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The Talos is a BOMB Detector, crickey, who owned this car. Detector

Not on the public highway: My old Mk3 did this with consummate ease at a trackday on an RAF base. Don't know if I'd subject my current Mk1 to the same thing, but driven within speed limits it feels like it has so much more to give and wants to keep pulling.

First serious journey with 270 km including 230 of motorways... The car and I are just getting used to it, so it's a case of "qui va piano va sano". The weather wasn't great but the traffic flowed smoothly so it was ideal for testing the adaptive cruise control, lane keeping, lane changing assistance...and the accuracy of the speedometer. Start with 4 passenger, trunk quite full (with its first plants). The battery is half charged and once on the A14 motorway I switch to hybrid mode to conserve energy for my final stretch of road. Driving behaviour: It steers a little less well than the Passat which was longer but all in all it makes up for it in urban driving. Not too big a gap in width and the higher stance helps. The steering is sufficiently consistent in normal mode and it's in keeping with the car's mass for me. No unnecessary effort but I feel the direct link to the wheels...in short a natural and pleasant feeling. There is a recovery, even if it is true that for an old DSG driver, the sensation is fundamentally different and even surprising. The take-off at the toll booth is a joy. No worries on the hilly and slightly turning part of the A13 Motorway (Paris --> Normandy), it drives at least as well as the Passat in "normal" mode A bit of road noise on average roads but no more than with my previous self-sealing tires . Driving aids Finally the HUD helps well and the logic is very similar to VAG's. I will soon get used to the ergonomics. However, the lane-keeping system coupled with the capacitive steering wheel and the lane change assistant is clearly a step above the Passat (which was already very good)... It's great on a motorway with light traffic The lane-change assist didn't surprise or bother me on a country road. Passenger feedback Very positive. Wife took advantage of it to sleep in the cool of the night Consumption: headwind , at 120 kph regulator (118 real), rain, 4 PAX, a small 6.5l per 100 and the end of battery on the last kilometers In one word : Delighted Currently charging, some points of progress noted: - a longer type 1 cable, the one delivered is nice but short (order a 12 m long model after block it will be more practical) - have the electrician connect the reinforced socket (he installed it and the secondary panel but did not connect anything...)

Halfrauds batteries are indeed trash, Yuasa is not great either. Vatra as far as I understand is made by the same manufacturers as Bosch S4 (which is long term recommendation on IS250 side of the forum). So given the options I would go with Vatra. As well I would not buy it in halfrauds because the consistently refuse to take batteries on warranty... honestly I don't trust them with anything.

I didn't know the new Lexus LM came in green

Pete, you are The Man! Wow! What the heck??? A bomb detector!!! I am flabbergasted. How on earth did you know that? I might well leave it in the car.

Problem solved,..Waterfall Art Print by M.C. Escher | King & McGaw

I found the local Main Dealer at Toyota the most competitive and best value for my ( Ls400 ) replacement Yuasa battery recently .... give them a go I would say and you get a free coffee whilst being fitted .............. a 5 min job with the correct battery always in stock Malc

Dont think there's much leather, more pleather ! I am using Adams Interior Detailer with Microban. Spray on a microfibre cloth and wipe. No horrible glossy finish, just clean. It also has UV protection properties. There are different scents (I currently use the Cedarwood) but there's not really a lot of smell to it

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Thanks for that. I charged the battery up again today and took it for abit of a run it seems OK for now

Out of limp now battery wasn't fully charged. A good clean and its going on for sale

is it me or my car ...... I get this urge, when the road cameras don't deter me, to floor the Old Lady .............. and it scares me a little that the turn of speed is soooooo exhilerating AND probably does the Old Gal a power of good too Jeez, who knows what speed she's doing, I dare'snt take my eyes off the road and concentration to look down at the speedo ............... it's a brilliant feeling though 😇 Do others with this V8 wolf in sheep's clothing get the urge too ? 🤩 Malc

Then it surely was for a Govt person or other, OR for a Trades Union Supremo in fear of being bumped off for banning people getting to their Events in life 🥵 Malc

Halfords did have a reputation for it's batteries not being the best but at least some of their better batteries are now in reality now Yuasa which have a good reputation for batteries, possibly better known for being the major supplier of motor cycle batteries. I have a Halfords/Yuasa AGM I fitted to my car (as I detailed in a thread some way back). This was on offer at the time and I used my 'Gold' discount. It also came with a 5 year warranty which I expect Halfords to honour in the event that it fails due to a fault for which I am not responsible. If you allow it to go flat a number of times or for an extended period you may not be reimbursed. This is quite common and Hankook say this on their equivalent battery for example. Varta, (not Vatra) batteries have a very good reputation. I have used them for years in my cars. They are made in the same factory as Bosch and are owned by Johnson Controls, thought to be the largest lead acid battery manufacturer in the world. I think the way a battery is maintained likely accounts for it's lifespan more than the difference between major makes but one easy indicator is to check the weight as lead is expensive and some use more than others.

