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I think maybe US because it says check engine, if it was euro it would say: France: Check Le Engine Italy: Checka Da Engino Germany: CHECKZEN DAS ENGINFAUST

The ISF has a system called VDIM (Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management system) which among other things adjusts the weight of the steering based on vehicle speed. From memory I know that Sport Mode adjusts VDIM, backing off stability and traction control (though not disabling them) however I cannot from memory recall if it also affects the weight of the steering. If the car is an import, has it been converted to MPH? Because a badly done MPH/KPH conversion can leave some ECUs confused to the vehicles speed and result in quirks (I.E a JDM Honda refusing to engage VTEC in 1st gear) which theoretically could result in the speed sensitive power steering applying the wrong settings, and maybe even in only one driving mode (to be clear this is an explanation of something that is possible, not a claim that this is what's happening). In fairness unless he'd been round Silverstone in it or done something highly illegal on the M6 Toll he wouldn't know for sure if it could pass 112MPH 😛 As for the Sat Nav, I don't believe from memory that you can set the JDM ones to English (somebody please correct me if wrong) nor do I believe you can straight swap them for a UK one due to differing pinouts... Boot not opening on button could be as simple as the button in the glove box that toggles that on/off being set to off, or as complex as a fault with the system. Personally I would be a bit wary of that for the price, looking at the advert I can see: It's an import which means it probably isn't going to hold value as well as a UK car (based of historic comparisons where the JDM version of a car is lower spec than the UKDM version, I.E MK4 Supra). The original Japanese owner didn't get the adaptive cruise option (not standard on JDM cars) which is usually desirable, and I think may also mean it has no collision prevention system either. The original Japanese owner didn't get the parking sensors option (not standard on JDM cars) which is usually desirable. There's no mention of the VP seal or the cam tensioner being done (two bills totalling £4-5k every ISF will face in it's lifetime). It's 15 years old with 66k miles on the clock which is touching the bottom being "too low" for the year so you would definitely want to see and check the FSH*. Either the original owner ordered it with base IS interior trim instead of ISF trim, or a subsequent owner swapped it out. On the plus side though, the original Japanese owner did opt for the minidisc player option (cool), and skipped the sunroof option which means the roof is aluminium instead of steel. *Miles being too low may sound crazy but it can be an issue with a Lexus because a lot of things like seals, etc will decay with both time and milage, this is why Lexus say to service it every year or 10k miles, whichever it comes first. You often get issues where some Lexus owners simply say "Oh I only drove 3000 miles this year, I'll have it serviced next year", etc. From

Another thing is it's a 2015, so just like an ISF it's going to need the valley plate and the cam tensioners doing if they haven't been already and at that milage both will be on the horizon if not imminent, so that's the better part of £5k any potential buyer would need to set aside.

Went running to AT when I saw this thread, but. "This car is a part exchange that we have just taken in, it is being sold as is on a trade sale basis for substantially below market value, we will not be preparing it or providing any warranty, this is NOT a retail sale." I'm out lol.

For what it's worth, the other year I needed new tyres on my stock ISF wheels and so knowing I was going to be getting a set of Rays for summer use with their own tyres I opted to fit the stock wheels with a set of "Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3" (all season tyres) in stock sizing/rating that way I could run the Rays over summer and the stock rims in autumn/winter (UK winters aren't severe enough to warrant full winters over all seasons due to how poor winter tyres perform in rain). Due to delays with the Rays not arriving until the autumn I ended up running the stock rims with the Goodyears over a summer, and in all honesty they are so good I would go as far as to say that if you have no plans to run your car on track regularly then just get a set of the Goodyears all seasons and don't bother with the faff off winter tyres/wheels. They are a flat out better tyre in all weathers than the Bridgestone Potenza's Lexus try to push on us, and compared to the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S I used before and on my Rays they're so close in good weather that the only way you would notice a difference on the road would be if you were driving so irresponsibly that the police would arrest you on sight. I actually ran the car at Santa Pod with the Vectors while waiting for my Rays and again with the the MPS4S on the Rays and over a 1/4 mile the difference was margin of error territory. Obviously it goes without saying that the Vectors were in a different league in the two days of snow I had to deal with.

It was technically an option on all ISs in Japan. You don't see it much on ISFs because this would be the equivalent of spec'ing up your RCF and saying "I'm not keen on the 19" RCF wheels, but I like the F-Sport ones in the RC brochure, how much extra are those?". Japanese dealers will usually do whatever the customer wants within reason hence you see stuff like this.

Insurance: Any mods? Customer: Nope Insurance: But you said it was imported, don't they need modifications to be road legal? Customer: You charge for those!?! Insurance: *laughs in banker* Ahh sorry, I was just quoting the manual, maybe they just didn't add that feature to the JDM cars 😞

Wait, you have the facelift digital speedo? Press the button that switches between trip/odo so it shows the odometer not the trip count, then hold it down until the speedo switches between KPH/MPH Simples 🙂 NB: This will also switch the units used by the multifunction display (I.E range in miles not km) but I figure you want that too.

*laughs in ISF* (The Euro ISFs don't have TPMS, it was only mandatory on American cars back then as manufacturers still had faith in Euro/Jap drivers to check our tyres were up before driving the car).

Well the standard LBX is 1280KG for the FWD version and 1415KG for the AWD version, and that has a load of batteries weighing it down. So even though the sporty one will have a slightly heavier engine and a sporty body kit it should come in under those numbers whichever powertrain Lexus use.

Personally I would prefer to see it electric or V8, putting such a weedy engine in a Lexus seems a bit weird, but from a reliability point of view it seems flat out wrong. I would hope they just make it an F-Sport like they did with the IS500, as like with the 500 it would probably damage the F badge.

While a cool idea I can see two practical flaws (Ignoring the downsides of a JDM ISF as the upsides pretty much cancel each other out) at least under my understanding of the law. Firstly, if he brought it back and then sold it to you at market value, that would exceed his personal tax allowance for the year, so he (meaning you) would need to pay tax on the remainder of the value (and he would also have the inconvenience of having zero tax allowance for the rest of the year. If he sold it to you for considerably less than market value, then ISF's aren't going to go down in value so if you ever sold it on you would be on the hook for tax (or a considerable hit to your tax allowance) on the apparent profit made. I could be understanding it wrong, and obviously the point was made more for comedy than an actual scheme suggestion 😛

Great price, well in contrast to what I was expecting it to cost. £1564 and that included replacing the radiator which needed doing anyway, but obviously price may vary from car to car and whatever crops up. As far as injectors go I didn't get charged for one and the cars running great so I assume all good 🙂

As per recommendations I took the car (well, the RAC took the car) to Westfield Motors for the work. Excellent service, would definitely recommend to anyone else who needs the VP resealed. Very happy.

Same, really easy to clean, sounds better than the OEM filter, and maybe makes an extra HP or two, all good