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  1. My 3 years with my “Superman” spec F-sport ES300h Azure Blue with Flare Red interior have come to an end and the car went back to the lease company (and straight to a BCA site) last week. 
     

    I snaffled the boot liner out of it as I’d bought it so if anyone wants it free of charge you’re more than welcome to it. It’s a black polyurethane AliExpress special with red quilted stitching and bar a couple of nicks is in pretty good condition. I can’t be bothered taking pics or posting it as it’s a freebie. 
     

    Collection from Newcastle upon Tyne but I travel around the North East with work so may be able to meet somewhere if you ask nicely. 

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  2. 12 hours ago, Brian R said:

    I've seen this warming technique being suggested occasionally, does it really work that well?

    On the Lexus paintwork yes. On my wife’s Audi paintwork it still works but to a lesser degree so the clearcoat must be “harder”. 

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  3. On 1/3/2022 at 7:22 PM, m4rkw said:

    If you have automatic wipers don't even consider getting it replaced anywhere other than the dealer, the rain sensor will never work properly again and the likes of AutoGlass will not care or help you.

    A friend of mine makes a living from recalibrating the ADAS systems after cars have had a new windscreen. 

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  4. I have the tech and safety pack with the triple LED headlights and I think that the AHB turns the individual elements up and down so as not to dazzle other road users. 
     

    Glad I’m not the only one who’s found that switching it off and putting high beam on manually is a lot brighter too - thought I was imagining things. 

  5. This seems an appropriate place to post this; I’ve found that the paint on my car is significantly softer than that of my other car or the wife’s car. So much so, that bird splats will “etch” into the paint regularly.

    Despite what people think, this “etching” isn’t the acids in the shizzle but is caused by the clearcoat heating up in the sun but not under the splat. I use the wife’s old hairdryer to reflow the clearcoat where the bird splat has been and after 30-45 seconds on pretty concentrated heat it completely disappears. 
     

    (I also wouldn’t use a waterless wash but then again I wouldn’t name my car either 🤷🏻‍♂️) 😂

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  6. Just had my 1st service (about 6 months later than planned) and spoke to Lexus Newcastle about the issue with my Nav always resetting to North as soon as you come out of the screen. 
     

    Despite guidance on here I’d been unable to apply the updates but discussed this with the tech and also enquired about CarPlay at the same time. He told me they’d just got the CarPlay update info down this week but haven’t had the opportunity to test it out yet  also confirmed that my nav was “bonkers” and they couldn’t understand why it was resetting that and other settings. Suggested they could update my nav and also use my car as a guinea pig for CarPlay too - was told the request has been put in and they’ll give me a call when it’s ready to apply 👍

     

     

  7. A bit of #CoronaWork - Gtechniq C2V3 topped with Zymöl Concours Wax. 
     

    I must say that whatever powdercoat finish Lexus do to their wheels, these are the easiest to clean out of any wheel I’ve ever cleaned! Keep meaning to C5 them but they come up amazingly with just a light wash. 

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  8. On 2/5/2020 at 1:13 PM, rayaans said:

    Should be a little compass in the corner of the screen which you can click to change the view of the satnav. 

    Most likely its just being tapped by accident or something

    Thanks - I know how to change the view as I have to do it every time I use the car. 
     

    @pobrown - navigation software version is showing as 1520 so I’ll look at updating this as 1530 seems to report fixing the issue I have. Good spot, thanks. 

  9. I have the Nav set to the top being the direction of travel but it seems to reset to top being North as and when it feels like it. Also - the Home screen always has top as North irrespective of what setting you have the actual Nav screen in. 
     

    Is it just me???

  10. On 11/5/2019 at 5:12 PM, jumbojake said:

    I usually use the boot before/after every journey, so just run my thumb over the lens each time I open it... one day I'll get around to cleaning the rest of the car!

    I’ve quickly learned to do this too - I think of it like rubbing Buddha’s Belly for luck (or in this case - vision). 

  11. I believe that May is their “Sports Cars in the Park” event. It’s a bit of a free-for-all from an organisational (or lack of) point of view so PCGB haven’t supported it the last couple of years. 
     

    Unfortunately - like Specialist Cars of Malton’s Big Breakfast Meet these things tend to become a bit of a Chavalanche!

  12. I do plenty of things with Porsche Club GB already - given the low numbers of ES owners maybe its worth piggybacking onto a larger car event that’s already taking place?

    I’m only “up the road” anyway so will keep an eye out. 

  13. And a very generous offer it was - how could I not. In the spirit of things - I’ll match it when I get home too 👍

    Loving the car, enjoying working out all the quirks of the menu system and was both surprised and delighted that the central Tacho display physically moves to reveal extra functions - I only ever test drove the non-F Sports so that was a Brucie Bonus. 

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