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It all happened in the course of about an hour. Took it for a run to Longridge yesterday, 50 mile round trip, and filled her up and it has settled down. Got 33.4 MPG after the run, as good as i have ever achieved. Hopefully gremlin gone.

I got a gremlin today. MPG readout was 21.5 when i stopped at shop, came out and it went to 6.8, then 33,8 then 36 then 18.1.

no i have not filled up this week????????????????????

4 gallons @ 27mpg sounds about right

One key is set to seat 1 and if you open the car (with that key being recognised) then when you open the door it will go to seat 1. Then if you use buttons to set at seat 2 it will stay there until it is opened again with key which is set to seat 1. Reprogramme each key as per manual. ONLY have 1 key in car at a time when you are programming

On 9/26/2016 at 4:04 PM, normski2 said:

It was not an option in the UK market. As far as I know it was only available in the US.

TBH I don't think its that clever an idea really. The glasses are being stored in a place that can get incredibly hot ...probably end up buckling the arms if you were unlucky.

available eBay

On 9/24/2016 at 3:49 PM, J Henderson said:

I would gladly give up the rather unpredictable rain-sensitive wipers for a traditional intermittent wipe setting. Other than that, no complaints.

the speed of the rain sensitive can be adjusted easily enough?

14 hours ago, Las Palmas said:

Looks tailor-made for the car. Protecting well against UV, but does it not keep the heat?

I do not think there is any natural leather in the car we have. It feels good and is still looking new, but does not come from an animal. Vegan leather, gully synthetic.

it is tailor made and off eBay, they do for lots of makes. it remains cool and also reduces reflection from dash.

Perspex goes cloudy after a while reducing visibility. Why would you want window an inch open? Is your AC broken?

I just fitted from Halfords HSB030 YUASA 5year guarantee £110

just put a new one on mine. Only thing lost was seat memory, a 2 minute fix.

20 hours ago, Linas.P said:

I think they have said SE meant "special equipment" for mk1, which was one of better trims, so I assume the same is true for mk2? But you right - they have never specified that for mk2 and on mk2 it suddenly became second worst trim.

No suffix was certainly the case for mk3 (being the lowest possible grade), now that you said it I may remember that being the case on mk2 as well, but they are extremely rare. As for AU I thought SE-L equivalent is "Prestige"?

Prestige has often no leather seats, no ML , no rear blind, no self levelling lights and is not equal to SE-L.

On 6/29/2022 at 11:26 AM, McShmoopy said:

I haven’t check the paint code yet but it’s black so I assume it’s the Black Onyx!

looks blue in pic?

IS THE COLOUR 8UO ?

Was looking at Autotrader in Australia to compare prices with here and yes I do have too much free time,

The car I was looking for was a 2009 SE-L but it seems that that lineup was not sold there. 

None have memory seats nor ML system and mostly cloth seats.

They have manuals that are much cheaper than autos.

On 3/31/2022 at 6:27 PM, squire1973 said:

Does anyone know where i can get my 2009 lexus 220d sat nav maps updated 

Is it cd or USB system?

14 hours ago, scudney said:

Only the f sport came with the steering paddle shifters,probably possible to retro fit one but won't be a cheap or easy fit

my SE-L has them ??

2 hours ago, Linas.P said:

I would go with either 225/18 or even better with spare from IS/RC200t which is about the same size as 18" wheel. Well I guess that defeats the purpose of full size spare. 

You can't fit 255 in the front, so that is out of question. By the way why do you want to replace spare? 

I do not want to be miles from home and have to limp home on motorway at 50mph.

why can not fit 255/18 on front?

I have 225 x 18 tyres on the front and 255 x18 on the rear. i have in mind to replace the yellow spare with a full size rim, say 255 x 18.

If I do can i run it as both front and rear spare or does this make for a different wheels/same axle problem.

On 5/16/2022 at 8:36 AM, H3XME said:

That's really unfortunate! See if you can get the car back from the insurance or get it repaired.. alternatively, I might be interested in buying it from you as I might have a use for it as is. 

put me down for a couple of wheels

https://www.lexusbreakers.co.uk/2021/02/22/lexus-ls430-used-parts-5/

5 hours ago, Linas.P said:

 

2 hours ago, Linas.P said:

Yes, you probably right here - the black foam should be trimmed for full mk3 replacement kit. But that would not be something I would tell insurance about anyway. It is actually called "Energy Absorber Foam".

If you look at the video to which the quote is referring you will see the guys telling you to cut and remove the shock absorber  part of the inner bumper across the middle,The part that they butcher is a safety feature and cutting it would without doubt affect a personal accident claim and almost certainly void your insurance.

http://www.lexusbreakers.co.uk/category/ls-400/

try these

On 4/19/2022 at 10:52 PM, Linas.P said:

I am pretty sure there are several modified cars with big grills from mk3. Some earlier cars were full custom jobs - grille of mk3 is used, then the bumper of mk2 is modified to fit, cut, glued together, fiberglassed, filled, painted and that is how people end-up with mk3 front on mk2s.

Like here on IS-F:

 

Nowadays there are ready made kits - https://www.amazon.co.uk/2006-2013-Conversion-Unpainted-IKON-MOTORSPORTS/dp/B076WTQ8W4

Like here they already using kit (meaning it is bumper made to fit to mk2 as above):

 

""trim and remove the front shock absorber""

do not forget to advise your insurance

On 3/4/2015 at 10:37 PM, PilgrimIS said:

19-22 mpg here on the lovely Isle of Wight! I do have a heavy right foot and it's a tad modified... But it still makes me grimace! Lol

me too very similar