jasons

Wheels Gone, no more PM's please.

Wheels are 18 five spoke. If they aren't gone by Friday they'll be weighed in for scrap. J

I went for a TT but that went last week as I'm just waiting to take delivery of a new RR Evoque. Just making space in the garage now!

No, I actually got rid of the RX about 14 months ago Just had a spare set of wheels in the garage...

Clearly location would help! Epsom Downs, Surrey. KT20 postcode. J

Hi all, I've got a set of 4 RX wheels in my garage with (I think maybe Brigestone rubber, approx 3mm tread) free to a good home. If there's any interest drop me a pm. J

After having an IS300 and then moving to the RX i found it was becoming more impractical day to day. Crawling round the worst part of the M25 twice a day and getting sub 22mpg, plus a 1k warranty claim for the air suspension front strut made me change my mind somewhat, plus spending over £400 a year on road tax and spending £80 on fuel every 5 days. Great for the dump run, but when there is just me in the car 95% of the time you seem to think that there are downsides apart from the comfort and driving position. So I moved on to a totally different car- an Audi TT, yes, smaller although can still fit the wife and one of the kids in, but in terms of fuel economy- over double what I was getting in the RX and Road Tax is £175. Build quality is on a par with the RX, has all the toys including a much, much better Sat Nav and phone/ipod/SD Card (x2-64gb) set up. Sorry to see the car go?- in the recent poor weather maybe, but general day to day?- not a bit.... This is what the RX was traded in for...

Was about to get my debit card out until I noticed its £280k plus the VAT.. With another £56k on top its out of my budget :megaangry: By about £320K !!!! J

I've just had to get a new set of 4- its the first time I have noticed that all tyres have their A-E ratings on now- made for some interesting comparisons. Was good to see not only wet grip and dry grip but also decibel rating as well. In the end I went for a set of Hancook Ventus- rated C for both wet and dry handling- the majority of other manufacturers, including the Bridgestone they replaced were either good in the wet, or dry but not both. They weren't extortionately expensive either at around £140 each, but also had a spare set of wheels refurbed on which they all now sit..

Barry, I use an indie in Crawley/Redhill- Toyotec- I wont touch Lexus Croydon anymore. The guy is called Russell who owns it and I havent found fault with any of the work they have done on my current RX, or the IS300 before it. Russell Birch - Toyotec <russell.birch@toyotec.co.uk He ex Lexus/Toyota and (imho) knows his stuff. J

The car was new to me in Feb, Lexus approved, but worth the punt for one year straight after purchase.

Paid £508 for the warranty end of Feb this year, so its paid for itself....

Got the car back today- cost just over £971 and covered by the warranty. The bearing had failed- collapsed in on itself and hence the groaning when turning left. New strut and (£571) top mount plus drop link and tracking...the bearing is part of the strut on the air suspension and not available seperately. J

No, the brearing is in pices- I'd rather not damage the suspension any further, hence warranty repair.

Apologies, its the bearing that has failed and which is part of the strut and non replaceable. New strut 560 , plus labour, plus tracking 900 notes.