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No problem, I didnt know if I had to do anything when logging into the gold members website or something to link it to here etc Thanks for the reply Lee

Hi Guys Just wondering how long after you sign up to the gold membership does the forum unlock and you get the funky little icon below your name? I've had my keyring chain thing and stickers, but nothings changed on here Thanks Lee

Ah Mr Godfrey, From Nottingham eh? :P If you want me to go with you to look around some when you've picked a few let me know. There is also the light grey (Sussex) colour interior that Keith has in his car which I like too.

Well its all been sorted - Thanks Lexus Birmingham! So as promised here are the pics;

Hello from a fellow newbie! Nowt wrong with a Passat! I've driven one a fair few times and been a passenger in one even more and they are very comfortable cars. Suspension is a lot more forgiving (more so than my IS250) but interior quality doesn't come anywhere close to the Lexus. Its all about what you really want. If it's ultimate comfort then a Passat SE or SEL spec would be good, but if you want more quality then go for a Lexus. Go and have a test drive in both, you'll soon know then :)

It would be a pretty bad selling point to say "This Head Unit plays MP3 CD's, but dont actually put any in as it will jam the system up" :P As far as I know there aren't any commercial MP3 cd's on the UK market, so the only MP3 cd's available are what people make themselves. I really wouldnt worry about it. I've just lay 2 CD's flat on my desk, 1 a purchased album and 1 a blank cd and they are exactly the same thickness. Every CD starts off blank at some point remember!

I got the car! Its a 56 IS250 SE in Blechin Slate with Oakham leather. After driving it home I noticed the steering still wasn't 100% (although better than test drive) and to my horror I noticed the bonnnet release catch just slid down and out the dash! It appears the whole bottom half of the dash under the steering wheel wasn't fitted correctly So I've booked it in with Lexus Birmingham on Monday to be looked at, hopefully they can rectify the problems. I can only think Leicester must have removed that part of the dash to mess with the steering possibly? as I dont remember it being like that on the test drive In the mean time I've joined the as a Gold member B) so we shall see monday

Well I test drove it yesterday and there were a couple of things I asked them to sort before I part with the rest of the cash! The drivers seat creaked and the steering wheel wasn't straight when the car was going straight! It didnt pull to one side, just that when the car was going straight the steering wheel was angled to the left and when i straighten the wheel the car goes to the right When I go back next saturday I'll ask to drive it again to make sure before I pay the rest of my money out as I don't really want to keep going back to the dealer! Unless I could take it to a more local lexus i.e. birmingham or wolvo

Hi guys I've put a deposit on an IS 250 SE with multimedia pack at Lexus Leicester. Subject to a test drive tomorrow, it should be mine shortly, can't wait!! (although my bank balance won't like it! ) I previously drove a Fiesta ST for 3.5 years, which was great, but I'm getting old now (26 :P ) so I wanted something a bit more comfortable and refined. I'd been looking around various places, Mazda, Honda, Jaguar, Ford etc, but I'm insured on my step Dads IS 250 SEL, so he kindly let me drive that around looking for cars, which, frankly, spoilt me So its his fault that I've now put a deposit down on an IS250 ;) Hopefully the test drive will go ok tomorrow and should be able to pick it up the following weekend! So expect to see a few pics if I get it Thanks Lee