olliesgrandad

Pressure washed my block paving. Got some mud splatters on the RX so had to wash it ⛲

Gold membership details on the forum. 

Check the list of dealers offering discount and check that they will give it to you. 

Regards Les 

Hi Steve, 

Enjoy exploring here (you will probably have plenty of time). 

😎

Yes you definitely had luck on your side. There have been others on these forums who have had mortgage money bills. 

Suggest you do the lottery on Tuesday 😎😎

1000 miles or so normally.

Having said that Lexus sent me an email saying they were going to be flexible over warranty. 

Unless you are an emergency worker your car should be doing nearly zero mileage now anyway. 

Have you checked all the fuses and relays, likely something has blown somewhere 

I get 15% discount at Lexus Cheltenham with gold membership.

Perhaps getting gold discount would help. 

I don't know what the difference is with the essential servicing but can't think it will make much difference to the value of the car as long as the hybrid health check is done. 

35 minutes ago, OldTrout said:

Henry,

Is it the Ctex humming?

John

That's a very good point. I haven't noticed mine humming but it is in the garage with a freezer nearby. 

2 hours ago, paul newbound said:

I have seen this one on images, it's silver with the Lexus logo in the centre, does anyone know where I can purchase this from.       

Thanks Paul

Thank goodness there's a picture, I had visions of a visor over the windscreen similar to 1960s Ford Consuls🤣🤣

I'm sure that I recently read here that you can buy access by time to the official workshop manuals. 

Suspect this isn't a job for the fainthearted. 

I know that replacing the trim on the bottom of the grill on my car  apparently involved removing the entire front panel. 

Fortunately it was at the dealers expense 😎

Moved the RX out of the car port onto the drive. 

Disconnected the Fiat 500 from the Ctek charger, reversed it out of the garage and gave it a tar removal session followed by a coat of Chemical Guys 'Blackllight' nano polish. 

Job done and everything done in reverse 😎

The difficult part of your guide at the moment is finding a shop selling soap🔜😂

Interestingly I found it extremely difficult to find the correct clips. The dealer replaced a lost one when my last car was serviced and that was a different design to the rest 🤔

On 4/1/2020 at 9:31 PM, andy le said:

I currently have a 2017 nx300h with low miles but im not loving the drive.

I am considering changing it to a 2015 rx450h ?

would it be worth it ? or am I better keeping the nx?

 

Thanks in advance.

I wanted an NX300h but the test drive was so uncomfortable I tried a 2015 RX450h and subsequently bought a 2015 Advance. Great car which I drove for  great 30,000 miles before buying my current gen 4.

On 3/28/2020 at 10:34 PM, Texas said:

Best keep that old machine going cause machines now have the Tubs ultrasonically welded together and therefore no way ( really ) to remove inner drum to change the main bearing. Also the bearings on these newer machines are no where near as big as the 'older' machines bearings so the cynic in me says they are 'designed to fail' 

paul m.

My neighbour used to work for Indesit. Machines are designed to last 2 years apparently. We now buy more expensive machines that will last. Our dishwasher is a Miele, likewise our washing machine. Our last Miele washing machine failed after about 8 years. They reckon they will do 20,but this is based upon x number of washes per week. 

I looked into this and our machine had done 40 years worth 😂. 

Our current Miele washing machine has a 10 years manufacturers warranty and cost about £850.

You have to look out for manufacturers using other brand names on products. We have a Miele cooker hood which had several issues. I then learnt it was made for Miele not by them. 

I have a very old Ctek which I am currently using on my wife's Fiat 500.

Thoroughly recommended. 

It's not that good 😂😂

The thing with windscreens is that Lexus don't fit them. When I had the misfortune to get a cracked windscreen in a 175 mile loan car the Lexus Dealer supplied the screen and sent me to a local fitter. I asked him about realigning and calibration of the cameras and he assured me that this is mainly' smoke and mirrors ' and if fitted correctly by a competent fitter there will not be an issue. Lexus supplied a fitting kit which he didn't use (because he was good) and I got a refund on it. The trim strips are eye wateringly expensive... 

When I had a BMW Z3 I managed to find a new genuine cover on eBay. It was an outdoor version but I mainly used it in my garage. 

PU coated nylon is probably the best material. Important to ensure its well secured so that it doesn't chafe the paintwork. 

Try the Classic Car magazines for finding tailor made covers as I doubt Lexus made one. 

On 9/20/2019 at 9:25 AM, bobmc said:

If you accept the idea of toll roads (why does taxation pay for 99.99% of roads but not others - most of which are tunnels and crossings which by their nature are difficult to avoid) then using technology to avoid the need for barriers is a good idea. It's partly why so many people forget to pay because the journey across is a pretty seamless experience. Once upon a time I used the Tyne Tunnel regularly and that wasn't a pleasant experience during rush hour.

If I had just received the PCN I would have paid the fine - couldn't argue, I had forgotten to pay.

It was the offer to accept late payment and then having a system that couldn't recognise and deal with the fact that I had already paid followed by a robotic response from the staff. This clearly wasn't the first time they'd had the same conversation but even then they can't deal with it outside of going to an 'appeals process'.

I'm pretty sure that if it went to court then a Judge would take the view that I'd acted in good faith and that I'd did what most people would do in the circumstances.

Having said that, I'm most likely going to pay the fine and then hope I win my appeal and get a refund - we shall see.

 

What happened? 

10 hours ago, PeterI said:

I know this is very much a first world problem but after a moment of excitement hearing on Saturday my new RX should be available for pickup on the 31st March, today I got the dreaded phone call that the dealership is shutting down (I'm unclear if this is just sales) due to Covid-19 and no new toy for me.

My inner child is so disappointed.

Anyway keep safe out there folks.

I'll be along soon to rejoin the Lexus owning family.

Think positively. You couldn't drive it even if you had it. It will also be registered later 👍

I seem to remember the answer is no, but I welcome being corrected on this 

That is basically what happened to my wife 

4 hours ago, scudney said:

I remember when I was locked out of my Mazda zedos 6,and had to get a friend take me back home to pick up the spare, I unlocked the car to open the boot to put a suit case in the boot but did not actually open any of the doors,which then automatically lock again if not opened,I unfortunately dropped the key in the boot along with the suit case and slammed the boot shut,thereby locking myself out of the car 🙁

6 hours ago, chr15gb said:

I didn't do anything differently than normal.
I have my keys in my rucksack side pocket, I grab the drivers door handle to unlock
Open the rear door, place my rucksack on the rear seat, close rear door, open drivers and get in.

Today, I unlocked using the drivers door handle as usual, opened the rear door, put my rucksack on the rear seat and as soon as I closed the rear door, CLUNK, doors locked.

The keys were not pressing on anything, I could clearly see them in my rucksack side pocket but the doors were locked.
Pressing the button on the door handle just gave a long beeping tone, then nothing.

I ended up getting a friend to drive me to my other halves Aunties to pick up a spare door key, drive me home to collect my spare, then drive me into work with my spare.

I've tried locking the door using the fob from inside before and it doesn't (didn't) work, just the long beep.

What happpened? battery low on the key but even so, why did it lock in the first place and why did it lock with the keys inside?
Weird and frutrating. Glad I had someone to call on.

My wife did the same thing last week with her Fiat 500 while doing the school run 😢

35 minutes ago, scudney said:

 Buy one at your own peril and make sure you have a deep enough pocket 

Two deep pockets preferably 😊