Raymond.

That was sideways 90% of the time in the snow. Thank god it's gone now. Done 127 miles and have a quarter of a tank left.....

Different kit but the blue box is the same size. You need to use two mutes too or it'll keep playing music through the rear speaker. http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=80123

The blue box fits just above the climate panel underneath the NAV screen or tray. The SOT lead connects to the AMP behind the glovebox and leaves you not a lot of room to run it to the blue box. An ISO extension lead would do here.

I'd shut up for a bit.....

Unscrew the gearshift know and pull up the chrome surround and pull the whole fascia towards the back and have a look underneath.

Still need to do mine... Getting a bit fed up with ongoing things I find that I don't like!

I'd have them both tbh....

Don't bother refurbing the Aeros Chris. I'll do that when you 'give' them me/....

^^ better off buying winter tyres around April-May Chris.

They're made from a lot softer rubber and 'warm' up better. Snow is still here but no more predicted :(

Cheers mate, it'll look better again when the summer wheels go back on. (See sig) not that keen on the black alloys... It's fine on snow, sludge and iced up snow/sludge. Not drIven it on ice though. Used to take cars on frozen lakes when I was living in Holland way back but I don't think Britain gets cold enough to get lakes frozen over enough to go on it with cars? Mine is a manual btw. I've had two automatic BMWs before this car and they were fine on winter tyres too.

Front lip on the bumper has a secondary function as a plow.... I knew it weren't just for looks...

This picture shows what winter tyres do. Clear treads! Now a summer tyre would be full off snow.

Best time to learn now with this snow Matt. Looks like there's plenty to go at today...

Might get some coils over the summer and see what's what. I'm used drifting the 2 tonne Beemer about in the snow and it seemed more fun. Only thing I have managed with the IS is a clean 720 (nearly) never managed that before....

They need more weight on the front (Sunday dinner didn't make a difference) and a longer wheel base. Nowt to do with grip or owt, just how much fun it would be. I find on fast skids (30mph) and above the rear AND front end steps out so it needs weight on the front.

It does take a bit for t.he bags to pop don't worry....

Fwiw, winter tyres are not just for snow. They work better when temperatures drop below 6°C. Hence why they're called winter tyres. Proper snow tyres are not allowed on UK roads as they chew the roads up. (If it's actually possible to make them worse)...... I've been driving various RWD cars over the years and always had a spare set of winters to go on for winter and never had a problem. I've lived in Holland for 25 years and often ventured out to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France during winter to go skiing and you actually get fined for not wearing winter tyres. That can't have it all wrong can they? It's just pure ignorance not following suit. Wonder why Britain has the highest insurance claim rates.......

Yeah, that's the one. Get some winter tyres. Stops looking for replacement parts next time it snows...

Bloody hell. After a week? Ian on here was breaking a black IS and Shorty on here has two sets of headlights. Thought you were taking the mick when you said people thought you couldn't drive in the judder thread....

I did offer to take those Aeros of your hands foc.. Fancy a swap for some nasty black 17s with winters on? Haha

Is that 80 miles from full Ray? Disgusting! Lol Yeah, reset the thing when filled up... That's 20 miles forward though and the rest sideways..... Lots of fun :)

How's this for smiles per gallon?

Going out for some Sunday dinner in a bit so I'll give it another go on the way back....

All been good so far here with the winters on. Not using the snow button apart from when my misses drives the thing. The fun button or as some of you refer to as TRC is being used pretty much all the time. Much fun but I recon I'm getting about 200 miles out of a full tank now.... I think the car would be much more fun if it had a little more weight on the front.