A damp cloth for routine cleaning and I use Meguiar's Quick interior Detailer for those occasional marks that won't come off with water (my wife loves using hand cream and body lotion that seems to get on door cards and dash lower panels)

Mmmm, I certainly did get transfer onto my clove coloured leather in the RC and do have transfer onto the white bolsters of my RX, (guess also onto the black centres but it's not visible) but it's relatively easily removed using the giant 'Pritt Stick' stain remover included in the Lexus leather cleaning kit. All modern car leathers are PU coated, sealed and impervious. So this is just a surface effect. Some high end models have semi aniline leather which is 'naked' and must be cleaned and treated differently (try the water drop test, apply a drop of water onto the leather, if it's absorbed, naked leather, if it just sits there, sealed leather). I had my C class Mercedes retrimmed with naked nappa leather. Sumptuously soft and smelled lovely but OMG was it a pain to maintain, never again.... Cracking in the surface on 'normal' car seats is just grit and muck eroding the PU coating in the creases. Good routine cleaning with a damp cloth is really all that's needed. Conditioners just sit on the surface and can actually exacerbate the problem by attracting dirt, as it cannot be absorbed by the leather. Leather colourants and restorers work well by resealing the surface, filling the cracks. Seats must be scrupulously clean before applying.

Yes, I imagine a lot of people would be rather p**sed off.

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There is as well brickworks in Lancashire which works in similar principle. They quarry shale and send it down using "ropeway" which works based on gravity. There is one electric motor which starts the process and then it acts just as a brake to keep the speed constant. So once it is started it uses no power and I guess could theoretically generate some power. As well it not only goes down, but as well lifts shale from quarry, key point is that as long as there is more mass on the line going down it is running by itself. Found a video fore:

Yes, I should have clarified that I meant 'car leather' which is usually treated with some protector. This is why you don't get dye transfer from jeans / jackets into the seats. However, I think overtime this breaks down and you start to get cracking / wear, so the leather conditioner / cleaner still help.

I can just picture some bright spark in the transport ministry thinking about how to turn the M1 into a series of 300ft hills in order to reach a net zero target 🙂

These were my 2 Carltons. A Burgundy 2.0CD manual that was replaced with the Blue 2.6i Diplomat automatic. Not sure I could go back to 150Bhp (or 120Bhp for the 2.0) any more, but they were nice cars. Believe it or not the Burgundy one was my first car. I'd had two Ford Mondeo company cars before that but it was the first car I owned. But then I didn't pass my car test until I was 33 as motorcycles had always been adequate until then.

I see that the nearest Toyota garage is in Inverness, which is quite a distance from you. Is there an independent Toyota technician anywhere near you? Although a lot of members on here might baulk at the idea that a Lexus is 'just a posh Toyota', in essence they are just that. Before there were Lexus Centres in Scotland, I had my '94 LS 400 serviced by Toyota (Arnold Clark - before it became Lexus Glasgow). Maybe you are now starting to realise why the car was so cheap to buy.

I use Autoglym leather balm on the seat facings only.That is the only leather in the car apart from the steering wheel and about 2 square inches on the gearlever. The rest of the surfaces-dash,door linings,armrests etc are all plastic or vinyl with a "leather grain"so that's where to use vinyl and rubber spray. Don't overpolish it or the surface gets too shiny.

If your car is definitely Euro 4, you can contact clean air zone support at the DVLA and get them to amend/update their details. https://contact.drive-clean-air-zone.service.gov.uk/

Update: VSC light is GONE!!! Doing the calibration did the trick. Linas helped out via PM. Thanks again Linas and thanks to everybody who jumped in to help. Car never had any problems but it's sure nice to drive without that annoying light on. I'm also glad I could do it via techstream instead of the wire hack. Thanks again gentlemen. This chapter is closed. Today I get my big brakes installed. Looking forward to that.

There is a button just below the gear selector in the centre console. Here is an extract from the manual showing it's location:-

most other drivers just think we're Old Aged plodders out for a Sunday afternoon poodle down the country lanes and then, when we get on a main highway just don't know how to possibly keep up with modern day cars ..... any really ........ coz our slumbering saloons are a quarter of a century old . and they have no idea it's a 4 ltr V8 chugging along ......... at 142mph ...... hehehehehe Malc

are you likely to join MI5 or 6 and need to continue with those secret comms stuff 😆 Malc

Looks like a ethernet comms system inclusive to users of that system highly encrypted to protect sensitive data transmissions in the open and vunerable domain of a mobile vehicle. Probably cost an arm and leg to subscribe to in its day but now obsolete in that format.

This made me laugh so much, brilliant, I think I have a problem with certain letter 'Oh fugger' As to the cars, love the Monteverdi - has a certain kind of Jensen look about it, and Fiat Coupe looks nice, the Lagonda is just a missile in disguise, knew a chap who owned one, never went in it though. My dream car as a kid was the ISO Griffo saw this one back in 2018, had a Corgi model when I was a nipper

I used NaviBridge for the first time today on my 2023 NX350h. It worked fine.

