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Regrettably ........ seems like the Lexus RX450h is a “ no no “ car to own This, what should be regular servicing, changing spark plugs seems to be an incredibly bad design fault by Lexus surely Lexus has a sensible and credible service plan for changing them ? Malc

welcome to the Forum John incredible that the Main Dealer service dept is so bloody useless ........... can you name and shame ? Andrew Mr Spock gives a simple and sensible first step ...... lots of it and for a few days too and then hopefully you've done all that any proper credible servicing guy would have done I have no idea beyond Andrew's common sense approach ...... Lexus Main Dealer must surely have someone competent to advise ............. competently Best wishes Malc

gulp !!! Well done ............ she lives another couple of decades hopefully ✌️ Malc

is there a good and valid reason why petrol, diesel, fuel cars and coal power stations can't be clean emission usage ? Surely it only needs good technology and research to develop sensible filtration of the emissions to negate baddies into the environment Surely we're a long way towards it already with catalytics stuff and washing power station emissions already Couldn't it be a factor of a tiny tiny % of the current spend on EV technologies to get to grips with fossil fuels ... which we all love and adore with our V8s Surely the UK Europe is just blindly going along with Musky'ites endeavour ................ it would help, the rest of the world and humanity hugely to improve the Climate Change factors if the rest of the world's emissions, the vast bulk of it all no doubt , could be properly cleaned -up Why can't we encourage the improved " clean-up " of existing technologies ? Malc Short answers on a postcard or two please

have you got the courage to tell us what that all cost £££ ? Malc

they tuck a £ fiver under the dash ............... Malc

Chris Barber of jazz fame ? saw him and his jazzmen playing one lunchtime outside St.Paul's area in the City many moons back Malc

Oh my you’re brilliant young man garrulous never A bit quirky maybe but you’re entitled I’ll still be zooming around in my Ls400 at your age another 15 years and maybe 150k miles ...... to 390 k ....... not even run-in .......... my mental exercise( my business ) is augmented by swimming a few times a week for a half hour ( 20 slow lengths I’m afraid ) just swimming contemplating life and my next travel adventure somewhere weird hopefully ...... let’s just make sure this covid etc crap is “ gone “ eh Youngster in mind and spirit at 87 ...... good on ‘ya well done 👍 Malc

£1.68.9 a ltr ! not quite so good now the E10 is down to 150.9 in Southend C'mon, I'm just a short pipeline away on Sheppey .................... Tescos here just today dropped E10 to 1.58.9 their E5 is usually 8p per ltr more I'll run me own personal pipe feed across the estuary and try not to blow up the SS Montgomery.... BANG !!! Malc

where are you in Essex ? Malc

I’m with EON think they absorbed NPower who I was with forever ...... they’re always assuring me I’m on the cheapest tariff ( none fixed right now ) so I’m just going with the flow and paying the monthly assessed fees im thinking prices will settle sometime soon Just as soon as Putin pops off the scene or BP whatever brings some useful Uk available stuff on stream ......... wrap up well eh ! more draught excluder around the house Make sure your lofts insulated ........ and “close that bloody door “ 😄 I might get the open fire logs stocked up too ....... where’s the matches ? Candles too ....... hahahaha Malc

Roy hi .... how's this all going ? Malc

when I was phoning round about my insurances for both cars I did understand that keeping the cars on the highway / parked on the road outside, was a benefit in reducing the premiums Malc

I'd like to understand why there's this ever increasing Daily Charge too .. wot's all that about then ? They can increase that willy nilly no doubt Malc

NO NO NO ........... that's 87 years YOUNG ........... Malc

Then we’ll never now know how little less it might have been with the Alarm intact ..... if any difference at all 🤔 insurers have a preponderance to simply charge extra for whatever they can ........ enhanced risk or nay ! Malc

or maybe .... just confirm to the insurers ( if you need to that is ) that the car comes with it's standard manufactured system ----- and unaltered if they ask And leave it at that maybe ... you don't have to go into the ins and outs of functionality . you're no expert on that score and insurers wouldn't expect you to be I'm sure Might help with your conscience and the insurers Qs Malc

My indy told me the part numbers to order Ordered on-line and paid what they asked ............... advertised cost price plus carriage . can't remember the next move but I know i had to pay both the Vat AND the Import Duty and a tiny couple of squid for some advice or other from Royal Mail ....... maybe that was the time I paid all those " extra fees " ... by card of course .............. someone official will tell you exactly how much you have to pay .... to unlock the delivery to you from some bonded warehouse i guess in the UK the catalogue price might well have been just 50% of the finished landed and delivery price which in itself was about 50% of the Lexus UK price .. and all OEM provided that's what you have actually ordered They do sell other stuff too I found the whole process seamless and very efficient and i got exactly what I ordered and paid for so 10/10 stars Good luck with whatever you decide Malc

sorry I meant the filter being clean-uppable ! Malc

I think I was reading that these sump gaskets are non-sacrificial ..... in that they are simply cleaned off and re-used This may not apply to all models tho' of course ! Malc

Michael hi ... YES ............ I have used them over several years and always with brilliant outcomes with OEM products . often with Toyota stamped on them too ... good delivery times too Their price + carriage + vat + import duty + a small advice fee from say Royal Mail and the products often work out at 50% or less of UK Lexus / Toyota price I've bought UCAs at say £2/250 all-up when the Lexus price is @ £5/600 I think they supply from both the USA and the UAE Rockauto also are well thought of too Malc

simply a cartel ... the Govt relaxed the law on that during the crisis ... now ended ... so guess they haven't banned price rigging again yet ........... if I had shares in these supermarket crooks I'd off load them ..... must check out my pension fund eh ! Malc

my indy would never change the oil completely ...... the only effort he would " allow " was a partial drain and refill and that was a few years back and all was then and is still well with my gearbox ( I believe ) and I could not then, nor now, appreciate any perceptible changes in operational "feeling" and I think I read somewhere that on the Ls400 box it's done at 130k miles ? Maybe it's an old wives tale about complete draining, flushing and re-filling BUT I do remember somewhere on here, way back, about replacing the filter too, ensuring that all and any crud is also removed .............. why there should be any of that in there I don't know BUT the job for complete 100% is to also change . or at least clean .... that filter too .......... I was reading Good luck ! Malc

my ancient Ls400 always gives me another 100 miles when the orange " empty'ish" light shows . the needle does actually drop right to the bottom when I'm running her on orange for any length of time ... I try not to, it's a bit fearsome worrying about breaking down for lack of spending a few bob on petrol .....tank holds 80.1 ltrs they tell me Malc

so how on earth does this crooked business Tesco justify 14p a ltr more expensive on Sheppey Kent we're just a couple of miles from Essex too across the Thames estuary ........ say Southend Us motorists sure are being ripped off by our dear supermarkets selling petrol re-enforces my thoughts to only shop at Aldi and Lidl as they never rip us off with fuel, coz they simply don't sell the stuff Malc