Leon H

Stop wingeing you lot! I've just moved from a Mazda RX8 to the Lexus is200 and was only getting 160 miles to a full tank (£60). The 300-400 I get out of the Lex seems positively frugal! Cheers L

I've just had a blank cut at a place called JCM Locksmiths in Kingston upon Thames. You should be able to find their number on yell. However I've tried to program the key and cannot get it to work! Cheers

Thanks for the info. I'm a bit confused as the drivers handbook shows the car as having a top loading CD but general advice here is that X-Reg's came with the bottom loader. Not sure how to discover which is the right one... Cheers

Thanks for the replies guys. When did the chrome ball gearknob become standard equipment?

Hi All I have just bought an X Reg IS200SE (Auto) and it has the leather gearknob. I notice that some cars have the chrome metal ball gearknob, which I like. Is it possible to get this gearknob from anywhere other than a main dealer? Cheers Leon.

Hi All My First Post: I have just bought an X Reg (2000) IS200 SE and it appears to have an aftermarket head unit fitted. I want to fit an original headunit / changer but do not know whether the original one fitted was the one with cd slot at the top or bottom. Can anyone tell me which type was standard in the X Reg? Also if it does turn out to be the bottom loader, does anyone know where I can get one other than waiting around for one to appear on fleabay? Finally, looking at the threads it would appear that there is some indecision about whether a toploader (oooer) can be fitted in a car that used to have a bottom loader. Is there a definitive answer to this? All advice gladly accepted.