Caspian Beast

Sounds spot on mate, enjoy

Sounds like the fuse to me too bud. Don't ask why but it might be something to do with the wife comig 60 mile up the M6 today with windsreen full of *******. In her 2000X Punto by the way!!!!!!!!! , Fast az F***. :winky:

sorry to hear the bad news

keep us updated

guys just had police on phone they have found some of the car in a breakers yard in london, works out they have been watching it for weeks.looks like the car was robbed to order for parts,obviously a write-off now as they have only found certain parts ie engine door glass and other parts. :tsktsk: thanks for the replies guys when i find out some more info i will let you know,cheers andy

Nightmare, I hope they have some idea who the toe-raggs are. Good luck with the insurance...

Just seen Chelsea have sacked Phil Scolari and that Avram Grant is in the running - I wonder if Robinho will be making his way out of Man City after all, or whether Big Phil will go there now instead and replace Sparky?!

Zola getting a mention too!!!! I'm sure Big Phil will be a bit put out, but the payout should ease the pain a little....... The fickle speccies pay good money and are entitled to their views but are sometimes too quick to slate the manager. What about the playboy's who roll about on the park at the slightest tap and moan at the refs for nothing!!!!!!!

Rant over spare a thought for us Toon fans, Joe Kinnear hospitalised.............

Hi I have just bought a new IS and I need some rims for the summer(im from Norway)

Do u guys have the info that i need when locking for rims that could fit my Black Lexus is 220?

Bolt sircle and Impress and so on?

I'm thinking of 18- 19 " rims

post pics of your cars with rims so i can get some inspirasion:)

thanx

Everything you want to know and more B) http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-second-...your-setup.html

How nice do some of them wheels look!!! Have many UK owners fitted after market 19's???? Could get excited thinking of some of them.....

Yep that is pretty scary how thin it's got, Lexus actually revised the cambelt change for the IS to 6 years or 60,000 miles, and it's clear from those photos why!

Thats what you call lucky, sound advice to change early to avoid an expensive nightmare.....

I've also got an 07 is220d and am happy with it except for the fuel and oil consumption. Just stepped out of a 2.0 tdi Audi which i was getting 44mpg. I'm now getting a miserable 32mpg if i drive like a grandad. The vehicle also seems to be burning an excess amount of oil to me? Am i being daft or should i take it to the dealer (this is a major hassle for me).

Had the SE first. Like many say the 6th gear was useless other than at high speeds. I had no problems really with consumption, returning 40-45ish. Got the Sport model after that, suppose to be 5mpg worse off but not seen much change, different ratio box on them, you can let the car drive itself in sixth 30mph without stalling. 50mile round trip to work at at about 37 mph average (heavy but steady taffic) getting 500 mile to tank average 40.6 - 43.5mpg. Had it up to 48.6 on a 245 mile trip M6 sitting at 65 cruise control on the other day.

Had the fifth injector changed at first service but no probs at all with Oil. I would defo be back to the dealer if it's using oil.

Hello,

I am new to all this so be gentle with me and no taking the P but.. :D picked up a IS220D on saturday its lovely i really like it ...... it then snowed and i hit a concrete post on monday!..... :tsktsk: :shutit: so am well impressed so far! could be worse its just the front bumper skin as far as i can tell with no underlying damage as very slow speed and is all booked in to be sorted.

Does anyone know of a good dealer in the kent area its due a 20,000 mile service and having spoken to lexus its in need of a re-call for an ECU remap???? and a 5th injector?? what should i be paying for a 20,000 mile service and can anyone recomend anywhere in the maidstone area?

cheers

Thanks for the replys so far. The snow handling capabilites on it are not as good as the car i have got rid of now who would have said coming from a skoda VRS to a lexus that the skoda was better in anyway! :D think thats about the only way though. Brought it though a dealer but not a lexus one, i will check the dealer do dar on here my local one i think is Tunbridge wells so looks like i'll be heading off that way

Good luck with the new Lexus and the service, here's hoping the weather picks up. No more Snow please. Enjoy

About 2 weeks after we got it, i was just about parked and a woman in an old golf smacked the front of it and ripped the bumper off, scraped all my wheel, dented the wing and arch.... when she done it she got out and appologised admitted she wasnt looking where she was going etc so we exchanged details.... then when we reported it to Tesco they come back that she said it was my fault and I pulled out into her :tsktsk: My other half bodged the bumper so it was back on (just a bit bent ) so it could be driven as we thought this would be pretty clear cut... well months down the line they are still arguing about it.. i didnt want to have to claim on my insurance and pay an £800 excess and have the claim so we got my brother in - law to sort it for us (whiteLEX) as he works in a body shop spraying etc so we dropped the claim and it saved us a load of ££ thank fully.

we wanted a GS430 but cant get insurance for me until im 21 and the ones that will insure me want £2500, but thats just ridiculous!!

