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My toyota dealer offered to do the cambelt on mine? so not sure why they wouldnt fit a battery. Your breakdown company should offer this service. I buy numax batterys and fit them myself though :)

Toyota pads are re branded akebono i believe and are brilliant

Sorry are mintex not ceramic? my bad. ive got brembos on mine but didnt suggest them as you said you didnt want

As long as there ceramic they'll be fine. Mintex are fine. Ive always recommended akebono but dont think they make them for IS200

yeah ive seen em on ebay. been meaning to buy one for a while now. noticed they changed each year as did the cars

As Chris said im too much into my cars to be able watch it. It just makes me mad. They have no clue about cars and are biased and even down right lie to the public, ok its entertainment but there just a bunch of idiots. I think my problem is it went from a respected car journalistic car program to what it is now with the same title so to me its still been taken seriously by a lot of the general public and that makes me frustrated. maybe im wrong. I respect that it has a good entertainment value but for most car lovers out there they have the same view as me. Im very much enjoying motor trends road kill episodes on youtube it has that entertainment but done by two ppl who know whats what. the latest ep maybe the best yet

Just had a look and the big land cruiser wasnt offered with a 3.0l so think were talking about 2 different vehicles. The smaller land cruiser is still good but not as renowned as its big daddy

Nice1. Dont know why it wasnt found out earlier, pretty obvious to me. But you sure its only for reversing because theres a chime if handbrake is on, door open and a buzzer for lights. All very useful! Maybe find out and add that infk to a new thread

I feel its a constant battle keeping the fogs clean, dry and condesationless! Soo annoying. Anyone else with me here?

How will the van get out?

One thing diesels are good for is towing. Get the diesel yes

Great trucks. Very under rated. Didnt think theland cruiser had a 3.0L tho? When you say land criuser i think of the full size Amazon one not the colarado but they keep changing the name lol

Money is a moving target. be careful in the world, because there is alot of stuff. you can accumulate alot of stuff and you can buy cars and buy better cars and better houses and bigger houses. but we've got to learn how to be good at it. and there is a line you cross about when you are wealthy but that line will always be in front of you because money is a moving target. if you ask someone who makes 20k a year they will say if i earnt 40k i would feel comfortable and wealthy, if you ask someone who makes 40k they would say if i made 80k i would be comfortable and wealthy, and so on. This is based on fact and research because money is a moving target. this is because there is always that need for more. the way it breaks down is knowones is really rich but we all know someone who is lol. All im saying is as long as you have food on the table and a roof over your head then your doing fine, anything else is a bonus and shouldn't be taken for granted. Live in good health mentally and physically and don't let money go to your head and realise where that line is that makes someone wealthy and secure, but your right it is in our nature to strive for more and its hard to sometimes step back and see the world for what it is in our modern society surrounded by man made things. on another note did you know research shows ppl who earn 50k a year give about 5% on average to charity or family etc. when we earn 200k a year it goes down to 3% or less. when a family makes 1 millons a year it goes down to 1%. the more people make the less they give. Did i mention money doesnt make you happy? I know tons of people who have money but are going though mid life crysis's or break downs and money has no effect on them. In fact i class myself as better off even though what i make is loose change to them because i have family, friends and a great wife and good health and i am happy

Was at the embassy Friday and my visa has been granted. Im flying May 19th

I had to do my first emergency stop a few days ago and i can confirm there good enough! Very good in fact.

If its same as IS200 its a garage job as you need a press

just noticed your alloys arent silver! sorry. better get a match in that case. dont halfrauds mix paint?

Hi Welcome. thanks for adding me as a fellow Is200 Auto friend too ;) Great car, love my is200 auto to bits. i found mines at it best after its all warmed up box and all. cant believe the bird! i take it only the alloy got corroded? they like doing that Any silver touch up will do for alloys for the car you should get yourself a touch up kit comes in handy

Sorry guys i brought up a 530d in my original post as this is where it got me thinking. didnt mean to bring any confrontation into it. but no i certainly did not buy a Lexus for speed racing! im guessing the only people who did are IS-F owners! For me German diesels and all other diesel sold in this country are built with one purpose in mind and thats MPG, and thats all their good at imo. The reason i said sold in this country is because there are real diesels out there built for power and thats when the fun starts :) ide take a cummins any day of the week

Smiles per gallon ;)

I was glad too! :)

Oops. Thanks

Its a good idea but not worth the hassle imo. IS300 or LE clusters is what you want. Been told they can be retro fitted

Fuse in question is in drivers footwell. Diagram on cover. I got a box of fuses from the pound shop

Same story for me about a month ago! Lol should of said something i guess. Except mine did this just before work and had to drive home with rear fogs on :o