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I tried changing it to exactly that Transporter but the site wont let me :(

and this was from someone sensitive about spellings!! you make me laugh Ray you really do!! Where's the spelling mistake there..... seek and ye shall find Ray!! and Transporter 'Rocket Car' it certainly is.. i like that.

and this was from someone sensitive about spellings!! you make me laugh Ray you really do!!

nice try Transporter ..but try harder next time

what ever speedo you want to go by Ray..and yes it will beat this and that and other but its certainly not the fastest car in the world and i never said it was but for cars one encounters on a daily basis, not a lot can keep up with it to 150mph (when going by speedo reading speed). and thats not braggin its fact. I think we should thank Lexus for building us such a nice strong realiable car compared to the competition and not try to hate owners like me who shower it with praise every now and again.

come on everyone knows cars speedos over reads by a certain margin but every driver does not go by this over reading percentage when they hope in thier cars. every driver goes by thier cars own speedometer to make judgements and decisions of which speeds they are travelling on a daily bases. so i was going by my speedo and not what the actual road speed was cus no body goes by that everyone goes by what thier speedo is telling them. if my spelling gets on your t***ts then thats your own problem am afraid.so long as you understood what i was trying to say thats what counts... wasnt braggin about this speed was just making a point.

at 147mph sitting at around 5500 rpm i know that extra 3mph can be achieved easily if i kept my foot in it Transporter. could both Transporter and matt tell me exactly what thier issue is? is it the fact that the IS300 cannot travel at 150mph in its current form? is it the fact that 150mph is not a fast speed? or is it the fact that IS300 cannot beat other cars which have slightly more power than it?? am lost as to what the real issue against the IS300 is??

stop spamming and ask Transporter that question

all you guys need to know is it does a 150mph.... if that is not classified as fast then i dont know what is :D !!

guys must love talking about my 300... looks like every thread gets steered towards it ..

give it a break matt...everything about cars is based on figures from thier 0-60 times, to thier weights, to thier power to weights, to thier tyre sizes, to top speeds, to gear ratios, to cam profile sizes, to piston size, to cylinder bore size, to connecting rod size, to valve lift distance, to cubic capacity, to exhaust bore size and the list goes on....these parts are all based on figures. figures is what physicist (which in a cars case will be engineers) use to build cars for what ever purpose. be it if they want to build for performance, speed or for economy. figures and calculations will give them all the answer and predictions they need. so yes figures are really important and shouldnt be overlooked. what i do for a living is not the main topic of this thread nor would it bring any benefit to it.

was on a closed road..

clocked 147mph in mine with more room left for 150mph... top speed or how quickly a car maxes out also depends on ones engine and transmision health mainly engine oil and oil type, engine oil condition, spark plug condition, transmission oil teperature, type of tyre being used , tyre size being used tyre pressure setting and how well an engine has broken in... so if the guy in your video above has his tyres under inflated by say 5psi and other factors like oil type , oil condition or spark plugs are not in good condtioin the cars ECU will automatically retard some performance to compensate for this. and i beleive salt flats is not the same as normall tarmac road with regards to recording land speed. dont know why people cannot beleive or are finding ways not to accept an IS300 is fast and capable of 150mph... IS250's are down at 140mph aswell but there are lots of videos of them clocking 150 to 160mph and they got there quickly aswell.. does 0-60 qualify the IS250 as a slow car on paper yes. does it qualify as a fast(160mph) car from 3rd, 4th and 5th compared to most high performance Porche's?? Yes 260kph is 160mph if this same 204bhp car should floor it behind say a 3.2 BMW M3, he would happily keep up to 160mph..see why a 0-60mph figure is not always important and doesnt always mean that 5 sec car is faster from take off from 3rd gear compared to an 8.2sec car which floors it in the same 3rd gear ?? a car with good higher gear ratios mainly 3rd, 4th, 5th can keep up.. dont miss the rpm the car was spining at! at 260kph

isnt overly impressive?? it actaully depends on what you want to compare it against here Ray like i said previously.. when compared against a high peformance V8, V10 or V12 it has no chance but lets come out into the real world where V8's,V10's, V12's are not driven by majority and compare the IS300 to majority of affordable performance cars when i say affordable i dont mean £50k..affordable 200 to 300bhp cars either Naturally aspirated, Turbo charged petrol or Turbo diesels which are driven by majority of people on UK roads, the IS300 is as fast as if not faster than most in the category and I have had a lot of challengers with cars of those bhp's. IS300 punches above its weight performance wise, it's a 150mph car so i dont know what you regard as fast if 150mph is not fast in your books.

