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I was thinking more something like this?

Obviously I'm going to say it'I a good one, but it really is. Needed wheels tidying and getting ready for tyres. I know someone on here is already interested. All I'll say is they have plenty of room for manoeuvre with the price...

These things keep me up all night 😉 https://www.fj.co/model/signature

Comedian . Same here mate . That’s whats putting me off buying the orange carbon

Great freeze of 81! How well I recall. I got caught in Alton, Hants, having driven my Citroen Dyane there to deliver a hi-fi amp -Quad 405 -(stuck avidly behind a coach 'getting his wind'....). HEAVY snow and freeze overnight; on the way home to Bristol, the M4 was mainly one wavering lane through frozen snow, passing abandoned Saabs and Porsches etc.. on the way. Thin tyres, air-cooled 602cc engine.....no problem!. (Pic; I didn't ALWAYS deiver giant cinema horns!) Later, I used my Citroen DS Safari on high suspension to deliver goods over the frozen ruts that kept everyone else marooned! How DID I drive a Ford Galaxie in Canada in December snow I wonder now, in 92? At least the roads are wide and thinly populated there, not our jammed roads.

Not had much of a drive in it since bringing it home. Wifey won't let me go out in bad weather. Just wondering how to explain lack of Christmas presents to kids this year...

@mike m To go from a vehicle with high level of reliability to one of these, though fully accepting your reason for a change is IMO bonkers matey, the reliability is nothing short of shocking even a quick google will put you off it before you can get to the bottom of the page. The repair costs for the kind of issues they suffer with and there are many are astronomical, get that isF to knock hill quickly 😂 So now that I've rained on your parade look at this guy's vids in his isF at knockhill he's on his second isF he's not a member, on here hopefully it'll 'relight your fire ' Oh and the first one is the same 'exercising the IsF in the South of France Enjoy and stay with us 👍 Big Rat

Totally agree about front wheel drive, once drove Oxford to Bristol in the great freeze of Dec 1981, took 4 hours, dug out cars stuck in the way, took it steady and that was in an Escort Mk3. and when I got to a garage in Swindon to fill up, the owner was amazed. However I am sure a front wheel drive LS would be a bit of a handful. Snow tyres are the things to have, but not sure for the one day every 4 to 5 years they are needed in the balmy climes of the Cotswold Valleys, it is worth worrying about, and all the more reason to stay indoors and have another sloe gin

Hello all, That car was in Charles Hurst, Dundonald (near Belfast) until some time in October. They had it advertised on Autotrader as a 2007 car for £17500. The registration is a County Armagh plate which was put back on the car after it was traded in and the previous owner transferred their private plate on their new car. It doesn't show up on the DVLA MOT check because Northern Ireland details aren't available centrally (since vehicle licencing and MOT's etc were all managed / recorded locally before it all went to Swansea). It was previously registered as DS04VYS and AG58FHC. I think the 04 plate was the one transferred when it was traded in. I had thought about having a look at it when it was for sale in Belfast but I was a bit put off by the standard tail lights and the slight deformation in the rear bumper. I wondered if it had been hit. The original Charles Hurst photos also appeared to show that the boot trim wasn't fitted properly around the hinges but that looks like it's been fixed in the new photos. In the end it went before I had a chance to get a closer look at it. Hope this is helpful, Gareth

@mike m Feels twice that on this roof..............😬 Big Rat

Contact Steve and he will sort it out for you. lexusoc@gmail.com

there is a sprung ball bearing in a track... if the mirror is forced beyond it's normal throw it will move (as opposed to break), but once returned to it;s normal position, you'll hear a load click as the ball bearing re-located into the track again. So long at it retracts and extends as per normal, then all good.

It's true that driver experience can make a significant difference in difficult conditions but @grantwils is quite correct, the biggest difference by far in this case is the tyres. I think it's just one of those topics where once you've tried it, you know.

