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I really like the exclusivity, as you say you very rarely see another one. I read that in 2016 approx 23000 E Class, 21000 5 Series, 16000 A6 and 250 GS were sold!! Only annoyance so far is the lack of auto-locking when you drive off, I liked that feature in the IS.

Many thanks for the replies, I will have another bash at the sat nav voice and tpms. Will also look at the photos to see if my wheels look the same. At this stage I much prefer the GS, the quality seems a notch up, you get all the toys at mid range Luxury level including blind spot monitor, cross traffic alert, cooled seats, memory seat and parking sensors front and rear. I was also lucky to find a 2 year old car with the sunroof, ML and 15000 miles for about half the cost of a new one. It is much quieter than the IS and the level of waft when driving is tremendous, I actually drive much slower now and love the discrete classy looks but it is much bigger than the IS, not something I really noticed until parking in a Tesco car park or putting in my garage for the first time.

Hi, Having just moved from an IS300h Premier to a 2015 GS300h Luxury (Sunroof, ML, Sonic Titanium) I thought I would move forums, introduce myself and ask a couple of questions: 1) how do you turn the satnav volume on? the car did not come with a full set of manuals but being a bloke I doubt i would read them anyway 2) where is the TPMS reset button? on the IS it was hidden down near the pedals from memory 3) do the standard 18 inch wheels have a paint code? I think mine have been refurbished and i'm sure the slightly shinny/chrome look is not standard. I assume you are all just as friendly as the IS forum members!!!

On the open road it really does not feel any bigger than the IS, however when putting it in the garage for the first time it is very long. I needed to clear a lot of junk out of the way that was previously not a problem with the IS and it still only just fits. Did not even consider that it might not fit in the garage!

I'm off as well, have just purchased a 2015 GS300h Luxury with sunroof & ML in Sonic Titanium. Primarily changed form the IS so I could get the sunroof, ML, cross traffic alert, blind spot monitor, F&R parking sensors, memory drivers seat & premium nav all for a sensible price. The GS is certainly a step up in quality and solidness but is not as sharp to drive as my previous IS Premier, but the level of "waft" and unstressed driving is tremendous.

Is depreciation getting worse with the IS? I have been away from Lexus ownership for 18 months and had not noticed, perhaps I will take a more careful look at the used options. I guess everybody wants SUV these days.

Might make it difficult to sell in say 3 years as the second owner will (I assume) have to pay the £310 for years 4 and 5. Strangely the 200T Premier comes out just less than £40K, so much for taxation to suit the lower emissions of the hybrid - but then add the desirable sunroof option and it goes over £40K - what a stupid system our government has put in place.

Just been looking at a new IS300h premier with metallic paint giving a list price is £40485, i.e. £485 above the new £40000 VED limit meaning an additional £310 for 5 years!! can't see many being sold unless Lexus officially reduce the price by £485.

I looked at a couple of pre registered 2017 Advance models and refused to buy due to lack of parking sensors, whilst you can spec these as options for a new purchase it must make the cars without difficult to sell in the future. I would like to have been in the meeting where that decision was made! Seems daft on a car at this price and not very Lexus like, accountants perhaps?

I purchased a 2016 C Class Estate and had to sell it after 6 months due to the Artico seat coverings. At first glance and test drive they seemed fine apart from a lack of leather smell, however after the first few warm days they just became unbearable made worse by a lack of seat cooling as this is a rare option (I purchased as an ex demo). I would much rather have saggy Lexus leather than the really cheap and nasty Artico used by Mercedes Benz, vinyl seats in a £40K car!!

Thanks, that helps, I have now found the fuel option (which was staring me in the face) and as you say you can put "Advance" in the search box for a particular model as long as you know it exists. Biggest problem for me is the interior colour option as I specifically don't want black and would also like to tick several of the colour options at one time. No great issues just annoys me!!

Having departed Lexus IS300h ownership 12 months ago I’m back in the market. First point of call was the Lexus website to find a nearly new IS only to find the site has been changed for the worse, you used to be able to select multiple colours, exact models and interior trim colour. Now you have to wade through all of the stock a single colour at a time to see what’s available only to then find the interior is the wrong colour - who within Lexus agreed these changes! At least you can now select the sunroof option for the search which is great as none of the stock has a sunroof! Also the site doesn't seem to list 200T versions but perhaps that's just me. Still can’t find an IS450h listed……. when one appears I will be first in the queue.

18 months ago when my IS300h Premier was new it just refused to do anything one evening, no electrics at all. Having waited 2 hours for the AA (not good service from Lexus) they found that the positive battery terminal had come off. When it was re-connected the satnav/information system seemed to reboot and i lost my saved destinations and radio pre-sets but that was all, everything else came back as normal.

Pairing with two sets of sensors makes a lot of sense for cars used in areas of europe with compulsory use of winter tyres as you see most cars in the Alps using black painted steel wheels in the winter. How can find out if the IS has this facility?

So how are you guys re-setting the TPMS system? I can see the following options: Keep the same wheels and just swap tyres each season. Use alternate wheels and purchase new TPMS valves that are coded by the the fitting company to your car, this means re-coding in the spring when you swap back to summer tyres possibly by a Lexus dealer (ouch). Use alternate wheels and purchase TPMS vlaves that are clones of your existing ones, on-line companies such as the TPMS Warehouse claim this can be done, do you need to remove your existing tyres to find the code for cloning? Buy some kind of gadget, have seen this on Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/ATEQ-QuickSet-TPMS-Reset-Tool/dp/B008SCWXN4 Stick a piece of tape over the warning light!!!