Unity_neil

I do like analogue music for its warmth and richness.

and hiss, clicks pops and farts presumably!! j/k you audiophile you! although I have to say I havent had a Tape in the car since about '93

it would be nice to have an interface to the head unit then which was common and suppoerted by all. Like a USB connector so you could plug in what you wanted then.....hmm theres a thought

I guess the followon from this would be to ask what you'd want to see in the next IS in terms of entertainment (no Smutty remarks please!)

CD

Tape

MD

DVD-a

DVD

MP3 (and if so in what format? solid state memory card, hard drive or CD based)

DAB

and would you want to pay extra for some of these options? :yack:

I know I've never used mine, in fact the one in the IS is the only tape player I posess! but whats the proportion of people who have never used theres either??

This is the best thread I've seen in ages, Think I'll start a poll.....

31, from Warwickshire....about where the the M6, M69 and M1 come together...ish

which is why I want a Lex diesel. were there some rumours about that? any inside news?

I wish Lexus did a diesel for the IS200 though, having been in an Audi A6 Diesel and BMW 530d I was surprised at the quiet ride with no Diesel Clatter audible in the cabin. So if they can do it then I'm sure Lexus can. Then we'd get much better MPG

now THATS how you open a can of worms! :mat:

"unity_neil"  i bet that bugger !

you bet that bugger what?

oooops

no indeed it didnt, although it would hop around 5 inches off the ground! had to make way for the Chevy though!! and only did about 50mph tops

"unity_neil" i bet that bugger !

you bet that bugger what?

OI Standard Lexus owners why dont you try some thing new like James from SWZ has, Be diffrent dont be a sheep

:D

different enough for ya? :P

Well Like it or loathe it, you can't IGNORE it. And thats the point with demonstrators right?

Personally, I prefer Kandys and 'Flakes to flip pearls, but thats my opinion. One things for sure its a damn sight better install than that Max power Corrado from years ago. Now that was FUGLY!

(This from a man who built a lowrider from a Suzuki Santana!) But I'm better now! ;)

ERR Dont these things rely on friction to work correctly?

anyone had error1? Mine starts to spin up to read the disk index and just gives error1. I am using original CDS by the way.

as for error 3, Tis was a tolerancing problem I heard, if you look at various CD's they are different thicknesses, Obviously Fujitsu Ten got the tolerances wrong for the transport, hence jammed CDS and error3

just my 2p

dread! hope the rest of your repair turns out better than the window :(

My speaker/module is under the vent housing at the top, I can post pics if you want, works really well. Its a Nokia kit for my 6310i, I just hit the on/off button when the phone rings as I couldn't find a wire which muted the stereo properly.

so where do we get meguiers from? is it mail order from the US or something? Just ordered over a grands worth of House of Kolor paint (for the Chev not the IS) so obviously I may as well get the best polish....

My IS has a cigarette lighter/accessory socket in front of the ash tray, dont smoke so it charges up the IPAQ.

doesnt yours have this?

:o

Had one repaired on my last car, first time id seen it done. It was a "Bullseye" you know chip with the circle round it, but no cracks. Autowindscreens bloke came round the same day and filled it You honestly could see it unless you knew exaclty where it was. But I got it repaired quickly. Like most thinkgs the longer you leave it the worse it is.

Stand out from the flock.....

go IS or flock off home!!

. Also avoid the icy part of the snow if you can. you get better traction on the fresh snow than the hardened bit.

Us Snowboarders are used to looking for the powder lol!!

p.s. No snow in the Midlands until now, gonna go for a play tomorrow

Its a fairly valid argument for the ipaq route, considering you get a PDA for your cash as well, however its a pain in the bum to remember to bring all its bits with you every time, plug it in to the lighter etc, so much simpler when you just press a button and there it is!

True! But is it 1800 pounds less hassle? My ipaq takes longer to first fix in the morning. I gotta plug it in (the sucker and charger stay in the car) the only extra I have to bring is the sleeve which it fits in, so I'm happy with that. Regarding the quality of the systems, there are actually only a couple of companies which do the mapping so you'll either get one or the other anyway, even with an "In car system". A grand I would've paid for the Lex system (even without the additional functionality of the IPAQ) but not £2300, thats steep to me.

p.s. If you've already got an IPAQ, the Sleeve and software for satnav is about £300 quid!

:o :o :o

nerd alert!

Sat Nav is superb! although £2300 punds is a lot to pay for a system which does nothing else and sits in the car all the time.

There are some very good portable systems for the IPAQ out there, Navman, Tom Tom navigator etc. They are easy to use (although no postcode either) accurate and also can be moved from vehicle to vehicle (cigarette lighter powered and suckered to windscreen) and you also get a Hand held PC into the bargain!

The cost for this?

about £700 -£800 all in

Oh and the Navman comes with maps for the whole of Europe.

You pays your money...

Be careful where you get your trigger from cos you could end up with the mirrors closing every time you lock the doors (sounds good) except if you hit the little "lock me in" button and your mirrors disappear! had this quite a bit on the FTO forum when I had one of those!

Actually A re-radiating antenna won't do anything for the TTFF times on the Navman as this is due to interference from the main processor (I'm told) My Navman also works fine with the IS windscreen

even with the complete bundle (around 7-800 notes with the IPAQ) it's still cheaper than many in car systems. and has Voice direction into the bargain.