I won't bore people on here to much as I've mentioned it a number of times before, but having worked as a tyre development driver for Michelin on performance fast road use of Summer and Winter tyres covering huge mileages in an assortment of vehicles, I'm a great advocate for winters and summers and trust me the benefits are huge. Buy yourself some steels or used alloys for the winters, who cares about aesthetics it's safety that's paramount You extend the life of both types by 50% if you store them correctly Winters are superior in wet conditions in 7 to 10 degree temperatures and far superior under 7 degrees Braking distances in wet and greasy conditions are far better with winters Buy your winters in the summer months, it's cheaper It is in the conditions winters were designed for they are a great contribution to road safety example...... if you leave a greater distance between you and the vehicle in front and presupposing the vehicle behind you is on summers, you can extend his breaking distance by your greater ability to stop slow And manoeuvre Replace your winters when they are approaching 5 years old irrespective of tread depth, in any event they do not function as well below 5mm All of us on here know how expensive it is to buy and run our Lexus vehicles irrespective of their age makes sense to me to go that one step further, after all the tyre is our only contact with the road surface........ and it's about the size of the palm of your hand. Big Rat

Got nothing done on the car this weekend but there is a good reason why, i was working yesterday and today ive been doing this ....... Me and the wife made this whilst being pestered by Honey, she just keeps staring at it when she goes in the garden now 😂

For this, well not this one but i'd prefer a 6 speed manual. Dunno though, as much as i love the ISF i've fancied a proper landcruiser for a while. The HJZ's are too hard to find in RHD but the FJ's come up a little more often and i quite like the look of them especially with some ARB bumpers all round / snorkel and a winch lol. https://www.prestigecarsltd.com/toyota-fj-cruiser-4.0-v6-auto-4x4-suv-right-hand-drive-in-sunningdale-surrey-6197735 Maybe need to just get the ISF out to knockhill for a track day and revitalise my interest but i'm getting the itch to change lol.

I’ll start it off. My F doesn’t like rain and snow and has (wisely) decided to hide.

So who would consider wrapping their car in a colour that's not available as standard, now there are a few on here with..... let's start with Rcf,s and I know certain colours are more popular than others @Comedian has his blue one and @Flytvr his White Carbon.......... so for instance you didn't like the White carbon you've bought would you consider this colour......... Yes it's a white Carbon underneath Now if it was me and I wanted a bright Carbon example I'd be happy with the standard Orange, what do others think Big Rat

Well I have made it home but it wasn't drama free, serves me right for opening my big mouth, it's dangerous out there in freezing temperatures and packed ice on some roads, took me ages to get back on account of stopping three times, firstly to tow a Defender out of a ditch, then a gritting lorry and finally a snowplough - none of which unlike me were on winter tyres! On a more serious note, I took the LS for a blast round a very empty and icy a Tesco car park, very difficult to break traction unless seriously provoked and tried some emergency stops, no drama, no abs etc, will be interesting to see if the conditions in the morning can provide more challenge.

Sounds like unmetered air entering the engine that the ECU cannot account for or control and therefore the erratic revs which you have. This maybe due to the recent spark plug job as this entailed removing the inlet manifold and disturbing the silicon gaskets/O rings beneath and if not perfectly sealed then the engine will draw air in this opening and cause erratic running. paul m.

Thank you!

I've driven mine in the snow a few years back fairly deep and found it superb with plenty of grip and stability, standard tyres aswell, maybe the extra weight of the hybrid batteries helped.

All that, a wife (with a big dvd habit?) AND you have to walk the dog! Kudos to you-I guess, like Maggie T -reputedly- you get by on 4 hours sleep a night? Those of us who just wash our cars each Spring are totally blown away.

@Rusty Crobar Well we all know what’s going to really be keeping you up at night a small screaming s... machine 😂 The Lancruiser ah yes those a classic to be cherished well unless you Richard Hammond..... Big Rat

I'd prefer an older landcruiser but they'r getting expensive now.

Omg, it looks like it swallowed a Cessna 150 and spat the remains out the exhaust!!!!

