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Thanks Colin I had already seen this post but it didn't help without the Vid. Fingers crossed I have now PMd JLexusT in the hope he will send it to me :-)

I suppose it is comparing apples with oranges, the CT is great as a city/short trip car where emissions and fuel cost come into play, easy to park and easier on the eye and a bit different from most of the other hatch backs. I have never been able to quite put my finger on what market the IS was aimed at, like all the Lexus range it has plenty of kerb appeal and the Lexus quality goes without saying. It still didn't tick many other boxes though with high vehicle tax, limited rear passenger space, thirsty petrol engine and at 204bhp a 6 cylinder motor with 4 cylinder performance. I think now it has been dropped and the IS300 hybrid is on board with similar performance and only 30% of the running costs the IS250 will be available at bargain prices for the astute buyer

Just picked this up for my wife for similar mile usage she is loving it, we had to strech to £13,700 but the facelift Advance has a few upgrades and it came with front and rear park assist and sat nav. It had 33k on the clock and came with full Lexus approved 1 year warranty which includes Lexus Assist. I also added another 2 years Lexus warranty with Lexus Assist for the price of 1 year £495, I figured the RAC/AA at home cover with the same benefits would cost me close on £300 for 2 years so the extra £195 for total warranty for 3 years was a no brainer.

Just got the wifes Ct200h and I have spent about 2hrs reading the how to's etc but cannot find a way to get the cursor on the top left hand screen compass to change the orientation from North up screen to Heading up screen. Am I reading this wrong somehow? any help appreciated Thanks Norman

I have a Jag XF R Sport 3.0d as my main driver and as we all know Diesel and petrol only cars are about as popular as square wheels at the moment. My wife has just bought a 2014 CT200h Advance front and rear park assist sat nav etc. I went up to Lexus Liecester on the train to pick it up and was very impressed with the drive home. The upside is great fuel economy, Zero road Tax for life as long as you buy pre 2017, it has just been voted car of the year with reliability of 94% and only very minor faults reported by the other6%. Residual values are very high and Lexus add another year warranty on the hybrid drive system each time you have the yearly health check which shows how confident they are in the system. Great looking hatch back and no problems going into the major cities when next years pollution charges start lol! Still hard to get my head round the silent low speed running when on battery and the sat nav isn't the easiest to sort out. It will not get the adrenalin pumping performance wise but is on a par with most similar sized cars, I think it will be a car that grows on us more with use, and when I look at the overall yearly running costs

Thanks for the quick reply, are the part numbers for the 2014 facelift model or the 2013 pre facelift ? Any idea of cost?

Hi everyone my wifes picking up a 2014 facelift CT200h Advance 34kmls Lexus approved etc. as her daily short trip driver. Having looked around I was contemplating if changing the front grill to the nice honeycombe style thats fitted to the F Sport might be a possible mod? Visually it looks very doable but was wondering if anyone knows if there may be more complicated issues at play? Thanks for any feedback