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Tony1452

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    IS300h Luxury
  • Year of Lexus
    2014
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    Merseyside

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  1. Yes, my excess was increased too. Believe me our bungalow, even though we live in a decent area, is well covered by security devices and a full alarm system -just in case. I’m not one for tempting fate and enjoy having peace of mind. One never knows…
  2. They’re even at it with my home insurance cover, who sent me an email, crying poverty because they are having to increase the rates this year. I’ve not made a claim for many years and yet they have increased this year’s premium by almost a third. Needless to say, I found a company on Compare the Market who have quoted me less than a third of this year’s quote. So, I’m back to where it should have been before the ridiculous increased quote. I’m currently with Toyota Insurance for my car, which went up significantly last August from my first year with them, but that said, they were still the least expensive on the market. I’m expecting it to rocket this year though. My car tax is going up by 100% this year, from a tenner a year to twenty quid. Think we are all in the same boat here. I’ve been saving up hard since I found out about the increase from the Chancellor, whoever that was at the time. There’ll be another one coming along soon to screw us. Happy days, not.
  3. Thanks! They had no way of getting away with it as the warning sign was on my screen and it was pointed out to me by the only member of staff, who simply apologised. I’d no idea how much it was going to cost at the time; but I soon did.
  4. Right…the director of the wheel refurbishing business, examined with me the broken TPMS and in fairness to him, I had to agree that the batteries in the part are not made to last forever 7-10 years. So, I pointed me in the direction of a company he uses and offered to pay for them to supply and fit a replacement TPMS which would be a clone from the existing TPMS. The job was completed this morning to my satisfaction. The wheel refurbishing people have footed the bill. After fitting the part, the warning light on my dash went off almost immediately. So, all sorted now. The technician has held onto the original part, because he told me that they never put them back inside the customers car as the part can interfere with the new TPMS. Not something I’ve ever thought about. Strange, but true. He told me that should the cloning method ever be required again, it will have to be done from the original part. A member of my family will pick it up in his car to avoid any problems. He added that the cloning method has become far less expensive than replacing an original sensor, which can vary in cost. As long as it works for the for a few years, I’ll be happy. Thanks for all replies and interest.
  5. Thanks! Quote from Lexus before they closed for the day £181. The work on the wheels to refurbish, total £168. 00
  6. I shall find out when I go back in the morning. Will report on here the results of my complaints. Thanks. Much appreciated comments. I’m not going to allow them to get away with it. I don’t think the lass on the reception has any idea of the replacement part, she will do in the morning as will the proprietor of the business. She was the only person on site when I collected my car. Perhaps the proprietor had disappeared on purpose as she stipulated that my car would be ready at 4:15, maybe giving her boss the opportunity to disappear.
  7. Cheers! I had a look at a video, which shows how these things are replaced. It’s actually very easy for a competent tyre fitter, although it does have to be recoded via the necessary technology device. The fellow who installs the replacement TPMS, does say that batteries in them usually need replacing every 6/7 years. Be that as it may, my car has only achieved 41k miles- although it is now ten years old. Doesn’t look it, nor drive like a ten year old car, I must say.
  8. Evening all, I had some surface damage on two of my alloys, so I took it to an alloy wheel repair company and the two wheels were treated and resprayed. I called in this afternoon to collect my car and pay for the work. The lass on the reception apologised and handed to me a broken tyre pressure monitor. She explained that the guy who did the job broke it when trying to get the tyre off. I paid for the work and drove home, expecting the part to be a reasonable price. Well it isn’t. It’s £181 to supply/fit and recode at my local Lexus. I shall return to the workshop in the morning to see if I can get them to pay for the damaged part. I’m not holding out much hope, especially these days The repair to the alloys with vat was less than the replacement valve. It was pouring with rain when I collected my car and only when I arrived home did I notice that the two Lexus dust cap OE parts have been replaced with black, plastic dust caps. The Lexus dust caps don’t come cheap either. I had a job done there a few years ago, when I had all four alloys on a BMW repaired and a good job was done then. I don’t know what went wrong today. The girl on the reception thought it was a weakened with age part. Needless to say, I’m not very happy.
  9. I purchased an SD card from these people, sometime during the summer for 2022/2023. It updated very easy, unfortunately it stopped indicating that I was driving towards a Road Safety Camera. So, i reinstalled the info from my original SD card and the system is back to normal. That said, since early this year, there are the new 20 MPH speed limit roads everywhere locally. The card I was sent doesn’t have any details of the recent speed limit changes loaded into it. So, I’d suggest you check with satnavishop first. They reply to all messages. Good luck!
  10. Thanks for that. Perhaps it does need replacing, so for a fiver I shall give it a try.
  11. Does anybody else have problems with the rubber cover that protects the parking brake? I regularly have to keep putting it back on the brake pedal as the pressure from my foot keeps releasing it. It’s no big deal, but thought I’d ask.
  12. I’ve mentioned elsewhere on a thread (that I started) that this afternoon I decided to remove the micro sd update card and replace it with the old sd card as the new card wasn’t warning me in advance of the road safety cameras, although it was working in respect of the camera near to where I live. But not others. It had been working until recently when it stopped The road safety camera alerts and the ANPR alerts are functioning correctly as previously. So, if you do decide to buy from the satnavishop the £35 update, I’d be interested in knowing if you are still getting the alerts. Cheers!
  13. It sure is. Maybe if I use the Lexus update system which will cost me far more than the £35 I paid to the satnavishop, I might get the updates with the safety camera warnings. But I don’t think I will take the risk. Cheers!
  14. I decided today to replace the recently installed sd update card, which was cheap enough at £35, and replaced it with the card which came with the car and believe it or not it is operating correctly again, even alerts when I am approaching ANPR cameras. Doesn't explain why the new card was functioning correctly until I had the car recently serviced and why it actually works when approaching the nearest camera closest to my home but not others. I shall continue to keep the sat nav operating under the original system. Maybe if I venture far and need to be aware of new road layouts and changes in road speeds I might swap to the new version. Anyway, I have solved the mystery. Cheers!
  15. Imagine them trying to introduce that here, the underwriters and the brokers would be lobbying the politicians and palms would be more than greased. Like you say, we are being exploited in this country.
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