But funny enough we looked at getting an RX400h and insurance for both of us is only about £700 a year, so nearly half the price of the IS300... i just dont know how they justify their prices....

never mind only a year to go and then we can start looking at GS430's again :-)

Good luck with you hunt for the GS430. I'm sure you will pick a great deal up with the current climate in the car trade.

A very good friend of mine took the RX400h out for the weekend from Lexus about Sept lasy year, Got the chance to drive it, superb. So quiet loads of grunt when you need it and packed out with all the usual toys and gadgets. Well worth a look. He was offered £9k for his 16 month old Nissan Marano so he jacked it off!!!!!

Sounds like you took the right option regarding fixing up your own Lexus, after the bitch shafted you. I did exactly the same with my 12month old Orion many years ago. Come out of college playing with my new sound system, red light, wet night, bang into the back of an old VW Polo. My fault, my mate fixed his up,(sat in the boot kicked the bottom out so it closed fitted a new bumper and he was happy). My insurance was going to take a hit so mine went to a local bodyshop. New bonnet, leftwing, slam paneel and light units. Cost about £400ish happy again.

Like you say there is a mssive difference with how they sort insurance quotes!!!!!!!!! I say its only really there to protect us if anything nasty happen's.

:winky:

Bought in March last year, insurance is £1200 a year for me and my other half as a named driver but he does have an SP30... I think Tesco is really reasonable for younger drivers, their always the best for me but i do have an £800 excess!!! but its worth it I suppose :-)

Wow, £1200 is a bit nasty. But not too bad when you consider some of the nightmare quotes some of the young lads come into work with. £1k mark for fiesta's, Corsa's and saxo's!!!!!!!!!. So like you say, to omit yourself from the small car club and drive the lexi it's Ok, with an SP30 too.

Quite lucky now I am borderline ancient with 15yr no claims in tow. Renewel come through at £327 with esure, got it for £275 fully comp, protected no claims with Direct line because we have the house insurance with them. They say if we put the wife's car with them when it's due it should get better still??????

Hope you both have no knocks and you get yours down sharpish. Remember paying about £400 for an old C plate 318i. BMW about 14yr ago. That felt like a fortune at the time.

Great looking cars. Could be a bit of key trouble at times for you three ladies!!!!!!

Its ok, they are all different, mum has the credit card key, my sister has the standard and we have a flip blade key thing....

and we dont live together!! :)

Oh and i love caspian sky, mum wanted her LS in caspian sky but they didnt do it...she had an LS 430 in Ivory (066) ages ago and she loved it!

Sounds like the key issue is well under control. How long have you had yours? Is the insurance not a bit steep for you? I have always liked the 300, sit's nice.

Take care, travel safe.... ;)

If it's any consolation, my September 07 IS 250 SE-L with acc/pcs which cost 32k new was valued at 14k last September and 12k last week. That means it has lost 20k in 17 months. When I bought it the salesman told me that they hold their value very well as they are always in demand. Last week the same salesman told me there is no demand for these cars which is why the value has droped. I will be running this car till it drops and will take out the extended Lexus warranty.

£12k for an 07 plate! Wow, that's low. Interesting that my local dealer has an SE-L with acc/pcs but a Nov 2005 car for sale at £17,800 (over 30k miles).

The car industry is shaged. It's devastating thinking of what we all paid for these motors. Only 18 months ago i also shed £27k for my 220 sport its probably worth about £12-£13k now 12,000m FSH. When the econamy was going strong back then What Car were quoting 3yr old Lexus sitting at about 60% of their purchase price along with BMW 3series. NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!! HOW WRONG COULD THEY BE.....

My first one was an SE in Codoxton 56 plate. It was about £25K. I took an internet price in to Lexus of £22,664, (uknewcars.com) and they matched it after a bit of haggling. I run it for 10 month, then they offered me £21,500 against the 07 brand new Sport £27kish. Happy times. Not bad i thought. Look at the figures now and it's a nightmare.

However, i plan to run my beloved LEXUS for a long long time now so it's worth far more to me now, its the car I wanted at the time and I still think alot of others in its class are still not up to scratch. Last payment in August. cant wait. The missus bought a Punto brand new Sept 2000 X plate 82000m £7k new prob still get £800-£1k for it. She makes a point of reminding me!!!!!! I reply with stick your Italian ******* up your bottom.

Good luck with the sale, i hope you get yor 12k mate.

Can anyone recommend a good type of seat cover set please? The cream coloured upholstery isn't going to stay clean with my gang.

