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Awesome, thanks so much. That’s going to save me a pretty penny since I am eyeing up a full set of all-weather tyres after watching Corpjones’ video in the other thread. Also, re off topic thread, sorry to make work for you, I shan’t do it again!

Thank you, IS300FSPORT, at least I don’t need to worry that something is amiss and causing inner tyre wear. My tyres are all the same size btw.

Corpjones, forgive me for going off on a tangent on your thread but since you have posted photos of your Turanzas this seems a good time for me to ask the question I have been pondering lately which is: the inner sections of both my rear Turanzas are now virtually bald. This is from the outer edge (wall) to the first longitudinal tread section. I am somewhat miffed because I had asked my Lexus dealer about rotating the tyres and was more or less laughed out of the workshop. Now I am faced with major expense when this might have been avoided for the sake of half an hour’s work… Also, does anyone know if there is any significance to this type of tyre wear in terms of what has caused it? Also, are they illegal or am I within the “75% of the tread” allowance. Many thanks. Marianne

This is quite long but there is a lot of good info re the 12v battery:

I was considering giving the £39 glasses a try only to discover several articles which state that there is no scientific proof that night glasses work and that they can be counter productive, eg: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/103379/what-are-night-driving-glasses-and-do-they-work?amp

Those Hoyas look amazing, I am definitely in the market for some night vision glasses and since my current specs are Essilor varilux xtractives, have been considering their Road Pilot range (available in single vision and varifocals etc): https://ecp.essilor-pro.com/gb/lenses/single-vision/essilor-roadpilot. Shall have a look at the Hoyas though, wondering if anyone has experience of both in order to compare? These get so pricey when you add in the transitions which I cannot do without - probably talking upwards of £600 with the night vision.

It’s only natural one might assume the venn diagram of Lexus owners and Telegraph readers is a single circle 🤣

Lol, have to say I did it very badly Len but you get what you pay for here 😂

https://youtu.be/OZoAOja5qcw

He got off extremely lightly but maybe this is all of a piece with the something for nothing, wealth-hating, everyone must win a prize, communist zeitgeist! “How dare you own a £60k Lexus when all I have is a Nissan Micra…” A more realistic punishment might have been £5000 compensation, large-ish fine and a few hundred hours hard labour, sorry, I meant to say community service.

Sorry that I did not make this clearer, that is a like for like comparison in terms of time. I am honestly not that thick that I couldn’t work that out 😂. The £300 is what my renewal cost me after the interim period had expired. Btw for info, the most expensive quote I received was from Adrian Flux.

When I bought my IS sixteen months’ ago I received many ludicrously high quotes (over £700 with many years’ ncd.) I found the cheapest option was to carry on with my insurer on my previous car policy which was Hastings. They were offering c £300. I always shop around for quotes at renewal time but (one of the) Hastings companies is usually very competitive. I cannot speak to claims processing issues (touch wood) as have not had a claim for a very long time.

That’s got to be the understatement of the year…. 😂

So that picture has not uploaded with sufficient quality but the ratings were: Volts 10.74 Measured 41 A Rating 325 A Unfortunately, this being the busiest time of the year in my industry, I shall not be able to visit my dealer until after everything dies down in the new year. What are the battery’s chances of doing another 3k miles before it is replaced? (With my trusty little friend NOCO).

So an update on my problem as there has been a development. After recharging the battery last Thursday evening ready for four days of commuting (60 miles round trip) there were no problems at all. The car then sat outside for two days and (Tues, Weds) and then today I went to start it to go shopping but nothing doing apart from the red message: hybrid system stopped, shift to P. It took two attempts to start with my trick of press and hold the start button for 15 seconds whilst pressing hard on the footbrake https://www.lexunx.com/if_the_hybrid_system_will_not_start-111.html See: “starting the vehicle in an emergency” section. This happened several times during my various stopping and starting shopping trip. I realised I was going to have to spend another £100 and buy a portable jump starter pack. I decided on the NOCO GB40 and whilst I was at Halfords completing my purchase I asked them to test the battery and this is what they found:

I commute 4-6 days per week.

Thank you, Herbie, for that comprehensive and extremely helpful reply.

Thanks, this is very interesting given the age of our cars and the fact that our troubles both started about 6 weeks’ ago…. I also had some flashing lights.

I am having an issue which may (or may not) be battery related, opinions differ at my dealer. My IS is a similar age to yours. About six weeks ago the car would not start and displayed the red warning message “hybrid system stopped. Shift to P.” I could not shift to P as I was already in P. I eventually managed to start it and wrote it off as some sort of sensor malfunction, but unfortunately this was not the end of it. The next morning I was late for work because the car again refused to start but this time nothing I tried seemed to work and I had to start scouring the Lexus forums for help. I eventually started the car by pressing and holding the start button for 15 seconds. I contacted my dealer and the message from the workshop was that it sounded like the 12v battery was flat. They suggested I call roadside assistance so that they could establish the fault. This was likely because I live 40 miles away and work long hours so could not just drop in to the dealer. Given that I could now start the car with my trick, I thought breakdown would not come out to me since I was not broken down. Long story short, I did some more research and decided it was worth buying a CTEK MXS5 charger and duly recond and charged the battery. I did not buy a battery tester but I now think I shall because after everything being fine for a week or two things have started to happen again with the red warning message. From what I can gather, the 12v battery has no alternator and is charged from the traction battery which takes approx one hour of running… My question is: if the 12v battery is never fully charging because my commute is 40 minutes each way, will this cause the battery to eventually fail, hence my current problems. It seems this is something of a known issue on these and the Prius going back many years. Does anyone know a workaround or should I just accept charging the battery on a regular basis? Also Bounce75, what symptoms were you getting as the battery was discharging?

Hello, my basic trim IS300h is rising 2 years’ old. Compared to a 5 series the sound system quality is sub par but I have adjusted to it over many months. The volume is also deficient. Despite this it’s a great car! Hope this helps. My dealer is 45 miles away but they have never offered me a courtesy car and neither have I asked for one. I walk to the nearest watering hole and wait for the workshop to call me. They always overestimate how long the work will take and it works fine as they have an appointment system and even with the longer service they do not take very long.

It wasn’t just VW, it was Mercedes, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Vauxhall, Ford, Citroen, Peugeot, Renault, Nissan, Skoda, Jaguar, Volvo, Hyundai, and Land Rover. I wouldn’t give them the benefit of the doubt on this since the entire industry is (rightly imo) regarded as disreputable. When I collected my Lexus, I remember asking the sales guy if I had anything to worry about re thieves and he assured me that I did not. Imagine my surprise when I discovered this was not the case and there was in fact a good deal to worry about. 😂 I don’t think whistleblower action is relevant in this because the lack of genuine interest in theft prevention is likely sub rosa.

Really tempted to go full-on Four Yorkshiremen at this point but too tired to do it justice so I’ll just say you bring back not very fond memories of always having to park on a hill and mouthfuls of petrol from when we were so poor we had to scrounge half a gallon off a friend via a syphon tube!