Spacewagon52

Bought 4 of these today from Kwik Fit. Heart in my mouth to be honest. All went well until they tried to start the car! Flat battery! Doh! Managed to start with a slave battery - no warning lights. You get 15% discount if you buy 4.or more. Best price I could find in my area. Off for a run to check the balancing and charge the battery a little. Will be on the trickle charge tonight.

Try owning a RED car - they seem to love bombing that colour!

Hopefully I will pass next time!

I had a Hyundai Stellar many years ago and had to park it under a tree. The bird droppings were terrible, as I was very busy at the time I left them for a couple of weeks. They actually "burnt" through the paintwork. Fortunately the car was still under warranty and Hyundai were determined that their first cars were not going to get a bad reputation for rust / paint defects and paid for the roof respray.

Before you set off on a journey, do any of you have a particular routine, akin to a pilot checking the external parts of his aircraft? Yesterday, I backed off my drive to the most horrible grinding sound from the rear. I immediately pulled back onto the drive and inspected the rear end (the car’s rear end not mine!). The nearside rear tyre was flat, a wonderful screw neatly placed in the centre! It occurred to me that I should have checked the car before setting off. It is not always apparent that one tyre may have a slow puncture, in my case it was flat. Do any of you have a routine before setting off or a quirky habit you always follow before leaving home? In future, I will be taking a look at the tyres each day before driving the vehicle.

Can you post some photos of your car please?

Excellent description Herbie! See! You don't need to read the handbook!

Thanks Vlad, I will check the handbook!

I also find the gold does not show the dirt. It is even better than the silver for hiding marks.

Can you recommend one Vlad?

Probably taken off YouTube for some reason.

Has anyone else had this issue? Is this just a Nextbase problem or do other dashcams cause this?

I currently (not my choice) have both models, RX300 and RX400h. Is your RX a series 1 or 2? Your mpg figure for your RX300 does not surprise me. You will get better mpg from the 400h. For comparison, I am getting roughly 17 mpg for local town work of less than 2 miles. The 400h does about 24 mpg. My advice (from experience) would be to keep the RX300 and use the £4,000 to run it. If your RX300 is sound then .............. "Better the devil you know" If someone was migrating from another make to a Lexus RX, then I would recommend the 400h over the RX300. Work out your mileage and see how much EXTRA the 300 will cost you. The psychological difficulty is seeing/working out the mpg as you fill up. In terms of money, you would be spending approximately £1,150 more for fuel every 12,000 miles. That would take you about 4 years to break even - 7 years if you did 6,000 miles a year. The 400h's are reliable but issues aside from the battery can be costly. What would appear economic sense is not necessarily what we would actually LIKE to do! Please let us know what you decide to do. Your decision is the right one for you.

Good post John

I believe when you hit 80 your premium really goes up.

That really made me laugh Steve!

I have the torch! AND it is still in the plastic!

Great result!

There are other good cars out there. If I moved away from Lexus, it would probably be a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid or Corolla Estate Hybrid. Looking at the prices of RX450h's they are on the high side, even for older vehicles.

It does seem a far off dream to be honest. Technology is moving at such a pace it is hard to tell what might come along in the next 5 years.

Shirley "Surely you can't be serious?" "I am serious and stop calling me Shirley!"

Another feather in the warranty cap for Lexus. Very gratifying to hear this. Yes, you pay more for servicing at Lexus but the extended warranty can save you lots of money IF things do go wrong! You pays your money..............................

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