Carl1983

Cheers ryaans I'll look into that, might be the way to go

Well today the snow has been awful. I was asked to pick my sister's little boy up from cubs camp in the middle of the countryside as she was stuck. I thought the let's go for it. At one point there was an Audi Quattro stuck on a hill all 4 wheels spinning. I shouted out the window "you need some winter tyres mate" as I went straight up in my rear wheel drive Lexus without the traction light even flickering haha. His face was a picture. I think the weight of the batteries in the boot helps a lot too, great car in the snow with the right tyres on

No either am I but when I come to use them it annoys me that they are a completely different colour to my headlights. I've tried to get a pic to show you but the camera can't pick it up correctly

Sorry I have a 300h. I agree also though, why hide the exhausts. Make sure you put some pics up where it's done

I have a more concerning question. Why did you take a Lexus through a car wash? Lol

I agree not a huge fan of the look compared to my f sport wheels but I'd prefer to have the grip and safety when needed, also nice knowing my 18's are all polished up and not getting any salt on them . If anyone prefers to drive in winter with summer tyres on, they need to try a decent set of winters. On Friday there was a 4x4 stuck on summers tyres, I went straight past in my rear wheel drive Lexus haha.

Neil the difference going from 18 to 16 is astonishing. It's like driving a big sofa now Lol, so smooth but I've now lost the f sport handling, not as I'm bothered in this weather. Car was amazing today in the snow, no issues at all. I can highly recommend good year ultra grip 9's

Hi Yes mine has the premium nav and leather which is also cooled as well as heated .it sounds like everyone has all different options which is weird. Thought things were more standard than they appear to be

My 2013 F sport already dips the mirrors in reverse, I presumed this was a standard feature

Hi fellow Lexus owners Thought I'd share something with you out of interest more than anything. As the main family car we've always had the top spec avensis tourer. In the winter I have a second set of toyota auris smaller 16 inch allows fitted with winter tyres which I change over around November time. Anyway, this year we had the latest avensis with the 150bhp bmw unit upfront, I went to fit my winter alloys and blow me, they have fitted bigger breaks so my alloys physically don't fit. Anyway, today I though I wonder if they will fit my IS and to my surprise, yes they do. Yes it looks slightly odd seeing an f sport with 16 inch rims on lol but at least I can now get about tomorrow with all this snow forecast. Tyres sizes have matched perfect as have the load rating, well chuffed as they arnt a waste of money now. I've attached a pic of before and after for your amusement, but at least it's now practical and my nice rims can be polished and put away, no salt for them

Yeh it's the full plus service at 60k that you're missing out. Toyota will charge you £395 for this then you will have to pay your £60 on top for the health check so total £455. Still a saving though

Well I've only owned the car for 8 months so it's an option I guess. Do the headlights match your LED fog lamps then?

No it's not the windscreen, you can clearly see they are HID when driving but if you get out and look they arnt the same colour as the day time runners. Also I have the f sport with LED fogs and the colour temp of the HID headlights are worlds apart

There is an app yes however you need to be the registered keeper to set this up. If you know which dealer the car has gone to or have a rough idea, just give them a call, I've done that in the past

Not sure what you're showing here. Don't all IS have auto folding mirrors as standard ? Mine does

This isn't anything to do with the extended warranty. If your car has no warranty and you take it to Lexus for a service they will do the hybrid health check and extend the battery warranty for 12 months each time for a maximum of 10 years. You are Right, Toyota could indeed do this however Lexus stipulate it needs to be done at a Lexus dealer not Toyota. I looked into this last month as my car is 4 years old now

Good idea however when I rang Toyota they said yes we can service the car much cheaper however, to get the extended warranty on the hybrid battery, Lexus need to do the hybrid health check. I guess even if you pay 180 for a service with Toyota then 60 for the health check with Lexus it's still cheaper than 275 but not by much !!!

They are LED on the 2017 model however I’d still expect them to do this on early models however doesn’t look like they do. That’s fine just wanted to make sure they arnt broken as it does seem strange

Hi I've owned my IS for a few months now, I have a couple of questions around the headlights. 1) On my previous cars with xenon's when the headlights come on, everytime you would see the beam go up and down whilst they self level. My Lexus doesn't do this they just stay level, is this right? 2) The bulb temperature is quite a yellow colour for my liking and doesnt match the LED day time runners or Fog lamps. Has anyone changes the bulbs for a different colour temp? if s was it easy enough to do? Cheers for your help again guys Carl

Ouch the problems you don’t want then. Far better off with a hybrid

Haha, to be fair I should of checked properly before purchasing however, i love the car so would it really have stopped me buying it ....probably not

Thank for the reply, yeh I expected the prices to be abit higher as like you say it’s the premium brand , but these are a lot more. Don’t think it will be going to the main dealer at those prices. Makes you realise why they are pushing service plans, like you say, to buy all those posh chairs in the showroom lol

Just out of interest, what issues did you have with your diesel IS? Had it done many miles? Glad you’re enjoying the GS, lovely motors

I know what you’re on about with the B mode my Toyota had that. In the IS you can use the steptronic or paddles to move through the gears, when you shift into the lower gears you can feel it holding you back and going into charge

Hi Ive owned Toyota’s now for 13 years. When I purchased my IS F Sport the sales guy told me the costs were similar to Toyota. Today I have been quoted £275 for an intermediate service, which is basically an oil and filter change plus a few checks. Full service is £485 then the big 60 £595. I’ll tell you now this is nothing like I’m used to. Does anyone else think these prices are just rediculous? Any other options available? thanks carl