Thanks for the warm welcome lads ive posted more picts and have found a toyota dealer that is goin to give the car the once over for the N.C.T ( irish M.O.T ) theres only so much that one can do by just pottering about under the bonnet their seems to be a diagnostic port on the right side of the engine in front of the battery . I have all sorts of lights lighting up on the dash display but the are orange in colour so im hoping its not a big deal ..ill keep yous boys posted goin in on Tuesday 21/3/06......now the touch screen and computer in the car are in japanses does anyone know if the operating system for the computer can be changed to an english one and has andbody had this done . or knows where it can be done .have asked a couple of mecks. i know but to be honest they havent a clue either .. once again thanks for the replies lads ...andyob :)