Carl1983

I don't want to start a debate here but you say the 300h lacks grunt however 0-60 is the same as the older v6? As a 300h f sport owner when I hit sport and hit the deck to overtake it certainly doesn't lack grunt...... Cheers

I absolutely love mine, this is my first Lexus and would highly recommend. I have the F sport, firmer ride however with the Michelin pilot sport 4's on it handles amazing. I do mainly motorway driving and average 52mpg which I'm more than happy with especially as running wider tyres compared to other models. I'm too running a second set of smaller alloys but with winter tyres on. I can't tell you how good they are. activate snow mode with winters and you will be getting here 4x4 can't as the above post demonstrates lol. great car very pleased

darrude I agree with your issues around the rattles I have one which will start anytime now as the weather warms up. Lexus have agreed to look at this under warranty for me so we will see. around the traction, in have the f sport with 255/35/18 on the rear and I must say under hard acceleration the light hardly comes on, I'm running Michelin pilot sport 4's.

No I have a 300 sorry.

Ahhh just spotted the tyre sizes, mine are 255 35 18, yours are 255 40 18. Very strange that a higher profile tyre is so much more expensive. Adds a good £50 on each so nearly 200 for a Michelin wow

Dylan Those prices appear very expensive I've just paid £137 for my 18 inch Michelin pilot sport 4s 255 35 18. Have you tried other sites? Black circles were the cheapest for mine as Michelin own black circles Cheers

You may wonder why I'm so passionate about people not buying cheap tyres. Well hopefully these pics will demonstrate it. This was my friends corolla T Sport Compressor, only 250 made. Was fitted with budget tyres when he purchased it second hand. His intention was to wear them out then fit premiums however he didn't get chance. This was the result of budget tyres unable to grip in heavy rain. He was air lifted to hospital and had major surgery straight away. How he's still here I'll never know. So there you have it people, they really are a load of rubbish when you need the Grip, they should be bloody banned

I have a friend who works for one of the major tyre brands. Don't take too much notice around the ratings they use. Grip test is scored in a straight line for one thing, push a budget in the wet under corner braking and its a completely different story. Also the volume test is measured externally so from a pedestrian point of view not inside the car. My advice, keep away from budgets and go on professional reviews, I grantee budgets won't be near the top. I guess if it comes to budget try and find a half way house if you must. Landsail......you will be sailing across land into a ditch lol Cheers Carl

Budget tyres and safety don't belong in the same sentence, they should be banned

Hi vlad Turns out it wasn't the heater control unit, it was a unit behind the dash the diverts the air to the different vents for the climate control. This had a short and was causing the control unit to go off and also no heated or cooled seats. Lexus stoke said this was the first was they had ever replaced. Anyway it was all sorted under warranty and I'm now nice and warm again lol Cheers Carl

Hi I'd go for a premium brand every time. I've just had Michelin pilot sport 4's paid £135 each and they are awesome. Win most of the reviews, evo rate them very highly

Ok here it goes 1) use pressure washer to remove the thick 2) spray on citrus wash and allow 10 mins to loosen grime 3) rinse 3) magi foam with foam lance again allow 10 mins to work 4) rinse 5) wash using the 2 bucket method with grit guards. Use 2 professional mitts not sponges, one for upper half and one for lower. 6) rinse 7) reaper drying towel to dry off the car, don't use a leather as again these scratch. 8) apply a wet wax only takes around 15 mins to do the car 9) finally apply p64 gloss enhancer. These are just the steps for the paint work, obviously I do my wheels etc also. Any other questions give me a shout. Cheers Carl

HAHA yeh very good point

Yes a Nissan leaf haha

Thanks Rebecca, I spend a lot of time and money detailing luckily it's something I enjoy

Well here we are 6 months on, very strict washing routine and my IS is still looking as crisp as when I picked it up from autobrite. Happy to share my routine with others should you want to know.

I'd put my money on this being either a spark plug or coil pack issue. Same happened on my mates car

Hi I have an F sport on a 13 plate done 50k. This week I started the car and noticed the heating system was blank, went to turn it on and it was completely dead. Restarted the car and it came in straight away. Strange I thought I'll keep my eye on it. Anyway it's kept doing it every day and also the heated seats are dead too so I video it and sent it to my local Lexus dealer stoke. They have been fantastic and diagnosed it as the heater control unit. They told me the part costs 1100 luckily I have used warranty for 12 months. Is going in tomorrow to have the work carried out, anyone else had this issue? Cheers Carl

Hi Grant I'm from stoke and I'm actually going to Lexus stoke tomorrow so will keep my eye out for it and have a look. Cheers

Hi Here is I pic of my front ones which are factory fitted on my f sport. If you zoom in you can see the one integrated in the front grill which is the issue they were telling you about. Hopefully you will be pleased with the solution you've found Cheers Carl

Hi It's doesn't sound quite right to me, I've always thought how deep mine sounds, a lot like this clip 13 seconds in😉

I have an f sport and mainly do motorway driving around 350 miles a week. In the summer I average 51 mpg with 18 inch wheels. Currently I have winter alloys on with winter tyres, they are 16 inch and today I averaged 56mpg. Yours do appear abit low to be honest

Is this not a Lexus forum ???

Hi Yes Nick you are correct, these alloys are off the latest auris. There is a guy very local to me that sells genuine Toyota alloys he's does various sizes. I got them at a fantastic price, I paid £220 for all four boxed then because they are 16inch the tyres are much cheaper too and perform better in snow due to smaller width. I purchased good ultra grip 8 which are amazing for around £68 each so total setup was around £500. As I've said before yes it doesn't look as good but it's only for 3-4 months. Also I don't have to pay the charge to keep swapping the tyres over and rebalancing etc. To confirm my tyre size is 205/55/16 which is what Lexus fit in the SE bogo model Cheers

65mike I've started another thread on here which you may well have seen called IS winter wheels. I have an F sport running 18 inch wheels but have purchased a second set of 16 inch for winter, great in the Snow. The winter wheels are 205/55/16 I'm running good year ultra grip 9, amazing tyres