is-hargy

Hi

Snapped one of mine on my is220d recently.

Got a local garage to do the work & cost 30 quid including labour, the stud part & new wheel nut.

The parts are not very expensive.

As above depends on what journeys you do.

I get about that 36 to 37, but I just tootle around town. Not much motorway driving.

But when I do go on motorways, can get into 40s.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS...xus_ct200h.html

Some more photos on the autotrader.

Looks ok to me !!!

Saw an article on the new CT200h in the News of the World.

It estimated that the car would have 150 bhp, 99 emissions 10 sec 0 to 60 & would cost around £22000.

Not sure how accurate these are, but thought I would post them.

99 emissions is free car tax :-). Not sure that will happen.

Blimey...didn't realise you all felt so passionate about it!

10K is an 'Interim Service', basically an oil change and a check over....taking the car off the forecourt has already depreciated the 2nd user value by some considerable margin anyway. Thats life. The car drives beautifully, with absolutely no problems whatsoever and mechanically, it is as sound as any car I would expect from Toyota/Lotus! I had a new MR2 T-Bar way back on an E-Plate. Never saw a main dealership apart from when I picked it up. Never had a problem in 80,000 of hard driving! Not one recall, not one fault! Local garage servicing only...not one service interval missed and it was bought off me buy an avid Toyota fan who was absolutely chuffed to bits with the condition of it - he said it was one of the best kept, best serviced MR2's he had ever seen and bit my hand off to buy it!

I have had countless new cars since and most I have had serviced at 'non-franchised' dealers. Diesel engines are so reliable anyway and I will keep the car for no more than two years, so why waste all the money going to a 'main dealer'? Yippee..a few bottles of wine, a valet. Great I can do that myself and do a better job and buy a crate of wine with the money saved!

This will annoy many Lexus officiandos but lets get real here....it is only a car and mechanically, the same as millions of others on the road....just a different badge on the bonnet and backside!

I was not boasting about the wine etc. But seems silly to have your service done at the auto centre, when for £50 more,

you could have got it done at lexus.

IS220d 07 reg.

My first service was £180.00 at my local Lexus dealer.

Had the recall done to my car, therefore they had to put in some new diesel, £40.00 to be exact.

Full valet & 2 bottles of wine for the trouble of the recall.

Dont know where you got the £300 + quote from.

Had the 2nd service at lexus also & that was £260.00 + got a tin of sweets.

A few months ago, i did have to steering geometry re-aligned on my car, because one of the front tyres was wearing

on the outside. Had this done at lexus (pricey at £75.00) but it is much better now.

I live in an area where there are loads of speed bumps so put it down to that. But it did last 2.5 years.