Gareth Coe

looking at the results surprised me. I expected Lexus owners to be unwilling to get their hands dirty! Seems I'm not the only muckyun here :P

Lexus is also very well known for one other very important thing.......reliability!

I've been reading this forum for the past few days, as I'm about to buy myself another car and quite fancied a Lexus. One of the things that struck me is the number of complaints in here regarding things that go wrong/don't work as they should. Considering your statement about reliability, is this a fair reflection of the brand in general, or is it just that there are a lot of whingers on this forum?

(OK, I am now hiding under the table )

the B in the gearshift will slow the 400h down going down long steep roads,

Can anyone explain this in a little more detail please? Is this a kind of computerised hill descent control, as fitted to Discos and the like, or is it a more mechanical thing (like using engine braking with lower gears)?

I'm new to these so please be patient with me

It's cool - don't worry about the wing: she looks better as she is ;)

Very nice!

What's the IS 200 like as a daily driver?

I am still undecided on my next car and this little cutie is on my "maybe" list :)

"Blistering" is usually something we associate with paint. Are your wheels painted, or do they have some kind of coating on them? If the wheels are bare alloy (polished) there shouldn't be anything there to blister. As previous posters have said: a photo would be very helpful. :)

I will never drive another car other than a lexus

That's commitment! ;)

Has the novelty worn off yet, or is this a match made in heaven?

Must admit: I found this a little confusing at first. Couldn't figure it out - maybe they could be a different colour, or bold/italic when read/unread, something like that?

Looks OK to me

Has it been fixed or is it down to your individual settings? (my screen res is set to 1280 x 800)

Have you ever driven fast over bumpy roads? It's fairly easy to do permanent damage to both car and 2WD truck suspensions by driving fast and aggressively over bumpy roads - damage that permanently degrades both ride comfort and cornering capability. Some owners, including myself have seen TV commercials of cars and trucks being driven wildly and then wrongly assume the vehicles are built to take that kind of punishment.

That got me thinking...

I would expect any modern car to cope with modern roads. The manufacturers know what sort of roads their products will be driven on - and they should have the know-how to make something that suits. OK, you wouldn't drive a Lexus over the dirt roads in Namibia, but the tarmac of USA or Europe shouldn't be an issue. If I buy a Lexus do I need to buy a special atlas which shows me where the smooth roads are?

That's some useful stuff - thanks for sharing :)

perhaps the question should have been: "how accurate is the fuel gauge?" :)

I had an old car that had an extremely dodgy fuel gauge, but the low fuel light worked. So, I set out with a jerry can full of juice and ran the thing around until the light came on. Then I set the trip meter to zero and carried on until the thing ran out of fuel. Made a note of the mileage and bunged in the juice from the jerry can. I then went straight to the garage and filled-up. From this I got reliable figures for how far I could travel after the light came on, and also for the caoacity of the tank. The figures in owners manuals aren't always particularly accurate.

I agree with you guys though: it's not a good idea to let it get that low too often.

In my opinion the major con is the throttle hesitation issue.

I've not heard of this before. Have you got any more info?

Ey oop lads and lasses!

I have a large amount of cash burning a hole in my pocket. I need to get meself a new motor and figured I might go for a Lexus. I know not much about 'em - so I've come in here to get some advice. Be gentle with me :)