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I've got bosch on mine, actually seem pretty good, no noise clear well so no complaints here, only miss a bit on the top left of screen if it doesn't get enough screen wash on it...they whereon the car when I got it so I imagine are approx 6 months old. Nick

So I finally managed to go pick her up tonight, she's an absolute beauty in showroom condition inside, not a single mark on it all. I did 60 miles on the way home and averaged 37.6msg admittedly in the snow so never went above 65, it drives so nicely I almost can't believe it's 10 years old. The ML audio when fed with a dvd is amazing as well, all in I'm made up about it. Two questions, it has HIDS with afs and on the left hand side of the road as you drive along there is a very noticeable line of light pointing diagonally across to the edge of the road not into the other lane, the afs works OK as it does its up down side side when you start up, is that line normal or more likely needing new bulbs, they didn't seem massively amazing as I was expecting, I'm guessing it needs new bulbs, I've read you can check the condition of them by looking at them and seeing what the glass looks like? At slow speeds on full lock it has a knock from the front wheel, I read this is normal and most Lexus dealers seem to say "it's normal sir" Even the baby seemed to enjoy the ride as he was pretty quiet when we went out for a family test run. I feel a little bad for my old vectra, going to get all the hard work of my daily 110 mile m25 grind to work, she still has two months of mot left! Ohhhh and those scuff plates! Nick

Well erm errrrrrr I bought it, I couldn't resist it, it's a really, really good one, perfect interior, perfect exterior, all the door hinges are greased, 4 matching almost brand new sportmaxxrt2's tool kit, full service history....it's one of those cars you can just tell has been looked after and one owner as well! I test drove and it certainly feels different to the old is200, much smoother changes in the gears, it felt slower than the old one but we were in London traffic, it's Cadoxton grey with cream coloured interior, will pick it up next Saturday, I checked everything off the list from the sticky, the guy just looked at me like WTF I couldn't find a single issue just some bubbling on one wheel but it's a to be expected, having had 4 different Toyota, Lexus you kind of expect it, and thanks for the tip on finding the model in the door jamb made that easy as pie. Nick

It's an SEL with Ml, to be honest all the SEL models seem to command a pretty high price, it a trade sale with 6month warranty for what it's worth and years as cover, I was surprised by the prices actually generally all seem higher than expected, it's 1 owners full S/H too.

Done mot check, just tyres twice which if my old IS is anything to go by us pretty standard, I'll see tommorow what it's like,and how much better it feels than my diesel beast!

After agooo few years away I have finally come to a point in my life where I need another Lex, my daily commute is 120 miles round trip which has admirably been knocked out by my vectra, now just hitting 218k miles, it's been a trusty car, spent nothing on it in 5 years bar tyres, brakes and a set of swirl flaps! And to be honest it's very rarely let me down, mostly user error, running out of fuel etc. So anyway I'm going to check out a 56 Is250 SEL tommorow it'd got 80k on it and is up for £5995, I've had a look on autotrader and it looks kind of top whack price wise, it looks in good condition anyway my question really is this reasonable, I've not looked at a Lexus in so long I'm a bit out of the loop. I'm not doing the commute in the New car will keep the vectra until hopefully in the next few months I change jobs and will go to work on the train instead. I've read the what to look for guide,some great advice there, I can't wait to fond my a new one, I miss my trusty 200 even now! Nick

Hello guys i need a little help if possible, can someone with a 2004 is200 please take a look at the disc they have and see what part numbers it has on it, i have a 2004 disc for sale that i am told is not suitable for lexus however the system would appear to be exactly the same in my avensis and my old lexus. I think they just give them diffrent part numbers too confuse us the aprt numbers i have are 86271 - 24123 and also 86271 - 70V313. Thanks very much Nick

And so another one came this morning, Autotrader has really P****D me off now, Sold 4 cars on there before and never had this before, Its a complete waste of my time having it on ther when all i get is fake mails from it! Nick Hello Dear, i came across your car through autotrader of which i am interested in buying it from you as a birthday gift for my lovely wife.please do get back to me to know your last price offer on your car so that we can conclude payment details. i wait your urgent reply. Regards, Terry.

Guys in need of some advice on a car buying scam i seem to have attracted...anyway the post is over in gold at the moment as i dint want to post in public unless the mods felt that was ok. Cheers nick

ok so i got a price from the garage for my car as part ex earlier he sat at his computer asked me some details and bang gave me a price! never asked if it was taxed or mot'd. so i think im going to take it out. Never once have i bought a car with tax on it and now i know why......the greedy garage! So this morning i got me an Avensis its a 2003 D4D t spirit, its as close as i will get to another Lexus for a while but due to my drive moving from a 14 mile round trp to 68 mile round trip i just couldnt justify keeping the IS and putting such a huge amount of petrol in it. Its the one thing i didnt want to do with moving jobs is sell the car but i think ill be happy with the toyota the only real difference is its a little noiser inside and not as fastbut other than that it has the same if not higher spec than the IS. So when i get it next week ill report back on how it is compared to the IS. Nick

Thats the thing surely the isc is mine i own it not the car so if i want too keep it i can! im interested to know what other people have done in this situation?

