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Anyone here going to the SC430 meeting in Coventry this month ?

But why not get it serviced at the beginning of October? You'll then have the warranty until October 2025.

Jonelle,congratulations on your acquisition, welcome to the LOC, hope you find the forum informative and educational 👍

Personally I would go with the red, I bought a pair of hcmotion smoked rear led lights for my usb IS250 f sport and didn't like them so ended up buying a pair of red ones which suit the car much better and also don't scream " after market " lol 😜

Hi, which wireless dongle are you using please? I've just purchased a carlinkit 5.0 2 air device and will be returning it as I can't get it to connect to the car at all. Had loads of back and forth with their tech support, upgrading firmware and changing configs but no joy. It never keeps a stable bluetooth connection with my Iphone. constantly drops in and out and I never get an initial connection set up message on the car screen. It would be great to know a dongle that works well with my RX450 2021. Cheers.

Hi, I see there are no replies to your question on Carplay wireless dongles, but I would be very interested to know which one you went for in the end and how it performs. After using a Carlinkit model in a previous car, I went for their Carlinkit 5.0 2 air device and have not been able to get it to function at all with my RX450h 2021. I've had a load of back and forth with the tech support people, upgraded firmware tried different settings, used different ports on the car, both on the dash and inside the storage cubby, and replaced cables but the device will not connect to the car. the Bluetooth connection drops out every few seconds and it doesn't ever make a good connection to the car. I've given up on that device now and have asked for a refund/return. I'd be really interested to know of any wireless dongles that perform well with the car. It works perfectly from a wired connection but I'd love the wireless functionality I had with my previous car. Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers.

I get the very distinct impression Lexus are not going to do anything other than provide suggestions that they are. All very disappointing and hardly likely to promote brand loyalty, let alone entice new customers.

Well I've been out and about enjoying the car a lot lately, going to a few events, Caffine and Machine and the like. I have a niggly vibration (knock) from the transmission tunnel, which could be absolutely anything, but it has got worse after changing the transmission mount. Other than that, all smiles per gallon. I also managed to finally address the floor in the garage with a temporary, but possibly more long term fix, with floor tiles. I'd seen a few posts on PistonHeads amongst other places where these tiles were used for cars that rarely see the rain, and I thought I'd take a chance for a fairly inexpensive upgrade. So far so good and parking on carpet is something else! 😂 The patches on the walls have since been painted to match. Typically, after all this enjoyment it's time to take the car off the road for a couple of weeks for yet more changes. I am removing the wrap for the dechrome as I am unhappy with it after 3 years, and I am having a local guy hydrodip the parts gloss black. He will also be doing the front grill whilst I'm away in Greece. The car will also see one of the rarer modifications to an ISF, a carbon propshaft upgrade from Sikky. This is something I am very excited to get put on after reading the reviews of other people. It should certainly match up with the weight reduction, headers and tune really well.

key is be quick and monitor Lexus/auto trader etc. mine was a Lexus approved and I called 30 mins after ad went live and they’d still had calls before me….

I understand the RCF is limited to 168 MPH - have not had the chance to test this though. Need to pop to Germany….

Agreed with everything said so far - would go for a facelift 2019 onwards if budget allows (obviously biased 😁) running costs higher but then all performance cars need looking after - incredibly sold and reliable beasts

Met with a work colleague today - he has the NX450h+ Takumi - biggest visual difference is in the height probably due to the additional weight of the battery amongst other things.

Must be your style of driving if nothing is wrong with the car. Always have the auto/aircon on, never use cruise control, as above 230 miles 90ish% motorway and dual cariageway, 2 up and fully loaded for holiday... 57mpg. Does drop to the high 40's knocking about.

Sounds like I could do with one of those, as at £296.89 fitted, then at only 2 years old requiring replacement, Toyota AGM batteries dont't seem like a worthwhile choice. Would you be so kind to share the exact model / specification of the Yuasa so I can look into possibly doing the same? 👍 I have Yuasa's fitted in my house alarm and as you mention my first went for 6 years no issues before requiring replacement.

