well and last. The bells don't look the best quality in surface finishing nor did the rears of the discs. Suffice to say I've passed on these I'm not desperate for them at the moment so I shall keep looking and may take the route of others on here with alternatives. Big Rat

Well, I don't know what I was worried about. All went well, the fitter was a really nice competent guy who explained all the process and didn't seem irritated when answering my stupid questions! Would definitely recommend auto windscreens.

If you bought your car from a garage, you can guarantee it will have been run on empty quite a few times.

I have not long passed 222,222 in my 1997 LS400 - current is mileage is not much over 223,000. It had 211,000 on the clock, or should I say on the digital display, when I bought it about three years ago, so most of the mileage is down to previous owners. The engine runs very nicely and it feels as though it could go on for another 222,222. Perhaps it will, although probably not under my ownership ...

Once again, you've all missed @Rusty Crobar's real reason for running the tank low. Just like a formula one car, Rusty's car is fuelled for the optimum.... lap.... I mean, traffic light getaway. @Big Rat uses a different fuelling strategy. His car will always have sufficient fuel to get to the next cake & coffee shop!

It's a matter of convenience, really. I normally buy V-Power and have to go out of my way to access a Shell station, so I invariably wait until I have to get fuel.

I've been fortunate enough to drive these on extended 'tests' many times in the last 6 months, I think they are a fabulous car but the only thing that stops me trading my isF for one is the residuals they still have a fair way to fall in my opinion. Now in the past I've not always been quite so sensible but hey ho on current trends when my isF warranty runs out in 18mts I shall be searching for one, preferably in White with a red interior which was the colour combo I last drove. Big Rat

Nothing wrong with a 1.4 Polo. Bought one with 46k miles for £2.5k from an auction as my sons first car - went OK, pretty nippy and had no issues apart from a large rock flicking up and going through the front grill and radiator. Sold it for £2.3k a few months ago with 54k miles on it :). The thing is, its a 1.4 Naturally aspirated engine, very little to go wrong with it and very simple to fix. Doesn't look too bad for a 12 year old car either. And I got its replacement for £3.4k with 64k miles on it - A Golf 1.4 TSI, again, has no issues. TBH the refinement in the Golf at high speed is pretty remarkable for a car of this size (its honestly better than a Lexus CT hands down in every department) He tells me he's keeping the Golf for 2 years until he graduates! Somehow I dont think so!

Quick drive to Lexus Birmingham this morning in my is300H Premier (got 50mpg at a 50 to 70mph) to check out an RX450H F Sport white with rose interior. Initial thoughts on the test drive were mixed due to fuel consumption looking too low to consider the change but it had settled at 36mg by the time we got back to the dealership. Anyway the deal was pretty decent so I bit the bullet and drove it away. Got 45mpg on the drive back to Yorkshire, traffic on the M42 and M1 50/60mph restrictions as far as Barnsley helped but I am sure I would have achieved around 40mpg at a constant 70mph. Love the car, the adaptive cruise control works brilliantly and it is so quiet. Its bloody huge though LOL I thought that I was going to miss the ML sound system but Rayaans was right the 12 speaker Pioneer is pretty good and I think is not far off the ML so very happy with that. I am sure all the motoring journalists who review Lexus hybrids have no clue how to drive them and constantly whine about 0-60 performance and laggy gear change. Blithering idiots IMHO. I want a quiet comfortable car that is reliable and makes you feel good and dont care if it doesnt handle or accelerate like a sports car. This is my 6th Lexus in a row and second RX and I have to say this one is miles ahead of the others Anyyway over to ebay now to list some accessories from the is

Been awhile I have been here but just thought I would post again. Got a like for like set of wheels and makes a difference Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

So I washed my car the other day and used Infinity Wax Rapid Detailer as a drying aid and this is what greeted me when I finished work. . Not bad.

Hello everyone! I picked up my first IS200 SE last week for the princely sum of £650. She has 97,000 miles, one owner, full history and lovely in every way apart from the bodywork. My plans are to slowly restore it to a nice standard. Primarily lots of small bodywork and paint repairs including the seriously scuffed alloys. PLANS Remove major scratches and minor dents. Repair deep dent on rear panel. Deep polish to remove the pretty bad swirl marks. Alloy repair and respray. Tint rear windows. Spray chrome rear light inserts red (sorry, not a fan of lexus lights). Make sure everything is fully rust proof and pristine for longevity. Cruise Control retrofit (if possible). Wire folding mirrors to central locking.

