jan r

Hans, I've the same vibrations at around 135 km/h in 6th... I also visited my dealer regarding the clutch sound (and shifting problems from 1st to 2ns as well as from 2nd to 1st) He told me it's normal as the gearbox is just underneath the shift stick and thus more direct than Audi's etc. I call it BS. Will visit another dealer next week (maybe Wijnegem or Hasselt) as if this is the Lexus way of perfection, my Lexus won't last very long and I'll trade it in for something with a decent gearbox. (Both Audi and BMW know how to do gearboxes) jan

I'm also from Holland but moved to belgium 10 years ago with my company. Nice to see a fellow 'nederlander' here. My choice for the lexus was quite impulsive.. was shopping for an Audi A5 but delivery only for November... looked at the A4.. same story, stopped at the Lexus dealer, saw the IS220, drove it for 30 minutes and signed for delivery 2 weeks later. So far, I've seen 2 IS220's in Belgium so they're quite unique, another advantage over the Audi's. I'll check tomorrow on the vibration issue, driving to Maastricht in the morning and let you know if I have the same problem jan

Hi Hans, I have the executive and bought it in Liege (living in the Ardennes near the French border). I drove 1200km so far, and really hope the shifting will get better. I'm using Avia Diesel (as the station is close) but from now on will try Total Excellium as it seems worth trying. jan

Hi all, Just a short introduction on this very usefull site (been reading here since I ordered my Dark Granite w/ Beige leather IS220D + ML and Navi 2 weeks ago). Got the car last friday and enjoying every minute driving it. Just have 2 questions, maybe someone can help me out here.. 1) How do you switch of the motor but keep the ACC on (If I use the stop button, bluetooth and audio are also shutdown immediately, which is kind of annoying) 2) Shifting from 1st to 2nd gear makes some noise and is not as fluently as moving from 2 to 3 and so on. Is this normal or should I see my delaer (who is abt. 200km away) Cunsumption so far is 7.8/100km which seems to be 'normal' (Ok, my previous car, Skoda Octavia 1.9 105HP was less, abt 5.1 but in no way comparable with the Lexus) best regards from belgium Jan