daveenty

Hate bumping my own threads but it saves starting a new one I suppose...

After much deliberation, I've now sold the RX450h. I was very undecided for weeks wondering if I should get rid or not, but I was going through various paperwork and realised that it was basically doing nothing and, as it had to live outside, costing me time and effort keeping it clean and presentable and constantly charging the little Battery.

I'd previously told Jules ( @Cyclone ) that he could have first refusal on it though he got fixed up in the meantime so I sold it through Motorway.co.uk in a seamless and easy transaction, from initial contact to payment received in under a week. And at a far better price than the "We Buy Any Car" people and I'd certainly recommend giving them a try at least.

I will be replacing it though not in a rush at the moment, I do have another car I can use if I need to, though only in the fine weather as I hate taking it out in the rain. 🙂

I'll hopefully pop back in from time to time though just as a guest now as I doubt I'll be getting another hybrid car, at least for a good while.

Thought I'd reply to this on here Jules as opposed to our normal method of communication. 😉

I've decided to keep mine for the foreseeable future, namely due to reasons given above. I've looked around, albeit a bit halfheartedly, and cannot find anything particularly suitable to change it to. I've even looked at Range Rovers again though feel like it would be a step backwards as I've already been there as you know. There does seem to be a dearth of sensibly priced used cars about at the moment, lots of rubbish around but anything remotely decent seems to be advertised for top end money, although not necessarily selling quickly.

I'll let you know if I change my mind but I've just renewed the warranty again so after it's service a couple of weeks ago, it's had a bit spent on it. I think between that and the garage queen, I'm hopefully done spending for a while.

Well, the car has now been serviced after doing around 250 miles since the last time.

Going off what people had suggested on here it made sense to have it done at the main dealer for the hybrid check alone, so it's now good for another 12 months, though whether I decide to keep hold of it or not is another matter.

Hopefully when normality has been restored and I can get out a bit more then I'll feel different but, at least at the moment, it seems pointless having 2 cars and using neither of them.

12 hours ago, Cyclone said:

Hi Dave, hope you are well and keeping fit and active. I Forgot you had a Lexus. I don’t visit the MB Forum as much nowadays since selling the CLS63. How is the S Coupe? I miss my CLS, but the Tesla has been fine.

 

Be good to catch up....

Jules 

 

 

Hey Jules, nice to see/hear from you. Things are good, though not convinced about "fit and active" 😄 I don't get on many forums at the moment either, been doing a lot of domestic duties. I've still got a bit of outdoor stuff left to do but it's too cold for me out there at the moment, especially on the roof which is the next job. 👴

The Scoop is OK as far as I can remember, not been out in it since mid October when a few of us went over to Norwich for a Terminal Velocity meet. In fact it's now going on 18 months old and still only got 2,200 miles on it. I do keep cleaning it, it's actually on the lift in the garage at the moment, but there's only so much you can do with a virtually unused car. 😞

Catch you soon hopefully, I'll be at a mutual friends in Birmingham when we get the opportunity to get out, just on a social call.

10 hours ago, Nick W858 said:

I have been guilty of ‘over’ servicing cars in the past if there is such a thing. My wife’s RX is in the same position as yours in terms of minimal usage right now and for the past year, it’s older than yours (2011) and 135k n the clock with current FLSH on the dot every year but this year we are going to give the service a miss. Plenty of cars go 2 years between services now, sure folks will say change the oil, keep it serviced every 12 months etc but not sure what evidence there is that this makes a difference particularly in unusual situations such as the pandemic. If you are keeping the car long term I don’t see what difference it will make and as a private purchaser who looks for FSH I would understand why you might skip one because of low miles due to pandemic. I’d either skip it, get a good independent to do it if it’s at a much lesser rate than Lexus or get Lexus to do it but with strict instructions to do the absolute minimum. On my old ISF the guy who owned it before me had actually managed to get one service done for £98 at Lexus Sheffield- he did have links to the trade and doubtless supplied the oil etc but I was amazed because I had never managed to get any of my Lexus car’s serviced for anything like that - they had always cost hundreds if not thousands of pounds. Good luck with whatever you decide.

I agree with the over-servicing Nick, which was why I initially posed the question on here as I'm not familiar with the specific traits of the Lexus range, namely the Hybrid Battery. However, I think that, even though the car will only have done ~250 miles since last year, having the annual check done on this and possibly other Lexus specifics will give me peace of mind and hopefully I can negotiate a reasonable price on what will be a 7 year old car.

I've decided, mainly thanks to the advice given on here, that it will be going to Lexus for it's annual service as the hybrid Battery check is worth it on it's own. Still undecided about extending the warranty for another 2 years as it's a grand I could do without spending really, especially given my current mileage.

