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Some photos of mine from just after purchase and one a year later, will have to do some more i think

RF53 PGX is the reg plate if you want to check the MOT history, the current one runs until March 2023. Some of the advisories mention suspension components, might not be cheap: Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement both front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge both rear Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement They've listed it as a one owner car. Exterior and interior look really clean, generally looks like it's been well looked after, no obvious rust spots or dents, hardly any wear on the steering wheel, tyres seem to have plenty of tread on them. There's some higher resolution pictures of the car here: https://www.sdvehicles.co.uk/details/used-car-in-nuneaton/lexus/ls430/4.3/691010/

Your battery will be the same size and type as mine as it has not been replaced since new, that is a 51Ah Panasonic VRLA (Valve Regulated Lead Acid) battery of AGM type. That means the battery acid is absorbed in a glass mat rather than being free to slosh around freely. The AGM batteries are more expensive than the free flowing ones, the main reason being because in the event of a serious accident acid will be retained and not spill on the car occupants. If you want a plug and play type of replacement you are limited to the original Panasonic, which seems only available from franchised dealers including Parts Direct, or a Yuasa version now made which is also expensive. However, if you accept the very small risk of acid spill as mentioned above, it is possible to fit a free flow lead acid alternative that is less expensive and with more brand choice. Furthermore, these can be of higher Ah. I wanted to retain an AGM type of battery that was less expensive than the dealer replacement, was higher Ah, and was of a type that was readily available. I achieved this by buying a Halfords (Yuasa) AGM one which has a 5 year warranty, ie 4 years longer than the Lexus Panasonic but it did mean cutting the plastic battery base ends to accommodate the extra battery length. As I wanted to retain the original battery earth strap, it did mean buying another terminal and making two distance pieces so the existing battery hold down strap can be retained. I did post details with pics which I will find and link to if anybody is seriously interested. The replacement battery I fitted is 60A and is a size made by other brands. Be aware that every time you let your 12v battery go near flat, it will reduce its life. If you do go with an AMG battery, the charger you buy should be set on AGM charging mode and be of a type that charges at 5amps maximum. I use the model mentioned earlier in this thread.

Monica - Herbie's recommendation of battery supplier is bang on the money. Our RX's battery failed last year (2014 !!) and we replaced it from Lexus Parts Direct. Fast delivery and cheaper than your dealer doing it for you! I made a point of maintaining an auxiliary 12v battery connection to the car whilst changing the battery, and thus didn't lose any of the settings on the car or alarm systems. (Easy to do - and can save a deal of faffing about!)

Hey everyone, Former GROM VLINE2 owner, I managed to replace my stock stereo with a Head Unit from XTRONS and I've had a few people show some interest in it so I made this quick little review video for it. Whats good about this is with some efforts from myself and XTRONS you can get near full functionality with this for pre facelift as well as facelift vehicles. For NAVI vehicles you do need to buy an additional fibre optic box to maintain the OEM audio quality.I'll stick some links below. https://xtrons.co.uk/lexus-various-android-10-octa-core-4gb-ram-64gb-rom-integrated-4g-solution-pma10isls https://xtrons.co.uk/lexus-various-iso-wiring-harness-most The Teyes CC3 is a better head unit overall to but I wasn't a fan of getting one of their units with the OEM Stereo like configuration with the buttons as that was the only one that supported facelift NAVI vehicles like mine. I've been running this for close to 8 weeks and its been rock solid so figured I'll share this here incase anyone else is interested in something like this. On the to do list is add DAB Radio, TPMS sensors as well as my 360 reverse camera system which this head unit does support.

