Miles Simmons

Thanks Mincey, I'll have a butchers first thing. Really appreciate you taking the time to reply 🙏🏼

Can anyone shed any light on what exact model this is? I assume entry level, no leather, no electric/heated seats etc. Thanks in advance

Thanks Steve, I really appreciate your comment.

Thought I'd add a few of the engine bay. It hasn't been professionally cleaned, I've wiped over the plastic with some multi purpose polish for photographic purposes, not that it needed it. It literally looks brand new to me, I cannot belive it's sixteen years old. No brittle hoses/pipes, nothing loose, nothing seized, oil cap and thread in mint condition (I had heard that was another universal fault of this model)

Hi Las Palmas Thanks for your kind message and the warm welcome. That's very reassuring that there are many examples on the forum of well behaved IS220D's and although I only have limited anecdotal evidence from two other people I've known to have owned one, they also very much rated the IS220D and enjoyed their time owning one. I'm really pleased with the car and looking forward to exploring it further. It's incredibly well maintained, and like all my other cars, it will continue to be looked after to the extreme. I've had diesels for many years now, and I tend to only do long motorway journeys which as you allude too, obviously plays to their strengths, I service them every 8-10k miles, although as I understand it Lexus state 7.5k intervals for this model. I also use a product called Archoil D6400 every 5k miles which is an all round engine and system cleaner, after each system clean, I then use Archoil D6900 Max which is a fuel conditioner for each tank. I swear by these products, I've used them religiously for 6 years and the difference to not using them is light and day; in terms of a quieter/smoother engine note, increased mpg and more linear power delivery, it also eliminates idling issues and flat spots. Before I used them I would on occasion suffer from an EML, mostly pertaining to DPF and EGR issues, and nearly always had black plumes of smoke behind me when under load, but I've never had a single issue since using Archoil. As far as the gearing is concerned, I did say Lexus had let down their UK customers exclusively. I can imagine its fantastic on an autobahn or similar limitless highways, but it's wholly inadequate for a 70mph limit, of course you can, as I stated I had done, lower your speed to 60-65mph and cruise comfortably in 5th gear, but IMHO that is a compromise a driver should not have to make in a diesel car. My previous three cars have been a 2007 Mondeo 2.0 tdci, a 2010 Passat 2.0tdi and a 2005 X-Type 2.2d. Combined mileage of over of 275k, with 100k put on the Mondeo, 90k on the Passat and 85k on the X-Type. The Mondeo was a brilliant car, easily the best of those three, infinitely reliable, great to drive, very economical, high spec (Titanium X) but all 3 of them outperformed the IS220D for fuel economy, and by some margin. I'd regularly average 54+mpg in the Mondeo and 52+ in the Passat and X-Type and ALL of them you could utilise 6th gear at 60mph and achieve crazy mpg figures, especially the Mondeo, I'd regularly see 60+mpg on the motorway. The Lexus is hands down the most well engineered and easily the most comfortable on long journeys, the level of refinement is also unrivalled. I absolutely love it and I'm over the moon I've managed to find one so cheap. My days of spending mega money on cars are well and truly over, here's to your MK5 TDI Golf too, an absolutely bulletproof car and outstanding platform, I used to have a stage 4 MK5 GTI (360bhp/440lbft) it was absolutely savage, but also the best car I've ever owned, across the board, not just because it would body your high end Porsche's, Mercs, Beamers etc, but because it was faultless and uber versatile. All the best

Pictures as promised

Hi Steve Thanks for the warm welcome, yes of course I'll take some tomorrow, the light is a little dim now. All the best Miles

Hey Illogan Thanks for the reply, yes it does appear that way, early days still yet, but a promising start. I was amazed I found it to be perfectly honest. Literally first car that came up on search, 16 yo, just shy of 32k miles and full LSH.

