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  1. toffee_pie
    man, you are going to some trouble to get usb. am i correct in saying you are going to all this trouble to charge a phone.
  2. toffee_pie
    it would be ironic if diesels did have auto recirculate as the purpose of that is to eliminate all smog from entering the cabin in the first place, from diesels mostly. My car is a 2008, with Mark Levinson, i seriously doubt you can put HDD onto this, I'm not entirely sure what Jack is trying to achieve here. I think what he should ask is can you put a facelift Nav unit into a 2008 is250? one that has a HDD? I don't know and it would be costly.
  3. toffee_pie
    Diesels have no auto recirculation. The hard drives and USB are in face lifts. Don't know what's so hard to understand here.
  4. toffee_pie
    hard disk in the nav unit, thought that should be pretty obvious. arm rest has usb.
  5. toffee_pie
    We have figured out that the Gen 2 doesn't have usb, the grey connector is for GPS, I remember this connector last year when I had my unit out. It doesn't matter what the rear of the face lifts looks like, I think they have hard disk and usb in the center rest so who cares what connectors are on the back?
  6. toffee_pie
    I've got confused long ago as to what it's trying to achieve. My car is manual and I do city driving and I'm not complaining. Some prefer manual, others automatic. Manual is fine as you can control gear changes and throttle response easy - i can hear the v6 Growl easy with gear changes. Every barge needs a auto box but the is250 Is hardly a outright barge. I'm sure the AT transmission is good on them but too few people on here have is250 with MT so how can any comparison be made.
  7. toffee_pie
    that looks to be the gps connector http://www.ebay.ie/itm/2009-Lexus-IS250-Navigation-GPS-Antenna-Assembly-86860-53050-OEM-06-07-08-09-10-/131623181246?hash=item1ea55a5bbe
  8. toffee_pie
    I knew the diesel was bad but didn't expect it to be this bad, my is250 can hold its own at 80mph (or more) easily, of course going up inclines you can feel the torque kick in when cruise is on, like on any petrol car. (what you explain on the auto box above) but its all intuitive. the diesel really seems a shocking car.
  9. toffee_pie
    hardly rocket science that the connector already is used up so to speak since its taken up with the grey plug.
  10. toffee_pie
    they are certainly more widely available and cheaper to tax, two reasons why everyone says they are 'better' by the looks of things as only a few people on here actually own them.
  11. toffee_pie
    but its not really an issue IMO, its easy to see if a clutch is on the way out > much room to haggle on price, and they are faster than autos. I am not totally against auto boxes here but the one on the is250 is given serious slag and mostly by people who have never drive one it seems.!
  12. toffee_pie
    My AC is on all the time, most sensible drivers leave it on.
  13. toffee_pie
    The whole thing you are saying is nonsense as you are talking about a 220d, which must be truly horrific if it cant hold 70 or 80mph on a motorway. Seriously..! As for manuals being more expensive to maintain, again that is a bit nonsense also. Sure if they are driven by someone who cant drive properly the clutch will be shagged but that is true of any manual car and its easy to see a bust clutch a few minutes into a test drive. Having said that I am absolutely no doubt that the auto box in the is250 is indeed very good.
  14. toffee_pie
    Think you are a bit off the mark here, have you seen the number of components and ecus In the auto box? Not saying there is anything wrong it it at all. As for the manual vs auto - you had a diesel, the issue here is not that the manual transmission is common to both but the fact they are entirely different power plants and making judgements on a diesel version has absolutely no relevance to the petrol equivalent.
  15. toffee_pie
    You can go comparing a 220d Manual to a is250 manual. Apples and oranges. I am not aware of the automatic been more reliable than the manual also? Maybe you are referring to the 220d. I have had my car since 2014 and have had absolutely no issues whatsoever. Just want to set things straigh, but I agree if someone does alot Of stop start driving an automatic makes sense. This is true of any marque, not just a lexus.
  16. toffee_pie
    has anyone even driven a manual? I am one of the few people with a manual and have nothing bad to say about it, its also faster than the auto and no worse than any other manual box i had. If I was keeping this car I would probably put a F Sport Clutch and flywheel but I am looking out for a CL55 Kompressor. The tax of course is higher on a manual but I tend to ignore tax, i pay taxes for everything and a few hundred quid either way wont make you end up sleeping in a tent.
  17. toffee_pie
    No HID lights would worry me more than USB. It doesn't have ML system either by the looks of things. It is a nice example, most Lexus owners look after their car.
  18. toffee_pie
    if your car is vandlised would insurance not cover costs?
  19. toffee_pie
    i would get a SEL, the HID lights are reason enough to get that model. You see so many people saying can they retro fix HID lights, may as well get a model that has them from the outset.
  20. toffee_pie
    Tax is higher on manuals, for some reason the Co2 are higher on the manual.
  21. toffee_pie
    that's always the case but there is nothing wrong with buying private as long as you do your homework, I bought all my cars private and never had a problem. Most non Lexus dealers - trade sellers do warranties anyway.
  22. toffee_pie
    If the car is relatively new then by all accounts use a Lexus dealer to maintain it. Otherwise you are wasting money (you can still buy parts of course from a Lexus dealer, just don't get them to fit it) This counts for any car. Dealers have high margin because all the expensive real estate they are located in plus the fancy showroom wont pay for itself.
  23. toffee_pie
    A is250C is not the same car, I guess this is a feature of them models.
  24. toffee_pie
    no it cannot, unless it a feature of 2010+ FSport models.
  25. toffee_pie
    A lexus is250 that is maintained well has no reason to go wrong, and its not an expensive car to fix as you make out. Unless the car you buy is relatively new you dont need to take it to Lexus to repair for instance. Any reputable indy can do oil changes, change plugs, grease calipers or replace water pumps. All things that need done on a is250 at some stage. Its not a LS460 we are talking here.
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