beyond the blue

I've just put my son on my LV fully comp insurance policy for 21 days at a cost of only £9, unfathomable.

Yes l feel stupid now as well. I can see the error of my ways for believing the dealer when they told me they had a plate for the ES.

Well, despite emails from the dealer that they were aware that my vehicle is an ES I received this cancellation email this morning regarding fitting of the security plate. Dear Mr ******, I can confirm the below booking has been cancelled due to the fact Lexus have advised us there is no current solution for the model of Lexus you have, The details of your booking are as follows: Reg number: *J8NWR Job Reference: 47441 Date due in: 27/03/2024 Lexus have advised us there will be a further update by the end of April 2024. Kind regards RRG Group Absolutely pathetic, Lexus are becoming a joke.

At the risk of being a nuisance to the dealer I emailed asking for confirmation, this is their reply. So it goes in next week. Hello, We are aware that the vehicle is a ES. We have been advised that your vehicle could be at risk so we would like to check this for you once the vehicle is in with us. Thanks

Nothing surer Colin, nothing surer!

No mention of anything other than a 'protection plate', to be honest l didn't even know a plate was available for the ES, it was only after continually asking the dealer when are Lexus going to address the theft issues that they told me the protection plate was available. Despite giving them all the details of the vehicle and recieving a confirmation email of the booking it wouldn't surprise me if things don't go according to plan.

I have just booked my MY22 ES in for the Can-bus protection plate to be fit next week. The dealership described the plate as having warning stripes on it. I have seen a picture of the RX plate but this sounds different , does anyone have a picture of the ES one? It is being fit free of charge with a curtesy car provided.

Thanks Stan. It's been in twice to have a ghost fitted but both times it won't recognise the car. Autowatch say they might come up with a firmware update in the future.

Can l ask who fitted the Ghost immobiliser to your ES and what year the car is please as l can't get one fitted to my MY 22 model as Autowatch say it's not compatible?

I also have electric security gates but they could just smash through those as well. I really would like a ghost immobiliser but not possible.

I removed a wheel.

Very relaxed attitude springs to mind, hopefully it won't come back and bite you on the bum. Steering wheel locks are basically a visual deterrent and can be removed in a couple of minutes but I use one. Tracking devices at best will only find your car after it's been stolen and damaged. I would love to have a ghost fitted to mine but unfortunately it's not possible, until then I feel very vulnerable.

Damn it! I was really hoping you had a success. Bugger!

Yes and l can imagine the type of videos Betsy appeared on!

Colin, am l therefore correct in thinking that the more difficult it can be made to remove the electrical connector from the left hand headlamp the more difficult it will be for a thief to connect their gizmo in that area? If so l'm sure l could come up with my own protection plate.