I have posted this to the model specific part of the forum, but it doesn't appear to be overly active. So thought I'd post here with a view to hearing your thoughts. I'll be grateful for any advice. Many thanks. Hi all I'm new to the forum and recently bought my first Lexus. A 2006 IS220D. I bought it direct from someone who used to work at Lexus Poole, and who bought it from the dealership. FSH with only 32k, absolutely pristine, inside and out, silver with beige interior, so got it dirt cheap (£4k) Naturally I was buzzing at having procured such a car, at such a price, with exceptionally low mileage and then I read this post and the horror stories of headgasket leaks, constantly failing DPF's and EGR's, mpg figures averaging low 30's and I started to question my decision, albeit too late to do anything about it, so I set about getting it booked into my local indy garage who have looked after all my previous cars for as long as I can remember and asked them to do a full service, multipoint check and check for headgasket leak, condition of EGR valve ETC. Prior to having the car booked in, I'd done around 500 stress free miles, averaging 40.1mpg (80% extra urban/20% urban, with a tank average of 46.6mpg) Initial impressions were that the car is somewhat sedate on the power delivery side and certainly doesn't not belie its BHP/LBFT figures, nor the fact its turbocharged, in all honesty, it felt like a naturally aspirated vehicle up to 2500rpm and above 4000rpm and like many others have alluded too, the gearing is long, too long, the engine felt like it needed another 30bhp/50lbft to come into alignment with the gearing. I was super impressed with the level of refinement, general build quality, comfort and also the complete lack of NVH in the cabin. I was also quietly pleased that despite the car needing a service, I had averaged 40mpg+ and 46mpg+ on the motorway/dual carriageway, despite being in 5th gear for the entirety of the motorway miles (travelling at approx 68mph at c.2100rpm) I tried a couple of times to use 6th gear, but I needed to be travelling in excess of 80mph to avoid the car displaying signs of choking and juddering (IMHO Lexus have really let down their UK customers by not having the correct gearing ratios and it left me wondering how much better the mpg could be) Anyway reports back from the garage suggested all was in order, they described the car as 'very clean' mechanically, no signs of gasket leaks, EGR and fuel filter both impeccably clean despite having seen 8k miles, although air filter definitely needed changing. Naturally I breathed a sigh of relief and went about my way. I have since completed another 500 stress free miles and I have to say the mpg has improved drastically post service (c.8%) I averaged 43.8mpg and on the motorway 52.2mpg. All in all I'm really very happy, but I know there's more to be unlocked from this car. A person who lives in my village, used to own an IS220D and his son, who at the time worked for a remapping company, specialising in Japanese stuff, had a stage 1 remap installed on his IS220D and he said it totally transformed the car, once it had learned the new map, it consistently averaged upwards of 50mpg, most of those urban miles and more importantly, mostly short distances and all but eliminated the ratio issue. I have since spoken to a remapping company in the South West, who have previous experience in mapping the IS220D, having performed 9 custom dyno remaps on them over the last 5 years, they guarantee an improvement of mpg anywhere between 8% and 15% based on anecdotal evidence from customers and generally speaking the maps offer an increase of 34bhp/45lbft, they also assured me that every single IS220D owner has said the long ratios are no longer an issue with the increased power. Mine is booked in this Tuesday, the 28th. I will report back my findings. All the best and thanks for reading

Hi all I'm new to the forum and recently bought my first Lexus. A 2006 IS220D. I bought it direct from someone who used to work at Lexus Poole, and who bought it from the dealership. FSH with only 32k, absolutely pristine, inside and out, silver with beige interior, so got it dirt cheap (£4k) Naturally I was buzzing at having procured such a car, at such a price, with exceptionally low mileage and then I read this post and the horror stories of headgasket leaks, constantly failing DPF's and EGR's, mpg figures averaging low 30's and I started to question my decision, albeit too late to do anything about it, so I set about getting it booked into my local indy garage who have looked after all my previous cars for as long as I can remember and asked them to do a full service, multipoint check and check for headgasket leak, condition of EGR valve ETC. Prior to having the car booked in, I'd done around 500 stress free miles, averaging 40.1mpg (80% extra urban/20% urban, with a tank average of 46.6mpg) Initial impressions were that the car is somewhat sedate on the power delivery side and certainly doesn't not belie its BHP/LBFT figures, nor the fact its turbocharged, in all honesty, it felt like a naturally aspirated vehicle up to 2500rpm and above 4000rpm and like many others have alluded too, the gearing is long, too long, the engine felt like it needed another 30bhp/50lbft to come into alignment with the gearing. I was super impressed with the level of refinement, general build quality, comfort and also the complete lack of NVH in the cabin. I was also quietly pleased that despite the car needing a service, I had averaged 40mpg+ and 46mpg+ on the motorway/dual carriageway, despite being in 5th gear for the entirety of the motorway miles (travelling at approx 68mph at c.2100rpm) I tried a couple of times to use 6th gear, but I needed to be travelling in excess of 80mph to avoid the car displaying signs of choking and juddering (IMHO Lexus have really let down their UK customers by not having the correct gearing ratios and it left me wondering how much better the mpg could be) Anyway reports back from the garage suggested all was in order, they described the car as 'very clean' mechanically, no signs of gasket leaks, EGR and fuel filter both impeccably clean despite having seen 8k miles, although air filter definitely needed changing. Naturally I breathed a sigh of relief and went about my way. I have since completed another 500 stress free miles and I have to say the mpg has improved drastically post service (c.8%) I averaged 43.8mpg and on the motorway 52.2mpg. All in all I'm really very happy, but I know there's more to be unlocked from this car. A person who lives in my village, used to own an IS220D and his son, who at the time worked for a remapping company, specialising in Japanese stuff, had a stage 1 remap installed on his IS220D and he said it totally transformed the car, once it had learned the new map, it consistently averaged upwards of 50mpg, most of those urban miles and more importantly, mostly short distances and all but eliminated the ratio issue. I have since spoken to a remapping company in the South West, who have previous experience in mapping the IS220D, having performed 9 custom dyno remaps on them over the last 5 years, they guarantee an improvement of mpg anywhere between 8% and 15% based on anecdotal evidence from customers and generally speaking the maps offer an increase of 34bhp/45lbft, they also assured me that every single IS220D owner has said the long ratios are no longer an issue with the increased power. Mine is booked in this Tuesday, the 28th. I will report back my findings. All the best and thanks for reading.