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Mine Is IS200 SE (99) does anyone know if the alarm and immobilisor is thatcham approved if so what catagory it is? and how would I get evidence or a certificate of this I only ask because the cheapest Insurance quote I have found so far the company wants proof that the car is Thatcham 2 or above I preesume its standard on the lex Cheers G

Well very common fault indeed but from what i can gather it's not an easy job probably best being left to the experts at least you can blame them again if they F :tsktsk: k it up Must be really frutrating though knowing what these cars cost you expect a bit better from lexus what happend to the extensive testing before production surley this must have been found then:question:

Sounds like a good find enjoy :D Some insurance companys offer a gap insurance wich means you will recieve what you paid for it in the event of a claim. Think its only available within the 1st year or so though

Yep i tried it also when this topic was first posted a few weeks back and there is a deffinate diffrence

Congrats mate I think I guess that £500 fine will seem like penuts next time your insurance premium hits the door mat

Both seem like a good deal but alarm bells are ringing How serious is cat D? is it D to A or A to D on the serieous chart? Sorry Kam05 the first IS200 i went to look at was a Cat C write off (only found after doing HPI) this was a private sale from Slough through a guy who bought and sold in his spare time.............. When i quizzed him after spending 42.50 on HPI he seemed to be fair very gob smacked and even offered me a lift home it appered he was genuinley worried about my findings and now 3 months down the line its still in auto trader lying fu :tsktsk: er anyone intrested in looking 2001 Model X reg metalic red £6750 through Paul Noyce I contacted Auto trader to inform them and they wern't intrested tell your friends if anyone happens to be looking for a IS avoid this one

Ok time up :D Name and shame

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Really what does this TEIN kit do!! i'm a bit baffled by all your abbreviations etc someone please enlighten me?

Right who's got 10K to spare give it to me and ill bid for you, ill give it back if your bid is not sucsessfull LOL

As the title states I have a problem I done a long trip into london today to take my 73yr old aunt on her weekly shop (lets all say ahhh) but anyway on the way there I was in the middle lane traveling about 80ish looking at the new Saab in front (think its the new 95) (WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE REAR LIGHTS) anyhow At that point the saab in front swerved drematicly across into the fast lane and left a pile of debrie in its path as i try to establish what the falling debrie was the car in the 1st lane (i was about to overtake) swerves into my lane Oh sh!t on go the anchors my only escape route was left and the hard shoulder misses screaming the whole works!!! the car handled fantastic and I had every confidence it would but now on the jorney back braking capability is not the same i'm not saying its not working it is.......it's just not efficent in the same way I'm working twice as hard For the Technical minded Pads are Fine Disks are fine Fluid level is fine Breaks had plenty of time to cool down before journey home anyone got any suggestions its going for a check tomorrow anyway but any prior advice would be much appreciated Oh and the falling debrie.................................. Mother duckling and siblings crossing the 1st 2lanes of the M40 South Bound

I think if we could all afford it we would all go to lexus for our servicing i'm lucky i have a guy who i trust who always does my service/mot etc at way below any qoutation!!! but to all you who pay out to lexus dealerships yes there is peace of mind (it's all that Tea) but the massive rise in main dealers offering free servicing & Free warrenty leaves the smaller dealers hard up which i have found that most off them have had to improve their service & Customer skills just to make ends meat and really what is the diffrence they can all do the same job they are all mechanics

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Hi guys, As topic states i'm off abroad (honeymoon) in a few months i'm off to Cala D'or in Spain ive been advised that Cala D'or is a little bit remote and car hire would be a better option for visiting some of the sites i've been looking around natrually for a good deal, And it seems that if i use the local spanish company's im getting an extremley good deal (although i'm only looking online) VW golf or simillar for £120ish per week Grande Punto for around £80ish and all these qoutes are inclusive with insurance excess and DEW but natuarally being abroad i'm wary of rip off mercahnts in case of something going wrong etc. I don't want to be stung in the wallett worst case senario writing of a motor and being left buggard but if i look at Hertz rental etc i'm paying a bit over the odds but if it makes it a safer option then fine (although i'm pretty sure that Hertz would sub contract to a spanish company anyway) has anyone been there and got any recomendations never been there so you when you book online you don't know if your booking the dodgey back street shop or not

Not sure on lexus but both warning lights on other vehicles (BMW/Land Rover) can mean your number plate lights are out

Anything on there for High Wycombe? Found this link on another forum I use regarding high risk/low risk insurance areas. Find out why your insurance is so high or low...... A = Low Risk F = High Risk

I Stand corrected official price list as of April 1999 GS300 SE 34,314.00 IS200 SE 20,500 quote name='Rich_Bee' date='Jun 13 2006, 04:30 PM' post='359512'] I have found this link from 2001.... Is200 Prices

I got the old Lexus IS brochure that was left in the car when I bought it 34K for the SE ill confirm it when i get home 34K?????????? Are you sure? the IS200's were around the 20.5-24k mark I thought..

34K brand new

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The White filter inside the air intake box with the lexus logo sign on does this need replacing? eh??? what do you mean - there is only one filter!!!!!!!

Thanks for the Info guys can anyone tell me about the air intake filter does that need replacing where can i get one from looked on ebay etc it only comes up with the main air filter???? Oh and what colour Callipers????? goes with standard lexus green anyone got any examples Thanks

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Hi guys The past thew months i've been watching closley to all your mechanical posts on the LOC and taking them in step by step and today Ive been out on the drive putting them to the test, First was a nice and simple cleaning out the air intake (hey we all gotta start somewere) the air intake filter was mostly black with wasps flys and all sorts I guess this wil need replacing? or is there another soloution cleaning it up? Secondly my brake callipers are quite rusty and corroded i've been looking at all your posts about painting them but i have the dilemar that my insurance company WILL NOT allow any mods do you think painting them would be classed as a mod??????? don't want to give them any exuces.... it may be safer to just replace with new standard oem anyone know the cost for this? Allthough i'd like to think I could Change callipers myself i don't wan't to take any chances with something as serious as stopping the car :D Wow what a day (well half hour at leat) who know's what tomorrow will bring maybe ill just replace the engine with a new one :D :D :D Sorry to bable any input would be great Cheers

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