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1. Wash with a lambs wool mitt rather than a sponge. Rinse well and dry with one or two large drying towels. If you use a good quality wax such as Collinite 915 you should be able to go a good 3months between waxing. Just check how the water beads to see when it needs doing again. 2. Use Wheel Woolies to get into the barrel of the wheels and keep the insides clean. Again a good quality wax will help make cleaning easier. 3. I usually finish the windows with a proprietary glass cleaner, get rid of those annoying smears and water spots. Inside 1. Vacuum seats carefully then wipe down with a damp microfibre cloth, dry with another clean cloth. Every 2-3 months a good clean with a cloth dampened with 5% wool detergent in water. Wipe over with clean cloth dampened with clean water. Dry. 2. Vacuum carpets after removing the over mats. Give the mats a good beating! 3. wipe trim with an interior quick detailer spray applied with a microfibre cloth.

Yes, I would.But as I said fuel consumption is not really on my radar. I do keep records though, have done all my driving life. Any dramatic change could be an indication of some sort of problem. Both my Mercedes had very accurate OBC reading, easily within 1% of my brim to brim calculations. Bottom line is, OBC is an indicator of fuel metered over distance travelled. Brim to brim calculations are at the mercy of dispensing pump accuracy (which will always be pessimistic, you will always get more fuel than the pump displays (Weights and Measures,) and operator consistency. Too many variables to get hung up about the odd % differences I fill it, drive it and enjoy it, especially on such a beautiful day as this

My Service manager said that on the hybrids brakes last a looong time. He recently did a pad and disc change on a local taxi, the first change it's had and the car was on 95k miles...

In reality the difference between 37 and 40 is insignificant, unless of course one were to recompensed on the OBC record and one did very high mileages. Otherwise it's all academic and coming from a car that routinely returned 15mpg I couldn't be happier, not that I do enough miles for fuel consumption to be of any concern.

Which bit of kit would one expect to have the better upscaler? A £200 BluRay player, or a £2.5k Ultra-HD television? Both from the same manufacturer (Sony) and both of the same release date. Personally I would say the BluRay player. There's nothing else in the player that is cutting edge technology, so more could be spent on the 4K scaler chip.

Is it a normal lamp?Have you tried replacing the lamp or swapping it with the one in driver's side that you know works?

Solar Flare RC300h at my local dealer. Not to my taste, or anyone I spoke with there...

How many miles has the car done?

You could use the DAS with a black hexlogic pad to apply the wax (more correctly polishing is using a cutting compound to remove imperfections, waxing is applying the top coat of wax to give gloss and protection) and then place a wool bonnet over the pad to buff to a shine. Expensive way to wax the car? If you're happy applying the wax by hand, most modern waxes are easy on, easy off. You could buy a cheaper polisher from Halfords to buff off if doing it by hand is too much work? http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/hand-tools/sealey-er230p-car-polisher-230mm-110w-230v

Since taking delivery in Oct 16 and covering 2500 miles i have recorded 40mpg overall via the OBC and 37mpg via brim to brim calculation. Not bad agreement and am sure mpg will increase as the weather warms up.

Do you have the service book for the car?

I thought if it was a chain, not a belt, there is no requirement to change it unless it's rattling and showing signs of stretching?

Thoroughly recommend the DAS Pro if you're meaning something to remove swirls etc.. Partener with Hexlogic pads and Meg's range of compounds http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/prod_673.html

An oxymoron, surely?

The 12v in the hybrid only has, in normal operation, to power the entry system and start up the various ECUs. Once the hybrid system has started all electrical power is supplied by the traction battery and the 12v battery is recharged via the traction battery. I don't think the 12v is 'undersized' as such. The dual battery system in my CLS55 would only allow the audio system to operate for approx 30mins before shutting down. I guess it's just they way it's designed to operate. I don't believe installing a higher capacity would be make a difference or (just guessing) even advisable. The engine does cut in quite easily, especially during colder weather as the car is trying to maintain cabin temperature. I found (in my limited experience of owning a hybrid since Oct '16) that switching off the Climate system extends the time between engine starts. The down side is it gets cold quickly! That said the same will happen once in ACC mode..

I'd go back to the bomb proof M113 supercharged 5.5 litre engine in the Mercedes E or CLS , preferred the CLS as it doesn't look like a thousand other Merc taxis ....

I would always change the filter at each transmission service.

No way of knowing. Obviously Lexus don't make their own pads but even buying from an OEM one cannot be sure they are made to the same quality or specification as those supplied to Lexus How does the price compare with that from the dealership parts dept?

Try running the engine with the header tank cap removed, see if any air bubbles escape?

One can customise the unlocking, it's detailed in the owner's handbook

With Mercedes the atf is drained and refilled every 36k miles. Flushing would only be needed if the service schedule hadn't been followed before and the atf is older than 36k miles.

Acc mode simply mean the car's electronics (Audio system etc) are running off the 12v battery. Perfectly safe to do so for a short period especially if you don't want the engine cutting in (parked in an enclosed space for example) but clearly one shouldn't use for extended time as the 12v battery will discharge. The car will automatically turn off the Acc mode after ~20min to prevent battery discharging too low.

As posted, take it to Lexus

I have it on my F-Sport and have switched it on a couple of times, just to experience the function (came standard on the model). It might be useful in extreme fog but without any steering assist (as offered by the likes of Audi, where the car will auto-steer to maintain position between the lines) I really can't see it's worth paying for.

Would it be possible or desirable to limit the time posters have for editing their posts? I ask as some seem to edit posts long after others have replied or quoted the post, this can make replies seem irrelevant or quotes appear confusing. In addition to the above, or separately could the edit be time stamped, so others can see when the changes were made? This then would show if the edit was made after the replies posted or quotes taken. Perhaps a 'grace' period of say 1min could be given before time stamping begins to allow the composer to correct typos or grammatical error?