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So after 6 years away from Lexus I think I am about to come back to the marque. I am looking for 2-3 year old F- Sport ideally based solely on looks. What I want is the full leather with the MK sound system. I had both in my 2008 IS 220D SE-L which I loved. This spec is quite hard to come by though. As a result I am then drawn by the Premier which has the lot but does not look quite as sharp as the F-Sport. I have also noticed that despite a price delta of £4K that the Premier commands new over the F-Sport, Premiers can be had for similar money. Does this mean the the Premier is not as popular and thus depreciates faster or am I missing something? Really not sure what to do.

185 views and advice yet! Any ideas guys?

When I bought my IS220d , The 57 plates did not have the feature but the 08 plates onwards did. I waited as wanted this feature. Being a South African it made me feel at home. LOL.

Hi there I have learnt recently that my job may be on the line. I am four months into a 3 year PCP on my car and may soon not have the means to continue paying for it. Does anybody know where I stand or has been in a simailr position. Any help? Thx.

Whilst in phone mode push the info button twice. This will take you back to the nav screen without the voice buttin in. Hope that helps.

L.O.L LOL I know what you mean....

Oh, I did not pick aanything like that up on the one that I had but will watch this space so to speak. Only lag I can report is the one were my head does not keep up with the car when I plant my right foot down. LOL.

Well I knew the day would come when me and my Lexus would part. It is hard to believe that nearly three years has past since I first vistited these forums all excited about my knew car. On the whole my Lexus IS220D se-l Nav/srf was a great car and my first premium car with as many toys as I could ever wish for. From my experience the 220d gets a bad wrap for nothing. Yes the gearing was not perfect and yes the MPG was not the best in class. ( I got 39.7 over the 3 years I had it). Overall I was very happy.# I have now purchased a new Mercedes E-class Coupe E350 AMG Sport. I have checked most of thee boxes to get to the level of toys that I am used to. I had a loan car from them on Friday past and did a normal work type trip to which my Lexus was used to. It managed 46.8 over 148 miles and lets say I had some fun with it to. It only had 700 miles on the clock. I have opted to do a personal collection from the factory in Bremen so that should be special. Anyway thanks to all those who have posted on here over the years and given advice etc, it has been a great place of learning and good fun at times. Regards Gtione

Mate I may hve a fix for you! I have been haaving the same problem. Mine to only happened in second gear and only when I put my foot down. I had the car in for service recently (30K) but forgot to mention it to them as it was not a common occurance. A week later is was getting a bit worse and was working on my tits so I gave the service desk at Twickenham a call. What I was told that if you drive your car a lot a motoreway speeds and just cruise in sixth the whole time that a build up of carbon or the like builds up in the cat and blocks some valve that opens when full throttle is engaged. In fairness that is my driving style most of the time. I usally drive under 2000 rev once on a open road or even around town. What I was advised to do was to work the engine over a 30-40 mile stretch. I was 60 miles from home when I placed the call to Lexus and would use the M25 to get home. I heeded his advice and drove home at 75-80 in forth which resulted in a rev range of 3-4k all the way home. What this does is heat the cat up to a temp that breaks down the deposits and the are sent out the back. Since that day my problem has completly disappered and I now can rev away with no trouble at all. I hope this works for you... good luck..

I agree, I have had mine two years now and my AVG is 40.8 mpg all told. The winter months do hurt it a little

Mate I am quite sure being a Lexus they will most likely quote you to replace the whole front end of the car..... LOL

Just checked. No the image of the seat between the dials does not light up, nor is there any light illuminating the cd slot. At least you now know that you are not going mad.

I had that problem in my IS250 from new. After a lot of searching Lexus found the problem to be a faulty fibre optic cable between the device in the boot and the radio unit in the facia. Now that sounds like a perfect explanation as the DD5.1 soundtrack would only be optical or a coaxial cable. But not sure way the screen visual would effected. Maybe because no sound output is been sent. Who knows.....

Aha. That is very wierd indeed. Have you tried a dvd? If that does not work then the deck must be at fault.

I see from your profile that you have an IS200. Is this still the case as this forum is for the newer IS owners. I am unsure what audio system the older car has so will be unable to assist.

Hi there. This topic has been addressed before many times. Conduct a search and you will find the answer. But in short there is a night mode.

That would be correct. The last disc set before this one offered the same feature. Sounds like just a mapping upgrade rather than any more feature updates. A shame really.

Thanks for the info. No need for me to upgrade then as the mapping rarely lets me down.

Could you please let us know if any more changes have been made to functions that can be used whilst driving. Thank you in advance.

Mine is the same. I dont like it either. It only happens if I use the A/c or turn the fan on within the first 10 mins. I have also noticed that this feature in not active during the summer months when the outside temps are higher. I suppose just one of those things.

Not had all 6 eject but today the MM went to "Audio Off" and ejected the CD I was playing at the time - it wasn't particularly hot though. Not good. Just happened again today... took the CD it ejected out and it tried to spew out the next one... is anyone else seeing this? I suspect your car does not like your taste in music...... lol... :winky:

Hey Guys I recently got a new Nokia E71 phone. On this phone I can use my Skype account to make free calls to other Skype users as you would on your pc etc. Only issue I am having is with the bluetooth. Making normal calls works fine, however once I make one skype call from the phone the second call will not pick up on bluetooth. The first Skype call from when the car was last started always works fine but the second and so on never does. Normal mobile calls etc work fine all the time. Only once I restart the MM system/car will the skype work again but only for the first call. Does anybody else have a 3 mobile with Skype on and have a similar issue. I know these phones are quite new but just thought somebody may have one. I am unsure if it is the MM system or the phone. Thx in advance

The region coding is set on the player but you could get Software called Anydvd which removes the coding info from the disc. You would then burn the info onto a disc and then watch your movie. Thanks for that but would mean copying all the movies, is there any way of removing the region coding like you can do on home dvd players? thanks Not that I am aware of!

The region coding is set on the player but you could get Software called Anydvd which removes the coding info from the disc. You would then burn the info onto a disc and then watch your movie.

Does not sound right to me mate. My seats are up and running in 1 min if that. The heat though is not as good as in my VW Golf I had a few years back.