dinky L6? dont make me laugh Ray i regard a car capable of 150mph fast and i have had it at 147mph with it sitting at 5500rpm so the extra 3mph can easilty be achieved if i didnt back out ...0-60mph does not mean fast it means fast from 0-60 and i think thats where most people go wrong. they forget all about in gear accleration. and Transpoter i have had my share of dates thank you.. not sure what this has to with this thread but hey....

A Nissan GTR has an official bhp of 550 bhp with a weight of 1740kg power to weight ratio will be 316 bhp per ton. An Enzo Ferrari with carbon fibre body shell and F1 technology from top to bottom has an official bhp figure of 650bhp with a weight of just 1365kg power to weight ratio will be 476 bhp per ton. In 2012, the GTR lapped the Nurburgring in an official time of 7 minutes and 19secs. In 2008 the Enzo Ferrari lapped the ring in an official time of 7 minutes and 25 secs. Now the Enzo has a whopping 160bhp advantage over the GTR with regards to their power to weight figures so why was the Enzo not able to defy laws of physics based on its figures and weight?? There are other factors which resulted in the bloated GTR lapping a faster time than the Enzo. Could be the GTR’s gear ratios, final drive and torque curve delivery. Could be drive loss percentage compared to the Enzo. Lets say the GTR’s mechanical parts like gearbox, alternator etc are very efficient which results in a 10% drive loss,… stay with me on this one!! This results in a rear wheel horse power of only 284bhp per ton when 10% is calculated against the original power to weight figure of 316bhp. Lets say the Enzo’s mechanical parts are not too effiecient which results in a 20% drive loss, This results in a rear wheel horse power of 380bhp per ton when 20% is caluculated against the original power to weight figure of 476bhp. This has now brought the original 160bhp power to weight advantage the Enzo had down to only 96bhp per ton(380bhp-284bhp). Now lets say the GTR was geared better and has more mechanical grip, better engine mapping, better cams, better exhaust system, better drag coefficient the 96bhp advantage the Enzo has, has now thrown out of the window by the GTR rendering the original Enzo’s 650bhp figure and weight of 1365kg useless around the Nurburgring. What am I saying here? All am saying is fact that an Imprezza GB270 with 270 bhp and weight of 1425kg and power to weight of 190bhp per tonne does not mean it can pull faster or rev faster in each gear compared to an IS300 with 140bhp per ton to its name. Because by the time you dissect that the imprezza has more drive loss due to its 4WD system, has a drag co efficient of 0.33 compared to IS300’s 0.29 (lower number means car flows better at high speeds), plus who knows? I might be running better fuel(high octane), better tyre pressure, better engine oil, similar gear ratios in 3rd, 4th and 5th and similar sport Cams compared to the GB270, the driver will find it difficult to pull away from the IS300 in a straight line if we both floored it in 3rd from say 80mph to150mph even though it has 50 bhp power to weight advantage over the IS300 and has been geared to hit 0-60mph in only 5.2secs in 1st and 2nd. And scenario was in real life. Take off from 3rd to 5th the IS300 matches the GB270 in a straight line. So yes matt there are other factors which can cause the IS300 to defy laws of physics when compared to slightly more powerful cars. Its no magic and the GTR has proved it round the Nurburging against the Enzo Ferrari. I have proved it with the GB270 and countless other performance petrol and diesel cars within 200 to 300bhp mark. Off topic but Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package went one better and lapped it in 7minutes 14 secs beating both GTR’s and Enzo’s time. With 560bhp and a weight of 1480kg when compared to the Enzo’s 650bhp and 1365kg weight.

the automatics are said to handle more power through them than the W58 gearbox offered in the IS300 manual in US. it can handle 400bhp at the crank which translates to 320bhp at the rear wheels with 20% transmission losses without serious or expensive modification. just a valve body upgrade and gearbox cooler. now thats more than enough power one needs to get to 60mph in around 4-4.5 secs and clock 170mph in the gen 1 IS chasis and weight.

yes i know what you mean Swede.. I knew i wont be satisfied with an IS200 when i was thinking of getting a Lex so skipped it all together and got the 300 yeh i do agree a GS430 or IS300 works out cheaper than boosting an IS200 to 210 or 280bhp... your GS you have for sale looks nice tho and would have considered it but i keep asking myself do i want a 4.3 litre with that extra grunt? yes ...do i need the extra grunt compared to my IS300 No as the 300 is quite powerfu and comfortablel enough for me at the mo..

