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Might be of interest lol

A photo would be good yes. The originals are gunmetal colour and are a pain to match

Well the calipers on the GS-F are orange and they look awesome. There's no blue on the outside apart from the little bit around the badge

Probably the things to look out for is RUST! Mazda suffers a lot from it but the MX-5 is especially prone. Check under the car, under the arches and specifically under the door and boot seals.

Not really - Ive been to many but I actually wanted to buy a car! However, I never felt the deal was as good as they were advertising and therefore always left without anything. Its just extra advertising to get people into the showroom really thats it. You can get similiar "deals" all year round

IS F-Sport's dont have satin black wheels though?!

FAT32 is a must, Lexus wont play any other format. Im unsure on the format of the actual file though but yeah, give it a go and see if any of them work .

You shouldn't really be rotating tyres anyway - not good practice as confirmed by manufacturers and tyre fitters themselves. I found the CT advance annoying lol, but I dont find my RX and IS F-Sport's annoying so that explains it all. Not sure how much more life you'd want to get out of the tyres anyway though - the OEM bridgestones on the IS have had 11k miles on them from new and they're still on 5.5mm rear :P Fronts are at 6.3mm :)

Its at a dealer hence itll be priced higher than a private car anyway. Lexus coventry have a habit of knocking the price down a lot to make you think you got a good deal when you enquire as well.

Wheels are different yes - 225/40 r18 on front and 255/35 r18 on the rear - same as Premier and F-Sport models. The IS F-Sport rides better than a CT advance and therefore you can imagine that the Sport rides better than all CT variants There is no suspension change between Sport, Luxury and Premier. Only the F-Sport gets stiffer suspension. If you are set on the IS300h Sport, may I recommend Broadspeed? They've got £4419 off list price so you can get one for £25775 + paint Having said that - I should mention that there is a new model coming out later this year/early next year called the UX250 and UX250h. Its a small SUV based on the CT

New Q5 coming later this year BTW. Apparently it looks quite smart, complete opposite of the crap looking Q7 now

EVO praised the RC200T as well. Not so keen on the 300h though

Leg room in the 2nd gen was hindered by the relatively short wheelbase and super thick seat backs. 3rd gen has a longer wheelbase and thinner seat backs which helps tremendously. Of course front and rear legroom is relative to the position of driver and passenger seats but no one would fit behind me in the 2nd gen, I'm 6 ft but in the 3rd gen I can actually use the back seat for adult humans

I think someones been messing with the car tbh. Did you buy it used? It's unlikely for these things to just happen esp at 40k

Put the rain x on properly or you'll get blinding glare at night and serious wiper issues. Wipers will need a clean too with some glass cleaner or they'll leave streaks on it. You dont really need to wash the car that often unless its got road salt or something on it. Just leave it be until it gets unbearable.

You can make them open as you put the car into park. Just put it into park or press the button. Hardly a chore.

Sorry should have mentioned that the above is 100k/10 years so yes you should get it replaced at 10 years old

Personally no, the reason I say that is the RX450H is rather reliable. My car is out of warranty and has been for a year with no issues Like with all warranties it depends on the timing. It's prob more worthwhile at 70k+ but I'm noton 35k yet

To tilt mirrors down put the car in reverse, set the mirrors and put it back in drive and they should go back to normal position. Then everytime you reverse it'll go to the dipped position. Make sure the L and R are not lit or it won't work

Halfords polish is fine. No problem if it has wax in it and you wax over the top of it. Hmm Ill have to disagree with Mark on this occasion, Ive tried it time and time again and waxed alternate panels and noticed no difference. Lets not forget that Polish is the thing that actually removes scratches whereas wax is simply a protective coating. However having said that you do get some waxes which fill a lot of scratches in, they are hybrids in a sense but Bilt Hamber Double Speed won't do that.

If its taking you less than an hour to clay with a conventional bar, you're not spending enough time on each panel. You should have gone for the G3 clay mitt, its faster and can be re-used. Id be polishing the car after claying - claying leaves scratches as its abrasive. And then wax on top. Depending on how much you drive you only need to do it 1-2 times a year at most. Also 200h - I would bet that the car looks no different if it was just washed only without any clay or wax. Clay or wax does NOT add any sort of shine unless it has gloss enhancers in it. Polish is what you need for the shine. Here you go: You'll thank me later :P

Itll be an issue with the format of either the USB or the video files themselves.

Buddy thats not for UK cars. UK cars is here : http://d3rvezpmgp265q.cloudfront.net/lexusone/lexgben/Lexus-Full-plus-100-Service-Summary_tcm-3066-418955.pdf?_ga=1.73321425.390821457.1454536791

Thought this was pretty interesting. I asked my dealer why they put tyres with rim protectors on when they dont work when parallel parking even if you slightly hit the kerb. His explanation was pretty simple - its not designed to work when the wheel is parallel to the kerb. He said it was to allow people to mount up kerbs with full lock without kerbing the wheel. He was so confident that he told me to stand outside and mounted a 5 inch kerb with an IS F-Sport on full lock - guess what!? No kerbing on both front and rear wheels! He dropped the car off the kerb using full lock and still, nothing! He did the same with another IS which had just been traded in and needed a wheel refurb (had a slight scratch on it). This car had 40k miles on it and the owner had traded it in with winter tyres on which didn't have any rim protection whatsoever. He mounted the same kerb in the same way and the front wheel got kerbed about half way around. I took a very close look and it appears that when you fall off the kerb with full lock, the protruding lip actually stops the wheel coming into contact with the kerb itself and because its at an angle, its strong enough to ensure the wheel doesn't get damaged. When the wheel is parallel, the protruding lip just gets grinded and isn't very strong as it almost gets squashed which is why it leaves rims with chunks missing from them. Just thought it was pretty interesting.

Im not too sure, not in the UK anyway. Cars like the RC-F will be but the UK gets as many RX's and CT's as it wants Id assume, as long as dealers are confident they'll sell them all.