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Wait until they need replacing, but if you can get that price on CrossClimates go for it.

I believe certain 'toys' (in particular ACC) became standard on the Premier spec. after the 2016 face-lift. ACC was a very expensive option (£4K+) on the 2012-2015 range, so you're not likely to find it on cars of that period.

The Lexus asset protector insurance only covers minor cosmetic damage that can be repaired by an operator from a mobile van on your drive.

I would say your options are:

1. Claim on your insurance policy. An insurance repair should use new replacement parts and if the car is less than six months old most insurers will replace the car. Obviously you lose your damage excess and, even if you have a protected NCB there will be an at fault claim on your insurance record so your premiums will go up. Note this may be your only option if you don't own the car outright - e.g. it is leased or financed on a PCP arrangement.

2. Have the damage repaired by an independent repairer at your expense. Given that Lexus 'know' your car you can expect them to take a very hard look at that repair if you ever want to trade the car in for a new Lexus. Theoretically you are supposed to let your insurer know if you have had an accident even if you don't make a claim.

These folks may be able to help, or know someone who can:

https://www.trimworks.co.uk/

The numbers here suggest there are only 28 of these registered since 2016, so good luck finding one in your choice of colour:

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/lexus_gs_450h_f_sport_cvt#!newreg

I got a cheap Aldi compressor. Does the job and seems to have worn fairly well.

You will need to open the boot with the mechanical key.

I use a 64GB USB stick - actually two so I just swap sticks over rather than having to go and grab the stick from the car in order to update/add stuff to it:

- this has around 150 CDs of music on it ripped to MP3 at 320K and I've only used up 16GB of space so far.

- it will take the car a few minutes to read the stick the first time you put it in, but if you leave it in it will work instantly next time you start the car.

- the stick needs to be formatted as FAT32. For larger capacity sticks you may need to download software in order to format them correctly (e.g. guiformat). Also be aware there are a lot of fake USB sticks on the market at silly prices that will crash out long before you reach the quoted capacity.

- if you're using MP3s make sure they are tagged correctly. I use a piece of freeware on windows called ID3-TagIT. It's not entirely intuitive, but I find I can fix the Album/Track Title & Number/Artist tags so that I will be able to find the tracks I want when the stick is in the car. I put each album into its own folder to make file management easier.

- Try to keep album names and track titles short because the car display is limited in length.

Having got it fixed I would keep a very close eye on the coolant level for a week or two. Check before the first start of the day and then again at the end of your journey when the engine is warm - maybe mark the reservoir with some tape, The cold level shouldn't vary at all, and the hot level shouldn't shift much either.

12 hours ago, Eddy1 said:

Braking was ok but not as strong as in my X5. Cornering ok but felt like a big car.

The braking on these takes some getting used to because of the way the regenerative and conventional friction brakes are managed by the hybrid system. The car will always stop, and can stop very quickly if necessary, but you can never be entirely sure what the response will be when you hit the brake pedal.

41 minutes ago, ColinBarber said:

The three seat designs that I've seen don't have any electric adjustment for the head restraints.

Maybe there is a fourth design?

Mine is type A, and button 5 moves the head restraint - it may also do something to the very top of the seat. The head restraint itself is quite different to the illustration a few pages later in the manual, and defies all attempts to adjust it directly.

If you have the Premier model with memory seats I think you will find that the fore and aft adjustment is electric: it's one of the many buttons on the seat itself.  The height adjustment is still manual, but the headrest itself is a different design to that in the manual and on the video.