Poundy

Considering it's an outside car and we've had a cold, wet and windy winter. the 10yr old CT still brushes up ok with a decent wash down. Ready to go for another year now, MOT, Major service, Lexus Roadside, new 3yr fixed price service contract and the 11th year of Relax warranty. all done and yet another year of completely trouble free motoring. This car never ceases to amaze me.

Gone up substantially this year, I am now down as Main Driver on my wife's CT policy (she has 7yrs NCB) but putting me as Main driver and because my NCB is on the other car, the best I could get on the CT last week was £714 for the AA middle range policy. I put it through Quidco (Thanks Daughter 😄} and got £45 cashback so finished up at £669. Guess I can live with that lol!

I prefer Goodyear Eagles F1 Asymmetric's on my higher performing Cars. But am very happy with the New Yoko's I had fitted to the CT, after the rubbish the PO had put on them. I will stay with the Yoko's for this car. Slightly softer ride with the firm riding CT than a more sport performing tyre I should imagine.

I don't think £285 for A and £500 for B is over expensive for a service. Way below what you would pay for a Jag or a Merc service. Having spent many years in the car repair market, I have found that opting for the so called cheaper independent option who complete the work in half the time is not always a wiser choice. A bit like some DIYers saying how much they have saved servicing their own cars, yet only doing the oil and filter once a year. If main dealers get x amount of negative feed back over a period of time they are in danger of losing the factory franchise, especially with a brand like Lexus. To each there own I guess, lol!

Anyway, mine is done now dabbed it here, there and just about everywhere, if they shine a lamp on the car now, it will light up like a Christmas tree 😎 😄

It's not about the cat's being stolen now, the opportunist thief has found electric car charging cables a more profitable target. The Smart water is probably the best deterrent in stopping attempted theft of keyless locking cars, that are taken to chop shops and sold as spare parts etc, these numbers are increasing year on year as spare part prices increase by large amounts. As said previously they will no longer take delivery of smart water marked/ registered cars. It's almost impossible to get Land Rover Insurance in London at present even with full NCB. The Ct200h might not be high on their shopping list but my Insurance premium is now suffering the consequence of Car Insurance company losses. The safer we all make our cars regardless of make or model from being stolen, hopefully the less the impact on our premium will be.

I have just agreed a new 3 year service contract for 2A and 1B services which includes 3 MOT's @ £1,220 its the going current rate of £285 for the A's and £505 for the B and 3 MOT's @ £49 each. The price is locked in so any parts or labour increases over the term, is at the dealers expense. It will consist of 32 x £38 interest free Monthly payments

It will stop them being stolen for spares, as the chop shops will no longer take them in. The police are now getting 87% conviction rate on chop shops found with Identifiable smart water registered stolen parts. It's like leaving DNA at a crime scene lol! If a thief nicks one he's unable to unload it, even just displaying the stickers is often enough to curtail his interest and make him move on. Of course it doesn't prevent joy riders, but that is a minor consideration for most owners. I will be setting about marking mine tomorrow as the kit is already registered to the car. The stickers have been on for a while, next to the Catloc ones. Knowing what I know now, if the PCSO had not gifted me one I would have gone out and bought one myself @ under£60. I'm sure it will be an insurance premium positive, eventually.

I think my best trip in winter is 53mpg and in Summer around 60mpg. I get a lot of on battery in my area though and with the M42 close by a lot of petrol cruising. I do like to put it in Sport mode quite often and give it a bit of zip lol! I have never been big on bothering about car MPG to be fair. I have mostly gone for high performance vehicles V8, V12 and fast motor bikes so economy and insurance costs never enters into the equation 😅 Bit sad in a way that future generations will no longer experience the joy of the noise and the throb a 5 litre petrol firing up makes. I go out front now at 7am and its like a singer sewing machine factory in full swing 😆

It's ok but I wouldn't mind a softer ride, the main problem I have is the ridicules amount of high, speed bumps on the outskirts of Birmingham. They need to be tackled with caution even on 17" rims if you have the Lexus Catloc fitted.

You don't need a warranty until it is 10 years old if you start having it serviced by Lexus. You get a rolling free I year Relax warranty with every service up to 10 years or 100,000k. Also up to 15 years on the Hybrid battery with service. Mine gets serviced just before its delivery anniversary date so I will get 11 years Relax warranty. The advantage with it being serviced while under warranty you don't get loaded with dubious add on work that may be needed or not, like some service providers.

The fact that the warranty is 15 years doesn't necessarily mean it will self destruct the day after it runs out lol! Perhaps you will get many more years out of it. Cheap enough car if it's in decent condition with another year or two of the warranty to run. The repair costs for our Lexus have been zilch since we have owned it, so I wouldn't think twice about putting a new Hybrid battery in after 15years should it be needed. Better the devil you know.

Delighted, that once again apart from a couple of wiper blades the 2014 passed the MOT with no advisories and no additional service costs. I just have to login to DVLA and get the free car tax done now. The service dept also informed me that because the car is not 10 yrs old for another 3 weeks, the service gives me Relax warranty cover for another full year. They also confirmed my 5 year old battery condition was adequate in spite of my concerns over the low voltage displayed. So all in all a cheap year of less than £100 apart from the service contract plan payments. Lets see what the next service contract looks like.

Delighted, that once again apart from a couple of wiper blades the 2014 passed the MOT with no advisories and no additional service costs. Just have to login to DVLA and get the free car tax done.

Especially when he sends a letter to Mr Fxxxxxxx That's a big bunch of kisses.