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He's just finished this one, give him a break....

Don't know if the video has upload properly - here's a couple of screen shots

@Comedian Nah thanx matey my blood pressure is fine 😊 🐀

BTW - I just noticed the bit about 'carrying on with Lexus servicing'. That will be expensive and totally unnecessary - the only things needing regular attention are oil changes and oil, air (only very occasional) and cabin (pollen) filter changes - after market filters work fine at a fraction of Lexus prices and oil is oil. Buy your own fully synthetic 5W-30 on eBay along with filters etc and get a good indy to do your servicing if you can't do it yourself. All the other servicing 'work' is/are inspections - hell, the MoT covers most of them. Lexus dealers don't do the essential brake caliper maintenance, and they charge full price for any parts they consider 'needed'. You can buy filters, tyres, brake pads etc much more cheaply from the after market and they work just as well - often they are the same parts in a different box. Using any dealer for any car after it's out of warranty is throwing money down the drain, IMHO - they are geared up to maintain cars within warranty and change 'units' - they don't consider or attempt any suitable fixes which require a bit of dismantling, repair and reassembly. A good indy will seek the best/lowest cost compromise to deal with problems.

My understanding is that you can purchase the warranty right up to the 10th year so in theory you could buy the two year one a day before the car is 10 and you will still be covered up to a day before its 12th birthday, obviously at that point you cannot extend it. On my first ISF I had the warranty, it covered a water pump but nothing else went wrong so didn't pay for itself although I think it helped when I sold the car. Currently on my 2nd ISF and no warranty and as others have said there is little that goes wrong. I do have a service booked in end of Jan and may take out the warranty as this will cover the car until age 12 but to be honest it would be put on to make a sale easier should I go down that route.

I think if u buy one that’s been cherished you’ve nothing to worry about, in fact you will have saved £895.......had mine 2-1/2 years, Service n Petrol is the only expenses I’ve had

Some truly amazingly low ownership costs there. We need somebody to collate all this information into a spreadsheet. Hmmmmm, who like that sort of thing....ummmmm....... Ratty ( @Big Rat)

Yep, I slap on some winter tyres and make it more useable all-year round.

@Flytvr Snow ? Looks more like a fast encroaching ‘Fat burger’ 😂 🐀

At the time i bought mine to be my main car then the yaris was passed down to me from the father in law as he was struggling to sell it. I took it on so it would sit in the Aberdeen carpark for two weeks rather than the ISF. That automatically turned the ISF into a weekend warrior (garage queen) and now i don't even like it being in carpark's. I have become risk averse. (some crap we get told from management lol)

Just a quick update, I took my Lexus to the local Toyota main dealer today and had the window runner replaced and all is good now.

I am not so sure, what is so particularly expensive to replace on IS-F? I understand something like LFA where most of the parts are one-off, but IS-F has large list of pretty standard parts which you can almost salvage from something as worthless as IS220d. The list of expensive part pretty much starts and ends with engine and gearbox, few original body panels would only need changing in case of accident, so not exactly maintenance thing. I am certainly not sure why would it become expensive beast to run... The closest comparison I can find would be SC430, which as far as I know not very big issue even well past the "used by date" - obviously, the engine is much more common, but how often Lexus V8 goes wrong and furthermore beyond engine and gearbox SC was singular model i.e. there are no cheap donors for simple parts, whereas for IS-F there are.

As we’ve discussed before mate, I think the IS-F could become a very expensive beast to run. How long will this take, who knows. Let’s face it they are still going VERY strong! 😀

Yes, please do add it to your stalker's database.

Back to the 'more to go wrong' scenario' of course. No avoiding it, it seems. (Dacia?)

If this feature isn't fitted, you'll hear a snap, crackle and then pop, and need to order a new linkage from lexus. Only kidding, I assume you don't need to put that much pressure on the arms to find out if they will pop to the higher position?

I had a Tracker fitted as standard on my Aston DB9. It cost £150+ per year to monitor and was only required by my insurers when the car was new. I eventually dropped the monitoring. It also caused a parasitic load on the car electrics meaning that the battery would be flat in about 20 days parked up. I would not bother unless you have insurance problems. BTW, let us know how you get on with your new toy.

£450 in the first month of ownership for the water the from Lexus the car had 64000 miles at the time I think, luckily they spotted it when I had it in for a service rear tyres seem to go down pretty quickly though I wouldn't have a clue why that is 😯

I think F the yaris up is what would happen lol

They were OK, certainly no drama. Sheffield didn't get anywhere near what was forecast but it was still a little dicey as I ventured into the Peak District. With the dedicated winters I used to seek the snow out and try to get myself stuck. I probably wouldn't do that with these Pirellis unless I had a backup plan but I'm quite confident in them. These tyres, AWD and a bit of common sense with the gearbox and traction control and I don't think we'd be getting stuck any time soon.

Thanks Lee will give it a go when the rain stops!

@mike m Matey I read all this the other day before I posted you about part of the reason to try and get you to keep the 'F' It doesn't make pleasant reading ☹️ Could you not 'F' the Yaris up and jack it fit a 4x4 set up........ supercharger...........cough cough. 😬 🐀

50% back on again until midnight tonight. Use code FLASH50.

