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Happy Lexus Christmas and a Happy New Year to all forum members.

Happy Christmas to one and all. And to a great forum also. Piers.

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope all has gone well and you're not too stuffed lol.

Latest legislation, which is also worth mentioning, is the Consumer Rights Act 2015, sections 19 and 24. Good luck.

My worst car was a Vauxhal Victor 101. This car possibly had the softest suspension of any car including the Citroen 2CV. On a strait road the ride was very smooth but cornering there was so much body roll, and you had to hang on to the steering wheel to stop you sliding along the front bench seat covered in a shiny plastic material. The bodywork dissolved while you watched in the rain. The best car for performance, and comfort without doubt is my GS450H, In reliability, and economy terms as in the post above over 10 years, and 140,000 miles my Prius gen2 Tspirit wins hands down. The only item replaced in that time was a NSF wheel bearing getting noisy due to pothole damage. John.

Kwik-Fit... Hhmmmmm... I guarantee that they will find something 'wrong' with your exhaust but then again they won't have one on the shelf to sell you so let us know what they do actually say. re-wind...you just said it passed an MOT ( with no EML on!) so exhaust is in a serviceable condition. Note: the factory fit exhaust on the 250 was heavy gauge mild steel and not stainless steel, these OEM exhausts can last a good number of years even when they actually look rusty, If you get a stainless system fitted at some point then be warned the sound is not going to be the same! paul m.

The high voltage link between the modules 20, and twenty one (cells 120 and 121) has a fuse built into it. It also has another pair of contacts that are not made until the refitting procedure is completed. After closing the lever the link must be slid up or down or side ways "depending on the links orientation" to close these contacts completing a 12 volt circuit. The modules in the pack have a nominal voltage of 7.2 V, "6 cells" and are arranged in pairs for monitoring purposes called blocks The battery has a nominal voltage of 288 volts. Individual cells cannot be monitored or connected to being totally sealed in the modules in much the same way as cells in a modern 12 volt car battery. There is a 140 amp fuse in the 12 volt positive battery terminal as well. There are a number of fuses that if blown will not allow a state of ready in the other 12 volt circuits. This is common if the car has been connected in reverse polarity. There are fuses in the main fuse box under the bonnet as well as in the two front foot wells, and also above the 12 volt battery in the boot. There are two fuses at the positive terminal a low current, and a high current fuse. There will be no output on the pack terminals as there are three high voltage DC relays in the pack that do not connect until the car is in ready mode unless you are connecting your meter before these relays at the battery terminals. There will be high voltage at the battery terminals as long as the safety link is fitted with the lever closed, and it's fuse is intact, but not slid in the required direction to complete the low voltage circuits John.

Thanks guys, Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year! Good luck on the road everyone!

Thanks Piers, have a great time. Phil

I'd rather hear the noise than get hit on the head with the tailgate 😂

So I just had the MOT and it passed. They didn't flag any issues. The light has been off since i first reset it in Saturday. I've been checking to see if it's pending but nothing is pending on the system still. I checked it just before giving car in for mot and there was nothing pending still. Will keep an eye on it and see if it comes back as pending. I'm thinking to get the entire exhaust checked at Kwik fit they seem to offer a free exhaust inspection and report. The exhaust just looks really rusty but other than that I don't see any spot or any marks. I don't know if it's just me but I felt like I needed to rev harder to get the rev up as apposed to a gentle tap on the throttle

Congratulations! 🙂

It’s a simple plug and play set up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Update after a few weeks. Everything lovely and dry. Not a drop that I can see (or feel).