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  1. olliesgrandad

    Got my Subaru XV back today and just been for a fun drive in it. My wife commented how much more fun it was than the Lexus and I have to agree. Mid range accelleration is pretty good fun and the fulltime fwd makes quick cornering a breeze. The infotainment system and safety featurs are so much more intuitive than Lexus. The car had a new battery fitted yesterday as I had an issue on Sunday (car had been at dealership for 3 months during lockdown. I had a new Forester on loan and certianly it gives lexus a run for its mney - very comfortable seats. I drove around Gloucester city and let the car basically drive itself on the'Eyesight safety' system. That car was hybrid and as Toyota are a stakeholder in Subaru it expplains why the system is very good.

    Last wek we buy any car offered £27,00 for my car -today they badgered mr for an updated offer and it was a £1000 more. The salesman at Suburu said there is a big shortage of used car stock at Auction which is why Dealers are trying to buy in stock.

    Good news if you want to sell and change cars at this time.

  2. olliesgrandad

    Hi Rick, 

    Just thought I'd let you know that the water pump is a very expensive job. 

    I had one under warranty on my 2015 GS300h and it was half hours labour. I see from service sheet on the RX labour alone was £736 plus vat. The part is only £115 +vat 

    Extended warranty worth purchasing 👍

    1. Old Sandy

      Old Sandy

      Hi Le

      Thankfully I got an extended 36 month warranty with it so I'm hoping the only big out lays I get will be for tyres and possibly brakes and servicing.

      Although just before I traded in my NX I had a parking assist sensor fail, it was one that was behind the grill and it had stone damage, and it would have been £294 just to replace one sensor supposedly not covered by the warranty. My argument with them was that if it's so sensitive to a stone chip then it should have extra protection to prevent damage. Anyway trading it in solved that problem.

      Thanks for that info about the water pump as well.

      I find that so far I'm getting around 35 mpg over the first 400 miles.

      My big battle now is trying to get an owners manual out of Lexus. 

      Cheers

    2. olliesgrandad

      olliesgrandad

      The best owners manual is probably the pdf version as you can search it. 

      The navigation manual is also available online. 

      I am still trying to work everything out, they are a very complex machine. 

      Over 2000 miles I have averaged just over 35mpg, which is pretty impressive. 

      Regards Les 

    3. olliesgrandad

      olliesgrandad

      Your comment about the parking sensor reminds me of the stone damage to the ordinary badge on the front of my 2015 RX450h. 

      With 15% discount that cost £197 to replace. God knows how much a front radar unit would be. 

      Did you not get any paper manual with your cat. Mine came with quite a lengthy tome but no navigation or ML manual.

      Brakes are very reasonable. 

      My last car had front discs and pads replaced for less than £300. 

      Has your car had the fuel pump replaced?

      The invoice said' Replace fuel pump as requested by Lexus UK'. 

      I assume that as the car was on the forecourt for sale that it was a 'service modification'. It was done on 11th October 2019.

      Regards Les 

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