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http://www.motoringresearch.com/car-reviews/long-term-tests/lexus-300h-2015-long-term-review-0330962432 Its probably the long term approach which has helped this particular reviewer see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. He goes on to mention the fantastic economy, the brilliant interior (which he thinks is better than even the Jaguar XE) and how he has warmed up to the CVT which he rates above Merc's 7 speed auto :)

I expect the damage will soon polish out....

it is a lot of money. Especially when they say they like to fit new tyres or brakes. But next years service wont be so bad. Ask me again in August when mines due!

Us LS owners. Anyone in Devon over the last weekend in a ls430 (i think) gold badge edition,not seen before in my manor, A proper wave as i was on my way to collect my wife from work on the stover road.

I agree with johnatg, I bought the rubbers from toyota (no Lexus dealer near me). The blades are specifically designed so that the rubbers can be replaced. Look on YouTube for instructions, it's really easy and took me about 10 minutes.

.................... and it's the unfortunates that get in the way of a speeding car, pedestrians, animals and the like ............. they often just appear from nowhere ......... . don't they !! ........... today, was cut up by a loony driving his car at speed and erratically ............ . and a sticker on his back window saying " child on board " etc ................. hahahahhaha .......... it's ok for others to drive sensibly when HE has his kids in his car BUT for him to do the same, irrationally and erratically driving when others might have kids in theirs, well ............... it just beggars belief the single minded stupidity of such a driver ............... Malc sorry, rant over

But the law advises you against doing 100 mph, the law makers do not just come up with an arbitrary number for speed limits, a little thought and research goes into it. I have said this many times, but don't mind saying it again, its worth repeating. Its not the car doing 100 mph that is the problem, its the ***** behind the wheel doing 100 mph and the poor unfortunate motorists that gets in the way of this ***** doing 100 mph.

The OP seems I have done a runner. In modern cars it is very easy to do over 100mph and be in complete control. The cars today are pllanted, stable and cruise at high speeds with ease. Stu

Hello and welcome to the LOC. Who has told you these are an MOT failure? If you can wait a couple of weeks for delivery these are available from Amayama.com for £138.78 each plus shipping and possible import VAT at 20% Part numbers are 46503-33010 and 46504-33010 http://www.amayama.com/search?q=46503-33010

If you've got the original hybrid blades the cheapest thing to do is get replacement rubbers from a Lexus dealer - about £12. If not, these are said to be identical to OEM blades: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290690410797?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I got PIAA super sporza blades from tdcAutomotive on ebay. By far the best wipers I've ever used (but also by far the most expensive).

I have used this site, good prices and very reliable, I've bought blades for Mercs, Beemers and now my Lexus Thoroughly recommended http://www.wiperblades4u.co.uk/

