Herbie

Look for a branch of http://pirtek.co.uk near you where they'll either have them on the shelf or they'll be able to make them up for you.

I don't know if this will help the OP but this is what I was looking for:

My wife and I are both 'night owls' and somewhere between 2 to 3am is our usual bedtime now that we've retired, so it was very unusual for me to go up so early. It didn't help though, had a rubbish night

It is indeed the button for the heated rear screen and heated door mirrors. It could be that the antenna wiring has been slightly damaged and there is a process for diagnosing this. I'll post it when I find it but I'm afraid it won't be tonight. Had a bit of a gruelling day so I'm off to bed, the earliest time in more than two years!

I don't know about a full car but I do know two separate people (who didn't know each other but one of them was my own dad) from two separate companies who gave their respective apprentices a 'project' to do. The apprentices were given the plans and drawings to build a boat trailer. Both sets of apprentices were marked on the respective projects when completed, then my dad hooked it up to his car and drove it straight out past the gatehouse security guards, as did the other guy at the other company. I don't know about the other guy but my dad had his boat and trailer for about 15 years before it became too much for him due to ill-health.

I had a brand new UX300e as a courtesy car on Friday and I wasn't impressed at all. Very small and cramped, no leg room in the back, poor boot space, big price tag and poor range. Before I knew what car I was getting I asked if there would be any mileage limit on it as we were planning on visiting family and would be doing a round trip of about 230 miles. The receptionist said that there's no mileage limit on their courtesy cars normally but, because I was getting the EV I may have to revise my plans as it only has a 135-140 mileage range and I may get there but not be able to get back. Of course, you have to put this in context of our car being an RX, which is one of the largest cars they do and I was being loaned one of the smallest cars they do so it was never going to be great for me, but even taking that into account the price and mileage range are disappointing to say the least.

Just for general interest, here is the disassembly of a late model Lexus steering column. I don't think the video mentions which model or year of car it's from but what an absolute marvel of engineering!

Never as a matter of routine, only if there's a problem. What about ECP or other motor factors? If you have a local branch of http://pirtek.co.uk they may sell them 'off the shelf' or they will certainly be able to make them up for you.

I think the seat memory can just be overwritten so just try setting new positions.

It may well be that the 12V battery is on its way to battery heaven. These cars are so full of electronics and can start showing some very weird and wonderful symptoms when it starts to fail. Check the 'standing' voltage against this chart and then put the car into READY mode and check that it's now gone up to about 14.5V, which it should do if the charging circuit is working properly. Although this chart will give you an indication of the battery state, ideally you really need to have the battery load tested because it could show alright but then drop like a stone once a load is applied.

Brilliant, cheers Andy, that's one annoyance sorted then

This isn't a very good video and I do intend to do a much more in-depth one but this may help explain a thing or two for now.

It was done by Lexus so I would be shocked and surprised if they didn't stick to their own servicing schedule but yes, a quick call to them should put your mind at ease.

The UK is just one huge rip-off. Even businesses that don't want to rip us off do so inadvertently because they're being ripped-off elsewhere, so they have to put their prices up to meet their obligations. But hey-ho, that's how we roll in the UK and it'll never change. My favourite example is the two photos below - prices may not be exact because it was quite a few years ago now but they're close enough to make the point. One is an enamel-coated, pressed steel roasting pan, bought on Preston Market for £4.95 The other is an enamel-coated, pressed steel Nissan Oil Sump Pan. OK, it has a few holes drilled in the lip and it has a few fancy decorative lines on that serve no actual purpose at all. The sump pan cost me £147.50 I can understand that the sump pan should cost more, but not that much more.

If you get it serviced at Lexus it will get a 12-month Lexus Relax warranty, free of charge, on completion of the service.

The 60k service - with plugs - should have been done in 2019 at 52,066. This year's service should be the 80k even though it's not done anywhere near 80k. This is because servicing is 12-months or 10k miles, whichever comes soonest. Therefore, 2014 would have been the 10k, 2015 the 20k and so on.

Innotec Deblock oil is very good. As well as being a release oil it also freezes and creates micro-cracks in the rust that allows the oil to penetrate where it's needed. Going the other end of the temperature scale, a handheld induction heater is also very good.

I think the difficulties mentioned are probably the reason why plant machinery like air compressors and suchlike have a time meter that displays the total amount of hours the engines have been running.

Our car is going into Lexus Preston on Friday for some warranty work. The DOME fuse that powers the cabin lights keeps blowing. They are providing a courtesy car (although I have no idea which model it will be) but if the fault isn't fixed by close of business on Friday I'm assuming I'll have the car until at least Monday. We had intended to go to visit family at the weekend but it would mean a round-trip of about 220 miles, which people have been telling my wife is beyond acceptable for a courtesy car and that no dealership would allow that. I've never needed a loan car from Lexus before so what's your experience of this?

Sorry Kenny, no idea. I just presented the card at the till at my local Halfords, they scanned it or pressed a few buttons and Hey Presto, I had my discount.

Lay down in the passenger footwell with your head looking up behind the glove box and I think you'll see the fuse box there.

In 1975 when I started driving 4-star petrol was as much as 75p per gallon!

E10 @ 131.7p per litre at our local Asda. I've never used anything other than basic, standard, supermarket unleaded petrol. Performance petrol for performance-tuned cars is a good idea and will get the best from that tuning, but it's just snake oil in a normal engine. I wonder how many of you folks who think performance petrol in a standard-tuned car makes a difference, also think Russ Andrews cables are worth it too

You been living on Mars or something Dan? There's plenty of evidence in the respective Ts & Cs but some that immediately come to mind are: Relax only covers up to 10 years old or 100k miles, whereas the 'proper' warranty was (with judicious planning) up to 12 years and (even without judicious planning) 140k miles Relax doesn't include breakdown cover or MOTs unlike the 'proper' warranty Relax doesn't cover multimedia head unit to name just three aspects.

If he did, that may well be his problem - but I rather suspect that he meant £40k+ for the car