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Wow. I assumed that a Lexus dealer wouldn’t selling a car with an after market exhaust (other than a Quicksilver) as I was under the impression that such an exhaust would void the warranty.

How was it?

Sorry for your loss @SierraCharlie. I was envious of your dads IS collection back in the day. His IS250 was one of the nicest I had seen and he gave me the idea of being parts over from America before they were available over here.

And the Mark Levinson Sound System on pre 2011 facelift cars

Each to their own, but I can not for the life of me see how the back of the GSF can be classed as ‘ugly’. I can’t see this car making it to the UK considering the lesser model won’t be available here.

From what I’ve heard online , it will be called the IS500 and will be available in the US and Japan, but not the UK.

I have always extend the warranty on all of our Lexus cars, mainly for piece of mind but also because they are such good value. However if I had an LC500, I think I would just put that money away in savings, in case something went wrong. Our GSF is my daily drive but it only does about 3500 miles a year. Every one of them is an event that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed, so I have no issue with not clocking up more miles. Our RX is used for racking those up with the kids and school run.

Model 3 or UXe?

Great write up. Ditto!

How are you getting on with the CTR?

Welcome to the club

Does anyone know why the above ‘GSF Wanted’ thread has been removed ? I spent a long time looking for ours. Back in 2017 when I first started looking, there seemed to always be a couple on AT and the Lexus used site. Nowadays they only ever pop up every now and then. You really need to keep an eye out on a daily basis as they don’t tend to hang around for long. I purchased ours before the photos were added to the advert on the Lexus used site, and I was in contact with the dealer before they had the car in their possession. The only issues was that they knew I was keen, so wouldn’t move on the price 🤦🏽‍♂️. They mentioned that they had a list of people interested, which I didn’t really believe, but you never know, given the market / availability over the past year. Good luck with the search. You won’t regret it.

Congratulations. How does it compare to your old Golf R? Was it a Mk7?

I initially had problems with my iPhone 3GS and 4s when I first had our 2011 IS 250. The phone book in the car would randomly erase itself every now and then. However, I had no problems with my iPhone 5s, 6s and X that followed.

For future reference, there is also a Mark Levinson badge on the subwoofer grill located in the middle of the rear shelf.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I will take a look at the connectors when I have some time. The head unit was removed a couple of times when we first bought the car due to various rattles, but that was over 10 years ago.

I have noticed that when reverse is selected, the reversing camera just brings up a blank screen, but only occasionally over the last week. Stopping and immediately restating the car doesn’t fix this issue. However, the camera works again after restarting the car 30 mins later. Has anyone else experienced this issue? I’m assuming it’s a faulty connector or the camera beginning to fail?

😞 I remember when he posted that photo of the two cars in the garage on here. I had car envy as not only did he have an ISF but also one of the nicest looking IS250’s, which was one of the first examples on here.

I may be wrong but that car looks like a user that used to be very popular on here when I first joined back in 2007. I think his user name was Tango. He also ran a IS250 SE-L with a ‘V6’ plate of the same colour, as shown in photo no 8 of the advert. Sad times if it is his car and he’s passed away.

The were both plastic on our 2011 IS250.

Up until last June, my daily driver for the past 7 years was a 2011 IS250 SE-L in which I covered over 90k miles in. It was a brilliant car and the only reason we sold it was that the right GSF became available. Our GSF is currently at Topaz having a front end refresh and PPF, so I have been driving around in my dads 2007 IS250 SE-L for the past week. I absolutely love our GSF. Every journey is an event, right from the start up and I find myself always looking back at her when parked up. I don’t think I will be parting with her until it becomes illegal to own a V8 🙄. However, I have come to the conclusion from driving an IS250 again, that it really is all the car you ever need (unless you need lots of boot space). Still a great car, even though it’s coming up to 13 years old, its more than fast enough without having to constantly worry about the rate you pass the national speed limit, and it is as smooth as the day my dad bought it back in 2009. I also like the fact that it still looks fresh and remains a relatively rare sight on the UK roads.

I don’t think that’s for the same thing. Those instructions are for the Double Locking. That prevents people from breaking the window and unlocking the doors from the inside. The OP wants to know how to enable the Auto Locking, which locks the doors when the car passes a certain speed or when placed in to drive.

The auto locking was not available on all years of the 2IS. I’m not sure when it was fitted. Our 2007 model didn’t have it but the feature could be enabled/ disabled by the method described in the manual on our 2011 model. So somewhere in between.

This is not entirely correct for the UK market

I’m guessing it is due to emissions and fuel economy.