As a windscreen fitter of 8 years, and having done loads of work for dealerships, I can tell you it is an isolated incident. There is no way a dealership can quality control what another company does - if they could they would do the windscreen fitting themselves. The problem here, which I've seen before, is down to the individual fitter that did the job, not the dealership. The problem arises though that the customer thinks the problem lies with the dealership, when in fact it lies with the windscreen fitting company, and the next problem is that the customer doesn't have a "contract" with the windscreen company - the dealership does (the dealership will have a warranty supplied to them by the fitter, unless they've foolishly "done it on the cheap" and paid for a cash job with no comebacks - unlikely, but wouldn't be the first time I've seen it) So, what needs to be done is a reputable windscreen company diagnoses and qualifies the problem, with proof, then the dealership takes it up with the company they had do the work. In regard to trims, it's something I hear time and time again. Very VERY few cars ever receive a dealer part trim when having a windscreen replacement. They are nearly always pattern part trims, and most of the time indistinguishable from a dealer part trim. Of course, this is different to a "flexitrim" - flextrim is just universal trim off the roll. Sometimes it's entirely necessary to use this type of trim (for example, an Austin Maestro has one of the worst fitting trims ever, but spend a bit of time with universal trim and mitre the corners you get a perfect fit that looks ten times better than the standard trim. Likewise, the Ford Galaxy / Seat Alhambra / VW Sharan has a top trim that usually looks rubbish - flexitrim looks much much better, and fits on the glass nicer) and it's also needed on older cars that trims aren't available on anymore. I personally wouldn't, and haven't needed to, use universal or flexitrim on an Lexus or Toyota in the past, so unless the fitter didn't have a trim available at time of fitting for whatever reason, it should have had one. On the topic of safety, I've fitted screens to cars before that haven't had any primer at all applied to any point of the car or screen, and a couple of those I've been able to literally lift the screen out of them without needing to cut them out. THOSE screens are scary. But those are extreme, and rare cases, where there's been no primer used at all, and the surface hasn't been cleaned properly - a number of factors that all contribute to a severely dangerously "fitted" screen. But they are few and far between. The glue we use in the trade is always evolving, and it's pretty good stuff, even without primer. Again, personally, I wouldn't fit a screen without primering it first, but provided the surface has been cleaned well enough, and the aperture in the car is clean, there will usually be enough adhesion to be "safe enough". Granted, this isn't much consolation to the OP, and I'd be as furious as he is; it is true the screen counts as much as up to 30% in some cars (it's not an automatic 30% for all cars, bear in mind), but I have seen screens fitted that have been in cars for years without primer and they've still been fine. As for Lexus, or any other manufacturer/dealership "testing" the quality of windscreen fitting into used cars they sell, it's nigh on impossible for them to do so - as said, if they had the means to, then they would be doing the replacements themselves. They have to rely on the integrity and professionalism of the company they have do the work for them. The only thing they can test is if it leaks or not. If it doesn't, there is no visual clues they can see to suggest it has or hasn't been fitted correctly. If it does then they should indeed have a different company undertake removing it, finding out why, and replacing it correctly. It's the same as if you have a gas engineer come and work on your boiler. You know nothing about boilers, so you cannot possibly comment on whether the work has been done properly. Maybe if you take the front panel off and find the wires have all been cut and joined with sellotape and sticky gum, then maybe you can see something is up, but you don't have the experience to give a qualified diagnosis. Even as a windscreen fitter, there can be a number of things that can be "wrong" with a windscreen that are impossible to see/discover without actually removing the screen completely - and even then it can be hard to spot the actual culprit. Back to resolving the issue, if the screen was replaced before Lexus took "ownership" of the vehicle, there is really nothing they can do about it. Autoglass give the longest warranties for their fitting; they give a lifetime warranty on all fitted glass (and on stone chip repairs too). However, the warranty only applies to the person who owns it at the time - as soon as the car is sold the warranty ceases. If Lexus had the work done, the warranty would cease when the OP bought the car. I've seen it time and time before - one poor woman ended up having to pay me, when I worked at Autoglass, £422 for a new screen in her 307 she bought used from a Peugeot dealership after it leaked. I did my absolute best to save the screen she had in it, in the hope I could reuse it, but it cracked coming out. Because the screen was fitted prior to the dealer taking the car in, they don't have a warranty on it, the original owner was long gone (and even if he was contactable, the warranty ceased when he handed the vehicle over to Peugeot anyway) and because the lady had informed her insurance company the reason she was having it changed was because of leaking, and not damage, the insurance refused to pay for it also. I managed to get the price dropped by about £80, but she still had a hefty bill. While you might think, and I might too, that the dealership has a moral obligation to sort this out, and pay for it, they really don't, and the problem is, no one wants to pay out when they don't have to, or can get away with not paying out. Which is why it's so hard to get money from dealerships and insurance companies; who are both professionals at not paying for things! If there isn't a legal obligation, then it can be almost impossible to get an insurance company or a dealership to pay for something they can otherwise get out of paying for...