Ok i need some help i have a small moral dilemma, Im soon going to part ex my IS200 for an avensis d4d and was thinking the avensis has only £135 to pay in car tax per year and the lex is £180 so could almost pay for itself. So do i take the disc which is mine and runs till Jan 08 or do i leave it in the car, ive never taken one out of a car before, what i do know is its quite easy to refund though. Thanks for your help Nick

I had an rx hybrid as a courtesy car from woodford a few weeks ago and managed too put about 230 mileson it in a day and a night!! a nice car compared to my IS and really liked the sat nav on it took me from Stansted airport too tower bridge in London too pick up the G/F and got me stariaght there and back no problems also really like the bendy lights on it look really good when u start it up and they do there swivel test bit.... my only grip i nearly ran a lady over in my town as i crept along milk float style and she walked out in front of me Other than that a really nice car too drive and if ihad the 40k they wanted for it i would very happily have it......also managed to do 32.3 mpg in it and did have alittle drive down the M11 in it about midnight back from London!! All in a very nice car and very suitable fro London driving sitting above most other people!! Nick

I have always found Lexus Ipswich too offer a really good service department, Gavin there seems to be able to make time to talk about your problems and is normally spot on with a diagnosis, I know its not local too many people its a 50 odd mile drive for me but he willl aalways get me a courtesy car and lets me bring my car in at 8am and return last thing in the evening so ican get back home for the day. He is really helpful and well worth a visit if all else fails! Nick

This is exactly what mine does sounds like something is really about to fall off the car, When i took it to Ipswich Gavin there pretty much diagnosed it before we got in the car, Something to do with the parts that hold the front pads in place he said i think the spring lose there "springyness" after a while and hence the pads can become loose, So next week its going into get a new brake fitting kit put on it. Im hoping this will solve the embarrasing noises my car makes, But he seemed quite confident and knowledgeable on it so i will trust him. The cost was about £130 all in for parts and labour, I dont mind spending the money if it does the job!! Nick One other thing he said when he first started with Lexus he thought as well like me and maybe you that it was the suspension but he soon learned actually its the brakes and they have done a few of them now. However I know next too nothing about cars so just passing on the few bits i remember him telling me.

Woodford is pretty close but to be honest As stated above Gavin in Ipswich does a good deal without having to harass him, and i Have some friends that way as well. Also its a nice area to take the courtesy car out for a spin in as well, Nicer than driving into London from Woodford. Nick

I ahve been having some problems with the brakes on my car for 2 months now but too busy to take it to the dealers, I live near Stansted airport and none are really local to me! So i took it to Hills Toyota to take a look 2 hours they had it "yes sir its broken, No sir we didnt fix it" that will be 2 hours labour!! So we did a deal and i paid 1 hour labour at almost £100. So tuesday i go to Lexus Cambridge turn up there can someone come for a ride in my car to check out the noise before i book it in. Service adviser says no i will have to come back after 2pm anyday as they only 1 1/2 technicians there, all it needed was a 2 minute drive the noise is loud and all the time. So i drive 30 miles to cambridge and nothing!! So next move drive to Ipswich from cambridge about 35 - 40 miles Lucky i have the day off, Get down to Ipswich see Gavin down there no problems ill just deal with this customer and we can go straight out for a drive, off we go and he straight away says it needs a new brake fitting kit something about the clips in the brakes moving and hence making the clunking noises. We get back go into the dealers Gavin checks the price does me a deal :winky: and gets me booked in for a week on saturday, offers me a courtesy car before i asked new i was a member on here and generally is the man! So i just wanted to say well done Ipswich even though you are 45 miles from my house and shame on you Cambridge. Nick

Ok so the reason i ask is a lot of bits of UK where updated the 5th dec this year so my example of where i work at Stansted airport is now in very good quality.....Im trying to work when it was i cant tell from the planes too many on the airport but its certainly a nice day, If you look at the bit on Stansted and then the Bishops Stortford ones you'll see what i mean. Google earth has to be one of the best things ive seen all year!! Nick

I'd really like to find the date a picture was taken on google earth, But i really dont have an idea how to find the info on the program, can any one help me with this one also does how do you go about posting a link to a place so i can post one say on here of where i live??? Thanks a lot Nick

so i managed to find one good (ish) one so far have about 150 too go through....

so i managed to find one good (ish) one so far have about 150 too go through....

So was any one else wasting there day at siverstone today? I dont think there was too many Lex supporters but too be honest i can understand that! It was great to see the cars starting the 3rd race one near the front and one at the back as usual, Mr curley did a great job though to finish all the races. Hopefully i have a few decent photos from the action today and i think i have one good one of the Lex going sideways, which seemed to be the theme for them all day! Still a good day was had and also its the first and last time my girlfriend will go racing, Getting up at 6.30 drive down from milton keynes spend all day sat in the cold and then driving back to stansted airport to get back to our house at 7pm is NOT her idea of fun.....Suits me!! Nick

i had a look too buy one last yearin january that had 138,000 on itIIRC it was V reg but dont remember the year, took it out for a test drive then in december bought mine same car Auto SE etc just mine has no sat nav and only got 52,000 on it, You couldnt tell the mileage just by driving it same excellent condition no noises just a perfect car really. Only thing that put me off was the high mileage even though it had a full Lex history just wasnt sure of it. Nick

A new low cost airline just started up!!! Found this while looking for some cheap flights to the US Sky high airlines Nick

Thats the one, now just see what happens with it, Was going to check ebay later! so saved me a job now cheers Nick