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So far so good. Took it into Lexus Cheltenham for its annual service (intermediate) who gave it a clean bill of health. However I had asked them to fix the alignment on the headlights as part of it. They did the dipped beam, but not main. When I called them to point it out, they said main beam can't be adjusted. So I sent them some detail from the US forum on how to do it, and took it back in. Despite the unbroken Lexus service history it's going in to Osaka next year - they are just so much smarter on these cars. The paintwork was in good nick, but felt a bit matte. 15 years of London air, I guess. Eventually I got a clay mitt onto it and it is transformed. Much quicker job than I expected too. Jon PS Just realised most people won't know the back story. After 4 years with my Irish 430, I decided I couldn't see myself driving anything else, so this year bought the best one I could find, for huge money. One owner, 42k miles, full Lexus service history.

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=✓&q=lexus+rc&commit=Search It looks like there are 202 from 2018..not sure how accurate but there were 172 registered with DVLA in 2015.

I've had a metal piece fitted by a local independent that serves a lot of the Prius taxis in London, it cost me £70. Not sure how sturdy or resilient it may be against an angle grinder but my hope is that the added time it would take to cut an appropriate hole through it might dissuade any thieves. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

I started a job in a house this week for what looks like a fairly wealthy family On the other side of the house is a blue 02 reg ls430. 4 flat tyres ,suspension low and covered in moss. I mentioned it to the lady and its her old car and they just dont use it. I did an mot check and it looks like it ran out in 2017. On around 65k miles. Good mot history too. Ive not so subtly mentioned im a jap car nut and ill be interested. Am i being a bit daft not wanting a once nice car left to rot

Currently 4 out of a possible pool of approx 17 Mesa Red cars are currently available for sale Shame none have a sunroof 🤨

Yes this is an issue I’ve also made an offer for the black 2018 as I realise I may need to be more flexible with colour with such a rare car and it is the one I test drove and was immaculate

And I'm sure you'll agree with me that despite the fairly regular negative comments the LS430 is a superb car, certainly the best I've ever driven, and I've had LS400's, but for me the 430 trumps the 400.

Its a module I got that works in a daisy chain with the TPMS receiver. This module enables the cluster to show the pressures.

Drove my Lexus through some torrential rain today, plenty of surface water and spray. Had to drive through a flooded underpass, water was approx sill height. I waited, much to the annoyance of following cars, for a gap in the oncoming traffic then drove very much on the opposite side of the road not because the water might have been shallower there but to prevent any oncoming vehicles entering the flood and causing a bow wave. Car went through without problem. Not something I would want to do too often...

Interested pending dates, I can’t do last weekend in May as at Nurburgring, derby was great BUT busy roads, personally a weekend away, bit of grub n a few pints has my vote 😉

Updated my navdb_version this afternoon to 2019 v2. Very easy process but having the engine running for exactly an hour is a chore. Noticed Audio is 1010 and Nav is 1520. Do any ES owners have different versions to me? Cheers Habu

Car is booked in with local dealer for the new year to keep car overnight and then they can test the following morning.

Lexus V6 2.5 and 3.5 litre engines are prone to slight knock on start up (as are many other engines), caused by the hydraulic valve lifters sticking. That's caused by not-frequent-enough oil changes. Oil should be changed much more frequently than Lexus (and manufacturers generally) recommend in their service schedules - I'd recommend every 5K miles. And use an engine flush every time. As long as it clears within a couple of seconds it's not particularly harmful - just irritating. But it may get worse over time and eventually cause problems so better to adopt a more frequent oil change regime - maybe do it yourself or engage an indie in between Lexus services if you'll be using the dealer.

Not a snowball`s chance in hell. Driver`s seat looks like it has done 116.5k miles and the pictures are extremely limited. Thanks for the link Lee. It should have been contained within the first post.

I think it's in the dials menu not the large screen menus. The sensitivity is much better on max it opens up very well

That could sway it..... What flavour air freshener? 😁😁

Looks like there is enough interest in this to make it worthwhile. Leave it with me and I'll make plans and let you all know. Dan.

Niiiice!! Looks like we'll have a few attendees then.

So, I'll preface this by saying that Caffeine and Machine is awesome but it's often so overcrowded that it loses any sense of intimacy and you are just one of a massive crowd. I'm looking fir a different feel what we are the showpiece. Leave it with me.

Always open to the original members my good man. Although you have to park at the back 😜

I believe they do

Hi Kieran Tim is correct, both models share a great deal of parts, the discs among them. Front right = 43512-0W100 Front Left = 43516-0W020 We sell the front pair as a set here at £242.39. Rear Right = 42431-0W050 Rear Left = 42432-0W010 We also have the rear pair as a set, they are on the website here at £258.19. Postage is £5.99 and they are available for two working day delivery.

RCF = GSF

Day 2: Despite much trying, I can't get photos on a FAT32 USB stick to display on the screen (it plays mp3 from the same stick - I've posted my woes on another thread). I also can't get Lexus Link to work - where's the serial number for the navigation system? I checked a video on YouTube and my nav doesn't have any "online" options which I can find. This is not an issue though, I can live without it. I've put my LOC stickers on the rear quarter panes. This meant sitting in the back for the first time. Now, I'm 5'11" and have probably had more than my fair share of pies, beer and wine over the years, so I'm quite a lardy chuffer. Even with the driver's seat in my normal fairly reclined position (not quite Detroit Leaning), there's still acres of legroom behind in the back. I was very impressed. Took the Bread Knife to several garden centres this afternoon to look for Christmas ornaments. As we were paying for some old tat in one of them, I saw my IS out of the window waiting in the car park and it really did look the business. I'm still a very happy bunny. Oh, and the other good thing is the instant boot opening. Press the button on the boot lid and it opens, not like my Gen 2 which had a few seconds delay. Tick VG.

So a digital clock or lack of it makes a car useless,really lol😁?

Haha no i have had contact with a couple of forum members but no deal yet, there are four total rcfs left on autotrader so I can’t see anything coming up soon 😞