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Is220d Tuning Box
shapa replied to L-finesse's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
dgman, could you _please_ answer about the insurance premium (or may be it is better to PM you? :) ) increase? anyway, i'm going to call my insurance tomorrow to clarify everything as i'm very interested in the "tuning box" -
Is220d Tuning Box
shapa replied to L-finesse's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
"Also - would tuning invalidate the warranty?" it should not... as far as i remember (I'm not the citizen :) ), there a law in UK - lexus should prove that a breakage was caused by the tuning box... -
Is220d Tuning Box
shapa replied to L-finesse's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
the big(esst?) question is the insurance premium... what is the "common" increase in the payment? are all companies allows that? to be honest, i'm enjoying the car, but it would be really nice to have more refine diesel engine... -
Ghm. One question is.... In Russia, there is a law (actually, some laws are really good) - in case of repeating of the same trouble more than 3 times, it is possible to return any good back and to receive whole amount of money... Are there any customer protection laws? Situation is really ridiculous...
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...One more week in the service centre. ...One more ECU upgrade, 5th injector change, fuel cap replacement, rear view mirror change, rattle removing, hand brake fixing... Aah - forgot to say. Two complimentary bottles of wine from the Lexus. Ok. Things are much better now. Sound like a fantastic - but for now I'm easily got 30mpg in a city, and able to drove at 3rd gear / 20mph - engine works much, much better now. But - for how long? I've done that for the 3rd time... It looks like that it is a really good idea to replace 5th injector, reflash ECU and so on every 5000 miles. Ridiculous, but true. Frankly speaking - it's a pity that it is impossible to join forces and to make some class action against Lexus - diesel model is more than worse, even official Lexus technicians are agree (but they don't like to sign anything, for sure :) ). I'm trying to fix the dashboard rattle for the sixth time already. I'm angry... p.s. i've tried to test new Subaru Diesel engine... It's near from perfect. So much better than Lexus one... Really. But there are no any fancy toys either in Outback nor Legacy, and look && feel is much cheaper than Lexus - for the same price.
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Dashboard Rattles
shapa replied to jsj24uk's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
heh. i've been to lexus service 3 times already only with rattle problem - and it seems to be still not sorted out finally :) it is going to be really funny... yes, rattle is really annoying especialy in cold weather... but - this is quite common trouble for many brands (sometimes you can hear some rattle in BMW too...) -
Sat Nav
shapa replied to Ivan Golac's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
It is much better to have something like tomtom 920 additionally - just because there is constantly updated camera location database + mapshare technology (you can download any updates immediately using you cell phone) Regarding BMW - it is much harder to maintain camera location database in fresh state... -
Real Mpg From 220d?
shapa replied to Fidgits's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
yes, 32MPG in mixed case... on the motorway, it is normal to have 38-40, but 44 and better - no so rare too... btw - funny thing, i've seen <20mpg just after 5th injector replacement too :))) -
i've done that many times (at least 4) (for vaistech ipod adapter installation and for DVD/Nav mod) it is quite easy to do... there are no any screws definitely - only some amount of clips + some foam (anti-rattle perhaps) use any plastic tool... actually, there should be some photos which i were maid in progress - i'll try to find them.
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Really good to hear such things :) Hope everything will be really smooth - actually, I'm 99% satisfied by my 220D after previous servicing (ECU/5th injector/evereything else)... MPG is quite good too now - it is really hard to imagine to have 36Mpg when you are travelling at 80-90Mph with roof-box and 5 peoples inside... BTW Lexus Parklane is quite friendly - today i've received 3rd sms with notification that i should visit them at 22nd of this month.
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Sat Nav Modification
shapa replied to nicnac's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
What kind of modifications you are talking about? Speed override? It is pretty simple to make some re-wiring... Or something more interesting? -
A Lucky Escape?
shapa replied to Tel's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
Ghm... Audi? :) May be it is the same driver? :D btw it was an answer for a lexus adv. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4kBbIOZaGE -
"Picked up a euro computer/DVD on Ebay for $900" Wow... 900$... Actually, this is not a problem You can buy (or copy :) ) an original european DVD with maps, and "mix" with US one There are many Russian owners of imported (from US - IS250 AWD for example, or IS350) cars, and they are using modified (once again, this is software solution! no any additional hardware!) DVD disks with european maps... The procedure is pretty simple - everything that you need is a: 1) European DVD 2) US DVD 3) Blank DVD-R DL disk 4) DVD-R DL writer 5) Some knowledges :) In short, you should replace files ALLDATA.KWI INDEXDAT.KWI and IDX catalogue on the US dvd image with files and catalogue from EU dvd image... btw "DVD-R DL Verbatim MKM-001" is works 100%
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Diesel Owners
shapa replied to galuk1's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
actually, i'd like to tell the same as others saying - when you are driving actively and "sharp" - the consumption can be twice worse than you are driving "carefully" - this is real life and no any magic... for example - you can drive at second gear 30mph and your car will be really fast-responsive (like a "sport" mode in auto gearboxes), but you can drive 30mph on the 3rd gear (like a "normal" or "economic" mode) - and is will be not so "reactive" but much less diesel-hungry... Anyway, it is a really good idea to check your 5th injector even on the new car... Personally i think that this is a manufacturing problem and they are (lexus) still fixing it only in services -
Diesel Owners
shapa replied to galuk1's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
44 AVG - it is far from realistic before upgrading ECu and changing 5th injector, it was in about 30 in mixed, after - ~36 (and in about 40-42 at motorway) So probably first of all you should try to visit lexus service... -
It was done at Lexus Parklane (and taken 8 days!!! to do everything, but it was a problem with some spare parts) Wow. What can i say? There is a big difference... Really big. The car is much more enjoyable to drive in the city... Even on the 1st gear. Actually, it feels like a new, different car :) And (finally!!!) it is possible to use 6th gear at motorway in the UK. And no more vibrating mirror :) So, i do recommend to _everyone_ who has 220D to do those changes (if not already) - but you should _insist_ to reprogram ECU and to check 5th injector - just because i was refused to do this at Lexus Twickenham, and agreed (but with some arguing) at Lexus Parklane. Their technicians were very confused about vibrating mirror, ECU, injector... It is a really good idea to print some pages form this forum and to show them when you will drive into a service :)) Anyway, at least one London lexus service is familiar with those problems already.