javadude
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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
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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
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They seem to always like the boot popping up at the push of a button...
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My neice wants a lexus. Her boyfriend has a car and she's been telling him that her uncle's got a lexus and it's got nicer alloys than his, and that she really likes the rear lights and the big exhaust... Poor guy...:D
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A Lexus at 18 - they must pay well at GCHQ!
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34. wife 37.
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...oh and sometimes the boot opens on mine while its parked out on the street - but thats down to my 2 yr old daughter getting hold of the keys! :D [Edited on 3-4-2002 by javadude]
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I usually lock it while I drive to work in Slough. One day I think it unlocked when I stopped the engine. Not sure though - I might have just caught the button on the door without realising it. It's never happened again and I've not had it lock by itself.
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once got my car (not a lexus) broken into twice in the same month. both times they didn't manage to get the stereo out - so they gained nothing and I got left with the damage (also a neighbour hit the car and our flat got burgled in the same month. it was in Hull. We moved to Reading and our insurance went up - it being a high risk area and we've had no probs in 8 years..! insurance... )
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That's rough. At least it wasn't your lexus though...
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Hey I like those wheels. They're...
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Dunno about lexus but my vauxhall's lasted 6 years ok. It only needed replacing when I had a leak. (Gas with dye to find leak, plus fix, plus more gas = £500!)
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You'd have thought that Lexus would realise they need a manual version of the IS300 to sell it here. When will they wake up? -
Question: How many liters left when fuel light comes on?
javadude replied to George's topic in Lexus IS200 / Lexus IS300 Club
Maybe, but in the UK the government gets far more - about 85% of the price is tax. -
The Banana Splits - they drive like I do! :o
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Lexus Guaranteed Asset Protector (GAP) scheme??
javadude replied to guitareth's topic in Lexus General Discussions
I figured that as depreciation is low for lexus there should be no problem with the market value dropping below what I owed on the car so I didn't bother. -
A black GS300 parked near my house in Reading at the weekend so I stuck a (feeble) card on it with the URL. Are you here yet? If so Hi! I like your wheels BTW.
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Lexus IS200 independent corrosion test report.
javadude replied to George's topic in Lexus IS200 / Lexus IS300 Club
At least the fuel tank should last 10 years+ My old vauxhall cavalier's rusted through in 4 years. Ah vauxhall - such quality ;) -
He said something like boring in relation to the handling of his "ultimate driving machine" - he said the lexus handles better and is quicker, especially on the motorway with the six-speed box.
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Putting stickers on my car gives me the screaming heeby jeebies - a cling one I could just about cope with...I'll wait for now! Thanks.
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No surprise but... A colleague crashed his company car - a BMW 318i - so he's got the pool car - an IS200 SE -until his is fixed. "Lovely car" he said. He prefers it to the beemer. When I asked him how long it'll take to get his car fixed he said "Who cares!"
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Are they sticky or cling ones? If sticky front or back?
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oh and ejector seat and rocket launcher and those stilt things so you can go over the cars in front like in wacky racers....
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17 inch alloys, leather electric seats, sunroof, headlight washers and heated windscreen. :D
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kno wot you mean - it was a bit of a shock the first time - thought I'd broken something. Now I try to change up just short of the rev limit. I did once change down to 3rd instead of 5th on the motorway...:o The car didn't seem to like that!
