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Oh well I'll have that to look forward to, if i stick with Lexus. Greig

Hi Oh well! I had just got used to the other lot and am about to look at a change of car and was going to go back to them. Had no experience of Eastern Western. Might take a run at the weekend and have a look around. Greig

Hi Came home today to find a letter from Arnorld Clark stating that they were no longer a Lexus Sales Centre. There is a new one but not sure who they are. Are they Lexus Owned? Anyone know? AC will continue to be a Service and Warranty Centre. Cheers Greig :D

Hi Thanks for that as i did not know. I will look at that when i decide what im doing as an option to leave it perm in the car. Greig :D

Hi. No worries at all, and thank you very much for the thread. :) I do not understand why or how I missed this. :tsktsk: I will look into this at Lexus this week and see if i can get a decent price! Greig

Hi I do not mind doing it myself with decent but just wary of future warranty issues if something goes amiss. Greig

Thanks for the abuse, simple? I am not lazy, not trying to get someone else to do it for me and I know where the search box is. I know how frustrating it gets with people looking for the same info all the time on a forum, but never felt the need to have a go and could not find the question. I did the search and found the list you did and decided that I probably did not want to use a third party device which all seemed to require work that may invalidate warranties should i have issues with the MM system in the future. While I continued to look and price third party devices, in case that was my only solution, I thought that i should ask the question. I really did not see the harm in that. If the answer lies in a thread where i have missed the answer, for that i apologise for breaking your etiquette rules. Cheers Greig

Hi I am using a iTouch with my 250 via the Aux socket in the armrest box. It works fine but was looking for a more complete solution. I have done a search and I see that there are a few things available but the car is under warranty and I am not keen to hack at it just yet. Am I correct in saying that Lexus has one of these the IS 250 with the MM package? How much is it, approximately? Does it give you some/all control via the touch screen? Thanks Greig

Hi Changed my mind on the wheels when i saw a pic of them on the car!! Greig

Hi Well I'll have the alloys in a heartbeat!! SorryTigerFish! Any chance this lot will be available in the UK? Or is it just as spares for the IS-F? Cheers Greig

Hi Must try this! :D Great idea, never heard of this. @ steve2006 Mork and Mindy was never in Black and White I do not think. I knew I was old and saw the origional series as well, but never black and white. Greig :D

Evening All! :D The steering "recall" interests me in case its all related. The steering seems to go very light at times with no feed back then ......... Im not sure. Im going to get it to the dealer as soon as I can, this week if I can swing it as i hate it the way it is. I will then get teh AA to have a look at it if i am not happy. @GWilso: I wish i could, but the drive is a bit much no matter how good the man seems to be :D :D Greig

Hi Any help appreciated. I needed to replace the phone line into the back of the Sky+ box. I bought one of these, not thinking too much and sorted it all out. However, this will not work when plugged into a phone, but does that matter? Will this do the job or do i need the type that works with a phone for it to work properly? Thanks

Hello Lexus Glasgow, which unfortunately is owned by the Arnold Clark Group. They have been good so far, so i hope they do not live up to the reputation of the rest of the group, which frankly, aint too good. Cheers :D

Hi I bought the car in Dec and its just about a year old. The tyres have plenty of tread on them no issues there. Thanks Greig I would get it booked into the dealer for a full check since it is only 1 yr old. There could realistically be any number of reasons for this happening. It might be a good idea to try for a loan car or extended demo with a similar car to see if the things you are encountering replicate themselves on another similar age/model IS250. Hi Good idea. I'll have to speak to them first thing on Monday. Hope this can happen without too much hassle, i fear not though. Greig

I think this may have to be my next port of call. I reset the tyre pressures and managed to get it all over the place at a round about. Also noticed that the steering can go very light at certain points and the car appears to understeer at low speeds. Not sure if this related, but i saw a thread on here about a faulty rack. I fear the dealer visit cause i know the answer they will give after looking at the car on the ramp and a 5 minute drive in city traffic. "Nothnig wrong mate" Cheers Greig

Morning! I will reset them to the standard this am, but they are there or there abouts. I will check and reset again. Thanks

Hi There was a recent article in Auto Express on fuel consumption and they did not find the OBC to be to accurate on most cars. Some being very optimistic. IIRC. :D Greig

Hi Just to add to this old chestnut...this has just worked on my is250 SEL-MM. Had to try it a few times and the long 15 or 30 seconds was not long enough. I held it in for 60s. Worked a treat! Now.........anyone know how to shut the warning up for the "door open". Driving me nuts. If you do it at the wrong time according to the car, it cant be stopped almost!!! :shutit: Cheers Greig

Hi I bought the car in Dec and its just about a year old. The tyres have plenty of tread on them no issues there. Thanks Greig

Hi Peeps :D Hope someone can help, or at least has some ideas as to what is happening here. I split the post into two shorter explanations Tail Happy: A few weeks after i got the car the back stepped out at a round-about. Nothing too bad, just a big twitch which at the time I put down to slippery surface and me being too enthusiastic on the right pedal. A few weeks later with me being careful on roundabouts, it happens on two round-abouts in succession. Both of which i was driving like Miss Daisy on Valium due to traffic anyway. The first really caught me off guard and the tail nearly connected with a car on the outside! Not fun! The surface as far as i can see was not too bad, but wet. Difficult to gauge but no one else seemed to be having a problem. The second roundabout while I was ready for it this time was slower than the first. There have been other smaller "incidents" during all this time. This second problem might be connected, but not too sure how. I was coming off a round-about when one of the moments, as described above, happened. The slide ended and I straightened it out for the connection to the dual carriageway. Then started what i can only describe as the back end moving around. Like having two flat tyres, back end on ice........it was so bad the first time i thought a tyre had burst and I pulled over! Really strange! This has happened twice the second without the roundabout fun first as i accelerated. Kicked in around 60. A real brown moment! When I stopped checked around got in, it was all ok again. I called the Lexus dealer and they said this is new to them and I should check the tyres. All fine! Tyre pressures fine! It's ruining the car for me now. I am worried that IF there is something wrong that it will happen at speed and really cause some damage to cars and/or worse, people. The other half will not drive it which is no use. Before I change tyres, pay for the alignment to be checked etc (which because of my location to the dealer ) means a day off work. I would appreciate any thoughts or indeed a solution to this. Sorry for the length of this post but I wanted to make it as complete as possible. Thanks Greig :D

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Hi Have a read here at the post and some of the guides. They will keep you on the straight with most of it. Friendly place for the most part, just ask some questions. On the last point of discussion, Claying will remove a lot of surface contaminants and help prepare for polish or wax. It can be bought as Meguiars kit in Halfrauds. But there are better out there. Greig :D

Hello I have posted on here about this recently. http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...showtopic=55955 Halfrauds do there own wipers and say they fit, but I have not tried them as I had issues with another car and their own brands. Other brands Halfrauds have, do not fit the IS Cheers Greig

Hi Thanks, I think i will get new rubbers from from Lexus. They do seem to be odd in size. My Accord had same issue. Thanks Greig