ColinBarber

If there is a leak around the glass then any water that gets past will just fall into the gutter and be drained away. Are you actually getting water ingress into the cabin/headlining?

Welcome Roger 🙂

Carista or Techstream software or your dealer can customise this.

Worth considering switching to Intelligent Octopus Go which is 6 hours over night at 7.5p.

Relax won’t cover any of those advisories. Firstly because they are wear and tear/excluded items and secondly they would need to be at an MOT failure level before they would be considered.

If you purchase from the trader then you have 6 months where they must fix any fault or prove it didn't exist when it was sold - them offering only 3 months doesn't remove their legal obligations. I image all the rubbers on a vehicle of that age will show some signs of cracking - was it an over zealous MOT inspector or is this vehicle worse than others?? Difficult to say unless you get an independent inspection carried out.

Not sure if the body ECU is different, not just the loom. I doubt anyone here has attempted this.

The Advance only has the 6 speaker audio without separate amp or a sub - it lacks performance compared to the 8 speaker premium audio system on other grades with the advanced navigation option. Not sure how anyone could only get 40 mpg in an IS300h with 17" wheels on anything other than a very short journey or greatly exceeding the motorway speed limit so you should be able to achieve your requirement there. If you go for the Corolla, why not the 2.0l version as that is much nicer - the extra power means you don't have to rev it so much.

Not sure there were many pattern parts available for the series I RX - too low volumes to make it worthwhile. You are probably best to go to a exhaust specialist who will make you a custom one, which would still be much cheaper than going to Lexus.

Toyota/Lexus hybrids don’t have alternators.

Ideally you need the error code. The engine light cannot come on without an associated fault code - I suspect whatever tool was used couldn't read all codes correctly/legacy ODB protocol. It could be a leak in the fuel system somewhere, e.g. the charcoal canister, but it could also just be the pressure sensor itself that is faulty or the VSV - the correct fault code would help narrow down the issue:

You get dealer/manufacturer finance contribution offers that offset higher interest rates, and at the moment some new car offers have interest rates much lower than banks offer. For PCP you are locking in a final valuation which protects you against higher than predicted depreciation. Always worth comparing all the options available and selecting the one most appropriate for you at the time. Many times paying cash isn't the best option.

The front, about 70% on a RWD car, and even more on a FWD car.

I'm pretty sure it isn't AGM - the fact that the OEM Panasonic battery has min/max fluid level markings implies it is a flooded battery of some kind. The OEM battery is 60 Ah (20 hours) so your Bosch has a very slight capacity advantage - which can only be a good thing 🙂

Yes on the front. The calliper is a 4 pot design, with 2 on each side which is unlike your single piston sliding calliper design that requires sliding pins that seize up. But the rears are all the sliding calliper design so will suffer the same issue if you don't do regular maintenance on them.

Sad you were forced into this Tony but seems like it has worked out okay for you.

No. It is a consumable item. It should be changed on a major service (it used to explicitly be part of the service but I've found dealers to be inconsistent with doing this), and a new battery should last you two years for when the next service is due but if it were to go flat before you needed a service then you would have to DIY or pay for it to be replaced.

Smart access is keyless entry - where you touch the door handle to lock/unlock. If you use this then you shouldn't be in any doubt if the vehicle is locked as you are standing right next to it when it locks so you hear the actuators. it's other people using it that is the problem - neighbours in the middle of the night in summer when I have windows open etc 😉 The UK law actually prevents the use of horns/sirens for stationary vehicles - it is inferred that this also includes alarm activation beeps which is why it isn't available when it might be in other countries. Most manufacturers don't allow this anymore because of the law. The beep on the tailgate is a safety warning and so it seems is allowed.

I assume you don’t have smart access? But you should still hear the doors lock though? Personally I dislike vehicles that make an unnecessary noise when locking/unlocking.

The opposite. E10 is less efficient than E5, all other things being equal because Ethanol has less energy density compared to gasoline as The Swedish Guy has stated. In addition, here in the UK E5 is only available as 97+ RON which itself is more efficient than 95 RON in our vehicles, so E10 actually has two strikes against it. Whether the extra efficiency you get with E5 overcomes the price premium depends on the vehicle and the difference in cost between the two which will vary considerable depending where you live in the UK. This thread isn't about the 450h+ but it is a good point - if you have a plug-in hybrid you want to be using your petrol at least every 6 months, and if you are going months not weeks without using it then E5 is certainly a better option.

Hybrids are designed for optimum fuel economy, hence the engines use thin oil (0W-20 in your case, but the latest models are down to 0W-8 now). But this comes at a cost of potentially higher wear and more noise - just moving from 0W-20 to 5W-30 isn't going to introduce intermittent tapping, if anything it should make the engine quieter - unless your oil ways are severely clogged and therefore you would be best to use a good quality engine flush to clear out any debris. 5W-30 is an approved grade for your engine: But as I've said previously, unless you know where the noise is coming from you may be debating something that is completely irrelevant to your issue.

Who is your insurer? LV?

Manifold leaks aren't always constant. They often occur on start up but once hot the metal expands and seals the crack, the IS-F can suffer this as an example. However it wouldn't typically come back again so is unlikely in this situation.

Seems they are just tarring all Lexus with the same brush - as far as I'm aware the CT isn't vulnerable to the CAN bus thefts of other Lexus models from roughly 2016 onwards, and I've not seem any reports here - only the old reports of CAT thefts which seems to have diminished over the last couple of years.

Only if wear and tear items need replacing - e.g. wiper blades/rubbers, bulbs, brake pad/discs, tyres etc. Anything that is covered by Relax and found during a service would be covered (provided you have Relax coverage to start with - i.e. you cannot have no warranty, take it for service and expect existing faults to be fixed, only once you have a clean bill of health would the 12 month warranty be issued).