javadude

Yes I thought it quicker than the IS200 too. I didn't notice what speed I was doing and drove past a speed camera - I'm sure I was well over the limit - I guess there was no film in it...:wow: (Feeling calmer today...) [Edited on 17-4-2002 by javadude]

OK it is very nice. But it weighs 2 1/4 tonnes and has the aerodynamics of a shed. Sorry I'll stop ranting. You might have guessed that I don't like 4x4....or estate cars. Talking of which I had a look in the boot of the Sportcross at the dealers the other day. I can see how someone with loads of stuff/kids etc might opt for an estate but the boot on that thing seems smaller that the standard IS! Sorry ranting again. Perhaps it's just a reaction against the 30-something time to get an estate car and dog sort of thing...

Perhaps Lexus haven't sold many? I've seen very few on the roads. Not my sort of thing either - bit like a shed on wheels. OK so a very nice shed but it's still a shed just like all 4x4s. (And yes I have driven one - I got one as a courtesy car once.)

Ahh... I thought perhaps it was a band or something... http://www.bayarea.net/~uvsound/ or http://acmi.canoe.ca/IndieBands/band1289.html" target="_blank"> http://acmi.canoe.ca/IndieBands/band1289.html

Hey UltraViolet - why "UltraViolet"?

Never liked a car enough before to join a club! Now in addition to team lexus I'm in www.clublexus.com and www.is300net.com but I don't post in them much.

yea - they're really cool - I've an 8mb one - not much space for music but enough to take the source for our whole application home to work on. Better than using 5 floppies and the data transfer rate is much higher. [Edited on 15-4-2002 by javadude]

The inventor Arthur Davidson, of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Corporation, died and went to heaven. At the gates, St. Peter told Arthur, "Since you've been such a good man and your motorcycles have changed the world, your reward is, you can hang out with anyone you want in Heaven. "Arthur thought about it for a minute and then said, "I want to hang out with ***." St. Peter took Arthur to the Throne Room, and introduced him to ***. Arthur then asked ***, "Hey, aren't you the inventor of woman?" >*** said, "Ah, yes." "Well," said Arthur, "professional to professional, you have some major design flaws in your invention. 1. There's too much inconsistency in the front-end protrusion. 2. It chatters constantly at high speeds. 3. Most of the rear ends are too soft and wobble too much. 4. The intake is placed way too close to the exhaust. And finally, 5. The maintenance costs are outrageous. "Hmmmm, you may have some good points there," replied ***, "hold on." *** went to his Celestial super computer, typed in a few words and waited for the results. The computer printed out a slip of paper and *** read it. Well, it may be true that my invention is flawed," *** said to Arthur, "but according to these numbers, more men are riding my invention than yours." (I actually got sent it by a woman.) [Edited on 14-4-2002 by javadude] [Edited on 14-4-2002 by javadude]

There once was a 94 year old nun back in the 1890's whose worn out body began to surrender. Her doctor prescribed for her a shot of whiskey three times a day, to relax her. However, not to be lured into worldly pleasures, she huffily declined. But her mother superior knew the elderly sister loved milk. So she instructed the kitchen to spike the milk three times a day. Eventually, the elderly pious one approached her final hour. As several sisters gathered around her at bedside, the mother superior asked if she wanted to leave them any words of wisdom. "Oh, yes," she replied. "Never sell that cow!"

phew - time to pray! (but hey I would say that - I'm just writing tomorrows sermon, or should be...)

The way to do it is to out maneouver the big boys - when I did my lane change there was a 7 series beemer behind. My mates had wanted me to race him away from the previous traffic lights I just pootled and I think he must have been on the phone or something 'cause I did get in front. He didn't make it infront of the lorry - he got stuck behind the turning car :D

I read one at the dealers the other day - i don't get one as I bought 2nd hand. Didn't understand it though - it must be aimed at those intelligent, cultured GS and LS drivers

Hey shrek you were soooo lucky not to get banned. Must have been the cops birthday or something...

...or an automatic - no gears to fumble :D

Yesterday I was coming back from badminton on an urban dual carriageway with three mates in the car. I was in the overtaking lane but there was a car in it ahead waiting to turn right and a lorry to the left of me. Soooo... I thought I'd drop a gear, pull ahead and then change lane in front of the lorry. Only thing was I fumbled the gear change and that car was getting awfully close. (Got a few comments about having 6 gears to pick from, "we're going to die" that sort of thing.) Finally found the gear but it was a close thing... Don't think I'll try that one again. [Edited on 13-4-2002 by javadude]

Perhaps only owners with superchargers gain entry...:( [Edited on 11-4-2002 by javadude]

This site sells it for £399 and mentions a version 1 that is heavily discounted and dodgy...perhaps the £199 one? I guess it's worth checking what version they're selling! http://www.coolmp3gear.com/icms.shtml" target="_blank"> http://www.coolmp3gear.com/icms.shtml

Found this today - dunno if you've seen it yet - it might be useful... http://www.carplayer.com/ssi/plans/plans.shtml

GCHQAgent How's it going?

oh no...let's not get onto that again - we'll be in trouble with UV :o

I'm giving it a try. There seems to be no noticeable difference in performance but I'll check fuel consumption over the next couple of weeks to see if I get an improvement.

Does no-one know....? :(

My 16-inch wheels seem fine so far (Jan 2000). They're a pain to clean with the textured surface though - they should have made them smooth. (I clean them once a week now which makes it much easier.) They look much better than the 2002 16's but they're still not exactly the best looking alloys you can buy. Poor Quality = No Pain to Clean = Yes Poor looks = Yes

On US sites there's stuff about the IS300 having an adaptive ECU that learns how you drive and optimises fuel efficiency/performance for your style of driving. The theory is that it just learns once so if you buy 2nd hand or change how you drive you can re-optimise by resetting the ECU. Easiest way to do this supposedly is to remove some fuses for 10 mins. Then it re-learns. If this isn't complete rubbish does anybody know if it applies to the UK IS200 (manual) too? http://www.is300.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t...3300208&forum=1 http://www.is300.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t...3300779&forum=1