Simon_D

Thanks for that. The noise could well be the vents. I guess to get at them the Multimedia unit needs to come out. I might get the dealer to have a look when I get the Sat Nav maps updated. The boot is odd. You have to open it almost completely against the pressure of the dampers before it will hold. Every car I've had has a spring loaded boot that will rise on its own after a light touch. I'll check the one in the showroom when I go in but can anyone say if this is normal? It feels like a spring is broken - the kids can't open it without help. I'll ask the dealer about voice control. The parking sensors are fine. Just a case of the nut holding the wheel!!

Hi there, I've had my '57 plate IS250 SE-L for a few days now and all seems pretty good so far except........: 1. The creaking and clacking that appears to come from around the Sat-Nav unit on bumpy roads. 2. The effort required to open the boot lid - are they all like this? 3. The fact that I can't get voice control to work for the Sat-Nav - it tells me that I must be on the "scrolling map" for the comand to work - despite the fact that the map is on the screen at the time. 4. The parking sensors don't seem to do much. The beeps are rather erratic; had I trusted them I would have damaged the bumpers already. I'll pop back to the dealer in a few days but was wondering if any of these things come under the "they all do that Sir" category. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

What do they do at 60k?

Interesting thread. I'm about to become an IS250 owner and it will be interesting to see how my brakes last. I see EBC do replacement discs for the IS now. I've just replaced all the pads on my wife's Subaru Tribeca. The dealer said they all had only 1,000 miles left in them; the fronts were low but the rears were less than half worn........at 40,000miles! The fronts on my previous Impreza were generally lasting about 35k miles and the rears 65k. I know the IS is pretty heavy for its size but it does sound like the parts are marginal - unless you spend your life on the motorway.