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Called at a car meet yesterday and spotted this beauty. Can't be many around

Had pals visit for the weekend and their pah tagged along who was keen to go for a ride in the GS He has a mobility scooter which none of us thought would fit in the boot but to our amazement it went in quite easily! Anything we bought whilst we were out, had to go inside the cabin tho Excuse the dirty car, I washed it the next day...honest. Along with their car which took some cleaning and machine polishing to get the Seagull poop off the roof, I've never seen such a mess

My daughter loves it. She's only 4 years old but she knows a Lexus and Toyota when she's sees one on the road, when she sees a bmw she's says "look a Bmtroubleyou" lol. But she loves the sc. I keep saying to her I might sell it to get a 4 door car, and she says noooo don't sell it because I love it. So I'm actually looking for a very cheap 4 door car and I mean cheap as I want to park the sc up for winter too. Mine has the orange type of colour interior and I've had it resprayed Porsche lapis blue pearl. It was light blue when I bought it, but because the previous owner took it to Austria and back, it was scratched up to the max.

Lexus Cheltenham - always had good servicing on all 5 Lexus I've had serviced there. Also purchased one brand new Lexus from them and prep & handover was good, no problems. Less good imo are their part-ex prices and willingness to do a deal on their approved used vehicles. The deal I got for a new IS300h was good but I've purchased 3 approved used Lexus and each time this dealership was poor in comparison with others in terms of price and part-ex values so I bought from other Lexus dealerships. One of the sales guys was a little less than honest when I was shopping round for an NX so this dealership would never be my first choice when buying an approved used Lexus. Happy with all servicing here though and it is my closest. Lexus Derby - bought an approved used IS250 F-Sport unseen from this dealership. Asked all the right questions on phone and via email and all replies were accurate. Turned up to collect the car and it was exactly as advertised except for a slight scrape on one of the wheels. They agreed to repair this free of charge after delivery and did so with no problems. Got a good deal on this car - price and trade-in - well pleased. Too far away for me to use for regular servicing though. Lexus Wolverhapmton - bought two approved used Lexus from here, an IS200t Sport and my current NX. Both experiences were first class. Quickly got to a deal I was happy with on both occasions and the prep and handover on both occasions was faultless. After-sales care was spot on for both cars too because I had to take each car back for minor work soon after taking delivery. NX went back for a wheel alignment adjustment. Can't remember exactly what the IS200t went back for but it was minor. The reason for going back was to ensure any work was done foc because, for example, wheel alignment is not covered under warranty for obvious reasons. Visited Lexus Birmingham to get something checked out on one of my Lexus. Can't remember what though. I was promised a call back and never received a call. I could have chased but I got it sorted elsewhere. Can't for the life of me remember exactly what it was though. Just wish Lexus cars went a bit longer between services though. Probably ok for owners doing 10-12k miles per year but less good for me because I do 20k miles per year which is two services.

my dashcam is a thinkware f770 ... it fits really snug to the glass, behind the mirror & hard to see outside the car ... the wires are totally hidden in the roof lining.... fed up of crazy BMW drivers onthe M25, woried about exactly this scenario.

Get in touch with this Lexus Dealer, selling on EBay so geared up to post bits out to you! http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Lexus-Birmingham-Parts?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 paul m.

Nothing to lose by asking. Don't be too surprised if they reject the request. They have replaced a lot under extended warranty... last I heard on this forum they had removed wheels from those parts being covered. Lexus just don't do wheels very well .... and have not done for years. Very poor approach for the brand. The wheels on my old is200 Sport were replaced by Lexus ....but they were shot within 2 years. Blistered and bubbled all over the place. Take a look at the inside of your wheels ...... they are not finished properly...so the outer finish has a week point at the edge of the spokes. That's where they peel from. I could pull up the edge of the finish at that point and feel it pinging all round the wheel .... very very poor. The finish of my wheels (which I really like the design of) on my current IS250 were literally flaking off in sheets and blistering from underneath the finish around the valves. I decided to go to a reputable local refurber. Chemical strip, repair a few kerb marks and resprayed, glazed and oven baked all over. Now they spankingly good and a doddle to keep looking good. £300 but oh so worth it to me. This is how they look now. They were done last year around May/June.

I believe you can also mute the radio by holding the MODE button on the steering wheel Its funny how the dealers don't know these things - its in the manual as well and if I was Lexus, Id be insisting that they read the manual front to back for every model that comes out

To cut a long story short... After MUCH 'work' behind the scenes by my Lexus dealer ( and the scheduled Service and MOT - passed :) ), the Warranty company DID pay for the work. I take my hat off to my Lexus dealer, who did a great job and were VERY supportive. My car is now back home.