Thanks... Yes, OZ Superturismo 8,5x20 ET20

Probably tyre rubber from all that driving you've been doing in the RX recently

When I bought my is250 in November 2016 it had 6 lexus service stamps in the book. Ideally I would like to have my car serviced at a lexus dealership as they will know these cars inside out. Unfortunately living in hereford it's over a 100 mile round trip to my nearest lexus centre which is in bristol. Luckily for me we have a toyota dealership here in Hereford. I recently took out a service plan with them and as an added bonus they promised to grease my caliper slide pins too at no extra cost. The service plan is considerably cheaper than what I was offered at lexus bristol and I'm certain the toyota mechanics know these cars just as well as the lexus guys. A full lexus service history stamped in the book would be nice but a toyota stamp is better than some back street garage.

Just finished polishing and waxing...what a result. Really happy with Gtechniq P1 and then finishing off with Collinate 476 although that was really hard to take off of left to long to dry. Did everything by hand using German Pads but think I will be able to get better results using a machine so time to invest in one now.....how ever the weather in London was amazing and no sun at all but perfect dry weather for this job. Really pleased with the result Before and after photos attached. Swirls marks are well reduced.

Ahh, I was going to buy it but you beat me to that one then! Well played sir [emoji106]

That'll be the one! She said it was too big for her. Picked it up from a part of town full of tiny streets so that explains the bodywork.

I just make it part of my weekly routine 90% of the time it is Friday afternoon on my way home from work whatever is required I just fill her up, after a week of work and a bit of driving of an evening its usually 2/3 or a tank or so.

Found it on page 502. Still can't believe the size of modern handbooks; there were encyclopaedias in my younger days that had fewer pages!

@emjay82 - that is because of USA and because of NSO is nearby... Similar to what I do. It is quite interesting to know that you can make 40-60 miles in RC-F and IS-F. I would say IS250 car do about 30-50, which means that Lexus scaled reserve fuel accordingly. I always though IS-F had same tank as IS250 and as such less reserve, but I must be wrong then. For me refueling late is as well kind of convenience thing, visiting station less often. But again is has 65L tank and the most I have ever put in it was 64.3L and 63.8L (once I ran out of fuel) and most of the time it is ~59-61L. Refueling at 0 miles range would be ~55L, which I believe I am going to start doing now because of @sorcerer reasoning... Refueling at 1/4 would mean I will visit petrol station 30% more and that is why I am not fancy doing it.

@mikeyv Thanx for that matey will do all of that as well love a bit research 👍 🐀

Saw that, you prompted me to post, can't work out how to link the add to this thread.

Have you tried the Toyota dealers on ebay? I doubt the parts would actually be listed, being quite a rare model, but might be worth a phone call. I've bought a few Lexus service parts from them, filters and antifreeze, for example, and made a bit of a saving. I used Lexus Birmingham, but there are a few more on ebay, I believe. Edited to add:- Also Toyota official store HERE Lexus Birmingham HERE

Yes, in that case, the Red 7 should be good for her car then. On a side note, the wheel woolie style brush has come from China - ordered from Aliexpress about 2 weeks ago but its arrived much quicker than expected. So far, it looks like the perfect size and reasonable quality for £10.

The electronic indicator stalk does annoy me as like the GSF driver I am often doing the 'over correction' indicator trick, especially on the motorway. I also miss the digital speed readout of my is 300h f sport.

MOT time. Pasted first time of course. Now time to fit some more goodies.

Fiat 500? Proper girly car and 'trendy' I believe! Could get an '08 - '10 plate within your budget.

Funny how this thread came alive as I have just received my order for P1, German pads, clay etc. I plan to detail the car tomorrow. Will take some before and after photos. purchased the Collinate 476s wax to finish off.

This is true but today the missus wanted to get home early and didn't want to stop! Obviously she always gets what she wants. I use my car everyday so fuel stops are a tedious necessity for me but I agree with the advice, I usually fill up once I'm down to a quarter tank 😴

Oh dear you better stop asking questions or its going to start getting extremely expensive!

This forum is missing a "Don't Like" button.

Stop/start on a Diesel I always thought was not a good move, Diesel engines work at their best at constant revs under constant load for long periods, ie generators, ships etc. Not Land Rovers on the 0.75 mile school run! i think that DERV has had it's day personally. (For light duty vehicles anyway) paul m

Well, perhaps with your superior knowledge, you could answer his questions?

When my car was new to me, I solved all but a few problems by reading the instructions contained in the handbooks which came with the car. The only problem I wasn't able to solve by reading the handbook was how to change a front strut assembly.. which in itself was extremely simple.

No, they're like DFS, there's always a sale on. And on the one day there isn't a sale on just phone up and they'll give you a discount code.

I spent the afternoon doing some paint correction. Clayed the whole car and polished out all the scratches that weren't so deep before applying a layer of wax. Made a big difference! I also picked up some body filler to do the deep scratches and the dent above the rear light, along with the alloys. Rear bumper before: And after... I've also been experiencing a wobble from around 50-60mph from the passenger front wheel. I took it off and turns out there's a chunk missing, also looks like it's missing some balancing weights. I put the spare on which seems to have made it better, but not irradiated it completely. Any ideas?