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What a co-incidence. Had exactly the same problem also at 60k service and fortunately no serious wires were chewed. My wife's Jazz had the same problem in the boot. We put it down to a stay at a farm in "deep" country during winter 20/21 and has made me more alert with winter again returning. Forumed it at the time and some of the responses re what can go wrong were hairy! 😬

The next door cat is a frequent visitor and clearly visits the car, judging from the pawprints, but doesn't seem to have helped. How to persuade him to sit underneath the engine, on guard ??

Just had my (expensive) 60k mile service and was taken aback to be told that there was evidence of a vermin nest (mouse?) under the manifold. We have lived in the countryside for 40 years but have never encountered this before. Perhaps it is infrequency of use due to covid. Appreciate any advice on how to access this area, if only to squirt in some rodent poison or similar.

Have to agree with Linas. My mpg is marginally better in Normal on a long run and in Eco I am also conscious of the engine having to work harder. On balance I prefer Normal because it is also more responsive when overtaking.

Very impressive and totally beyond my abilities ! Well done.

We had a similar situation with a previously owned Subaru. Finally traced to the failing battery which was replaced and problem stopped.

If it is of any help, my is300H is described as an "excutive edition cvt" and it does have folding rear seats. Bear in mind the parcel shelf is rigid and the clearance from boot floor is not huge but golf clubs are fine, as are skis. And in the front seat it does feel a little cramped - snug ? - and that feeling persists after 5 years. But the seats are very comfortable. The car is quite low and perhaps that contributes to the closed in feeling. In fact next to my daughter's huge Nissan it is like a racing car!

This topic has come up before. Sounds very like the turbo whine on a diesel car. The consensus was this it is the motors. On my car (300H) I can only hear the whine when the driver window is lowered and there are hedges on both sides of the road reflecting the sound. Cannot hear anything in the car with windows closed. It is possible of course that your noise is due to something else and I'm sure the experts on the forum will have an answer.

Have rubbed noses with too many motorway service area kerbs and now understand why so many cars reverse park. ! But I notice that some cars have even lower skirts (and sometimes also big exhausts!). Must be a real problem considering the state of many A roads, never mind the Bs'

Little bit of rain today (for me) with cooler conditions and bingo - pressure back down to 36.5psi. So all's well !

Makes me wonder at the need to adhere to "recommended" pressures if such variations are possible. Recommended is just a starting point. We have adaptive this and that so why not adaptive tyre pressures also 😉

Checked and set my tyres at the recommended 36 psi well before the heat wave started. I was very surprised to find, after having been stationery for 3 hours today (12/8) , that they had risen to 39.5 psi. Ride did seem a little hard. Is this normal or do I have a dodgy (digital) guage?

I agree with Elvis and I was very careful. Winter, darkness, etc. So I went the other way and can recommend Michelin Cross Climate, especially if you have to deal with snowy conditions.

My wife says that IS300 seats are the most comfortable of the many cars we have owned over the past 40+ years. Also very comfortable on the driver side although I would be happier if the seat position was a little higher (without having to scrape the roof).

Has anyone tried the nano magic impregnated cloth for removing scuffs and light scratches ? Do they actually work ? I have some light scratches from (country) roadside vegetation and fingernails behind the door handle. Seems too good to be true.