@Mark6pot Mark Nah Matey that's chicken feed at those miles. Now with me being a bit of a research freak I know of the full index numbers of 98 ISF's + another 20 that are on cherished transfers. I've looked at the MOT history of everyone of these cars irrespective of the mileage and they are what I can only discribe as bloody good 😊 So out of all of the data I've got the mileages are in between 15008 and 211344 for all years covering 08 to 63. And I looked at this last month. One thing and one thing only is abundantly clear and it's this.... Inner tyre wear to both fronts is mentioned in nearly every single car every year sometimes failure but mostly advisory irrespective of mileage. It is extremely rare for suspension steering to even be mentioned again irrespective of age and mileage. The strange anomalies that come up fairly often is 'engine tray covers obscure steering suspension components' but I've yet to see this result in a fail. The odd windscreen chip like yourself and advisories figure fairly regularly for pad wear. One or two for lighting issues but again rarely. I think this speaks voulumes for the build quality of these cars, I'm in the process of doing some comparisons with the same number of random chosen M3 C63 of the same age range to see what's thrown up, hope some find this interesting. Big Rat

29.6 mpg over nearly 300 Miles.

Same price as Asda here, 110.9ppl

I Paid 1.109 there on Friday for UL - think the diesel was the same price

colin the last time i looked at costco petrol prices it was about 8p / ltr cheaper

Wrong coloured interior for me. Red is the only colour that will suffice.

Very useful & usable post, I have no probs with my LS400 or any of the others I had but I often wonder what I would do after this one (maybe I'll be buried) it always helps to read someone who can compare these cars

Thank you. Yeah she knows most the cars she sees on the road. Lately she's been saying she wants to become a vet and help animals. That made me very happy.

Drat you got me there #fail as I didn't have time. I tested both products back to back on my barge and a visiting pal but her car was in a such a state (Seagull poop'd roof) that I needed to crack on so I could get the roof cleaned up and polished. Was quite a job and although I fixed most of the issues there are still some slight residual marks. But there's a point when you simply can't face washing a car for another time. The sun was starting to get stronger too so I didn't want to risk the paintwork. Excuses, excuses!

Thanks for that tidbit, I'd been wondering where the Mute button was (holding MODE works on my GS too) [emoji106]

And I didn't know, that you didn't know, that I didn't know. But now you know, that I know. You know.

Some of the wheels are definitely out-sourced. The Baransu and F-Sport wheels are made by ENKEI, and perhaps the other 18" wheels too since they all share the same widths and offsets. BBS produce the wheels fitted to "F" models. My F-Sport wheels were still in very good shape before I sold them. A couple of them were just beginning to show some very minor bubbling near the centre-caps, after 6 years.

6 Alfa's you say? Do tell

The trailing arms are the 48710 and 48720 part no,s, but looking at the pics the lower control arm looks very suspect. 48730 and 48740. Make sure when sourcing these parts you give the vin number as the trailing arms have different lengths depending on type of suspension

A colleague of mine has covered 280,000 miles on his GS300... does that count?

Car failed MOT today due to number plates not having a "BS number" or the name of the number plate manufacturer displayed, learn something new all the time. Back in tomorrow for a free retest with proper plates. Some advisories were; Large stone chip on windscreen passenger side, smaller than 10mm. Cut on inside tyre but not through to cord. Front break pads worn but not at limit, this I was aware of as I check myself. For 113038 miles not to bad.

Personally not my favourite colour scheme. A few observations. car having adjustable air shocks with High / Low / Sport settings Didn't know that they had this on the Mk1. Certainly not on the Mk2 Would this be a Japanese local Car sold to the former owner. 4,200cc and not 3,969cc as my Car being a Mk2 Reg May 1993. Unusual or not? Tyre wear mentioned - in several MOT's. Surely would be the original tyres with such low mileage. Steering Column top becoming slightly worn. Interesting. Have all owners of Mk 1's had such a problem before 20k mileage?

Scary expensive! About the cost of my first couple of cars values added together!

Yes, the front of my boot is mostly full of precious metals. Maybe you should buy a different a pram! Hehe

Right I get it, its very similar width and such, but the bit I struggle using on the IS is blocked off with lots of Hybrid battery gubbins on yours. In fairness for usable space although quite a lot smaller probably wouldn't make too much of a difference, not sure I could get the pram in there though!

Whilst in the 'trunk' I figured it was about time I finally showed the boot net. It sits deep inside (forward portion of) the boot so doesn't block the opening but you still have easy access to bits'n'bobs when other things are in the boot. We find it quite handy.

