dazk

Just got my car back from Lexus of Perth after it went through this recall - was running around 9.7 before so will be interesting to see if there's any difference after. I did notice how shiny the car was on return though - it's the small touches but the complimentary choccies and a clean car inside and out really does make a difference!

Hey D, just my 2 cents - yep, if you can hold out I'd wait to get 2011 compliance plates just to help with resale later down the track, especially since there's only 2 months to go! I've always preferred lighter colour cars just for practicality purposes (easier to keep them looking clean) but a black/black combination would look awesome, especially on those new rims that come with the IS 350 F-Sport!

Wow - surely they'll have to drop the price of the 250?!

Yep just checked the contract - had 3yrs/60k service so this was the last freebie.

No cost - still covered under the 3 or 4-year new car warranty. (Will have to check the paperwork to find out how far it goes!) :D

Just got my car back from its 60,000km service at Lexus of Perth - great service; picked it up from the office in the morning and I was fortunate enough to be driving the loan car ('09 Prestige with EMV and a lot of hailstone damage!) when the call came in saying the service was done. Dropped off the loan car and hopped back into my cleaned and serviced vehicle - all within the span of 6hrs, now that's efficient! Noticed the '09 nav system was a lot more responsive than my '07 version but no biggie. Felt sorry that the severe hailstorm back in March damaged around 120 of their cars; kind of was hoping to test drive the RX350 but also received a call from them during the day to say that the IS350's are just about to be launched! Keen as mustard!

Thanks for posting up the approx service prices Dis-lex-sic; I'm nearing the 60k service - has anyone got a rough idea of what price I should be expecting? (already had the rotors done at the last service and have been through way too many tyres so hopefully won't be hit up again there!)

Thanks Poisson

I had the unfortunate experience of returning to my car in the carpark only to find a series of scratches on the rear bumper and above/around the rear wheel of one side of my car. No note/contact details of the culprit, so I'm left to find someone in Perth who does a good job of paintwork and minor scratch repairs? Any suggestions?

Cheers for the link - great site! As an aside, Lexus of Perth mentioned that they can fit the parts, but cannot offer warranty on them.

I've been hanging out to get some F-Sport gear onto my IS250 for ages but it seems like it'll never happen - every time I ask/enquire about the parts arriving at my local Lexus dealership I'm first told that the parts are coming/haven't arrived yet/no pricing/ and then recently "most likely aren't going to be sold in Australia." It's a real pity, and unless the parts don't adhere to Australian rules/restrictions I can't understand why they wouldn't be sold here. Nevertheless, I'll look to import the parts myself but would really have appreciated it if Lexus could install/still keep warranty on their own parts here as they do in the US. Is the Carson site (www.l-tunedparts.com) still the best place to get genuine parts from?

I read this was an issue with the earlier IS250's and a TSB was issued in the US to replace the catalytic converter with a new design -- why do Australian IS250 owners not get the new design? We're supposed to just put up with it when it's a known issue and there's a known fix?!

Just heard back from Lexus (Perth) - they've asked me to try out different fuels; I'm usually on BP Ultimate (correction: the car is usually on BP Ultimate) or the Shell Premium but this time I'll note down which fuel seems to emit the worst sulphur smell. Kind of weird though - you'd think that a Lexus wouldn't be *that* picky with fuel, and surely there must be a better cat/fuel control mechanism to stop that much excess fuel being burnt up in the catalytic converter.

Mine was pretty bad until it had its first service, but that was a month or so ago, and now under hard driving the smell is back. :( Really does reek, at first I thought it was the brakes but I agree, there's got to be a solution for this! Is it related to the catalytic converters?

My IS250 is going in for its first service (15,000kms) next week. When I took delivery of the car I noticed some minor scratches on the driver side door (on the edge, not the face of the door) -- I reported it to Lexus of Perth and they had it fixed immediately, no questions asked. Would love to get some F-sport parts fitted if/when they arrive!

Another vote for b - the dished ones look great, but don't seem to fit your objective of keeping it "oem" looking!

Thanks cevu - the hope of decent mods without voiding the warranty sounded good, but I guess it's the waiting game for now... would love to get a new exhaust/air filter, and was hoping the F-sport brakes (not the ceramics) would fit in the 18" LF1 rims.

Does anyone know when/if the F-sport parts will be brought into Australia? I dropped into the local dealership here in Perth to ask and pretty much got dumbfounded looks when I enquired about the parts!

Upgrading to the multi-spoked 18" lexus rims makes cleaning off all the brake dust even more fun. :) The brake dust seemingly goes all the way down the side of the car, a simple wipe on the front panel under the indicator usually reveals just how much dust builds up from the front brake pads. Agree with the paranoia though, often do the same engine braking just because I don't want to touch the brakes!