Big rat . Don’t think mrs rat would be happy having that parked on the drive .😩

You can always tell the people with zero experience of winter tyres because they post nonsense like this. They’re not a fail safe, no-one said they are but they are a massive, huge, undeniable, instantaneous improvement over summer tyres on snow, ice, slush, etc. They’re also in many cases cheaper than using summer tyres all year so why wouldn’t you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@mike mI agree with you with the diesel aspect, I use Transits now and you have no choice, bought a diesel car once BMW M535d hated it sold it after 4 months, I understand that Vw will be pitting 2.0Turbo Petrols in some of their T vans next year, maybe some manufacturer will follow with Petrol replacements for some of their range as time goes on. Well until we're all electrfied or driverless which ever comes first 😂 Big Rat

@Warrington guy The white one at Liverpool is stevoevo off of here's car, he just chopped it in for a Gsf. 🐀

If i had kids they'd probably want to walk instead of being seen in this thing

I like it in a "I like it because most people will hate it" way. I'd imagine the lack of acceleration and handling will wear pretty thin pretty fast given what you are coming from. It's cool like a well tricked up Nissan Cube is cool. I'm not sure it'll win any beauty contests though. I'm sat on the fence on this one.

Interesting comments. For me though it's my front wheel drive Volvo if it snows, much better traction and easier to get out of a snowy rut. If we had regular snow down here I'd certainly consider snow tyres, but if it does snow its usually gone within hours.

This was discussed a little while ago in the GS section. May be of help

I made my feelings about and my love of winter tyres very clear a few weeks ago when I challenged dendonc to a race (albeit a very slow race!) up and down my street when the snow hit. It really is a horses for courses situation for me, if you live in a place liable to snow and ice and you feel you need to get around and feel safe whilst doing it then winter tyres will do the job. Make no mistake, as grantwils has said, this is nothing to do with size of the car/engine/fwd or rwd or experience of driver, it is down to the tyres and the guys in Scandinavia & North America who deal with far worse than the UK weather prove they do the job. I did like the video of the fishtailing LS but it would terrify most people and ultimately will lead to a collision. My wife is scared to go up our street because although the 4wd of her Rx450 will get her up, it will be sliding all the way which to her is not fun, equally when she comes back down the street and her car won't stop, she doesn't enjoy that either. It was minus 2 this morning and my hilly street was covered in packed old ice plus some bits of fresh snow and I passed my neighbour clearing the screen of his new A4 (not Quattro) and I went straight up my street with no fuss or drama in my winter tyred LS. When I turned out onto the next side road I pulled over to clear further snow/ice from my windscreen. I then turned round to see the A4 unable to clear our street so I went over and made a smart remark about the wrong tyres before pushing him on to the side road. I then carried on dropping my kids at school coming back down the hill and parking up with no drama whatsoever. For me personally that is important but to others depending on where you live or whether you have to be certain places then it might not. Please though, do not confuse your own need (or lack of need) for winter tyres with the question of whether or not they actually work, the folks who buy and use them would not bother to spend their hard earned money if they didn't work. There are some current posts on the RX/IS forums at the moment which illuminate the benefits the tyres are having for some forum members as well as tons of other example across the web. My car as it stands is the best car by a country mile in winter conditions I have driven in 32 years of driving, it's nothing to do with the type of car I am driving, it is merely down to the different compounds of four pieces of rubber the car sits on. I have got 25 years of summer tyres under my belt and the dramas of winter driving using them, I now prefer the no drama/get where I want to go option but I do appreciate they will not be necessary or justifiable for some. Drive safe and arrive safe is the priority and if you don't feel you can do that then no problem stay at home and put the kettle on, it always thaws in a few days anyway!

I'd love to but we've naff all snow but it was -8 last night. Oh and my garage queen is tucked up while I'm offshore

Neil, I realised it was not your quote and I should have quoted Chris, sorry,but do enjoy the SC.

I used to press that on my IS200 and it didn't work: It didn't make it snow.