😜 RCF loves dry sunny days. The Volvo (my true love ❤️♥️❤️♥️) loves SNOW!!

Agreed, didn't buy the ISF as a financial decision so drive it almost every day, I'll never get all my money back for it but that's not the point, it gives me pleasure and that's what I pay the premium for......a bit like the wife!

Yes the 4wd system (that is the 2 rears activate) cuts in and out as required when wheelspin is detected.

DOH! just heard today that it won't be ready until Monday. I insisted that the dealer gets a hybrid health check from lexus, but it couldn't be scheduled before next monday.

It may or may not be the issue - It used to be that if the system was not bled properly during/after a coolant change – a full drop of coolant – and topped up without leaving a hose open for the escape of air then the air that had entered the system when “empty” could get trapped and prevent the coolant from running through the system properly, trapped by the air. A bit like the highest point in your central heating system – leave that pipe open or use as a bleed point on the system. Easiest way is to put the car on a slight incline (front of car on incline) and open the expansion tank. With the car on for a few minutes, see if the expansion tank coolant level drops, in effect you are forcing the air to the highest point of the system. If there is air in the system it will work itself out but you will need to top the system up if any air comes out. If no coolant was getting to the box, rather than providing an ambient temperature it would remain colder longer? Hence you having issues in slow start up times? Its just a thought but could be related to the recent coolant change? Its a good start to rule this out. There is a small overflow rubber pipe coming from the expansion tank – first check to see if this is blocked as it wont allow any air out of the tank naturally. If clear then carefully open the tank cap BEFORE starting the car to prevent any hot coolant spitting out Start the car keeping an eye on the bottle BE CAREFULL WHEN OPENING THE EXPANSION TANK TOP – IT MAY SPIT IF IT DOES RELEASE AIR – TRY THIS WHEN ENGINE IS COLD TO PREVENT ANY HOT COOLANT SPITTING OUT WHEN IT GETS HOT. REMOVE THE CAP FIRST BEFORE STARTING THE CAR. 5 minutes should do to see if the tank level drops or until the car gets to temp.

As far as I'm aware all gen 2 IS models have 13 speakers fitted as standard and 14 if you have the mark levinson. The gen 3 IS has 8 speakers fitted standard. As for the USB I find it's only good for charging my phone. I use Bluetooth for audio and it's superb. I still own my 250 f-sport despite recently purchasing an ISF and I can't bring myself to sell it. It really is a fantastic car to drive and ive not had so much as a light bulb go yet after over a year of ownership.

If your car has the feature then grab the passenger wiper at the lower arm and push down/pull up in the same plane as the windscreen. Both wipers should then snap into the new position and sit lower/higher on the lower portion of the screen. Good question Alan @Ala Larj, I'd presumed that you set the wipers higher in winter, leave them there until the warmer weather and that the wipers would still operate as normal. But maybe this is just a park/service feature and not for daily use? I've searched and read the manual but it's not clear if you can use the wipers in the higher position. Does anyone know if the wipers still work in the higher winter position without over extending/hitting the A pillar?

If you look at the Reliability Surveys which have been issued over the last 15 years James, you might have been much less surprised. It is extremely unusual for any purchaser of a JLR product to be a private consumer.They are Corporate or Self Employed who can offset the cost against taxation. The private buyer looks increasingly towards Japan and South East Asian owned organisations. The ones who give 5 or more year Warranties on their products.

Thanks for all your advice. I have found a 2006 rx400h se-l that I hope to collect next weekend.

This link may have been posted before idk, but there is some great information here on the IS F. https://lexus.pressroom.com.au/press_kit_detail.asp?kitID=270&navSectionID=6#2912

...it does reach a point though when self insuring makes sense. My car is worth (08, 80k) £15grand. Spending a grand on warranty a year seems a huge cost on top of the road tax. and indi fixed my misfire and fitted two new HID headlights for 800or so. Yes the warranty would have covered the misfire - dunno about the lights as I imagine bulbs are excluded - so I'm still quid's in. what would really pee me off is having the warranty and them turning down a claim, as insurers do... I basically accept the risk of a large bill on what is a 9 year old car that cost 60k plus when new. pays ya money takes ya choice...

Full winters are more appropriate year round for most cars on UK roads than full summers, certainly for 4x4/SUV types. I'm surprised RAC/AA/IAM haven't campaigned for cars to be shipped with, at least, All Seasons in the UK for road safety reasons. Less people would get stuck, less people would have accidents and the country wouldn't come to a standstill as easily as it does. I was surprised at how well my Vredestein winters stood up to the heat of summer, despite getting thrashed occasionally with 262bhp and a shedload of torque on a 2 ton car. In winter 2016 I towed a stuck, fully loaded, 7.5t truck with a heavy trailer up a slope in heavy snow to unblock a main road. Even other 4x4s with summer tyres were stuck and they didn't have a 7.5t truck and trailer to tow. I was blown away by the performance of the Vreds in snow. Even without snow or ice on just wet, cold, greasy roundabouts they still got a huge amount more power down than the tyres that came on the car.

I think the bubble has burst. http://www.offroaders.com/reviews/toyota-fj-cruiser-discontinued/