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Fellas, whats the best way to connect up my Creative mp3 player in my GS300 mk 2 with factory nav ? Also can I get an updated sat nav disc for it, mines a 2000 year. Thanks Jon

your better off leaving the waving to Beetle owners.

Shame they look like barge though. Seriously are they that much better than a GS ?

Call me a snob but I couldn't have a Mondeo on the path, it might be a great car but they are soooooo boring looking, same goes for a Vectra. I used to have a Alfa Selespeed a few years back, cracking car apart from the Selespeed, handled great, went well and looked a bit different. Might look at a Saab 9-5 as well.

Thanks, I need to travel to Glasgow from Cheshire every week now so need to get something that will be good on the mpg front. I was thinking of getting a later shape Alfa 156 JTD but not 100% sure yet. If the GS was a bit more frugal I would keep it as they are very very good cars.

I have decieded to sell or trade in my Mk2 GS 300 Sport, its a 2000 V plate in platinum ice with black leather with factory navigation. It's done 100k with full history. What can I expect to get for it ?

***** No!!! My local AA centre have looked after my cars for the last 3-4yrs and they are really good and helpful unless it's something really special then there is a specialist(rolling road etc)down the road from where i live. From Lexus just want some new black mats and clear side repeaters. Your right about the drive I could have fallen asleep :winky: last time i was that relaxed I was in a hotel with the wife Nearly brought a newer Lexus but this one just did it for me B) What about a re map is it worth doing ? Thought about that It's just that put my foot down and nothing seems to happen then above 3500rpm all hell breaks loose and it goes mad and fly's? So hoping to smoooooooth it out a bit!! Going to see about it on thursday so i'll let you know. give chippeduk a go, Jayson who owns it will remap the Gs300.

***** No!!! My local AA centre have looked after my cars for the last 3-4yrs and they are really good and helpful unless it's something really special then there is a specialist(rolling road etc)down the road from where i live. From Lexus just want some new black mats and clear side repeaters. Your right about the drive I could have fallen asleep :winky: last time i was that relaxed I was in a hotel with the wife Nearly brought a newer Lexus but this one just did it for me B) What about a re map is it worth doing ?

[ Ok, I was referring to my knowledge of the old 7 series sport models. I don't know what BMW do with Sport models nowadays. See this blurb I got from a review of a 1999 740i Sport "The Sport also has a shorter final drive ratio, 3.15:1 instead of the usual 2.81:1, for quicker acceleration. It also includes a torque converter with a higher stall speed for a quicker jump off the line. " Not quite true. The Lexus IS220d Sport has different gearing to the other diesels. Thanks for pointing out. I just realised that the gear ratios for new IS220d are identical, but the final drive ratio is shorter for the Sport (3.2 vs 2.474). I suppose it just means the car is quicker in certain aspects only, since the the conventional benchmark of 0-60 is identical to the non-Sport model. (I've taken my stats from the Nov 2005 press release). I don't believe that Lexus made any gearing changes for the mk1 or mk2 GS Sport models though... BM Sport models on all are the new cars are just trim levels really, slightly lowered, sports seats, M gear knob & steering wheel, M alloys etc. Mind you most manufacturers "Sport" models are just a trim level, you have to buy the branded M3, RS4 etc cars to get proper sporty specs. Rip off if you ask me.

BM Sport models have the same gearing as the SE and ES models, the last proper BM Sport models where the E30 Sports which had an LSD and different gearing. My last 2 previous cars before my GS where E46 325se and then a 325 Sport, no difference in performance at all betwen the 2. just my 2p worth.

The lowest mpg I have seen is 25 on the computer using normal Shell unleaded, do you drive wiith a heavy right foot to get 20 from yours ?

Im not sure yet, i only got it on saturday, but it seems to drink juice !!! Will check when the tank ends and let you know... what mpg you getting??? Can get 28 on the m/way, round town anbout 24. Yes they do drink the juice far too much, what did you give for yours ?

Hi, I have 2000 Sport model, what you getting mpg from it ?

A friend of mine has a new 750, he gets 20 on a run and 14 round town. Painfull on the pocket.

I take it my post is against forum rules, if so apologies to all. :)

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Snork, so you recon your tank could of had 13 litres in it when you filled up ? So if you carried on till you actually ran out how many miles do you think you could of gone on for ? What was the cost of filling up ?

Hi, you may not get a response from Mr. Singh as he's probably busy fixing his baby (it's broke!) but I'm guessing he's talking about this one. Someone should be along to confirm soon - but bear in mind that you'll need a power converter to run in the UK. HTH What other options are there for electric polishers, I assume there are some decent UK ones available ?

Dont say its over calculating its bad enough showing below 30 :D

which polisher in particular Mr Singh as they do a few of them ?

Maneesh, do you really think you are only getting 21 mpg, the read out on my nav screen reads approx 28-29 on the m/way and about 24 round town. Usually reads 26 on average. I put £40 in this week and the nav range stated 240 miles so 60 miles to £10 so I dont know how accurate the computer is on the car. What do you recon I would get for a 2000 300 Sport with nav in platinum ice with 95k on the clock ?

Hi Mate I posted about this not long ago, I've got a GS mk 2 Sport with Sat Nav same as you and this is a real bugbear for me and really pisses me off. The cruising range is a joke on the sat nav screen, for example if you do a steady 70 on the m/way you would expect the crusing range to recalculate its self and go up (as it does in BM's for example) but on the Lexus it stays the same. I would like to know when you get to 0 or low fuel is displayed on the nav screen what is left in the tank. You would expect the cruising range countdown to actually mean 0 miles left when it counts down and not say for example have another 60 miles worth of fuel left in the tank. The mpg isn't great on the GS300 at the best of times and I have seriously thought of selling mine, the problem is and it is a real world problem is what do you go for after Lexus as the spec on them and reliablity will beat any car hands down, BM's, Merc, Audi included. Jon

looks nice, same colour as mine, how does it ride on the 20" ? have you thought about a remap on the engine ?

Rodders, just wondering given the mileage yours has done, anything major needed doing to it apart from the usual servicing intervals. Reason I ask mine is coming upto 90k and plan on keeping it till about the 150k mark. Thanks Jon

from Glass's based on 150k mileage Excellent condition £5230 Average condition £4570 Below average condition £3900 Retail £8100 Cost new £34134 Mileage 177,000 Please note Unfortunately, we don't have a valuation for the requested mileage. However, we can value this car at 150,000 miles. Would of thought you would get £5k for it minimum if it looks the part.