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do you have an iphone by any chance? My IS350 sometimes has issues unlocking and I tracked it down to having my iphone in my pocket when it was doiing something (like retrieving email)

Vukie, Would you mind PM'ing me the detials? Thanks GS

All, After noticing a noise from the underside of my IS350 I pulled over and looked to see one of the plastic trays hanging down. Upon closer inspection when I got home it appearer that the lug on the alloy subframe this tray is fastened to had snapped off. I took it up to Chatswood where they put it on the hoist and sure enough the 'U' shaped lug has indeed sheered off. They gave me 5 options: 1 - replace the entire subframe at a cost of many thousands of $$ 2 - find a place that can weld alloy (they can't and cannot recommend anywhere) 3 - try gluing using a special 2 part metal adhesive (they tried this unsuccessfully) 4 - removing the plastic tray altogether 5 - tie the tray up with a heavy duty cable tie (they have done this while I think about it) Firstly the service in Chatswood was first rate - I was there at 7:30 as instructed and they slotted me in with a mechanic straight away who spent quite some time explaining what had happened and the options to fix. His recommendation was to remove the tray, however did go out of the way to try and glue it, and then came up with the alternative option of using the cable tie..... I'm obviously not going to replace the sub frame - major work and very very expensive. Copule of questions: - does anyone know how I would go about finding someone who could weld this in Sydney, preferable northern beaches? They would need to have a hoist as the car sits too low to the ground to get under it. - what is the risk of removing the plastic tray? Both the service guy and the mechanic said it's no biggie, but I wanted to check in here. IT's the plastic tray that sits around the transmission sump and I couldn't really see what it was "protecting" Cheers GS

Hi all, I want to get my graphite is350 fsport detailed by a professional both inside and out. Can anyone recommend a place either on the northern beaches of Sydney or Chatswood/Crowsnest ? (would prefer the beaches) I want a great job done so after places you would personally recommend. Cheers GS

frustratingly I am currently traveling to the USA so it has to wait till I get home... damned delayed gratification as I would have had it today if I wasn't sitting in an airport lounge in dallas! Looking forward to getting it - will be my first lexus.... guess I'll start posting those newbie questions about what you can and cant do/change etc.

Thanks for the posts guys - I am now the proud owner of an IS350 FSport - managed to negotiate a pretty good deal on the changeover price as well as the finance portion.

Thanks for the responses guys. I was quoted 9% (haven't negotiated this yet) and did confirm they are backed by toyota finance..... who i know are doing <4% for toyota right now. Not sure how much lower than 9% they will go but certainly worth asking.

All, I was wondering if anyone could share either publicly (or privately) the interest rates they got for purchasing through a lexus dealer in say the last 6-9 months. I got a ball park quote today that was higher than I expected - given its' backed by Toyota finance who are currently doing <4% I was a little surprised. Cheers GS