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Can we have Post No. 4 translated into English from text, please? (-:

15mpg sounds about right if you do nothing but city driving. 24-27mpg if you do rural driving (at this time of year nearer 23-25 mpg because of defrost time) 30-31mpg on the motorway over 200 miles at 78mph (4 passengers + boot full) If you do about 50-55 mph on long run I have found you can get as much as 36-37mpg All these include any idle time first thing in the morning. It is never a good idea to fire up the engine from cold and then just belt off down the road, you want to warm the cylinders a little before heading off.

Found it!! Take a read of this, I think it might help. Its just a shame his pics have gone. They were very informative. http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic/70826-lexus-is220-head-gaskett-gone/ Please understand I am not slating the Diesel, but you should go in with eyes wide open. Its a hell of an expense if it goes. If I recall correctly mine about £4600 or so.

The laquer tends to peel off the alloys ,mine are ok on my 220d but i had an is200 petrol before this and it had 2 full new sets under warranty

From my own experience of when I had a 220d... Clutch....The dmf can get somewhat noisy and also feel rather heavy to disengage when changing gear. It was better when I had a new clutch put in at the same time as the new engine. The gearbox....i found the gearing a bit odd. As if it wasn't well matched to the set up in the car. I found 6th gear utterly useless unless doing 85mph in France. At 70 in this country it felt too high a ratio and caused a fair bit of drone. It just felt wrong in my car. 1st to 2nd and 2nd to third can be a bit notchy on the meshing of the gears.....i found with mine. I agree to a point on the hg thing but...even when changed there have been a couple of reports of the replacement engines going too. The 09 onwards was...i was told by Lexus...using a modified head. But there have been some my09 engines going too. There was a really informative post some time back by 'Orme' a toyota technician up in Scotland. He put up loads of pictures showing why this particular engine had the head judder that caused the gasket failure. Sadly those pictures are not viewable any more. You're right to say this is not just a Lexus issue of reliability. I have several friends with Audis & BMW's that have been a nightmare in costs. I'm not so sure about the post later that says most problems occur before 60k. They can happen at any time. Mine went at 107,000mls and had FLSH with 6 stamps in the book. Having said that I got very good mpg from mine. It went like the clappers too. Up and going on the motorway it would really shift....and was not noisy at all at speed in 5th. In fact it was jolly nice. The crucial thing with these...IMO...is to be doing good sized journeys and get that DPF regeneration going. I would not recommend it for a local/town runaround. Take it on a good test drive and put it through differing driving styles. See if you like it.

i wouldnt worry too much about the 107k miles ,these cars are capable of huge mileage if theyre looked after properley,i would think any issues will have been sorted under warranty with it having lexus history. The only problems you might have wouldd be DPF if you only drive on short runs and EGR clogging up but to be honest you would have same problem with any turbo diesel of the same age if it doesnt get a motorway run each week. I have a 2007 with 91k on it and have had no problems ,touch wood.

I would be looking for full lexus history in the service book for definate. Also check the coolant in the resevoir,if its anything other than pink i would walk away also check the engine oil for water. To be honest most of the reported problems seem to happen before 60k miles so i would look for lexus history certainly up to 60k and any issues should have been sorted under warranty by lexus. I love mine and in my oppinion they are a reliable well built car,just not a town/school run car

then there shouldn't be anything at all serious immediate to worry about, like steering and suspension stuff including upper control arms ... everything else should be a non-event ........ hopes !! Malc

Out of curiosity - what are the clutch and gearbox problems? As regards the engine and head gasket problems - I would be wary of one that hasn't had the engine replaced (you can check with dealer) Other than that, they are no less reliable than any other modern diesel IMO. EGR and DPF problems are common among all manufacturers.

You can certainly test that early, though you'll only get 12 months, whereas if you test a month before your current ticket expires, you get 13 months on passing.

Couple of thoughts - is it possible to test that early? If it fails on sometihng they regard as dangerous you will only be able to drive it home or to a garage for repair. (correct me if I'm wrong on these points)

well i dont wait for it to warm up - i just drive off but generally my revs are under 2k anyway

i dont check any more - i trust the car wont drink more than it needs to lol

+1 Being tail-gated too often pretty much suggests this. Going with the flow of the traffic is the name of the game. :)

........... woops ................. on the DVLA website somewhere I think Malc

You do know that with the V5 etc you can check the prior MOT Advisories ? Malc

Read as many posts as you can find on this site relating to the is220d. You need to be well aware of the head gasket/gearbox/clutch issues that owners have experienced. I know...i had one a few years back. Look here http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/forum/127-lexus-is-250-lexus-is-250c-club-lexus-is-220d-is-200d-club/ Then ask yourself if a petrol auto 250 might not be better? You need to be doing decent length journeys in the 220d to keep the engine/EGR/DPF in good order. This is not a car to pootle around town in. Sorry, don't mean to rain on your parade but you need to go in with eyes wide open.

i had my 2nd cats removed last week,reseted the ecu.....was surprised how much different this little mod did,have'nt dynoed the car but feels and pulls like a real sports car now