smartwave

Hi All Think last time I visited this forum was 5 years back? i have a 99 IS200 S which is very reliable until last Friday. Wife was driving on M25 to come to London to see me in the evening. Suddently car lost control and hit the left side barrier then bounced back to the central barrier. Car stopped in the middle of the motorway. Luckily wife was not hurt at all. The engine comparment and boot were in absolutely aweful state. The passenger compartment was fine without obvious deformation. All 4 doors open fine. It seems the one of the front tyres exploded. 3 weeks back we visited a tyre place and got told the front tyres still have some life left! It comes so quick! She is 100% sure it is going to be written off by insurance. Now I am back in the market looking for a another IS200 cos I love it so much! Money is very tight this moment as I am buying a new flat this moment. So max budget 2200 pounds. We need to run between Birmingham and London at least once a month. During week days wife dirves it for 3 miles a day to work I need you advice: do I get a auto is200 or manual is200? what's the MPG like for auto? How many years life I am expecting from a 10 years old IS200 auto gearbox? Thank you very much!

All four doors open at exactly the same time, I mean, after the delay. The chance of all four doors are gunged is very slim. So it is very unlikely to be gunk mechanism. Once the doors are opend, when I click the open button on the key, all doors open immediately, I mean, giving out that door opening sound immediately.

yeah you are right. The car doesn't worth more than 2K now. rather than spending 300+ quid on the belt I would gamble on it. Keep in mind timing belt is designed and made to run for more than 100K miles so in my opinion a 2nd timing belt is a waste of money. There can be one exception which is for classic cars.

Just wondering how many timing belt a IS200 deserves in it's life span(assuming 10K milage a year)? My IS200S is 10 years old and has done 100K. The timing belt was changed a few years back at 40K. I am not going to give it a second belt change. If one day the belt snaps, then I get a very good excuse to get a another car, very likely to be a lexus again. Let me know what you think.

I once visted Lexus Birmingham to buy some service parts and talked to the lady in reception area. She told me she wanted 105 pounds (that's excluding the VAT!) to diagnose the problem and extra to fix it. :tsktsk: I ran away immediately as I don't think my car worth that much.

HI everyone My 99 Reg IS200S developed a strange problem last year: When you press the Open button on the key, the door won't open until about 10 seconds later. This happens to all three keys, which all have brand new batteries. When you first press the Open button, there is a click sound in the car immediately. However the door only opens and lights flashs after about 10 seconds. I've tried to disconnect the car battery, tried to clear the ECU (by removing those two fuses). No luck. Other than the delay the car runs perfectly. Does anyone else have the same problem? What do u think the problem is? Any inputs will be appreciated. Cheers, smartwave

can u please point out how to do the wiring? cheers.

Hi Everyone I am wondering if I can put a IS200SE seats(rear and front ones) on my 1999 IS200S? I want the front e-seats to be fully functional. Cheers, smartwave

Just wondering where I can have my punctured tyre fixed in birmingham/solihull area cheap? Just got a quote from quick-fit and the price is 17.5 pounds. Thinking it is toooooooo expensive cos I used to live in Manchester last year and fixing a tyre in the garage in hyde road was about 7-10 pounds.

I work in city center and live in Salford. Gord, the hole is not cut. I think there is a cover which can be uninstalled from the big one protects the oil sink.

Gord, Thanks for prompt reply The big cover is on. There is a hole on the big cover. This hole is just a little bit bigger than the oil sink. From this hole, you can unfit the oil nut and leak engine oil. Is the hole there deliberately? If I look into the engine compartment, I can't see the road however, if I look closely, I can see the road below the oil sink. Is this normail?

Hi All I normally do service for my is200 twice every year. One samll and one big. Last month, I had a small service done by a local garage. Yesterday, I checked my engine compartment and found that the oil sink can been seen from below the car. I remember that the oil sink should be convered and can't been seen from below the car. Am I right? maybe the garage took the cover ( a small picece of plastic just under the oil sink) and didn't put it back. Can anyone please post a picture of the under side of your engine compartment . thanks.

Anyway I will try it when I start a long journey. :D

Thank!

HI Some people said super unleaded gave their IS200 some extra power and some extra mpg. I am Interested and decided to have a try. I am currently using unleaded. How can I change to super? Need I empty my tank and fill with super unleaded? Or just mix those? Thanks!!!