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That's a rather familiar looking red is220 in the club newsletter :-D
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From the album: IS200 S
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From the album: IS200 S
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From the album: IS200 S
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From the album: IS200 S
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From the album: IS200 S
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From the album: IS220d Sport
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From the album: IS220d Sport
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Yup, clay bar should sort that. I use Meguairs quick detailing spray to lubricate the area and tackle about a 50cm x 50cm section at a time. I also use Meguairs 3 stage after that - paint cleaner, polish and wax. Including wash used to take about 5 hours for my IS220d so only got done once a year. Not done the RX yet but will do when the spring comes. After that treatment the paint should feel like glass and look awesome.
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New Website Design
javadude replied to stringbender's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
I really like it. Nice work, Steve. -
I liked the silver. In my opinion it's the signature colour for an IS200. The original promotional stuff when it was launched was done with photos of silver IS200s and it worked well with the clear surround to the rear lights. Aztec fire was awful. Metallic Brown/Orange. Yuk.
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Dreaded Vsc And Warranty Issues
javadude replied to ninjainthenight's topic in Engine & Transmission
I've always been very impressed with the customer service at Lexus Reading. -
Servicing Plan
javadude replied to db9429's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
It depends. I forget what I paid but the 20k is more than the 10k/30k and the 40k is bigger still. Certainly the 40k was over £200. It might be worth asking the price of each service from your dealer as they do vary quite a bit between dealers. I was tempted to pay for a service plan in one go when the VAT rate went up but was about to change my car. They said it would carry over to the new car but I guess there's some sort of adjustment and I decided not to bother. -
I've managed to switch it off on my RX400. There's an option that you can get to when you are on the navigation screen and press menu and then settings I think.
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300-400H, Will We Regret It?
javadude replied to moneys's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
Dunno but I believe that the difference between 400SE + Multimedia and 400SE-L is the rear screens if that helps at all. I get 28mpg with quite a bit of short town journeys mixed with longer stuff. When I take the average for longer journeys in/out of town I get more like 31mpg. If the inverter dies then its a four figure sum to fix if outside warranty. The hybrid bits have a longer warranty than everything else but I forget how long exactly. I'll be changing mine just before it gets that old! -
The Is Most Likely Car To Be Vandalised ?
javadude replied to andy m w's topic in Lexus General Discussions
My last IS had several deep gouges put in the bonnet one year and got keyed down the side the next year. Perhaps it was one of the many stupid Reading people who walk in front of my car or cycle in front of it with no lights on. Perhaps they objected to me blowing my horn while I slam on the brakes instead of running them over. Perhaps I should just run them over? -
Newbie Question
javadude replied to karlak's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
I think it needs servicing every 10,000 miles or every year if it doesn't do that many miles in a year. A 2007 car should have at least 4 stamps but could be more if its done more than 40k miles. Mine is three and a bit years old and got serviced at 10k and then after 3 years (which was 17k) and I bought it at nearly 18k. It probably should have had another service in there somewhere but with that few miles I wasn't too worried. Dunno about the cambelt. I guess I've got a few miles before I need to worry. -
New (To Me) Rx400H A Few Questions
javadude replied to Budgie's topic in RX 300 / RX 350 / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h Club
The low down buttons not being lit and no aux in are annoying design oversights. What were Lexus thinking. -
The new set allows programming of the Satnav whilst on the move.It's a four DVD disc set that covers Europe, North, East, Central and the West one for UK/Spain/France/Italy etc. . LPZ445-X03EU-11 is now on the map update site so I've now got mine. I was hoping that it would also unlock the audio screen so I or my passenger can tap on a folder of MP3's instead of fumbling with the up/down folder buttons. Sadly this hasn't been unlocked though.
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Cool. B) Nice photo.
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Sorry poor quality photos and not an RX but in case it helps...
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It makes the calipers look smart, especially if you add Lexus stickers. It does mean that it notices when the brake calipers are dirty though so you end up trying to wash them through the spokes of the wheel when you wash the car. Occasionally they get scraped I had my IS200 ones in red with silver Lexus logos and then later re-painted them in black with silver logos so that they looked a little less obvious but still smart. I haven't bothered with my IS220d and RX400h.
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Thanks. As the first part of the number is different perhaps we have different versions of the navigation system? And perhaps the different versions release their updates at different times... I tried the contact form on the update site to check. If I don't hear anything back soon I'll try my dealer too and ask if the part number you have is right for mine :)
