Phil xxkr

As good as it gets 😎

Great choice of music, now adding Jazz would make a perfect quartet🎶

I have a 450h and find my phone with the "Here we go" app a great combo especially speed limit notifications. I use a small magnetic air vent holder and a lead permanently plugged into centre arm rest outlet, very neat and only visible when needed. As to the mouse well I worked for the firm who designed them in the 1970's so I am intrigued almost 50 years later it's still a challenging technology 😉 You don't use it for hours on end as in an office so is just a case of familiarity and then you find it works well. Although I must confess voice navigation input is a mystery

Well mine is; NEC which in Scotland is an abbreviation for National Entitlement Card. Which I thoroughly agree with, everyone should be entitled to drive a Lexus 😎

Well, if you are experiencing MLC at 48 then I am you multiplied by 1.5😂 And the single biggest advantage I find to a private plate (least digits the better) is, it's easier to remember!! Especially useful at those meters which ask for your reg. 😅

Johnatg, Interesting schedule, Total paid in until S1 - £440 ie the actual service cost is being paid for in advance. At S2 - £245 the payment pot will have £480 in it. Therefore £235 going forward, add 3 more payments of £40 therefore 355 in the pot for S3. So it sounds like Lexus Reading have knocked off £100 but won't be liable for it for 3 years. Clever accounting model which I believe is centrally implemented. Haven't accounted for Mot's not clear if included also spark plugs will not be included until 120k as its a major major labour element

That's a great reasoned response thank-you! And yes, you are so right, for people like me permanent deprivation of my vehicle would only represent a minor inconvenience (unless my dog was in it) . Now if it were my XKR that would be totally different 😎 But for people who have a major investment in their car, work and/or financial, theft must be a real emotional wrench. And yes, in those circumstances I would be selling off the family silver to fund Automatrics. Oh, where can I find a 5k 2012, I would love to know😉

Linas. P, You make a number of interesting points but as Edmund Burke (British) commented in the 18th century " The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" You highlight quite rightly, perhaps, the efficacy of the Automatics solution, (or should that be Automatrics?) but without an affordability versus risk quotient? As a new entrant to Lexus acquisition and this club I suspect, like me, most member's cars are not in the first flush of warranty therefore look to balance out the joy of ownership with Council Tax, Energy bills etc. If not then this site would be called the Bentley Continental Owners Club. So in the face of adversity we naturally feel we should be doing something! And if it's less than optimal, and affordable, and quite honestly makes us feel at least we did something how wrong can that be? In regard to British is best etc. That is not quite the context in which my comment was posited but for clarification Flanders & Swann on YouTube have "A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice" which no doubt all countries have an equivalent.

Hello all , I did post this earlier but maybe it got lost; does anyone on here have any experience with the 104 tracker from Rewire Security on Amazon ? The description reads well, it's practical and highly affordable. I particularly like the, "designed in the UK and based in Bristol" label. After reading all these posts about thefts I am inclined to be a bit more pro-active Cheers Phil

Well Richard, based on your model Essential service, 2 x major and 1x minor would be £1155.? And you paid 189 on top?

It's quite a mystery this unless it's some combination of Essential service? For clarity I have been offered Gold discounts on service plans but not Essential ones since they argue price is discounted already.

I think things broadly double up so for example a 120k service is the same as a 60k so 200 would be same as 100k.

I like your 250k ambition 😎 I am new to Lexus but not Jaguars and have always found the freely published itemised maintenance schedules a brilliant guide as to what's what

Best wishes from another newish member

Good morning, does anyone on here have any experience with the 104 tracker from Rewire Security? The description reads well, it's practical and highly affordable. I particularly like the designed in the UK and based Bristol label. Cheers Phil

Interesting info thanks. So if you sign up for a 3 year service plan and the seller decides not to sell Lexus any longer or indeed goes broke there is no comeback? Mitsubishi was an out of the blue shock to the market so strange things can and do happen

Morning, does anyone happen to know if warranty and service plans are underwritten by Lexus UK or do they remain the liability of the individual franchise? Cheers Phil

Very very sad indictment of the times, makes you question the value of owning anything nice or of value! Prompted me to look for rfid wallet /fob case. Anyone found one that works? Cheers Phil

That seems a terrific service plan cost, way lower than I have seen so far, may I ask how much the small deposit was?

Oponeo certainly do your size will cost you maybe 550 plus fitting

No change for me yet but checked and oponeo still offering great prices, maybe a candidate for gold member discounts?

Best of luck Jules, after one week my purchase experience is very positive. Lexus Derby in my case were excellent with a complimentary health check. So maybe your nearest Lexus franchise might give it a quick once over as part of your test drive with a promise of further business? I have also discovered there are no end of service plan combinations and LOC gold makes a huge difference on a 3 year plan which is I believe is UK applicable cheers Phil

Hi, see my recent post re Goodyear asymmetrics, cheers Phil

Exactly my experience,