The Lexus link app has just gone to Order in progress. Lexus NX 350h Special metallic - Sonic grey order placed 27th November 2021 called into the dealership they said it should arrive in the UK August 🤞being retired there's no rush really when it comes it comes. Bearing in mind I had to wait 40yrs for my first new car 😂😂😂

Finally managed to get some photos. Had it around 3 weeks now but done very few miles. Absolutely loving the car, brilliant drive, very quiet and comfortable - I came from a SQ5 so was worried I would miss the performance - shouldn't have been, performance is very impressive. Sorry I can't comment on economy, it came with a full tank and still has a full tank. I've charged it twice and as my mileage is mainly local, it never runs the engine. I am keen to get a few miles on the engine before any long motorway trips so have been trying to flatten the battery, proving more difficult than I anticipated. Battery just reached 30% and the engine has just started to kick in, although I only know by looking at the dash. Still waiting to hear back about the wall box charger but to be fair the included charger comfortably charges the car overnight. I was surprised to find that it came with heated rear seats, I thought they had been dropped. Loving the black seats by the way, they are more grey to be fair and I figured they would be a more practical choice with kids in the car. Had hazel in two RX's which did start to look grubby - easily cleaned though. Don't remember what lead me to think that it came with card and digital key, it doesn't (450h+ F Sport Takumi). I did get a speed limiter, which I wasn't anticipating. Works really well as the limiter pretty much adjusts the speed according to the speed limits picked up by either the nav or road signs, just requires a button press to acknowledge the change. Heads up is brilliant as are the steering wheel controls, 14in infotainment system and digital rear view mirror. Lexus Hull made a great job of fitting the front and rear dash cams which came at a very reasonable £375 in fact, the service was first rate from start to finish. I already feel this is going to be one of my favourite cars to date.

I found this on the US Club Lexus site. Not definitive but sounds plausible. I suspect the new Mark Levinson setup for the NX will not fit in the 450h+, which is why it is not in the option list. There was a post here earlier that showed the picture of the speaker locations for the ML system, and the subwoofer housing takes up a lot of room underneath the cargo area. It's the same area required for the extra batteries for the plugin, so we may never see the ML being an option for the 450h+. Link, if you want to see the full thread is: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/nx-2nd-gen-2022-current/975415-mark-levinson-on-450h-f-sport.html

Well yes, thats what I thought about these events, its to drive sales, but I had hoped that Lexus UK may be offering the dealer a rebate if they sell during this period, which in turn gets passed on as a discount. I guess its all down to who keeps control of the negotiating and knowing when to walk away if its not what you are prepared to do.

Only if you talk with a thick Schveedish accent for the entire trip........ Otherwise, it's a no 🤣🤣

Please do mate. Keen to get on this before they get gone!!

Shame it is just for Lexus owners. @Womble72 can Volvo owners attend?

Thanks Herbie, a useful reminder.

It’s the sort of joke I can appreciate either With or without you

Love the Bono joke - You Too!

Personally I wouldn't worry too much about which model but focus more on the overall condition. All potential cars will be over 25 years old, so will be showing it in some areas, even if the mileage is low. The buyer's guide referred to by Paul should give you plenty of pointers, but please ask if you need to know more. Don't forget to check and make sure all the electrics work, there are a lot of them! Any malfunctions can be frustrating to sort out. Don't ask!

Thanks for everyone's advice😎👍..... went back to see it today and spotted a few things which i couldn't see in the wet😯....work in progress.....will update everyone soon, cheers guys

A most helpful Post Max.

Could it be that the system simply responds to the TPMS valves that are sending a signal? In other words, it doesn’t recognise that one valve is missing, but only that the signals it’s receiving are correct. Just my guess! I suppose you could check by deliberately deflating one of the other wheels and see if that now comes up as a fault.

I'm afraid that I don't know the answer Dave but, although I assume you know this already, it can't hurt to reiterate it - when you regas the system, make sure you use ND11 oil rather than the PAG oil found in conventional cars because PAG conducts electricity and will damage the motor.

Just had both keys reprogramed at the dealership so all should be OK now.

Think Japanese - Automatic Light System?

