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Ah right, okay then. In that case, just buy an earth strap and bolt it to the alternator as shown, then bolt the other side to a suitable place on the body and I think that'll sort the problem out.

I'm a bit confused here because you say that you have the cable (red arrow in your fist photo) and somewhere to put it, (yellow arrow) so what's the problem? That last schematic shows the ground cable with an eyelet connector, a stay bracket, a bolt and the alternator. If you start at the bolt and follow the dotted line, you'll see that the bolt goes through the eyelet connector and bolts to the stay bracket, which in turn is bolted to the alternator - and the picture below seems to confirm that.

Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 2 - equally as good as Michelin Cross Climates.

Servicing is every 10k miles OR 12 months, whichever ocurrs soonest, and like Ja says above, cambelt at 100k.

I did indeed - but I've got broad shoulders and can take it

Seems to me that you've only made 10 posts in two years. Admin and mods should have gotten their fingers out, fair enough, but I would suggest that you could have reminded them about the situation rather more than you have, so it's not all their fault. Got to be honest and say that I didn't even know that 'Platinum Membership' even existed, not that I would have had it, mind.

The only part of your question I can answer with certainty is the air suspension - none of the RX400h variants have air.

Surely it can't be classed as a modification? A part is missing so you're replacing it, not modding it. Say a replacement exhaust was only available from Lexus at £1500 but you could have a custom stainless system made for £400, you'd do that wouldn't you, I know I certainly would, but I don't consider it to be a mod. Every bend, length and radius etc., is copied so I'm replacing like-for-like, just in a more durable material. However, we all know that insurance companies are the Spawn of Satan and will do anything to get out of paying a claim, so for the sake of a phone call it may be worth informing them.

I had Avon ZX7s all round on my RX300 when I had it - excellent tyres.

Should be easy enough but looks time-consuming. Are you sure that you don't just want to use your phone like a lot of us do:

I'm not sure it would unless the alarms have a tilt switch somewhere. The ultrasonic sensors inside the car work by air pressure differentiation or movement of something in the cabin, such as a fly or an animal crossing the beam. I doubt that just jacking the car up would affect either of those two parameters.

Oh they don't mind jacking the car up, they don't see that as a problem at all as you'll see below:

The only USB port that I know of is in the armrest console between the seats. There's a little coin tray there, just lift that out and you'll find the USB port and an 'AUX' jack. I don't know about updating as I don't use the Lexus nav. I find it clunky, counter-intuitive, slow and generally horrible. I much prefer to use either Waze or Google Maps on my phone.

This is usually a sign that the 12V battery is failing. If you have a multimeter, measure the standing voltage of the battery and check against the chart below. Then start the car (put it into the READY state) and check voltage at the battery terminals again - this time it should read about 14.2 - 14.5 if the DC/DC converter is working correctly. If you haven't got a multimeter, I suggest you go and buy one as they are very handy things and have lots of uses so they're a good thing to have. You can get them from below a tenner at places like B&Q, Screwfix et al locally, or Amazon and eBay online.

No it doesn't. The Gracenote CD Database (CDDB) is what allows you to see the artist name and album/track title when you're playing a CD.

I'm speechless

Good luck with that. Seriously though, there's nothing you can do. Even catloc devices will only slow them down for a couple of minutes so it's not worth losing sleep over. You've just got to hope that it doesn't happen.

I haven't got air suspension so I don't know, but a quick googling found this image showing AHC (Adjustable Height Control) parameters. It means nothing to me but may help you if you know what you're looking for:

John, I'm shocked! I'm assuming that as it's meant for plumbers to freeze pipes, there won't be any lubricating oil in there so at least you're not mixing PAG in with ND11. However, every top-up you do is diluting the amount of oil in the system, so are you not worried about the effect of that?

Because you simply can't do anything about it so why even let it enter your head, let alone write paragraphs about it? I've heard about the thefts, I've assessed the situation, I've concluded that nothing can currently be done about it so that's it. Carry on with life and don't think about it again unless or until it either happens to me or someone comes up with a viable solution.

True, but try Toyota dealers rather than Lexus - that's where I got mine from.

The very fact that you've taken time to type out such a lengthy post about it tells me the exact opposite 😉 The simple fact is that you can do very little to prevent it, so just put it right out of your mind and get on with life. There are plenty videos on Youtube here to see how it's done and also ideas for prevention but just how effective those ideas are is anyone's guess. I would say that the only sure way of prevention is to make a box from titanium or some other very-difficult-to-cut metal, place it over the cat, drill holes through the floorpan of the car and bolt the box on to the underside, securing the bolts from the inside, so that it completely covers the cat.

I'd stick to Toyota Type IV. As we know, Toy/Lex don't make things like brakes, wipers, batteries and suchlike so I have no qualms about buying aftermarket parts from local motor factors or such places. However, auto transmission fluid is chemically very complex and contains all sorts of things to do all sorts of jobs, amongst them being friction modifiers and lubricants. Inside the transmission are various rubber seals and things and the fluid and seals have been designed to be compatable with each other. If an aftermarket equivalent ATF has just one chemical or just one aspect of it that's slightly different it may wreck the transmission, which would be a very expensive mistake. IMHO, it's just not worth trying to save a few quid on this, plus it's not that expensive anyway. I think I got 10L for about £70 from my local Toyota main dealer.

Just search the forum as there are about four different threads with various suggestions, like the one below. I have to say that with so many thefts happening I'm changing my mind about it being irresponsible to not replace it and now favour a dummy cat replacement.

Lots of people on here like the Cross Climates and you may be able to find good deals on the price. Personally I've got Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 2 all round and they're equally as good as the CCs.