North west beast

Hi is200 Newbie

Did you use castrol edge 0w-30 or 5w-30? Castrol website seem to be recommending 0w-30 for the is250.

I used 5 w 30 mate but the 0w 30 will be just as much the same so I wouldn't worry about which one .

Sorry to see that mate hope you get it sorted

Nice did they use a dye mate ,I've watched summet like that on wheeler dealers .

I agree chris ,4 door isf for me too,the rcf doesn't do it for me havin two doors .lovely car but coupe na .

I've yet to spot one ,I've more chance of seein a dinosaur up here lol

Nice job mate well done

The Castrol edge Is the best .i always used that ,it use to be called Castrol rs .magnatec is pants .

I've seen some on eBay from Australia Lexus ,they have the f logo on them,not available in uk but the will deliver to uk .

Well lads took my isf to Lexus carlisle today and watched them carry out a full service and m.o.t.

It was great to watch ,wheels off ,brakes cleaned ,all fluids changed .everything was checked ,passed m.o.t .

All was perfect they said ,no faults and all for 388 quid ,I'm chuffed with that cost .

Thanks to Dave Denny for the deal.

The mechanic took it for a road test ,when he came back with the keys he had a huge smile on his face .

He said omg that's one quick car lol he hadn't driven one before ,he was gob smacked how quick and the noise lol.

Put a smile on my face too.

Happy days lads .

Beauty mate well done

Is it the silver trims each side of the console where the gear shifter is .

David - Yes Valkirk had the car just coming to a year but I made him an offer he could not refuse...lol

Keith- The pearl white is a lovely colour especially under sunlight.

Just love the brute power and the V8 rumble when pulling away.

Lol good man

Gorgeous mate congrats,hasn't Valkirk only had that one a couple of months

Cheap as chips

Congrats mate lovely car ,there's loads of them up here .one was following me in carlisle the other night .

The spec is different on all models mate , there's an S ,Se,sport,Le ,all different ,

Off topic but I had a jaguar xf trying it on with me on Sunday ,was so funny he followed me on back roads thinking I was trying to pull away from him , the fool I wasn't even trying lol.when I got on a clear straight road his face changed when I waved goodbye ,lol it was a picture seeing that jag getting smaller .

He's prob got too much money and will buy another lol.nice car though without the dents ,

You need deep pockets for track days .

Congrats mate ,brilliant car and shocks a lot of people who don't know a

What they are .

Nice to hear mate although yours has no miles on it has it .

I can't see it leaking mate , Castrol do good diff oils .

Just change the oil mate I've never heard of a diff leak .dont mess with what already works .

I agree with John - they are easy to work on (well for most parts) If you are confident in doing it / have the time and space to do it then why not. I think in doing the work yourself it gives you an understanding of how the car works which is a good thing and if you do buy the proper parts and the good stuff then you do know what's being put into the car which is piece of mind to me.

The only time in the past 5 years of ownership that I have put a car into a dealer was my old IS200 and that was a precautionary measure to have the cam belt replaced.

I think if you are keeping the car and plan to do a lot of miles in it (take it over 100k) then no matter what the history is then its not going to matter if it has a history or not as a majority of garages will steer clear of high milers as the perception is still there to avoid them - only the few in the know about these types of car can confidently buy them.

Yeh your right about the history mate , you might as well do it yourself when miles get high , the sad thing is I've taken mint cars into garages with full history , and I've taken a bit tatty cars in to and the just give you book price , maybe a hundred quid or so for a cleaner car . Absolute tat .

I've just booked my isf in for a service due in a couple of months . 80,000 miles full service £ 350 . Quid.Haggled a bit but I'm a good customer so they knocked a few quid off , I think it's a good price that .

I will prob always stick to the bridgstones , they look well on the wheels plus they came with the isf from new , they wouldn't fit second rate tyres to a 56 grand car lol so bridgstones for me .