[99Flake]

My GS300 has never had a cd changer since we bought it six months ago, it wasn't a massive problem and I knocked £150 off the price because of it knowing that we could get a replacement from Ebay for that or under at the time.

Due to many reasons we never bought the changer at the time and have managed to get by without until now, whereby my head cannot take anymore Radio 1/commercial radio and I am longing for my own music.

So today I decided to go and look for a changer. After much (futile) searching on ebay I decided to phone the Lexus dealer to ask the cost of the part.

Now I knew before I phoned that it wasn't going to be cheap but I almost fell over backwards not knowing whether to laugh or cry when the parts guy told me it was going to be £1250 + VAT.

£1250??? + VAT???? We only paid £1600 for the car.

At that price I would hope that you get the royal philharmonic orchstra playing to you from the back seat.

As you can imagine I declined their kind offer and kept hunting.

I have now managed to get a changer for £70 from a written off GS300, and to quote the guy 'I don't know how much they are worth so make me an offer'.

Offer I did, and here's hoping he never phones a dealer to find their real cost.