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Welcome :) being a 2004 bet shes in good nick.

I know its a different car but since i took the dash apart on mine ive got a funny noise from behind the dash also

Hi. I wondered the same when i bought mine. Found the answer in the manual. but basically press once for single locking and sonar alarm. press again to disable the alarm and double lock. I often double lock if i leave the windows cracked or if the car washers are washing my car. Maybe if you left a animal or child in the car it would be useful too

Yeah standard on Sport trim, dont think it was a option on SE though. Im reckoning from what ive seen its about 35% OEM. If youve got 35% all round its only a matter of time till the police fine you. just saying. at least get the fronts a shade lighter even if its still over the limit to be less noticeable

Yeah my wife starts panicking when the lights on, i tell her trust me its fine for ages yet lol

Should be the other way round with the sunroof. what is sun?! lol

Isnt 5 minutes normal for it to start blowing hot?

oh yeah. Good point

Haha that sucks. Should of called it Toyota IS300. Poor yanks lol. Japs must not like em lol. Mine would have to be fully loaded like my 200 now, be cruel otherwise

Noticed they dont have headlight washers either lol. but seen a verson similar to the LE called the sport or similar that had the full monty

Just out of interest what are those metal plates in the 2rd picture on the front alloy wheel at the back? one of mine has them

Hi. saw a Porcshe the other day go past me on the motorway and the caliper decals showed though the spinning wheel and looked awesome! the alloys were like spoked ones but wondered would mine do the same? could someone drive next to me on the motorway to check lol

wow amazing finish. almost shadow chrome effect. yeah get some tyre gel and paint the calipers with decals and it will look amazing. not sure what colour ide paint them on your car though? mine is plat ice and did black with silver decals. let us know what you come up with.

Cloth seats like a S? in a 300! lol

Ive noticed most IS300 in California dont have heated seats. maybe it was a option there as not really needed

Its not that common to have heated seats with fabric so maybe thats why just for safety

Its normal. dont ask me why! but my friends discovery seats caught fire so maybe it prevents that? lol Also been told its linked to the climate control or outside temp not sure if thats true

wow no cruise control

Thing is a didnt really challenge him. He beeped at me first, I was quite happy to get on with my drive but i then responded with was another beep.no hand gestures etc if he hadnt beeped i would of assumed he realised he messed up and i would of left it at that. just because its so obviously (to me) . weird. i think he genuinly thought i should of gave way to him. all i can say to that is. WTF

Yeah glad im ok too, although if there was a collision i prob would of been fine if he plowed into the side of me at about 10mph but obviously my Lexus wouldnt! side airbags ftw Yeah its helped everyone responding. so thanks for that. feel better now. I am sensitive to stuff like this. I dont think it would of been as bad if he wasnt such a A hole about it. Just admit you efed up and get on with it. Not sure if he genuinely thought i was in the wrong or if what you said Barney just cant take the fact he messed up. He was mad at something though but cant think what or why! Although for some reason that round a bout does confuse people. It was maybe 2 months ago i saw a car smashed on its side there, same thing. Not sure why, i get how those 4 way mini round a bout can get a bit confusing but its just a standard junction with a mini. not rocket science I guess ill be even more careful than i already am at avoiding these idiots. always keep my distance, drive slow and dont trust anyone on the road! What should i do if he approaches me in the future? its only a small town of about 3000 which ill be living in starting from next week and not many IS200s about as we know

Thanks. stuff does get to me though :( which is why im venting lol

This is the first near miss ive ever had period. so im a bit shuck up. Im a very careful driver and try to stay away from the idiots that would cause me danger or themselves, but today i realised its not always possible! So i was driving along a A road going though a town and in front of me is a mini round a bout on the left. A car was approaching to go right (opposite way to me) so naturally i carried on driving. I did notice he wasnt slowing down but i thought oh he just hadnt seen me yet as i was still a good 10 metres away. but no, he carried on directly into my path. must of missed me by a inch. I had to swerve into the oncoming lane but luckily there wasnt any cars. So he beeps, i wasnt actually going to because i just cant be arsed to cause conflict but i did end up after he did. Lets not forgot ppl, he was suppose to give way to me! give way to the right! but he was obviously oblivious to this vital rule of the road! because he turned around and tailed gaited me, flashing and indicating right to pull over! i carried on. i thought he can follow me all of 20 miles if he'd liked, but he did eventually turn back. I wasnt going to put myself in danger or give him the reaction he wanted. I just dont understand how someone could possibly be so frustrated at something they blatentley were in the wrong for. alot of the time stuff happens on the road that is hard to pin point the blame on - fair enough. but not giving way to traffic to traffic coming right on a mini round a bout, how do these people even have licences. The only thing i was doiing wrong was going about 34/35 in a 30, so i hold my hand up for that but that has nothing to do with it. how do we deal with these ppl!?

Ill check tomorrow, can see pads without taking wheel off. but had loads left last time i checked

If anyone is interested IS 200 BULBS xenon HB4/9006 Dipped xenon HB3/9005 Main beam xenon HB4/9006 Front Fog 2003 on> Front Fog H3 xenon (or LED) 501W sidelight Reason is, ive just spent about 15 mins on the LOC through old threads figuring out what bulbs go in my fogs! hope this helps