Hi Charlie, I replaced my rad just a few weeks ago with a proper Lexus product having been advised by my mechanic that other 'less expensive' options (eg. starline, even nissens) may not be a proper fit & sometimes have to be adapted, however slightly. There's also the ongoing warranty issue. Don't forget that old saying "if you buy cheap you buy twice" so if your car's a 'keeper' and worth looking after then I suggest it's also worth the extra spend on a quality rad. Your choice. 😉

Use a compare tool like this one https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/car-insurance/ Suprinsingly, my ct only increased by 20% in march. Never ever re-insure with the same insurer without consulting the market. Once you get the best price, contact your current insurer for a price match if you are that loyal/desperate. Tip: sweet spot is about 24 days before your insurance expires.

I’ve had 4 PHEV’s before the RZ and all of the charging flaps were similar. I had 2 Merc’s and they had a common issue where if any force was put on them when open then they broke. As they were at the rear it was easy to brush up against them - when they broke the rear bumper had to be removed and a whole new ‘socket’ was required. On the Merc forum this was a common complaint. The BMW was exactly the same as the RZ. The Ranger Rover Velar’s was more sturdy and more like a ‘petrol flap’ but strangely there was a lever in the car to open the petrol flap but not the charging flap. I have the Takumi with the panoramic glass roof and the switchable shading works well. There is one minor frustration with it - most of the time I want it clear but it defaults to opaque every time you turn the car off. They could easily have an option to select the default - summer opaque, winter, autumn, spring, clear !

Thank you. I will start with a steering lock and butting the front of the car next to a wall on the LHS. Any recommendations on a good steering lock please?

Having done the front recently I can confirm there is nothing that needs to be done differently to a non-hybrid vehicle. Honestly save yourself the trouble & money if your handy with a spanner you can do it yourself potentially within a budget of £200. The hardest part is probably loosening the wheel nuts & finding the wheel is stuck to the hub few kicks later & your on yr way to performing a brake job. *Caveat (As long as you don't touch the brake bleed nipple) The rears do require abit of adjustment to the brake shoes to fit the new brake disc on the hub, agajn nothing complex really, this is to ensure the parking brake bites correctly on a hill to pass an MOT without issues.

Does anybody know the factory unlock code for the system? I think the previous owner has set the system to only play 'Universal' certificate DVDs. That setting is protected by a PIN.

Anyone has a stock airbox from an ISF for sale ?

Haha don't worry you didn't. I would have gone ahead with it straight away if it was worth it even though it is hard to fix. But have read people having issues with sound, the integration bot being seamless and occasionally other stuff breaking. Like you said not sure its worth spending that much on a fix that is not 100%. I will see how I get along with phone & Bluetooth, also might try a portable AA/CarPlay Head Unit from Amazon, which is much cheaper than the Chinese units and allows me to save battery on my phone in long journeys.

Thanks for all the info everyone 😊. Confirms what I suspected so I'll stop worrying about it (I've found the best way to do that is take the infographic off the split screen completely which CarPlay does perfectly 👍).

yea I'll bite the bullet and get the new TPMS sensors, probably the ones that Notamech has recommended if it means saving £100 for the same thing. Glad to hear you've had a great experience with Lexus MK, they did offer me the collect & deliver service, a courtesy car or to just drop me off & pick me up from the local shopping centre so I might just drop it off and take a trip round the shopping centre 😄 Ty for this, I'll definitely get it sorted before the MOT runs out but would like to get it through its major service first and keep some money aside incase any issues arise during the service that need sorting. I'll grab a pack of these genuine sensors from Ebay seems like a great deal and our mobile tyre fitter mentioned he could replace them to save a few pennies

Sort of a similar issue, I couldn't listen to the internet radio stations on my phone and have my Dashcam populating my phone app with real-time travel records. (the phone wire connected). Basically I lost the internet radio when the Dashcam was running. I raised this with the Dashcam manufacturer and they pointed out the travel records are held on the devices SD card so I can disconnect the wifi between the Dashcam device and my phone and just reengage when say I have an accident God forbid or when I fancy seeing the recordings at my leisure. Does your satnav work differently?