@Ian C I'm not currently sure about selling it as I'd soon get frustrated with not having a "go to" car. It's literally outside the front door, so all I have to do is open it and drive away (apart from the ubiquitous unplugging of the Battery charger which is permanently connected at the moment). I wouldn't want to use the other car regularly as it's locked away and is a bit of a garage queen, so I'd ultimately want to replace the RX with something else for pootling around in. I'm therefore thinking that "the devil you know" syndrome would apply. I change my mind often however so will let you know if I decide differently in the near future...

Hi Gents, thanks for the replies. @ColinBarber yes, the car does still have an extended warranty though only till the end of March when the service is due. I can do the 2 year renewal thing for £995 but again, with the low mileage I'm currently doing, I'm not convinced if I should bother or not. @Barry14UK I'm not sure if I'll be keeping it or not as my circumstances have changed considerably since I initially bought it.

I  picked it up in August 2018 with the intention of using it as a winter car which I've always had. Unfortunately a bit of ill health got to me, forcing me to give up work so, in reality, I don't really have as much need for it now, as I tend not to go anywhere. I do however enjoy using it when I can and it's convenient as it lives outside by the front door so a lot easier access than the other one which lives in the garage.

It was bought with 30,800 miles on it so, in the two and a half years I've had it I've not managed to do 3,000 in it. I did get an offer from one of the "we buy your car" type companies and I must admit to being quite impressed with what they were offering though I decided that I'd only end up replacing it with something else for the bad weather so decided to keep it a bit longer.

I believe that the Lexus extended warranty is transferable so, if I did decide to get rid or it, this would be advantageous I suppose, as would full Lexus service history. Hmm, decisions...

Good evening people of the Lexus Owners Forum, I trust you are all well in these troubled times?

I don't really post here so forgive me if this is in the wrong section or a common knowledge issue but I have a decision to make in the next couple of weeks which I could do with some advice on.

The car is a 2014 RX450h Advance, with quite a low mileage of around 33,700. It was taken in to be serviced at my local Lexus dealer (Bolton) last March, where it underwent the big 60k mile one at a not inconsiderable cost. My issue now is that it's obviously due again next month though, due to various obvious factors, it's done less than 200 miles in the year. All I really do with it is to take it a quick run round the block once every couple of weeks to keep things from seizing up, the rest of the time it just sits there with a Battery charger on it.

If it were  2 - 3 years old I wouldn't hesitate but, as it's now 7 years I'm not sure. I'm not particularly bothered about preserving the main dealer history, I don't think that would really matter even if I do decide to sell it, but I'm reluctant to take it in for a service to Lexus with barely anything having had the chance to wear.

Any help appreciated, also any suggested independent in the N Manchester area would be welcomed.

Cheers John, I wouldn't entertain a Mercedes hybrid though, as you probably know, I do tend to like my big petrol engined things, hence all the AMGs. 😉

I'm not really doing the miles any more so will probably keep hold of this RX for a bit longer, at least another 12 months anyway. I've only put around 1,000 miles on the current Mercedes since I bought it in October due to a combination of illness and, once I started to recover, this lockdown thing so in reality under 1,500 miles in 8 months or so with both cars.

I'll keep popping in here as it seems a lot more chilled than some of the forums which I currently visit. I certainly have the time at the moment...

40 minutes ago, steve2006 said:

Hello Dave and welcome to the LOC.

There are some shocking prices when it comes to Lexus parts so the warranty is a good idea especially when you get more than the premium back on one claim. Does the extended warranty also give you breakdown cover?

I need a couple of seat base replacement covers on mine, a 1994 Lexus LS400 variant.... £1495.00 each ....they’ll rot on the shelf before I pay those prices.

Hi Steve,

Yes, I do indeed get the breakdown cover with it which they have kindly just extended as a freebie due to the current situation. Having said that, I suppose that they can afford to really as nobody's actually going anywhere at the moment...

I have another 10 months to go yet so when it gets nearer the time I'll see if I want to renew it again, no real rush at the moment. 🙂

Hello all, been lurking here a while now but not really bothered posting as I've had nothing of interest to say really.

I acquired the RX450 (Advance I believe) back in August 2018 with 30,800 miles on it. It was actually bought from a local Volkswagen dealership, so I'm assuming they took it as a part exchange on something. It's still only got around 33,500 on it as it's a second car, though I tend not to use them very often nowadays having practically retired. The car's just had it's big 6 year service with my local (Bolton) dealership and is waiting to go back in to them for an intermittent (over 1 year now) non-opening tailgate fault, though that's currently on hold due to the lockdown thing. This fault alone was what decided me to take out the extended 2 year warranty as apparently the new motor alone was over £1,200 without labour. I had a week or so remaining from when I bought the car so it seemed logical to renew it for <£1k

OK, intro done, off to browse your forum. 🙂