Aircon

Selling mine if anyone's interested

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/lexus-is250-2006-13560693

Also...how annoying that there are quite a few non sports luxury models advertised as sports luxury!

Here is the link to youtube showing the vehicle being dragged out of the liftwell. Lexus will probably use the video to promote how safe their cars are.

6000lb??? surely not!

I think they're awesome. Check out the 'key' from a i-tech prius if you want cheap and nasty! same functions, mostly, but very lightweight and lacks the solid feel.

I recently forgot my key in my jeans and put them in the washing machine. No damamge whatsoever, and no water got inside! I was amazed (and happy)

I wouldn't want to try that with the prius equivalent, that's for sure.

Doesn't the "voice" on the map button just force a navigation instruction? That's what it does on mine, anyway.

Thanks for that. I was disappointed to find I (or my passenger) couldn't operate some of the sat nav functions while moving, then happy to discover there were voice commands to do it and then disappointed again when I found the voice commands don't work. It's made worse by having "Voice" written on the Map button. It's kinda in your face all the time.

I see V18 is out now. Haven't been able to find it yet.

This is what redbook says, but I find their prices usually inflated.

Private Price Guide $51,500 - $56,200 * Trade In Price Guide $44,500 - $49,200

By the way, cars just aren't selling. Times are tough!

Same here. Unusually slow compared to other cars. Makes the heating take a long time to start cranking up, which is annoying in cold weather.

The auto headlight on feature is the only disappointment I have with my car. Latest Prius has the same problem. It's almost dark before the lights come on. Had the Prius and Lexus adjusted to most sensitive setting. Still no good. For a car made by a group as safety concsious as Toyota, I'm a little surprised.

I just had my car serviced. 59000km, but 5 year/75000km service. Included rear pads and the new fuel filter. $1069! Ouch. Oh well...I still love it.

My 2006 SL can open/close all windows and sunroof by holding the lock/unlock button on the remote. It's a standard feature.

I just got quite a shock with an online quote from www.iselect.com.au

Less than $600 for my 2006 IS250 SL.

Hi all

I have just acquired a new is250 prestige with the navigation and rear view camera option. I am wondering if anyone has got the DVD player to play anything other then the map dvd. Also, the player is actually hidden behind the clock console.

Thanks

Ashone

You play a dvd by putting it where the music CDs are, but you have to be in park and have the parking brake on.

Whoa, CT300h would be interesting... the 200h feels like a Yaris :(

I would have thought it feels like a seriesIII prius, since the specs are pretty much identical.

I'd like to have a steer of one.

Wow! I got a quote from Brighton today for the 75k service and they gave me a price of $1,054. I couldn't believe it. I had to double check and they confirm the price. I even got the price for the 90k service and that's over $1500. I was expecting a price of around the $800 mark. But over a grand for an oil, oil filter and fuel filter change is just absurd.

I checked with Melbourne City and they quoted me around $750. I then checked with a Toyota Dealer who quoted me around $340. The Toyota dealer mentioned that they were actually doing a service for an IS250 today.

The decision now is that we bought the car from Brighton and need to get the car serviced with them to keep our 3 year warranty. I just wondered if I was given this "special" price since the person on the phone asked me for the car rego before providing me with a quote.

sorry I cant help, but I'm just wondering if you're absolutely certain that you have to take it to them to keep the 3 year warranty. That's a massive negative if that's true.

Sounds like noisy Tappets to me - get them adjusted.

Do these things REALLY have adjustable tappets? I thought they went out in the dim dark ages.

Hi, My '06 IS250 now has 120k on the clock and sounds new. This noise is not normal. Keep on pushing.

That's the sort of story I like hearing :)

I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you that mine sure doesn't sound like that. Not cold...not hot. That sounds terrible. You'd better escalate it before something serious happens.

Hi guys,

My initial question was "why cant I set the cruise at 1km/h increments?"

(with radar on, I haven't tried with radar off - bit slack of me)

So.. it can be done in a round about way...

What I've discovered is :

- Whilst driving, turn on cruise control and pull down/up on the cruise stalk to set the speed. This will be in 5km/h increments :-/

- Now pull the cruise control stalk BACK towards you and let go to cancel it.

- As the car slows push the cruise stalk DOWN again and it will set the cruise to the cars current speed. :-)

This can be any speed, not just the nearest 5km/h increment.

E.g. cruising at 70km/h. speed zone ahead is 60km/h with speed cameras. Pull BACK on the stalk to turn off cruise and decrease speed to 59km/h. Push DOWN on the stalk when at 59km/h and it will set this as the cruise speed.

- You can also accelerate up to a certain speed and push DOWN on the stalk to set the cruise at that exact speed too..I think.

Once cruise is set, any nudges UP or DOWN on the cruise stalk will be to the nearest 5km/h increment :-/

Cheers!

I'm pretty sure that's what I said! The initial setting is at any speed you choose.

hm.. very strange i dont seem to be having any problems with my gps recalibrating itself

V17 is pretty much a updated version of the older map (ie new maps new housings and new streets etc)

ditto for me. never heard of such a thing. I wouldn't even know how to recalibrate it!

I've got a car that's 15 years old which just had a recall. Obviously that's MILES out of warranty. It was a fuel block. I'm guessing that was considered a safety issue...that might have made a difference.

Yeah...only goes up in 5kph increments when using radar cruise (but not with regular....but why would anyone choose regular)...anyway, you can, of course, set exactly the speed you're at, but after that it's 5kph.

The series III prius itech goes up in 1kph increments unless you hold the lever, then it goes to 5. a much better idea.

Not sure how people consistently achieve sub 10l/100km - the 250 is a thirsty little sucker when you 'explore' its potential.

I came from a 6L VE so im not treating it with much respect...

Mine travels on the highway at around 6L to 6.5L per 100km then around town the worst damage I do is around 10.5L per 100kms...

As I said, my average for the car for life is 8.8L so far and getting better as the engine free's up more...

same here.....these other guys must be real lead foots!

Guys,

I was thinking of doing this to my exhaust setup but not sure if it will affect the computers in the car.

i love the sound of my car upon full throttle. But would also like it a bit quiter on daily normal driving.

has anyone had any experience with these or can offer any advise. I got the idea from watching an episode of top gear i think it was one of the latest corvettes had it on the exhaust tips. This one goes mid stream before the axle back.

have a look . . . http://autospeed.com.au/A_110902/cms/article.html

I'm having some trouble believing that works, actually. anyone tried it?

That and also, clear bra protects like no other.

it's amazing stuff alright.

Mine does it rarely too.....and certainly no rhyme or reason that I can find.