Thanks
It feels awesome and surreal to say I own a Lexus. Such a connotation with luxury :)
For reference (not just to bloat my own thread) this will be enthusiastically worked on in my spare time. I love getting dirty.
Previous cars owned:
Ford Escort (family first car hand me down)
Hyundai Lantra (commuter, no problems, no desire to upgrade)
90s Rover Metro (restored paint, annoyed Corsas)
'71 VW Beetle (restored rusted body, stripped interior, paint, imported engine, cal look detailing, set up for show and dragged at 14 seconds / quarter mile)
mk 3 Golf (massive money pit with continuous mechanical failures, sadly scrapped)
Renault Clio (hand me down, passed on)
VW Sharan VR6 (engine blew within 24 hours, too expensive to swap, returned to dealer)
Lexus IS200 S (needs; entire brake system refit, rust on body and interior/footwell bolts etc for some reason.. paintwork and some panel replacements inc. front/rear bumper covers and wing mirrors, potentially new diff, stiffer/slightly suspension, better flow exhaust, fix/replace CD player as won't accept/eject discs but no error message and no setting reset appears to work)