200h

enjoy the car and enjoy not having a run of the mill german car

you never know he may surprise you when you least expect it

do you have a recording of the sound that you could upload to the forum obviously a scraping noise is not normal from any car

i am sure in the hidden service menu (press & hold menu button then lights on & off 3 times) there is a voltage reading , if you use this voltage reading they cant argue that the reading is in accurate as they could with your own meter.

dont expect miracles with a tiny solar panel on my previous house i had 17 solar panels on my roof ( nearly 4kw's) during the winter months i could create 60 wattts of power from them so i doubt the solar panel from halfords would make any noticable difference to the state of charge in your battery, i've also heard that when using a solar panel you should use a solar controller otherwise during darkness the solar panel can take power from the battery and start to drain it. if your using an OBD2 adapter again dont leave it plugged in all of the time as this will drain power from the 12v battery and help to flatten it.

if your going to be charged £300 for an investigation it maybe better to spend that money buying a new battery instead.

yes toyota are in the r&d stage of using the solid state batteries the charging time is amazing i'm sure i've heard 80% charge in 15 minutes

isnt there 2 modes for the heated seats manual & automatic

the probable cause for this warning light to appear may be due to the change in temperature as the air in your tyres will contract and reduce in volume & pressure i would wait until later on in the day when it's warmed up and check the tpms light

i'm sure i disabled the auto locking with speed when i bought my 4th gen GS

in the garage i have a spare car battery i bought it a few years ago with my battery going flat as i hadn't used the car for 3 - 4 weeks during winter, if i wasnt using my car daily now i think i would hook up my spare battery to the Aux battery to keep it topped up and ready to go. i bought the cheapest battery the store had as i only wanted to be able to power the car into ready mode.

due to the Atkinson cycle the engine use and not the otto cycle the valves stay open for longer this results in lower compression and BHP

if you didnt have the mode dial then Sport would be the normal everyday power configuration that would be used ,having the dial makes all other modes down tuned versions to improve economy .

i suppose its very similar to the mot extension if due in may and you use the extension and be Mot'd in September then your next mot is September the following year and not due on the original date

when i had my 63 plate 300h without radar the cruise control worked in the same manner 1mph or 5mph increments tap it 1 mph change press and hold 5mph change

the only interior items i would change are the A B C pillar caps and the head lining both in grey to black like the F Sport

get it repaired and have it ready for sale on here incase any other member suffers the same issue.

nothing wrong with the sound the exhaust is making now it sounds just as it should

i have a set of piston rewind tools just like the one in the picture left and right hand threads

Does anyone know of a guide for changing the pads & discs on a hybrid i dont have an issue changing them on a non hybrid vehicle does anyone have a guide

the hardest part for me was finding the hidden screw by the selector as i hadn't viewed any video's at that time

to remove the radio is a quick job to do here is a video on an IS350

the 6 speaker system i believe has its own internal amplifier where as the 8 speaker and ML systems have a separate amplifier located in the offside read corner of the boot under the carpet, you can buy amplifiers that accept Hi level feeds i.e. straight from your speakers this makes for an easy hook up

if you have a round dial to control the audio system then you only have 6 speakers and you wont have a speaker where the circular impression is but if you have the square style of controller like a joypad then you have an 8 speaker system and a sub should be fitted under that impression you'll also have an extra speaker on the top of the dash in the middle.

its good when you are in a win win situation