Aircon

Not quite Aircon. You can't "enable" speed cameras from the data on the DVD as there is no function for it in the system. It would be great though. What you can do is program or input a speed camera warning yourself using your memory points. There are a couple of ways of doing it so writing out instructions will take me a while and probably be a bit long winded but I'll give it a go and then post it up. ahhh...no worries. I got my hopes up! I know how to do the memory points...but that's rather laborious.

well..if he is...hey dis....can you tell me how to enable speed cams on my sat nav? there's been talk of it on here, but no one's mentioned how yet.

I had my car parked in the street and watched from across the road as a girl driving a golf drove straight into the back of it and wrote it off. that was a pretty happy day.....NOT.

nice that you edited your post for the bad language, but sadly my email still showed it and this, which displayed a rather unsavoury side to your character I thought.

that looks like a great unit for anyone without factory nav. in fact, it looks like it's better than OEM!! what maps does it use?

read the manual. there are all sorts of interesting things you can do.

Young kids these days! :)

Good info. I did not know that.

Don't worry about it. Brakes only slow you down. Could be lots of things. Dirt, worn pads, pad material, dry backing plates (if an IS has them). Just go to a Lexus dealer. I've always found them to be very good and honest over the years...of course, I might have been lucky.

OMG.....that looks like a Lexus IS250!! Amazing.

might be great. I've always thought a small car packed with luxury would be a great idea, but I think people expect small cars to be cheap, and there's no way it can be. oh well. A prius itech is almost $60k now. I was wrong when I thought they'd never sell.

oooopsss...sorry. I've never even LOOKED in the general section.

Lexus will be debuting the CT 200h at the 2010 New York International Auto Show later this month and has announced that the model will go on sale in the US market in early 2011. The CT 200h will be the first hybrid in the newly emerging premium compact segments in both North America and Europe. It is intended to compete against models such as the upcoming Audi A1. The Lexus CT 200h will be smaller than the Toyota Prius. The hybrid powertrain on the front-wheel drive CT 200h features a 1.8 liter four-cylinder VVT-i gasoline/petrol engine teamed up with a magnet synchronous electric motor powered by nickel-metal hydride batteries. Lexus is cagely not providing any performance figures for the car, but it's a good guess it will come with something a little more than the 134 bhp (100 kW) available on the Prius, which has a similar hybrid set-up. One special feature of the CT 200h will be its four drive modes - Normal, Eco, Sport and EV. In Eco mode, the car holds back on the air-conditioning and optimizes the hybrid drive system for maximum efficiency. Sport mode will be more performance-oriented. In EV mode, the car can be run purely on electrical power for limited stretches, which the press release says is an unimpressive single mile (1.6 km). The CT 200h also comes with a host of technological goodies which you can read about in the press release. The 2010 New York International Auto Show takes place from March 31 to April 11. Source: Lexus

speedo is defintely wrong in mine. reads 100kph but really only doing 94-95kph

... and are now 50hp less powerful because of it. Ethanol blends have less specific power than "normal" petrol variants. This is an interesting read about E20 testing: http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/fuelquality/publications/2000hours-vehicle-fleet/index.html I've decided against putting ethanol fuels the vehicles I own. If E10 is half the strength of E20, things still don't look too good. I can't believe the amount of corrosion shown in the report in less than 3 months of testing. did you happen to notice the AGE of the cars in that test? a car has to have components that DON'T react to the ethanol for it to be ethanol compliant. Those cars are 1985 and 1990 models and this test is dated 2003. I'd love to see a recent test with a recent car that IS ethanol compatible. reading that report is a waste of time.

that's exactly what I was thinking. Massive savings compared to normal 95/98. definitely going to try it next fill up.

makes sense to me. so none of the ethanol/corrosion issues with an IS250 that affects some cars?

well that's all ok, but the official lexus website says all cars post 2002 apart from IS200....and that's regardless of the sticker being there or not. Also, E10 is 94 octane isn't it? if the car requires 95, is that significant? Hard to imagine..,.....and I'm not convinced that you'd get any extra performance or economy out of 98...and if it's economy you want, it wouldn't make sense to pay an extra 18 cents per litre to get next to no extra economy (if any) does it? The whole petrol thing's a con unless you have a high performance/and or turbo car IMO

Not true. http://www.lexus.com.au/service/fuel/ I just noticed that the other day too. Since most of the places I go to only have 91, 98 or E10, running on E10 will save me 18 cents a litre! nothing to sneeze at. so it SEEMS like that's ok, but anyone know of anything problematic?

really? fair enough then. I know I wouldn't pay $52k for your car and think I got a good deal....but that's here in Vic. And don't worry about carsales....advertised prices and final selling prices are often '000s of dollars apart. Getting $52k as a trade in sounds like an awesome deal to me, unless, of course, you could knock, for example, $10k+ off the price of the new car with no trade in!

ditto!!

From redbook Valuation Prices * Private Price Guide $49,900 - $54,500 * Trade In Price Guide $43,000 - $47,600 * Average Km 20,000 - 35,000 Price Guide $79,000* Price Guide

My discs and pads were changed at 50,000km

Yeah...I had a race against a Lamborghini LP560-4. It was pretty close in a straight line, but he had me in the corners. I had 8 people in the car though (including 2 in the boot).

eheheheheheh maybe your cousin should learn how to use his Lexus sat nav because you can program camera warnings into the factory system. When your Mum buys you a car, and you're allowed out on the road on your own, we'll show you how to do it & you can show your cousin. No not illegal. Now to answer the question before someone asks it: Why is it on a Navman for $150 but not in a Lexus/BMW/Audi etc? Its to do with corporate morality by the car companies. If they have it programmed into their cars it is seen as promoting unsafe driving. Just the reason the factory nav system has a disclaimer when you start the car about driving safe etc. Can you imagine Today Tonight or A Current Affair if some P plater killed someone in his Mum's Lexus & it was proven that the factory system encouraged speeding by warning when to do 160km & when to slow back to 60km. As if to promote it. The speed cameras are actually in the nav data just not utilised by the system, so I'm told. Its pretty easy to program camera warnings into the system if you really want them and works really well. Plus you only have to program it once, well worth the time IMO. The RTA even supply a list of their locations http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/speedandspeedcameras/fixeddigitalspeedcameras/fixedspeedcameralocations/ jake u must tell me how to do it i want it same here! Although it's not as critical in the Lexus with cruise control as it is in my other car without, but it can't hurt.