Maffison

I must say im kinda jealous of the Alfasud and the Datsun 100A! I admit i have a mild fetish for a banger, my head nearly twisted 180 degrees earlier when i see a rusty old Rover SD1. Im 30 but have not had many cars at all. I like to keep a car until i see its spectacular death. So my cars to date: 1985 1.1 Ford Fiesta with XR2 alloys, tacky pinstripes and horrific plastic headlight covers - Death by cracked engine block after attempting to race a Ferrari Testarossa down the A6 at 105mph. 1989 1.4 Citroen AXGT - Death by being rear ended whilst breaking hard to chase after some kids that were throwing bricks into the road in front of me (which i did quite an astounding job of avoiding). 1991 1.4 Citroen AXGT Sportif - The most fun car i have ever owned! Tiny, made of some metal similar to a coke can but was able to destroy every chav in a Nova or XR2. Death by driving a 150 mile round trip on motorways at least twice a week usually at 115mph (another cracked block and a huge cloud of smoke). 1995 Rover 220 Coupe with removable glass roof panels - Bomb proof engine, suspension like springs from your nans bed. Leaky roof, leaky boot, leaky footwell. Needed a 15 inch sub in the leaky boot to drown out the deafening wind and road noise on motorways. Death by 7 years of abuse trying my hardest to kill the engine until eventually the head gasket went (but it still drives, its sitting outside in a carpark waiting for disposal). 2001 Lexus IS200SE - My now-2-days-of-ownership car that i intend to look after as best as possible (no more silly driving. . . . . . unless its raining and im on a private road maybe). I should mention that i may have driven fast at times but in 12 years of driving, doing on average 500 miles a week for work, i have only ever had 3 points on my licence. I dont drive excessively fast any more. If you wish to drive fast then please save it for the track.

My drivers seat is not heating properly. The back section heats up fine but the arse section does not. I had a quick nose under the seat this morning but couldn't see any faults in the wiring. Any ideas on what to do?

Hi there. Firstly i would like to thank everyone on this forum for all the great info i found which helped no end in finding the right IS200 which i picked up today (my first Lexus) after viewing a whole lot of cars. I bought a black manual 2001 SE with cream half leathers with 56000 miles on the clock. It has not had a service (or at least the book has not been stamped) since 41000 miles, so after reading many praises for ABM on this forum i will be booking it in for its 60000 mile service a little early (once my bank balance has recovered ). So on the to do list is check the cam belt, but im not sure where to find this and have not been able to find a picture of its location here so if someone could link me to a thread with a good picture, or post one i would be grateful. Also to do is clear the water from the headlamps but i think i should be fine on this one. Also the bonnet support arm has been totally broken from its hinge and supporting clip. I still have the arm, so any ideas on cost of the hinge and clip? I dont intend on fitting gas struts to the bonnet. So far these are the only problems i have found that need attention, everything else seems to be in good working order. If there are any other checks i should do other than the usual checking of fluids levels, tyre pressures ect.... then please advise me. Thanks again to all that contribute to this forum, the information is priceless!!

Im quite sure the master key will have 3 buttons (including a boot release button).

The rear lights from Ebay are cheaper from here http://www.essexracing.com/product_info.php?products_id=899 Maybe give them an E-Mail to check overseas delivery.