surfer06

Hi all, just wanted to say thanks for all the post's and information I gained during my 9 months of owning my Lexus IS220d. My car was a 06 plate and sold it with 69k on the clock, I just couldn't relax when driving it due to the engine/ gearbox configuration, I was constantly changing up and down the gears. Reading through the forum I had a good one obtaining on average 46.5 during my ownership. Lovely looking car exterior/ interior and relatively quiet to drive. I was looking to change to Audi A4/ A6, in the end I went for a 09 VW Passat CC. Plus points over the Lexus in my opinion are - Smoother gearbox/ better ratio. More room front/ rear. Larger boot. Split/ folding rear seats. Economy - early indications 55mpg! The one thing I will miss is the sound system even though it was just the basic system, probably one of the best available. Anyway thanks again and hope you all enjoy owning/ driving your Lexus.

Thanks Jamie for reply. I was informed they would be around £50-£55, just thought I maybe able to pick one up cheaper! I have managed to piece the reflector back in place which will do meantime as I am planning on selling the car. Lovely car but just can't get used to gearing and rear wheel drive. Hope I'm making the right decision? Thanks again.

Hi everyone, looking for any suggestions. Someone bumped me in the car park and cracked the passenger side rear bumper reflector. I have been quoted around £370 - £470 to repair. I maybe able to touch up myself but need to replace the reflector. Does anyone know of a UK stockist for this part? Searched on Google but nothing suitable came up! Thanks.

I too have the same problem. Read somewhere on this forum it's related to the heater/ fan and if you turn it off revs drop to around 800. Tried this and it works, turn the fan back on whilst idling and goes back up to around 1200! Strange! If I am stopped in traffic for more than a minute or so I turn the fan off. Still a nice car to own.

I paid £33 for the Belkin In Car Audio Connect AUX-Bluetooth from Amazon in November (now £49) price fluctuates! Does the job, good quality through the speakers and easy to set up.

Thanks normski2, appreciate vote of support. Still trying to convince myself I've made the right decision in the long run. One niggling question I have is.... if the 220d is as problematic as a lot of the members make out re cylinder head, engines blowing, EGR etc. why do they keep coming top or around the top in motoring surveys? I just can't fathom this one out.

Hi suprasport and everyone else. I am a new Lexus IS220d owner and thought I'd give my input for what it's worth! Bought my car in October 2012, a 2006 (06) reg with 59k on it and FSH and paid £7495 with independent 5 year warranty. Previous car was a 54 plate Audi A6 2.0 TDi and fancied a change. After reading post's on this forum and driving for a few weeks thought I'd made a big mistake. Main concerns were MPG - initially around 43, now around 47 (approx 570 miles on a full tank)/ (Audi was returning around 49-50) and reading about all the problems in this forum. Got to the stage where I thought on trading in for 57 Mondeo for same price as purchased. I was shocked to learn I would only receive £5500 tops after 4 weeks of driving, £2000 loss was not what I expected from a Lexus, supposed to be slow depreciation! I am now warming to the car, very comfortable/ smooth and quiet to drive (little road noise even compared to the Audi). MPG has improved - added some BG244 and AR6200 fuel additive. Gear change takes some getting used to, have had to change my driving style as others have mentioned. I do use 6th gear over 60 though sometimes the engine feels as though it's struggling a little and just ticking over! May see about getting EGR cleaned as mentioned in other posts. Lovely looking car - silvery blue. Anyone I have given a lift to remarks on the looks and how comfortable it is, if only the MPG was better. As someone else mentioned forget about paying a few extra £££'s per month on fuel and enjoy the drive. I cover around 260 miles per week with around 10% town/ 20% motorway and 70% A country roads. Good luck with your choice, if you get a well looked after one hopefully you'll reap the benefits.