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  1. Damn, seems like you got a bad one. No chance of exchanging it?
  2. Wow. What issues have you had? The only issue I've had is a failed passenger mirror which was replaced in 1 day (seems like a common issue). Other than that so far it has been reliable. I kind of knew though when moving to BMW I would be giving up the bullet-proof reliability of Lexus.
  3. I switched from an 08 IS-F to a BMW M340i about a year ago. The IS-F was obviously a better sports car (sharper and better handling), but for daily driving the M340i is brilliant, almost as quick, much more comfortable and the tech in BMWs is miles ahead of Lexus. The BMW B58 engine is so impressive, 0-60 in 4 secs or less and can return 40mpg on the motorway!
  4. Sold mine for around 15K towards the end of last year, same year, 90K miles, but I think yours is in better condition. There is a very limited market for these cars so you have to be lucky as well!
  5. Yes some of the parts cost a lot of money, and here in London labour rate is £150/h which adds up quickly. That list of repairs is over 8 years, so its not too bad. The water pump is a known design failure and is replaced almost in every IS. The sat nav screen failing is also extremely common. Blown speaker, well I sometimes like my music loud :-). The only real issue I've had is the brake caliper leak which caused an MOT failure. But these kind of failures are now expected for what will soon be a 12 year old car! If you have a 2010 model presumably a lot of these parts may have been revised and are more reliable. The IS-F is definitely a lot more reliable than the cars you mentioned, I would be surprised to ever see a check engine light!
  6. They are reliable, but when they go wrong they can't cost a huge amount. When my sat nav went, the repair bill to the warranty company was around £5K. A blown speaker was around £800. A DVD changer issue was around £2K. Brake caliper leak was around £1K. There is a user here who had a gearbox problem and the repair bill was well over £10K. If I didn't have warranty I would have probably had to live with some of these faults, or find used parts etc. Putting aside an equivalent amount of money wouldn't have covered the cost of these faults.
  7. That's a good trick, I wish I would have thought about that! I am now sticking to one of those third party warranties that probably won't pay up.
  8. Never do pads or discs at a dealer, its an absolute rip-off. I usually get Brembo pads from Eurocarparts for around £40 and my local garage fits them for £20! Except maybe the brake pipes, everything else should be pretty simple for a local garage to do, you would just need to source the parts.
  9. That makes sense since your car will be under 10 years old when the warranty starts. Its whether on the 1st of Jan 2022 you will be allowed to renew it again.
  10. Interesting! Goes to show how much the dealers know... still would be good if anyone actually managed to renew it after 10 years. Presumably there are quite a lot of 08 cars reaching that point.
  11. Dealer told me I couldn't renew. I'd be quite angry if this wasn't the case!
  12. Shame about the warranty, seems like they weaseled their way out from paying up. I have an 11 year old IS-F, and had a brake caliper leak (instant MOT failure). Initially Lexus warranty denied the claim insisting it was wear (tbh it did seem as wear), then the service centre insisted and finally they agreed to pay for it (£800 to replace the caliper). I've only had good experiences with Lexus warranty and it's a shame it cannot be renewed any further! You are lucky though with the labour rate, my dealer charges £150/hour!
  13. Glad its all fixed now, but why did the warranty refuse to fix it? Did they consider it wear and tear? Was it the official Lexus warranty? I am also surprised how cheap the labour was considering everything that was done.
  14. Thanks, it would be interesting to know the labour time to change the gearbox. For 08 owners its crazy to think a gearbox failure can practically write-off the car. I guess if you are out of warranty you could go for a salvaged/reconditioned gearbox as a last resort. Glad you got it all done under warranty!
  15. £18k!? For a gearbox change? It would be good to know the breakdown of the bill...
  16. You can actually put the new one on the older model and it works (almost) perfectly, and the swap is quite easy if you find the part.
  17. So I gave Meguiars PlastX another try, this time spent almost 30 minutes going through the emblem and the results are better but not perfect. I don't know if the improvement is going to last either, the plastic probably needs to be coated to protect it I'm thinking. See pictures below of before and after:
  18. Thanks for the replies. I did try cleaning it off with Meguiars PlastX and got nowhere. It did work for headlights but not for the emblem. Maybe I need to try harder! It did look clean initially but within a minute it would become cloudy again. Is there anything better than Meguiars? Would I have a better chance with the Novus polisher? If the emblem has no sensors then I don't understand why it is so expensive. The emblem for non-PCS cars is around £50.
  19. Hi, The Lexus emblem in the front grill is looking very hazy, I don't if any of you guys have encountered this issue. I've tried cleaning it off but it seems impossible. Since the IS-F has PCS, the emblem is really expensive because I think it houses the sensors. Any ideas how to clean it? Thanks
  20. I just replaced mine recently as well, got the 17-18 DVD from eBay for £17. It looks genuine but I doubt it is. As for installation, you have to be very brave to pull from the Warning button like the manual states. It just feels like the button is going to come off. Luckily I had a mini suction cup and it did the job easily. Also make sure you push the screwdrivers/tools all the way in.
  21. I think the part itself was initially flawed, and has been revised since (multiple part numbers exist for the exhaust trim). So I'm guessing only the early 08, maybe 09 models are affected.
  22. Make sure you also order the screws and fixings for it... mine were so rusted they couldn't be reused. I believe they were only around £25, but can't remember the part number.
  23. I got mine from here: https://partsouq.com/ It was a lot of cheaper (I think around £150), and it was a genuine part. Delivered within a week by FedEx.
  24. I had the same issue a few years ago on a 2008 IS-F as well. Hot weather is a factor, but basically the volume would intermittently stop working and then fix itself. But if its the same issue it will eventually completely go, and the fix was to swap the ML unit, which is around £2K (luckily my warranty covered it).
  25. For bluetooth music you can always get something similar to this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HLC8I5Y/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I have that in my 2008 model and its perfect, auto connects to my phone.
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