Hey Davey, I own a 19 plate F-sport with 10 inch screen /nav which i think was called 'Premier pack' option when i ordered the car new in May19 and took delivery in July19. The book price for this at the time was £39,800 but im Scottish and only paid £36,500. Its hard to tell if your paying too much as the second hand car market has gone bonkers in recent times due to production shortages with new cars caused by global issues round the world. Negotiation wise i found little joy, most dealers offered me zero discount whatsoever when i offered to pay cash, yet offered me £500-£2500 off when taking a PCP deal. Anyway i ended up buying mine from Lexus newcastle who i could not fault in any way whatsoever, great bunch of guys compared to the arrogance and inflated prices of the scottish dealers. Rob

Not to worry, thanks 😁

The price of all used cars has massively gone up recently Bear in mind I got a White F-Sport with 10k miles, exactly 2 years old with the red leather and premium nav for £23k. That was from Lexus Chester Cazoo are basically selling the same vehicle with 8k miles more for £24,250 and I cant imagine 8k miles costing £5.7k on essentially the same vehicle. Take a detailed look into the service history first though as cazoo has been known to sell cars with different services than stated on their website https://www.cazoo.co.uk/car-details/e5e589cb-f7f8-5219-a9ed-4bfde2329ac3/?utm_campaign=car-listing&utm_medium=aggregators&utm_source=autotrader The autotrader valuation is rubbish by the way. It doesnt take into account any options or the condition of the vehicle so really not worth anything.

Hunter and other systems like that read camber, castor and toe settings from the reg plate and the wheel attachments are used to see what's going on and information is sent back to the display where the fitter can see what needs adjusting. It's more involved than Lazer tracking which is suitable for most cars, indeed I would question if the CT200h needs full on alignment in the first place and the two hours suggested seems pure folly, rip of at it's finest

There are mobile firms who will come out and work on your windscreen. On YouTube there is a good video called "super clean your Windshield" or something like that, here he uses amongst other stuff 0000 wire wool. Note that it must be 4 noughts, nothing less. I have used this for years in all soughts of way. For example with chrome cleaner on the exhaust tips of my XKR - perfect result no scratching whatsoever.

And with the way electricity prices are also going up, we can all probably predict which way used prices on these Teslas will go. Its more amazing any owner of these cars would even want to sell them right now, 'free' fuel for essentially forever, honestly why would you give that up??

I think you will find tax incentives, cheap running costs are the actual reason many of people (like my self) jumped on the EV bandwagon very early. I was actually half looking at an GS-F, F10 M5, XJR supersport back in 2016 before the light bulb moment hit me on how EVs would me access to fast cars that cost next to nothing to run, for similar initial purchase costs as high performance combustion cars. I distinctly remember even going to the local Lexus dealer to have a look at the newly released GS-F, to ensure I wasn't going mad paying the same ££££££ for an EV. With the way fuel prices are going even our relative efficient IS300H is getting painful to refuel, where as the running costs of our EV remains comical in comparison. Just done a big holiday road trip in our EV, and because we were early adopters we have 'free for life' charging at Tesla Superchargers. That + ability to charge off solar for 'free' at home means over the last months, doing 1,300 miles has cost only £31 in fuel, or around 2p per mile. I dare not work out how many miles I would get from an GS-F right now for £31....Which probably explains why despite the almost identical purchases price back in 2016, our EV has barely depreciated by £15k in 5.5 years whilst a GS-F has lost £35k. I suspect by the end of this year our EV will probably APPERICATE in value, and honestly who would want to run a V8 saloon that does 20mpg daily?? Add in all other incentives we got for getting an EV early (bought our first EV in 2015), like x3 free chargers installed at x3 different addresses, free electricity for about 12 months as a government trial back in 2017, free wheels/home battery as part of a referral program with Tesla.....Getting an EV early has been the best financial decision I've ever made when it comes to car purchasing!!! And I haven't even claimed any tax benefits, some people who know how to game the tax system will have had coming up to a decade of totally free EV ownership I suspect. But I do actually care abit about reducing my energy foot print which is why I go to work on this these days.....But what's amazing about the running cost of EVs is, by the time I've taken into account the cost of stuff like panniers, locks, lights, reflective jackets, I've had to buy for the pedal bike, over the 2.5 years running our 2.5 ton, 6 seater, sub 5 second to 60mph has been CHEAPER to run/own per mile!!!!! Absolutely crazy situation 🤣