I had the Avons fitted and have driven about 200 miles since - they are very quiet and smooth riding I'm well pleased with them. Now for the rain but I suspect I won't have long to wait ;-)

Indeedy, we were quite surprised it went in. Sure, I'll snap one over lunch. The GS 450H is spec'd at 280 litres, what's your IS? Is the GS much wider than an IS? - GS width 1820mm

Hi next time try the denso hybrid ones, they are excellent and look great too

Hi ive got the same problem i had a word with a helpful chap at our local lexus dealer. He says that so long as the new disc is genuine lexus the software will update all the maps etc, but the operating methods will remain the same. He also said if you were thinking of the latest disc to wait until October as the new models will be out September and the new disc usually follows about a month later. A new disc costs about £106 i think thats ex vat. I also have similar issues with my cd player does the one you got have Bluetooth and aux, etc Cheers

I have read pretty much all of the 'wheel related' threads on here and, I have always wondered about Lexus wheels and so, I will ask my question. Do Lexus manufacture their own wheels and further, do some/all motor manufacturers make their own wheels or, are there specific wheel manufacturers from whom car makers buy wheels? I must admit that at the moment my wheels are fine, the car is 3.5 years old. My car is under extended warranty until December 2018 and so I am wondering, if I have a problem with my wheels will they be covered. I must sort out the paperwork for a look see. There is a VIP Event at my dealers this coming weekend, I might go along to see if there is anything that catches my eye. If I change, I won't have to worry about the wheels for a bit longer

Allan There is no point in putting second hand units on, they will be worn and the problem may get worse. Google the Japanese car spares sites .

There was an issue that Lexus acknowledged years ago where they were replacing countless wheels due to the alloy corrosion on the cars wheels. I am aware of it from the Gen 1IS's (IS200) but probably before that also. I think the replacement wheels just fizzled out at some point - not enough people complaining? Its a bit of a poor recognition of the failure of a component as its been evident for over 15 years+ (same as the brake calipers really) Its evident on the Gen 2's also but worth giving it a go but I wont hold out hope for any replacement, maybe like Linas says, you may receive a discount but at Lexus prices that wont amount to much over the 4 wheels required unless they send them away for a refurb but unlikely as they wont be able to guarantee the product in the future. All 4 will need to be done to match the colour. The issue you will have and is what I have experienced, is that if left, over time they will corrode on the inside and lead to unbalanced pressures on all 4 tyres (worst case) as the corrosion on the inside will break the seals and lead to "slow puncture" scenarios. I was looking to replace mine with OEM Lexus ones but judging by the lifespan of them and the hassle in rectifying the issue when it appears again (tyre removal and refurb) I am planning to replace with non OEM ones.

I'm not 100% sure how good my tube hookups where. But the results seemed pretty obvious. Now to track down an injector. I ordered the copper washers the other day and they showed up already. Thanks Mackemade for talking me through it the other night

@Flytvr here are pics when I first got the car, steering wheel is now in cf and has a flat bottom and the interior trim will be changed to CF soon.

I did not use glue as this was more of a practice run, next week I'll do it again but I'll make the insert taller and stretch the leather a bit more, also repair the creases with a leather repair kit. Some pics of the passenger seat also starting to sag so will do that also. Painted the calipers red but next week going to do them blue to match stitching and f badge to see what that's like, also like the burnt orange as well. Desitions desitions

Reminds me, must do some new videos of mine now I have the PPE headers and tuned intake/remap from RR-Racing installed. Don't think you can really beat it in terms of the sound etc. I'll try and get something recorded soon!

Just fitted the led side lights, think it looks a lot more up to date now.

Quote "Look, my husband's bought a Toyota Avensis!!!! Fool! He used to drive a 911!" Great pic btw.

My wife was with me when I first drove an ISF. She said, 'A proper grown up car at last'. She still loves the one I bought.

This was the guy: http://www.gibsonautomotiveupholstery.co.uk He's based in Chandler's Ford, just outside Southampton. A pleasure to deal with. The job cost £100. If any of you are thinking about having this done, there's a very handy video on YouTube showing how to dismantle the centre console to get the arm rest off the car. It's not a *massive* job, but care needs to be taken to keep all the little plastic tabs in one piece! https://youtu.be/WXgTBn8MHZ0

Vidéo with the cutout : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxKYej5tX50

There is some good advice on the Financial Ombudsman website: "We generally consider that if insurers expect substantial "wear and tear" to occur within the period covered by the policy, they should not sell policies for that duration." http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/publications/technical_notes/extended-warranties.html Your claim in the small claims track of the county court would be against the dealer who (mis)sold you the warranty, rather than Lexus themselves. The only way to get them to change their mind is to publicly shame them..Twitter, Facebook, the motoring press...

Got metronome 52mpg over 100K miles in my old SE, just swapped to a 2017 Sport and almost done 1000 miles and it's a shade under 48 mpg. Can live with that, obviously the change from 16" to 18" tyres but still amazing for a 2.5l petrol. I only drive on Normal though, too much turbo lag on ECO for me.

I have a nice Porch....PVCu windows and door in it, finished in metallic white.