Alf Hucket

Hello ;-) 

Had the same problem with the spare key that came with my RX300.

Bought this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lexus-IS200-GS300-LS400-RX300-3-Button-Remote-Key-Shell-Case-Short-Blade/401138099983?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648. had the blade cut at a local shop, fitted a new Battery to the old fob and swapped it over, worked perfectly,

£15 total,and i have a spare Battery

The guy in the shop did say to be careful of the cheap ones from China, as the blades tend to be too thin or even hollow, making it impossible to cut, ;-)

Thank you Gents. normal service has been resumed 

Disaster. It's all gone wrong!

Well not quite, but i finally found a "fault"  all the windows work on each door individual window button but if using the drivers door controls only the drivers window goes up/down until i pressed the two rear buttons simultaneously and now the drivers panel operates both rear windows as i would expect but it still wont power the passenger front window from the drivers door panel. it could be me just been a bit thick and missing the obvious but unless someone can point out what i'm not doing right i'm afraid it's going up for sale ! 

Not really I still love it ;-)

42 minutes ago, dougie175 said:

Hello and Welcome to the forum!

If you have any intentions of completing any maintenance, modification or just general enthusiast type jobs on the Lexus now seems like the ideal time to start a thread on the Brand New build thread section to share you ideals and photos and hopefully get a few ideas and tips along the way.

|I would be more than happy to, but as of yet i still cant find fault with it, even the wife's impressed

Well here goes 

Austin A40 Farina (Age15)

Suzuki GT350 ( age 16)

Mk3 Cortina

Mk3 Cortina eatate

998 Mini ( passed driving test)

Mk2 Escort

Mini 997 Cooper

998 mini

Land Rover series 2

Mini 998

Honda TL 125 ( passed bike test)

1275GT mini

998 mini Cooper

131 1600 Mirafiori

131 Mirafiori super sport ( hooligan tool)

Mini cooper Mk11

Renault Fuego

lada riva

mini cooper S 

skoda estelle

1430cc Mini (home made)

Rover SD1 V8

TR 7 the worst car iv'e ever owned

Triumph Dolomite sprint

Fiat Strada twin cam

Mini Cooper S 

Fiat Panda 4x4. amazing go anywhere  machine,(even through 4' snow drifts), probably the best fun car Iv'e ever owned. as long as it didn't rain

Land rover series 3

VW camper 

VW beetle 1600 (1962)

VW 1600 Baja Bug

VW Golf 

Yamaha 650 XS

Kawasaki GT750

Kawasaki GPZ 1000RX

Land rover Discovery 200tdi

Land Rover Freelander TD4

Land Rover Defender 110 TD5 HD Utility

Peugeot 206 ?

Saab 93 very reliable(yawn), paid £1300 and never replaced anything in 3 years, including the oil. 

Audi A6 (nice)

Range Rover P38 ( it was cheap)

plus a Pug Expert 9 seater Eurobus??  270000miles Ex Taxi Sorry! I was drunk when the wife bought it

Lexus RX300 ( impressive build quality)

and the ever faithful Defender 110 TD5 HD utility (The most amazing  machine that's never failed to take me to some amazing places despite the abuse and neglect)

and the RR P38 pending disposal ( possibly)

Looking back at some of these, i could have been quite comfortably off if i'd still owned just a few ! 

Sorry!   I never noticed the newby bit.

I was playing in the RX300 bit looking for all the horror stories before i bought one but got through the first 20 pages without finding anything so If anyone can point me in the right direction?

Pick it up today and love it 

18 minutes ago, GSLV6 said:

Welcome to the RX club. Once bitten, forever smitten...

I had a number of reservations when I bought my RX450h but it's proved to be the best car we've ever owned.

 

Enjoy 

Thanks for the welcome

If i'm honest i had the same reservations, being an electrician for 35yrs, Iv'e become a bit of a luddite as far as vehicles and electrics are concerned and the last time i owned a petrol  car the latest technological advancement in that department was sparkrite bringing out the contactless electronic ignition box ! odd considering i work on big gas engine management systems on generators all day.  

Apologies for the appalling pic, But after a busy day rebuilding the 110 Defender,  we finally got to it up late this afternoon, two new front tires and a full MOT and straight to the garage to fill it up, very impressive machine and two very happy new owners and nowhere near as drastic on petrol as i expected, but i did drive it like a girl ;-) Took great delight in emptying everything out of the Range Rover, most of which where tools in case of emergency repairs which are now back in the garage such is my confidence in the reliability I have read so much about on the forum.

I think I'm going to enjoy this beast, VERY MUCH !

Looking at the pic again sorcerer you could well be right and it's just a letter "R" a previous owners stuck under the RX 300 lol

Still doesn't detract from it being an impressive bit of kit

1 hour ago, chris_fletcher said:

I still miss my RX300, brilliant car. Only down side was it was very thirsty. ~20mpg on average

Ok it looks like my first long run out will be from the garage to home where i will enjoying the ice cool air con and pressing all the buttons !

2 hours ago, rayaans said:

Its not bad - been raining here today! And dont expect anything more than 15mpg here, too many hills!

Good to hear, Like i said Norfolk looks like it'll be the first long run out when i get it !

It didn't want to play Rayaans, I'll sort it when i get a min ;-)

Hows Yorkshire keeping?. that could well be the first long run out in the thing when i get it 

No idea sorcerer, i just tried uploading a pic to prove it's there under the RX 300,in "red" which makes it look very sporty and fast and probably expensive to fix ;-)  but i need to read up on posting pics on here 

You'll do for me lurch ;-)  Now watch someone come along and shatter my dreams lol 

Hope you don't mind  if i sit here quietly in the corner and have a read up on exactly what it is iv'e just bought ? from what iv'e read up to now it "think" it seems a good choice compared to some of the other stuff i looked at, Merc ML BMW etc, and cant be any worse than the Range Rover P38 it replaces, can it ? after a test drive today the RX 300R should ready to collect later in the week.

Any reassurance will be much appreciated ;-)