Yes, the lack of snow days here in the deep south laves us with very little experience at all, it's those poor little mites on the edge of civilization (leeds, birmingham, Reading etc) who get snow a lot more

I have seen many V8s running on no warranty (around isf ages) with a worrying list of common pdoblems but never had a issue. Personally if i had a german car id stick a warranty on it. Having a fair few Lexus/toyotas now i feel confident runnung my Lexus without one.. im not mad nor am i loaded. All i have is trust in what i bought. They do very rarely to go wrong, so its a personal preference. I might one day decide i want a warrenty, who knows. Another thing i would say is £900 for 2year cover is a very very good price for a V8 performance car. Hmmm. . .making me think again now lol

Yes topic divergence, I’m notorious for it 😉 🐀

@Linas.P I watched again and saw that which confirms it, so you don’t have to change your car to an isF you could mod yours like this....... Big Rat

Well today the snow has been awful. I was asked to pick my sister's little boy up from cubs camp in the middle of the countryside as she was stuck. I thought the let's go for it. At one point there was an Audi Quattro stuck on a hill all 4 wheels spinning. I shouted out the window "you need some winter tyres mate" as I went straight up in my rear wheel drive Lexus without the traction light even flickering haha. His face was a picture. I think the weight of the batteries in the boot helps a lot too, great car in the snow with the right tyres on

@grantwils Grant absolutely, I needed 4 new summers for my isF back in July at my local tyre place an independent as it happens and they are always happy to do a deal, so I personally like the OEM Bridgestones for my isF and I also needed a full set of Winters for my spare set. Due to the time of year I was able to get Michelin winters and my preferred Bridgestone all in for £1079.79. A massive saving the Michelin's alone were coming in at £802.02 originally. Bug Rat

It’s 100% down to the wrong tyres. You can’t beat the laws of physics. I’ve towed 4x4s up hills in a RWD auto Merc when I’ve had winter tyres on and they’ve had summer tyres. I have no idea why cars in UK are shipped with rubber specifically for use above 7 degrees when it’s below 7 degrees for 6 months of the year. They use RWD automatic cars on ice covered roads and steep inclines in Scandinavia and Canada. Buy a second set of rims and winter tyres. It’ll save you money and you wont get stuck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh apologies, got my terminology wrong - meant one touch closing function. I found the reset sequence here: http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/topic/58458-one-touch-open-or-close-for-moonroof/ Haven't tried looking for the convenience closing feature from the remote. Doesn't seem to do it from the house atm (just tried) but I'll have a look through the manual. Volkswagens have this feature (caused all sorts of problems lol) but don't know if it's used by Lexus or not.

It’s just raining on the South Coast.... no empty, snowy car parks for me :-(

I made up my own system, but off the shelf systems are available. Linked below is a system from the US that shows just how simple it is. I have found them on Ebay UK for circa £100, but one can be built from ready available parts for less than £50. The oil take off and return is simply a "T" piece inserted in the oil pressure switch take off point next to the oil filter. This can be seen on the GS450H down below the front of the radiator. The flexible oil tube can be a grease gun tube. These cost around £2, and have the correct 1/4 inch BSP threaded ends ready fitted and are safe to use with oil at over 5000 PSI "the car lube system runs at about 50 PSI". A 12 volt oil control solenoid almost completes the system except for a suitable oil container capable of holding oil at around 50 PSI , and a timing devise to turn off the solenoid after the engine has started. All components can be mounted in the ample space in front of the radiator in close proximity of the oil pressure switch When you go to ready mode the solenoid is turned on to open it releasing the oil under pressure round the engine before the engine starts. On the Toyota/Lexus hybrids there is a normal delay after going to ready before the engine starts. In this time the oil circulates round the engine from the oil stored under pressure in the container. When the engine starts the solenoid is turned off and as the oil pressure rises oil is returned to the container back through the solenoid valve as these work as one way valves allowing oil to flow back into the bottom of the container under pressure compressing the air above the oil. ready for the next restart. The system requires some extra oil depending on the size of container held in reserve in the container under pressure. The oil is only transferred into the engine at prestart, and is then returned to the container after the engine is running at full oil pressure. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Auto-Engine-Lube-Pre-Lube-Oiler-Tank/222645149806?hash=item33d6af606e:g:BQwAAOSw-RRXBrTm John

There's a reset you can do - back when I bought mine my sunroof opened and closed with both slide & tilt buttons doing exactly the same thing (which made no sense to me but I accepted it anyway). Read a post on this forum that described it and the auto-close started working and it now operates the way it should. Might be worth a try if the sunroof doesn't know what position it's in.