jamesholden
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I don't think it's Canterbury Blue, it's got a hint of purple/grey in it that you can see in the bits the sun's shining on. My money would be on Athabasca Shale.
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Goto your nearest Toyota dealer and they'll supply you with the rubbers, if there graphite coated on the IS (as they are on my Camry) then they come in a long plastic bag with Toyota made in Japan stickers on them for about £4 each.
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I know the prices are in dollars but it might give you some ideas :- http://uploads.onlinelexus.co.uk/doc/2295.pdf
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If your happy with the one you've got why don't you buy it from them at the end of the lease, monthly payments will probably be much cheaper than the lease on a new one, and in the case of IS220's - better the devil you know!
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Sorry i've just read it again, it's not very clear. When they adjust the tracking the steering wheel can move, so they put a clamp on it to try and prevent it from moving. Now in theory you can set the tracking to be perfectly true but have the steering wheel level off due to the nature of how a steering wheel is linked to the wheels, hence the clamp is used to try and stop this happening, but it's possible that it can still shift slightly.
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No you don't have a clutch. After you've been out for a run, have a feel around all the wheels, it could be a brake that's sticking giving off the hot smell, or something simple like a plastic bag has got snagged onto the exhaust somewhere and is melting. The fresh air-intake is between the bonnet and windscreen so anything in that vicinity would make you think that the smell is inside the car as it will have been sucked in.
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After I had the tracking done on my Camry it was like this, when I took it back they cured it. The laser sights do show it as being correct, but what happened in my case was the clamp that holds the steering wheel in position rests on the drivers seats, and because of the leather the clamp had shifted slightly. It's quite possible that yours is the same.
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They only came as standard on LS430's, before then they were a dealer fit or aftermarket option.
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If you go to a Toyota dealer they should be able to supply you with the rubbers, not sure what type the IS uses but my dad's LS and my Camry use graphite coated blades, there quieter and last longer, the last time I bought some they were about £4 each.
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I suppose not only the extra electrical load in cold weather as stated above but also batteries do not operate as efficiently in the cold so the amount of energy stored and consumed would be different to that in more clement weather.
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Traditionally on auto's the snow button just starts the car off in 2nd gear rather than 1st and changes gear more slowly to reduce wheel-spin.
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Well i'm no expert in batteries but might help for future reference, my dad went to Toyota for a new battery for his LS400 a few months ago, cost £72 and they fitted it. They put this contraption on the terminals to keep power going to everything whilst they change it so no settings are lost.
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There is a possibility it could be from the sunroof or a window seal, one way of testing the window seals it to apply some vaseline around the edge of the window and close it, the vaseline will seal any small gaps. Tyres do sound more likely though, even worn tyres replaced with the same kind will be far quieter when new.
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Ls On Tv
jamesholden replied to floggit's topic in LS 400 / Lexus LS 430 / Lexus LS 460 / Lexus 600h / Lexus 500h Club
Not sure whether I should to put this or not, but I do know that Jaguar were very concerned about the arrival of this new car from Japan in the early 90's once they realised that it was eating into their sales, and they had two LS400's that were in the process of being stripped down to find out why people were saying such wonderful things about it, at the end they couldn't believe how something of that quality and level of engineering could be sold for that price. Anyhow, the 'new' 1994 XJ was a significant improvement over it's predecessor ..... -
Why was she giving it loads of revs in the snow? Sounds more like the smell could be the tyres from spinning. If the smell is from the clutch though it doesn't necessarily mean it's burnt out but has worn some of the friction material off it. When things have cleared up a bit, find yourself a steep hill, hold it on the hand brake and try and drive off, if the car bites and tries to move it's fine, if the clutch slips then it either needs adjusting or replacing.
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The main difference is the Snow button starts the car off in 2nd gear rather than first to reduce the chance of tyre spin.
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What's your replacement car? another 220? No, I've found I need a bit more space & flexibility so I'm going for a Volvo XC90. It was also a cracking deal. What was it I said about poor mpg!?! There is some good deals on the XC90 at the moment with the new one coming out soon, nice big comfy car, probably won't cost anymore to run in practice either.
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It might be fine but I know if you read on the Toyota club people with the 2.2 diesel in the Avensis are also having trouble.
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Although Volkswagen offered it on the Sharan as an option. Presumably as it and the Galaxy were built in the same factory in Portugal and shared the same platform Correct, the VW Sharan/Ford Galaxy/Seat Alhambra were a shared platform designed by Ford but the VW and Seat used VAG group engines, there essentially all the same car.
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It won't make a lot of difference, I bought my then 2 year old 3.0 V6 Camry, leather, satnav etc when I was 22 4 years ago, the cost of insurance over the 2.0 Avensis auto I had before it was fairly minimal, think it was about £150 extra, it now costs me £400 a year and thats group 15, so I doubt a 250 would be that bad. I have seen a few MKIII GS300's at dealers going for around £11k, might be worth looking into, fuel economy wise it will be just as economical as the 250 and insurance certainly won't be £2000 a year extra, just another thought, if the better car is cheaper to start with?
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As far as i'm aware there both group 13. Surely though, if you can afford several grand for a car, another £100 a year on the insurance aught to be a fairly non-issue? As for fuel economy if you can barely afford to run one, you aught to recalculate your fuel costs at around 20% lower than the official figures, as most users on the forum are only getting around mid 30's some upto around 40mpg on the diesel which is only about 10% more than people are getting on the petrols in practice, so if you find one for £1000 less used, it could end up cheaper and you'll have the better car at the end of it.
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According to most members the 250 auto is proving to be more economical in practice and more reliable as well.
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Proper heated windscreens are only available on Ford group cars, they own the patent.
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Are They Mad? £917.12 For A Service?
jamesholden replied to Felix's topic in Lexus IS200 / Lexus IS300 Club
Try a Toyota dealer instead, there labour charges are half that of Lexus, same parts, usually same workshop and technicians even if it's one those shared type dealers, my dad's done it with his on several occasions, got a price at the Lexus service desk, walked 50 yards over the forecourt to the toyota dealer and the labour cost was half, even though they share they share the same workshop. -
Parking Sensors
jamesholden replied to ModMan's topic in LS 400 / Lexus LS 430 / Lexus LS 460 / Lexus 600h / Lexus 500h Club
Before replacing the actual sensors it's quite common for the wires leading to the sensors to go brittle, especially if they have ever been stressed like if the bumper has been removed for any reason, i'd check to see the condition of the wiring first before buying any new sensors.