Silversalmon

Unnecessarily harsh, I think it's more than reasonable to ask a question of the forum, people are generally very kind and keen to provide some pointers, at least that is my experience of the group.

There are so many options, I suppose this chap just wanted put in the direction of someone with relevant experience who could offer positive help about one company or another.

10 hours ago, Keith D said:

Seems we have the same problem, could you recommend the dealer ? and do you have an estimate of the cost ? I need to get mine sorted.

Is there an easy way to check. I bought my 2010 RX in December with a1 year full lexus warranty. Wonder if they would cover that? Think I'll spring for the addtional two years for £900 odds. 

Absolutely brilliant, and the photos made it so much more interesting. Well done.

Hmm, that must be a realistic option. It's only the one day he needs it for. He'll no doubt purloin mine when I get back from fishing. 

Hi, my son requires a car to carry two road bikes on a trip. He is in London with his bikes so I can't try myself but has anyone ever carried bikes inside the CT200 with the rear seats down with front wheels removed?  He's understandably precious about rear mounted cyclke carriers given his bike cost in excess of £1000! I don't want to go to the expense of roof bars for a one off exercise, he normally would pinch my RX however I will be up in Sutherland on a fishing trip so he will have to use the cT. 

Thanks for any replies

 

Ed

I can't believe mechanics would randomly remove wheel archlinings on the offchance, I shall investigate when the weather gets a bit warmer, too damn cold upo here for that kind of nonsense!

PS, brilliant write up and most interesting. Good quality photos as well. Well done

There was a.ovely story going around in the late 70s and early 1980s about some poor chap who had been driven mad by a clicking from the rear of his Opel Senator, a very whizzy management car of the time. The dealers were at a total loss after a lot of checks. In the end they were given the go ahead to cut open a section of the rear of the body to find a steel ball bearing attached to the body by wire with a message to the effects "found it at last you capitalist basta..d'...

A period of great social unrest in the car industry. 

Wonder why on earth you had that gaping hole in the bodywork? Revenge from a disgruntled Japanese worker!

Hmm, I have a 2010 RX450, how would I access the area to keep it clean???

Sorry Dagva, an obviously poor attempt at humour....

Be very careful, ejector seat.....

Can't argue with you on that score.

They do say the reason Land Rovers are so good off the road, is because, they're always off the road!

Just saying......

Possibly a private purchase? Still, welcome to Lexus ownership, they are great cars, my all time favourite car was a 2005 IS300 Sportcross, I loved that carmore than my own right hand! 

You'll always get niggles like that, don't worry, with Spring coming you can tweak and sort these little jobs out and you'll have a car made during a period of great build quality for Lexus. Enjoy it and welcome to the forum. Lots of willing helpers here. 

Look at what you have, a sunroof, I really miss mine. Neither our CT or our RX has one, I'd willingly swap a.c for a sunroof. 

 

Ed

So you got that gorgeous beast then. Hope he fits in to your family nicely. The cage looks a good idea. Hmm

Pick him up hopefully next week as he's out acting as a stud to a bitch on heat (a prior promise to another chap who wants his bloodline for some pups).  Visited him earlier on this week and he's a lovely dog.  Really well trained and on the silent whistle too, fit as a fiddle and good with kids; he's got a really good temperament and is a gentle dog.  Everything I could have hoped for really.

It's an awful long time since I was put out to stud. Happy days indeed.

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So you got that gorgeous beast then. Hope he fits in to your family nicely. The cage looks a good idea. Hmm

Did my first trip in the new car yesterday, Auchterless, just north of Aberdeen from Glasgow, 179 miles. Switched to Eco mode when stuck in tailbacks which were surprisingly common believe it or not. A/C not on and the average for the trip was 35.8mpg. Not bad, would hope for nearere 40 in the summer. A few long hills and a couple of foot down moments overtaking (very impressive) so not bad. 

However was driven MAD by out of date Sat Nav and traffic warnings. Will consider updating maps as we have had lots of road changes since 2010. 

Also, why on earth did they hide the chargers deepo in the glove box!

Use Plusgas, it's far better on corroded items than WD40 however if that's what you have handy try it first. Best of luck

A fox, brilliant, we live in the city but the dogs, though pretty fast, have never actually got close enough. He's a beautiful dog. Given his gymnastic qualities i would definitely think about a cage. In fact i would consider a trailer......

Good on you.

 

Ed

I reused the dog guard from my Sportcross and it does the job just fine. I would fit tape around the securing areas just to prevent introducing any rattles. I hold mine in place with zip ties around the outer headrests. Not such big dogs mind you, a jack Russell and a Working Cocker. Your beast sounds much bigger mind you and ceertainly wouldn't want him chewing the leather!!

Totally agree re the 'Lexus' model, it is stupid money. If i rememeber correctly I bought ours from Gumtree, it was a Toyota part and was £20 second hand. Just a thought.

Thanks for the warning, I'll stick to country lanes when it's dry! 

9 hours ago, sorcerer said:

I did this very job a couple of weeks ago after scraping the rear quarter panel/bumper on the gatepost 

Here are the LEDs I got from Ebay

Just ordered these for my 2010 RX450, claim to be CANBUS, We'll see. I'll report back when I get them and fit them.

Well, a slight update to the story. I was putting in our CT for it's MOT and Gary @ Glasgow Lexus couldn't have been more helpful. He asked how I was enjoying my new car, I relayed my woes about how it rattled like an 80s Fiat. He told me to book it in and he would have the Foreman accompany me to listen to the rattles. He said, bizarrely, that sometimes reconditioning the leather helps? Well, they do seem keen to keep me happy so will take him up on his offer. I have a fair percentage of the house's towel collection under the rear seats so my wife will be wondering for sure. She, of course, thinks it's all in my imagination......

I shall report back. Meanwhile, thanks for all the support, great forum as ever.

 

Ed

I'd be interested in this topic, the Lexus agent told me to forget about ECO settings. I must try a tank on each setting. Certainly nicer to drive without ECO...