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    RC 300h
  • Year of Lexus
    2016
  • UK/Ireland Location
    Northamptonshire

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  1. Many years ago I read of a similar problem. The solution was to cover all panel gaps and window closings with duct tape. Drive the car, and then remove parts of the tape until the noise appears. This should then point to the problem area. A bit of a faff of you can't slide over to the passenger side to get out!
  2. Best way to see an engine bay, as the seller is not trying to conceal any problems by cleaning it up. Don't use a pressure washer! Just use some trigger bottles or aerosol cans with degreaser, a paint brush to agitate, and then a trigger bottle of water. Dry off with plenty of rags. No need for any upgrades.
  3. Hopeless aren't they. My car with a private plate on isn't recognised on the app, or sometimes if I book it in for service. Yet it's recognised on price compare and car parts internet sites. I've told them, and can't be bothered to tell them again.
  4. Strange the boot needs adjusting on a 2020 car. Has the car been rear ended? Have you checked the exhaust?
  5. There may be another side to this. Are you checking the level when cold or hot? What does your manual say? When I had my ISF, I was also concerned, until I read the manual to find that it had to be read when hot, and when the engine had been off for 5 minutes. Level was correct then.
  6. That looks like it's been standing for years, and it wasn't cared for before that! The tyre would be the least of my concerns. There must be more to this.
  7. The front seat backs really don't fold down much. When putting in child seats, it requires a knack of putting the back of a seat in sideways first, and then turning it around so the squab can follow. Rather than measuring up with a tape, you'll really need to take the crate with you. The boot opening also looks larger than it is, and even getting a microwave or similar size object can defeat you.
  8. As mentioned, with a car of that age, go to a normal trusted garage. Better still, if a local taxi company in your locality uses the Toyota Prius, enquire where they take their cars to.
  9. Where do I start. 18 months ago, my neighbour was having building work, and a digger snapped my line from the pole to the eaves to our bungalow. Called BT to report and explained fully what happened. No problem, we'll send an engineer to replace, but there'll be a charge and my neighbour was prepared to pay. Engineer turned up and said he couldn't do anything as it was a broken cable, and he'd been sent to repair an internal fault! He called the office in front of me, explained the situation, and even sent a photo of the cable dangling from the pole!! Another appointment set up, and nobody turned up. Many calls, and many appointments booked until somebody actually turned up 4 weeks later. Obviously, during this time, we had no Internet, and I was using my mobile to call them, to find out what was going on, and was never called back. As you can imagine, I was tearing my hair out at this time. Now, 6 months previous to this, I was offered a new free digital home phone as part of their initiative to get the whole country digital. This has caused many problems for people reliant on a cable landline as you may recall from reports in the Press. When we were finally reconnected, I had many voice mail messages on this phone, from guess who!!!! BT/Openreach trying to reorganise engineer appointments. You really couldn't make it up.!!!!! They did give me 3 months Internet charge compensation, and didn't charge for the broken cable.
  10. When was the pollen filter last changed? Could be blocked. Try temporarily removing it to see if flow increases.
  11. So many, not in chronological order. Frog eye, Vitesse, MGB GT, Dolomite Sprint, Stag, RS 2000(fish net), Mexico Mk1, Cosworth Sapphire, Sierra Cosworth, XR4i (x4), 308GTB, 911 Turbo, AlfaSud, Uno Turbo, XR3 (×2), XR3i (×3), Cavalier SRi (×5), ISF
  12. Sadly, I think the tax rate of £675 is the main stumbling block to this age of vehicle. I can afford to purchase one of these, but for the amount of times I would use it, the cost of tax per use is very high. That £675 is say £60 per month by direct debit. I use my RC300h once maybe twice per week, so in an F version that's £7.50 in tax alone per journey! Looking on the Lexus sales site and Auto Trader, there are lots of 15/16 versions for sale, and no 17/18/19 models which come under the lower tax rate of £180. This can't be a coincidence. I realise some may say if you can afford the car you can afford to run it, but many are looking at figures now, and in this case they don't compute. I don't mean to come across as being rude, just stating facts unfortunately.
  13. Whenever I haven't been able to get a trolley jack underneath, I have two short lengths of scaffold planks that I drive over to raise the car on that side. Most jacks will then go under. Always use a puck as well on the jack to save damage.
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