cidersteve

car is just coming up to 5 years old and has done 30,000 miles,pre-mot walk round and it looks like there are cracks in between the tread on the tyres, plenty of tread on the tyres ,is this necessarily a mot failure ,i think the tyres are original, any advise would be greatly appreciated.

i use tom-tom speed camera alert, as an app on my phone, on longer journeys and i would say my Lexus indicated speed is a good 5 mph under the gps indicated speed.

first time i have had tpms on a car and have relied on this really, however after 6 months thought i would check them , all ok .

anybody use a saris bone bike rack on their IS250 , if so is it easy to put on and off, thanks for any replies.

very nice mate :)

nail on the head dutchie01, totally back of the net :)

and me , when i had mine :)

on my normal commute this morning i was about half way to work , only 7 miles , and the warning beep sound and an audio message said " you have crossed the border "nothing else , no warning lights and the rest of the journey went ok ,same route as normal and no borders in that area to my knowledge ,any ideas anybody or did i possible mis-hear the message.

bottom one any day , more modern in my humble opinion :)

only ever used the computer , so not really that accurate , however over the 4 years i had the car , my commute , 7 miles each way , was 29 , and on a road trip was about 37 .

sometimes it's easier not to reply ,even when you believe you are right

sorry just an opinion , just changed from gen 2 to gen 3 , so assumed i could make a reasonable comment on actual cars i have owned recently .

used autoglym on my bmw 325i leather seats and both my lexus Is 250 leather seats and found it to be as good as any , we have leather seats in most of our aircraft and i have been lucky to try quite a few different products and autoglym seems to be as good as any .

love my ivory leather seats, easy to keep clean with auto glym cleaner .

i assume the IS250 is a different braking system to the IS300H i.e discs all round ??

just to put it in perspective a gen 2 IS , on dip , is like driving with 2 candles at the front

picked up today , full tank of petrol and the usual warrentys , great smooth drive from hedge end to poole , average 39.7 on the meter , so smooth and effortless drive , thought i couldn't get better than my old is250 but this surpassed it , however no complaints will the old one , served me really well for 4 1/2 years with only tyres, pads and calipers to deal with . Tomorrow will be a day of trying to familiarise myself with the radio and sat nav which seems to be pointing the wrong way at the moment , i'm sure it will all be revealed in the morning with the manuals. Very nice combination of sonic titanium and ivory leather .

that's exactly what i was trying to say wharfhouse ,sure i will soon get used to it , i was just surprised in the difference between the gen 2 and gen 3 , will look into it more on thursday when i receive the car , weather permitting .

i was just surprised at the way the boot opened ,with my gen 2 , it just pops open then you manually lift to the fully open position , however you are pulling against gas struts , with the gen3 as ipulled it just flew open with no resistance , i'm sure i will get used to it , a very minor thing on such a lovely car .

well bought it on saturday, will be delivered on thursday , few surprises that i wasn't expecting on the luxury model , had reversing camera and heated seats , so all that is missing is electric seats and ml stereo. i can see what people say about the boot , nearly took my head off when i looked in the boot , compared to the gen 2 which i had to assist the boot to open . i managed to park them side to side at there is certainly a lot of difference externally , much more than i expected , and the inside is totally different , well pleased with the price and the customer interface was brilliant .full service and mot and delivered to my door at no extra cost.

thanks bobmc , lexus dealer in hedge end , been discounted a few times , looks like a good price with the usual lexus warrenty .

deposit paid , good price for mine, test drive on saturday

thanks all , have e-mailed hedge end for a price on mine and will progress if the price is right

yes i was reffering to the caliper sticking problem , i can,t test drive until saturday was just hoping i could have a few pointers as to what to look at when i go looking.

have had a 2008 IS250 for nearly 5 years now and looking to upgrade to the next generation , first of all, are the brakes still as bad on the newer generation and is there any other pointers i should be looking for , thanks in appreciation of any replies.probably looking at a 2014.