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is this your key?

No, mine only has the three buttons - lock, unlock, and boot. Not the alarm button.

Found various videos/photos online for Lexus keys, but none seem to match my key.

Pics

http://imgur.com/a/ZoJmC

Any idea how to open?

Just to clarify this schedule is for LS460/600h models only....

Incidentally I just called my dealer, apparently £300 for a minor service, £500 for a major one and then £800 for the 60,000 mile service. Labour rate is £120/hour - god knows what they are doing for the money.

You don't have to go to the dealer after new tyres, only if you have changed tyre size. Even then I don't think it would cause the GPS position to be out like that.

I fitted my own GPS in my VW, and maybe the sensor isn't in the right place but I don't get the best signal - GPS uses trilateration, whereby your position is calculated using the intersection of spheres - and if you don't have a signal from sufficient (at least 4) satellites, your position will be inaccurate.

Yeah I avoid Kwik Fit, ever since they attached my exhaust with a rubber band.

Actually I never had an LS400/430. I do have an VW Eos 2.0 Sport, which is on 17" wheels which are fairly low profile for the car, and it's harsher than that.

My suspension is set to Comfort.

I've just bought one (2007 SE-L hence 19" wheels), not completely happy with the ride quality on the Dunlop Sport tyres. You do feel minor bumps in the road quite noticeably.

I'm not sure if something is borked in the suspension or if it's just like that.

Any thoughts?

According to the warranty manual the minor service takes about 50 minutes of labour and the major one up to two hours (presumably if they have to do spark plugs, etc.).

Free download from Lexus tech site.

http://www.lexus-tech.eu/MaintenanceSchedules/ls/Final.pdf

Here's the schedule for the original LS460s

Annual service (minor)

* Replace oil (SL/SM) and filter

* Inspect coolant

* inspect charcoal canister

* Inspect drive shaft boots

Less frequent items

* Replace coolant at 100,000 miles then every 50,000 miles

Only use "Toyota Super-Long Life Coolant" or similar high quality ethylene glycol based non-silicate, non-amine, non-nitrate and non-borate coolant with long-life hybrid organic acid technology (coolant with long-life hybrid organic acid technology is a combination of low phosphates and organic acids)

* Replace spark plugs (platinum/iridum-tipped) every 60,000 miles

* Replace fuel filter every 8 years

* Replace rear differential oil API gear oil GL-5 every 4 years

The LS600h is basically the same, but with a couple of fluid changes related to the AWD system.

Lexus charge £199 flat rate for an 'essential care' service minor, and £399 for major. It's difficult to see the justification for charging double for the major service.

The actual limo is a Cadillac

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)

Nice story. Shame however that a world-beating LS is no longer a priority for Toyota/Lexus.

I saw the IVIC thing, only issue I suppose is that I use windows phone.

Do you use the GPS on your phone? Obviously the built-in satnav on the early LSes is a bit inadequate.

I have just bought an 56 LS460. I would like to add media jukebox functionality/

Has anyone done this? Should I buy an ipod classic and an eBay ipod adapter ? Or go some other route? Are they easy to install?