The infotainment systems have long-been the Achilles' Heel for Lexus so one of the first things I did when I bought my 2018 RX was to buy a Grom Vline2 for it. It's not perfect by any means but it's close and I can now keep what bit of hair I have left instead of losing it in frustration. Example 1 Lexus system Me: Call Caz Home Lexus: Calling Dentist Me: NO, dial Caz Home Lexus: Dialling 0612 This repeats three or four times until I give up! Example 2 Lexus system Me: Navigate to M33 4FP Lexus: Twiddles thumbs and says, "I don't understand that" Me: Oh I give up! Example 2 Grom with Android Auto or just native Grom Me: Call Caz Home Google Assistant: Calling Caz Home Caz answers Example 2 Grom with Android Auto or just native Grom Me: Open Waze Google Assistant: Opening Waze Me (when Waze is open): Navigate to M33 4FP Waze: M33 4FP, OK lets go. And that's it, no problems at all.

As others have mentioned, you're not missing anything yet. There is an android app called Navibridge that scores 4.2 and is supposed to send a destination/route from your favourite mapping app to your car navigation unit. I don't know if the NX is one of the vehicles supported but it might be worth a look.

I believe the successfully sent means it has been received into the Lexus servers. One then has to make sure one's phone is providing internet tethering in the car for the connection to be made to the servers. I have auto-download set in the car and always get my routes delivered to the car without fail.

Bad Battery? Don't know when it was last changed

Agreed Malc. I do rather enjoy leaving impatient drivers in shock , after they underestimate just how much torque the 400 has, when she leaves them in her wake. Going up steep hills, at traffic lights, as two lanes narrow, any excuse really

I know what you mean. My FZR 1000 Exup de-restricted and tuned by V&M racing had similar performance. One fine day I tested the top speed and stopped trying at 175 mph before I chickened out and it was still picking up speed. Then I saw the range rover hiding behind a motorway bridge. He never caught me.😁 Thanks to Queens park motorcycles for the dodgy rear number plate😛

You won’t get a spare wheel with the ES, just a can of goo. I assume it was the same with the BMW unless you had run flats? There is a solution, see the thread here if you’re interested-

James, in another thread Rabbers is complaining about cats on his bonnet. Maybe an idea to contact him could be the solution?

Thanks for the heads up! I am going to get the leather renovated next month so that will be interesting to see how it will look when done! I will share photos for sure. Right now my car is in garage specialist to get the upgrade done with sat nav, rear camera, alloy repairs... I should have it back by mid next week, so will share photos too.

Also it's best to leave the Climate Control on all the time as this helps keep the system lubricated and seals from drying out etc.

Thanks for the swift reply Herbie. Useful to know about the Ah rating (so have to assume 70, at least, is the value to aim for) but I don't remember any of the batteries giving CCA values: Manufacturers website I guess. One of the companies I rang (having "Batteries" in the company name) gave me a decent price on a Yuasa battery YBX3031 (again using my reg.) but when I looked for a picture on the Yuasa site, I could see the terminals were wrong way round. Phoned back "Terminals wrong!" "Can't be" "Tis" "Well the cables'll probably stretch." "WHAT!!!!!" He then suggested the 3030? "I'll check" (But never coming back!) The YBX3030 terminals ✔ / 72 Ah ✔ / CCA 630 (minimum 650?) / (L) 260 mm (maybe) / (W) 174 mm (maybe) / (H) 225 mm (maybe not). I guess I'll (someone will) have to get the battery out so I can actually see the tray for accurate measurements (The Bosch doesn't sit in the tray but on it). Having specs I could rely on would be so much simpler. Why is the software linking car registration and battery so woeful.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter. As long as it has the correct terminal positions, will physically fit (including clamping arrangements) in the tray, and is powerful enough in both Ah rating* and Cold Cranking Amps, then any battery from any manufacturer will do (although there are still bad, good and better, so you still need to do your homework, but you get my drift). *Ah rating is the capacity of the battery so although you can go lower, why would you want to; and if a higher capacity will fit, go for it. If you have a specialist battery shop in your area then I'd recommend going there. Here in Preston we have Longton Battery Services and the guys who work there are very knowledgeable and helpful, so if you have a similar shop in your area give thema try.

I know this forum is a heavily biased statistical sample 🤔 but something tells me the Lexus marketing people didn't do their homework before they decided not to bring the new IS300 to the UK.... You read around the internet and there are many of us that aren't much into SUVs.

I would also purchase the new model IS if it was available in the UK.

If the new model IS was available in the uk, i would buy one in a heart beat.Im not a fan of SUVs.I have mentioned this to my local dealer and the standard response is " we have the ES if you would like a saloon car . The forcourt was full of used ES models , and i must say the second hand prices were holding up very well. Steve