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Dealer told me yesterday when I phoned they were waiting for the paperwork from Lexus before they could start.

The Error 4 messages drive me nuts too. Every solution I've heard of sounds expensive.

I've been quoted £91.00 each fitted for Kumho KL51s for my RX300. Birmingham company. Any one with further experiences of this tyre?

Take a look at this review

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?ti...enture+APT+KL51

Do be aware though, this is a tyre (tire!) primarily designed for the US market and as such may not perform to the standards the european customer has come to expect, then again if you only drive around at 5/10ths of the cars limit ALL of the time it should provide perfectly good service. Don't forget most US tyres come with a 60K/100K mileage wear warranty.......that should tell you enough about US conditions

Best regards David

Thanks David. Useful.

I've been quoted £91.00 each fitted for Kumho KL51s for my RX300. Birmingham company. Any one with further experiences of this tyre?

Just had 40k service carried out by Lexus Milton Keynes. Mentioned that front nearside tyre was showing signs of wear on the outside edge.

Had a phone call during the day to say that the tyre wear was because the wheels needed aligning (all 4 wheel alignment) and that it would cost £99 + VAT as this was not a warranty item. Agreed for them to carry out the alignment and change the worn tyre for the spare as that was unused.

When I picked up the car I was given a printout detailing all the steering/suspension angles both before and after the alignment.

I must say that driving home I noticed that the steering felt much more positive than it had before but I haven't had a chance to really try it out properly yet and of course it remains to be seen if this has cured the tyre wear.

Anyone else had any experience of this?

JBP

I have an RX300, bought at 45,000 miles. I noticed the edges of the front tyres more worn than the middle. Wasn't particularly happy with the smoothness of

ride at speed, particularly after 60mph. Friend with RX300 suggest wheel alignment. Had it done and made a huge improvement. I'm told the alignment can drift due to the weight of the car and worth checking at least every 10,000 miles.

Nowadays they're all very similar - to be honest I wouldn't have thought you'd notice anywhere near the difference between the 95 RON and the 98 or 99 RON stuff you can get - the car is mapped to run on 95 so I'd be inclined to run it on that - you may see better economy on the 98 or 99 stuff but in a standard car I wouldn't personally bother.

Just give it a bit of throttle every now and then to clear all the crap out the back, always looks awesome when you do that for the first time in ages just as someone is right up your arse on the motorway :)

thank you all

Bought a four year old RX300 recently with 45,000 miles, immaculate from a Lexus dealer with twelve month warranty for £11,750. Minus a thousand for an

old Volvo and an amazing amount of metal for the money. The deals are out there. I look at the fuel consumption overall as part of the deal.

I've had my four year old RX300 for a couple of months now. A loss of fluid due to a faulty seal meant the automatic transmission died within a week. Since replaced uinder warranty seems OK.

I'm trying to work out whether there is a difference in driving smoothness when using 95 supermarket fuel. I know fuel from the majors has additives. It just seems a tad less

using the supermarket brands. Any experiences?

Welcome to LOC.

Nice to see more RX owners on here

Thanks for the welcome and to all. Any thoughts or tips to a new RX300 owner much appreciated.

hi and welcome to the loc

Thank you!

Hi. First time owner of a an RX300. Picking up this week and reading all comments about the car with interest.