SLACKBLADDER

Little bit of poetic justice on my cambelt change , lexus garage phoned today Hello Mr blackaller I see you've cancelled  any particular reason sir .  Yes I said you've priced yourselves out of the market by £430 and you wasn't even going to collect or deliver  , oh well if you need us at any point don't hesitate  I chuckled and said thankyou 

No idea basically its not the easiest form of communicating I've come across . I use Facebook regularly and messenger also texting and have never had issues. 

Well I've made a few calls and I ended up booking with another garage to the tune of £680 all in and they will collect and return if necessary. So lexus can go swivel  

Yea totally agree but the garage that I normally trust cannot do the job because of special tools needed so not alot of choice 

I've been in touch with local lexus dealers and first of all they booked it in for cambelt 795 Inc and after asking a few questions  I realised waterpump was not included.  So on the phone I got  answer was well its not necessary to replace waterpump everytime.   I'm not happy , so suggesting that it's the norm to replace all while apart . Answer I got was we will do that for you sir , oh good that's better . The cost will be 400 +   it take an extra 1.5 hrs  so total being 1100 quid .  MORTIFIED  is the word 

11 hours ago, Sundance said:

The 400h I recently purchased has receipts with it and one of them is for a timing belt and water pump change but it's dated March 2018.

Back then the belt was £160 and the pump was £78 with labour cost of £195 so if you can apply inflation to that total of £433, plus the dreaded VAT, then I hope it might be of help.

Origin information room Japex in Kings Langley (Herts). 😉

what is the usual costing for acambelt and waterpump replacement . local lexus garage is trying to tie me down to a morgage lol regards Les 

Gimmick  just like auto lights on  makes other motorists think you are flashing  them. On the lighter side buy a cheap car hire a chauffeur  he'll do it all for you 

Did the steel recap boots help 😁

The car weigh approximately 2 tonnes it's a sedate luxury Suv with permanent all wheel drive so it's not going to growl past other motorists on A roads you may find a little better performance by using the power button along with turning of the traction control  or sell it and by a sc430 

Well  here's something I've never come accross parked the Sc on the drive locked it with fob got into house sat down then the alarm went off    so I did the usual you know doors boot window bonnet sat down and off it goes  so same routine plus roof  sat down  off it goes I'm angry now   funny kicking the tyres  never works. Ok Google why's my f in lexus doing this sends me to forum on here  check mobile phone in centre console out to the car and guess what!tablet on back seat set alarm no problem woohoo

Just a few thoughts came to mind after reading a lot about fuel economy and driving a lexus. If people are spending tens of thousands of pounds on these cars and then worry about miles per gallon buy a smart car if you haven't already.  I can't afford tens of thousands  but I'm sure I'm not going to sit and worry about what my V8 sc is consuming  I'm just going to drive it and enjoy it 

10 minutes ago, sorcerer said:

It's not so much about how many miles you can run after the light is on, more about risk vs cost.

Most modern fuel pumps are actually inside the tank and the petrol itself acts as both a lubricant and a coolant. Imagine most of the pump being dry, the small amount of fluid left only covering the bottom of it - no lubrication and the possibility of damaging the pump by overheating, or by drawing up crud.

Just not worth the risk of doing expensive damage in my opinion.

Absolutely  make sure you leave quarter tank of fuel then your safe  quite logical really  lol

Don't trust fuel gauges especially in hot weather  get a taxi home and get your wallet or borrow a tenner 

Are you with a recovery service  AA or RAC  just make sure you have a good recovery  service if you intend on taking your car 

If you bought it from garage take it back  they might give you a loaner for your holiday  or hire one and charge them 

If the car has service records up to date then adjustments have been happening  so other thoughts go to cable stretch 

Brilliant have they fitted ok

Company called summit  I got one for my rx 300 and used double sided tape form Halfords see photo to stick it to the existing one  

Over the 40 odd years I've been driving I've gone to the cheapest there is  over a vast array of cars never had an issue 

Is it possible the wires are crossed 

I did try a eBay bought replacement it didn't fit the moulding of the mirror was of poor quality thats why i used summit  unless your replacement is lexus 

Ok 

Don't remove the glass Summit  replacement glasses do a stick on one you will need some Halfords number plate double sided tape on a roll it's green  use this to attach the replacement  it works well 

I never use hand/park brake I'm trying to be proficient at leaving the car as it comes to rest on park like the y used to in seventies films he he