Purchased the front one's last year from Climate covers http://www.climatecovers.com/products_tail...t=&catId=25.

They are spot on I got the plain black, textured front with nylon backs, great tight fit.

ya 3rd..wife has said i cant have another for a while now. lol

Lol, she let you have 3 though so must be pretty forgiving!

Always had my douts about the Caspian sky crack with mine.......It looks more like a pearlescent white to me, but I have never really questioned it with the dealership because you just take it as gospel what they tell you. Been on Lexus Uk and it does not even show it available in Caspian Sky now. Can anyone tell me??????????

At last - another Caspian Sky owner! Obviously I'm massively biased, but I reckon it's the best colour out there :D . I was also pretty amused when I saw it down as blue in the log book. Also, I've not yet seen a photo online that truly reflects what it looks like. When I first saw it in the showroom, I thought it was white and that there were blue lights shining on it to make it look sparklier. It was only when I got it outside that I realised what it really was.

Have they really discontinued caspian sky? That's a shame, definitely my favourite colour in the bunch - love the way it looks in the sun (I'd also call it a pearlescent white rather than light blue)

Spot on, nice to know i'm not cracking up. I had an SE in Codoxton Slate with beige leather before but this done it for me, had to have it. Looks awesome in the white too, especially sat on them wheels :)

Great looking cars. Could be a bit of key trouble at times for you three ladies!!!!!!

Spot on looks well mate in that colour. Welcome

Welcome to LOC :)

I hope your mrs hasn't got any stone chips in that case :D

Thanks for the welcome. No stone chips to report as yet 'touch wood'........ The wife has a few more chinks dints and marks on her now though!!!!!!!!

Looking for Lexus seat covers on Google (No gags please, 18 month old Staffy in tow who likes to ride upfront).... Awesome fit by the way made to measure...

climatecovers.com. Spotted this site in the process and had a look.......

Looks like he's left the doors open and they have simply pressed the boot release button in the car. Like others say, even if you leave the keys in the armrest it wont open by pressing the external boot button, your out of range........ Maybe he had locked the car but did push the boot down and the little Skanks just spotted it slightly open when passing by??????

Tell him not to hold the lock button in on the keyfob for too long either. It opens all the windows!!!!!!!!!! I found out when i went to get in my old SE one morning after a night of rain :crybaby: Not good for Beige leather. Another reason for changing it!!!!!!!!!

its artic pearl basically metallic white....think the the caspian sky is real light light blue :)

also shudnt the car autolock? thot that came with 08 cars..mine has the new seats n the fuelcap/boot release side byside etc etc...

Always had my douts about the Caspian sky crack with mine.......It looks more like a pearlescent white to me, but I have never really questioned it with the dealership because you just take it as gospel what they tell you. Been on Lexus Uk and it does not even show it available in Caspian Sky now. Can anyone tell me??????????

Couple of pics, one the day i spotted it and one about 5 month after i got it.....

Is it a solid white mate or is it Caspian Sky??? Mine is the latter and is down on the log book as Blue. When i got pulled coming home off backshift one night the young cop looked at me like I was mental when i said it was blue!!!!!!!!!

Pictures are spot on, wheels look great spot on, enjoy....... :winky:

Lexus extended warranty gives same cover as new but with unlimited mileage! My local dealer is owned by Listers who operate their own scheme. Having obtained a policy booklet from them to read very carefully at home, it seems to be equal to the Lexus policy. Lexus want £1600+ for extra 2 years on a GS whilst Listers want £900 + for what appears to be very similar cover, including the full RAC with Euro cover. I will be giving this serious consideration when my warranty expires in May.

Is the £680 for 1,2 or 3 year, Thanks. Still got a bit to go on my Lexus cover but after reading some of the posts relating to problems encountered by 220/250 owners it may well be worth taking?????????? :duh: Been lucky so far myself just the 5th injector recall at first service, no other probs...touch wood!!!

5th injecter replaced at first service. Two bottles of wine and the tank topped up for my troubles. No other problems yet.

Just want to say hello. Now on my second IS220, first one was an SE. I had that from new for ten months. In July 07 i called in at Lexus one day and walked in the showroom to be greeted by a gleaming 220 sport finished in Caspian Sky. Got proper excited struck up a great deal and returned 5 days later and collected it. Excited even more!!!!! Had it 18 month now, never missed a beat. I love it, (better kept than the wife)........

Travel safe, looking forward to reading some posts.

Some picture's now too. Finally. Two from the showroom the day I got excited and a few more a couple of months down the line. Still some debate on the colour in my eyes..... It's down as (BLUE) Caspian Sky on the Log Book. Looks more like pearlescent white to me.... Any idea's welcome