Yes, not a fast car, at 11 seconds 0-60mph, but no turbo lag on my stock 1996 petrol AW70/71 Auto with 2.3 litre B230FK low pressure turbo and still drives well with 207,000miles. A good engine match to the gearbox. Economy is not it's strong point either. Around 25mpg average. maybe a bit more on a long run. Volvo 940 Estate 2.3 Celebration 5d Auto (LPT) specs & dimensions | Parkers James.

Haha its all good, I did have a cheapo dash cam from Amazon in my car for a while but it just looked a little off so my motivations for the Road Angel were largely in part aesthetics 🤣 Haha glad you made the right choice, its sad we have to resort to such measures but especially since the pandemic started assuming nothing is sacred and don't trust strangers, especially ones that bash into your car on the road!

Don't let Herbie see that you've written that - - - he's been telling everyone to read their handbooks for years! 🙂

Yes I'll wait for the New September reg . Why 40year wait mortgage university fees debt. Then no university no mortgage no debt but the real devastation no wife cancer , anyone reading this love the people in your life and love your life ♥️ Peace

I know the problem..my Porsche battery packed up with less than 30k..owned from new,great car but if you think lexus' are expensive to run..

Every car i have owned(beyond 7 Years~ car,not me) The battery has died at 7 years.It's as if they have a timer.You've done well to get 8 years ~ time to buy a new battery before you get stranded.

While I have no negotiation skills can't help with that but what I can suggest is have a look at Auto trader valuation. They have a page that will tell you what to expect to pay for private/dealer prices. This will give you an idea on whether the price is to high or not. Good luck 👍

What are you lot prattling on about .....?!? 🙃 Back on topic ... £2.00 per litre for Esso Supreme (E5) has arrived at the leafy East Surrey Downs! 🙄 I think that's around £7.53 per gallon in old money. 🤭 £10.00 a gallon anytime soon ? ... 🤔

No Arfur Dudley surely, his next door neighbour is called Terry.

No doubt you’ll be letting us know at the time, Malc.

Arfur Daley by any chance ? Malc

Thank you for taking the time , we can have no problems for a few days then other days we would have to jump it each time we use it. Seems fine after a longer run for a few days then Bam won't start again. It's getting annoying now which prompted me to come and investigate. I am glad you think is the 12V battery.

I'd stake a month's salary on it being the 12V battery dying. The alarm will (should) have it's own back-up battery and as the main 12V battery is low, the alarm back-up battery is also going low, which in turn activates the alarm because it thinks it's being tampered with. When you get a new battery you really need to try to use the car more but if that's not ractical, two alternatives are to connect a trickle charger such as the CTEK MX5 or to run the car in READY mode, whilst in P, for 60 minutes a week.

Same as me Im picking up mine Saturday morning they must have been on the same boat

Just been advised that our UX F Sport has arrived at the dealers and collection set for 17th June. Happy days.

Throw a stone at it and get a new one through your insurance!

And here are some of the ridiculous dashcam scams coming out of Russia. They may look stupid, silly, even some of them funny, but if the dashcam wasn't present, I wonder how many of these scammers would get away with it?

@Harrier Man You ask why have a dashcam and we reply asking why not? Maybe this will help persuade you - and there are many, many more examples on YouTube:

Never trust anyone trying to sell you a car (or anything else really). Try these guys: https://www.car-keys-online.com don't know if that procedure works on 2009s, if not there's likely a new procedure.