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Sorry dunc, I just re-read that and it looks like I'm digging at you. Not the case. Just well p'd off with the law and the nanny state. :D

I've never heard such b*ll**ks. Why does it matter if a hands free is professionally fitted or not? How is looking over at a phone in a cradle and pressing buttons safer than voice activation via a headset? If this is true then it's just yet more proof that laws are made by ars*h*l*s with no inkling of what goes on in the real world.

I had I puncture on the offside rear this morning and took the IS200 to the tyre shop to get it fixed. When they got the tyre off, it was completely bald on the inside, right down to the ply. A quick look at the other side revealed that it was almost as bad and I needed two new tyres. Could this be a problem with the camber, and as I only bought the car in February and the tyres were fine then, could this be something I could get fixed for nothing? It's a '99 BTW, so probably out of warranty?

I've just thought why this (especially the scratched console) p*s me off so much: It's 'cos I need my car to be pristine for me to treat it right. As soon as little things start getting broken/messed up, I start thinking 'well, s*d it, it's only a banger.' I had this with my Mazda Xedos. They are a lovely car (not quite Lex standard), but as soon as some git put a dent in the back quarter with a shopping trolley, some other git knocked off the passenger side mirror etc. I started neglecting the old moo. In the end I had an 8-year-old 25,000 quid car that was worth 'nothing'. Screwed to buggery and neglected. I don't even allow anyone to leave junkin the door pockets now in the Lex 'cos I know that's the start of the slippery road. When the bl**dy dealer can't even respect my car,then I start getting uppity.

I rang them back and got the old 'warm and fuzzy' platitudes, an apology and a promise to fix everything. If they deliver what they say I will be a happy bunny, if not I'll be sharpening my most venomous quill and writing a review.

The CD in my IS200 got the ERR3 problem so I rang the dealers, explained the problem and was told that it was covered under warranty and I should bring the car in so they could take out the old unit, send it off for refurbishment and when the new unit had arrived they would fit it. I told them this was not good enough as I was not going to drive around with a big hold in the middle of my dash and they would have to order one first and then do the remove/refit all at once. They said they would arrange delivery of a new unit and let me know when it was in. Two weeks later I range them and they said "Oh, sorry it's been here ages, we forgot to ring you, bring it in." So I arranged to swap cars with t g/f so she could take it in to the dealers. They said it would take 1/2 an hour. An *hour and a half* (causing the g/f no end of problems with getting to a meeting) later they had 'finished'. By finished I mean they had fitted a 'new' unit, left filthy fingerprints all over the dash, inside of windscreen, Sat Nav etc. AND, and here's the icing on the cake, AND they had scratched the centre console in they ham-fisted momkey-boy mechanic efforts to get it out (I assume) and IT STILL DIDN'T WORK! 'New' unit gives an ERR3. I am absolutely fuming about this. I have spoken to them and they promised to ring me back. That was this morning. Nothing since then. And this isn't the first time they've cocked up. I'm seriously thinking of naming and shaming this bunch of incompetent a-holes who have completely ruined the image of Lexus customer care for me.

That'll be 'petrol'. Short for Petroleum. A 'gas' is not a liquid. Petroleum is.

The one in the missus's Z3 ( :o tsk tsk tsk) just goes off revs - as the revs go up the radio gets louder.

BTW if you remove the 'Radio 1' fuse you WILL lose your presets. And you might need to take it out more than once before the unit spews the discs.

Thx Gord. Got mine at the weekend and fitted 'em straight away. Very white.

It'll do what I've never done that in mine... Did you know the top speed of a lotus Elise was 129mph. Just a rhetorical question...

IF Big IF.

Surely we should be able to get them on 'fitness for purpose', especially if they know it's a common fault.

Mine (no spoiler) opens fully. And so does my mate's. I think the dealer's trying to pull a fast one.

ERR3 is the normal operating mode of the CD player in my car. This means that everything is working as usual and all 6 discs are being held for safekeeping within the unit. To further ensure that the discs are not harmed in any way, they cannot be played or ejected. :D

I've had the car 6 weeks and had an ERR3 about 8 times. Each time it's up with the bonnet, off with the fusebox cover, out with the fuse, back in with the fuse etc. etc. AND I"VE JUST DROPPED THE LITTLE PLASTIC FUSE EXTRACTOR DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BATTERY AND IT'S DISAPPEARED. AAAAAGH! Just letting off steam.

There's a BOOT?

Type R much quicker off the mark but got eaten up by judicious use of long legs of IS200 in my last 'experience' on the Mway. (or type R driver chicken.)

Yes, the 'joystick' can be used 'remotely'. The batteries allow it to do this, and you'll know when they're dead because it won't work any more. :)

True, I'm not dissing them per se, it's just the distance they operate down to that gets me. I think they would come into their own if you were trapped front and back by closely-parked cars and needed to do some close up manoevering; so 6" would be nice .

Just how useful are these sensors? I must admit I've never tried them, but if their minimum indication of distance is 14" - well I can usually judge that for myself. What I need is a system that will guide me down to less than 6" away when required perhaps? (he says, setting himself up for a reversing mishap )

£350 seems a bit steep. It must be a bit more than a graze, surely? Aah, Salford Quays; it were all docks round there when I were a lad.

I'm originally from Salford. Had to move to Plymouth for 'tax' reasons.

Zorst wud b gud 2. Count me in for PECO.

I've got the same prob. ERR3 showing. If I buy a freakin Lexus, the last thing I expect to be doing is bashing the centre console/pulling fuses to get me freakin CDs out. I'm just under warranty so I will be going back to PLYMOUTH LEXUS to get this thing SORTED or all poo will hit the fan. Poxy bl%dy thing...