2JZ with V power shell in ECT PWR M mode is underated even without a Turbo charger..infact it pulls just as hard as Turbo charged petrol powered cars between 200 to 300 bhp.. big engined Diesels gets taken after 3rd gear is maxed..

you dirty man Transpoter ... dont worry Ray will go nice and easy behind you with those slipprey rubbers on!! oops i meant will drive sensibly and keep my distance with my summer tyres in the snow... Is IS300 a fast car for what it is?? Yes it is fast...its not exotic car ferrari, Lambo fast nor is it V8 400+ bhp fast but it can comfortably keep up and most times outrun most 200 to 300 bhp both naturally aspirated and Turbo charged petrol and Diesel cars around its weight capacity.. and 200 - 300bhp cars are what we normally see on UK roads and are driven by majority of people as anything past 300bhp is too expensive to run and one wont have enough road in UK to max them out anyway. :winky:

snow tyres won't work in that snow for sure Raymond have some breakfast in bed and stay under that duvet :-)

No sign of snow here Transporter!! heard up North is meant to be getting some tonight if not already started. even if we do get some here, my summer Pirelli Rosso's will conquer it with slight adjustments to my driving style and road judgements.. see me in action on page 7 of this thread :winky: http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=80388&st=90

My cassette player adapter doesnt sound like listening music through a paper bag thank you. at only £5 off ebay it works out cheaper than grome audio kit and like i said the sound quality off my iphones equalizer + Lexus OE headunit system is a crystal clear quality sound with good deep Base to it . by having the iphone sitting in the cup holder storage makes it easily accesible if i need to change tracks but i hardly do that as I always queue my music list the way i want it played before syncing to the iphone so ounce its plugged in I enjoy my music and dont touch it untill i reach my destination. in fact i can even pick up phone calls through the cassette adapter too...Yes lots of people dont know this but it works. phone call comes in and you can hear it on ring through your Lexus speakers when the cassette adapter is pluged into the phone. Accept call and switch the phone to speaker and the caller can hear you speak and you can hear them speak through the Lexus speakers. finish conversation tap end call and resume back to ipod(music) mode. All this is done with the phone laying flat with screen facing upwards in the cup holder storage section so you wont get pulled over by Police for holding your phone to the ear whilst driving so if the OP is looking for a cheap simple way the the old school effective cassette adapter cannot be beaten for mp3 music and receiving phone calls through a smartphone but a slightly pricey option will definately be the grom audio for sure. decision is yours to make benfranc76

why go through the hassle of changing the whole head unit system if you only need it for music? I also believe the premium sound system and speakers in the IS's are way better the after market units and speakers and dont know why people spend more money replacing something that is already there..all one need to do is play around with the Bass, Trebble, and Fade settings and the sounds quality which comes out beats any Alpine speakers and I have had quite a few aftermarket headunits with 1000amp and 800watt subwoofers in my previous cars. Yes i like my music loud.. I currenlty have the iphone so i upload my music onto that and use one off these old school cassette units and the sound and bass quality both from the iphones equalizer + Lexus premium sound system sounds awesome. http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2322e53b3e or if you dont have a smartphone have you considered getting an ipod mini shuffle? works out cheaper than a brand new head unit and a 2GB can store up to 500 mp3 songs thats more than enough i recon. the ipod shuffle conbined with in car cassette adapter will still work out cheaper than a new haed unut with usb built in and you still get to keep your OE headunit and speakers.. http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4ac0f76218

if its for an auto Lexus nothing else matches Toyota Type T IV gearbox oil for diff any 75W 90 or 80W 90 should be ok. Castrol 75W 90 oil was used for my diffs when i had my fluid changes done last year. i think i still have another 10,000 miles to go before both gearbox, diff and brake fluids needs doing again as i get mine changed every 20K.. to keep them fresh. as confirmed fluid changes works out cheaper than gearbox or diff repairs.