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Couple of people at work that have Lexus's (Lexi ?) got their tanks filled and a bottle of Moet for their trouble... I certainly will be giving it to them with fumes in it...

I'm 36... and found quite a few companies that would not quote because of no Tracker.... Never got round all the comanies..and when I got elephant quote I just went with it, was getting fed up with filling in forms etc at that point. Never realised they never refunded the remainder if I cancel...yikes...bit late to change now. Nexty year I need to set aside more time to do this properly, I unfortunately had it in my head that I wanted to pay ~£350 and when I got that I signed up...doooohhhhh

I'm also VERY concenrned with the residuals on the RX300's... new model probably will hurt the re-sale even more, as will high petrol prices etc etc. Funnily enough when I bought mine I saw a few guides saying they had good residuals.... how things have changed... Go to www.networkq.co.uk and look under "buyers checklists"..... you will then find a "value my car" link that will give you the glass's guide prices... all very depressing reading.

Got mine last night, waiting on service department to call back to book it in. My brake pedal goes soft when I'm sitting stationary with teh foot on the brake, if I pump it then it stay hard...anyone else have this ? Also... how many miles doe you get out of a set of pads (typically)... I have 12k miles, might ask them to check amount left and if not a lot then see if they'll swap them in while doing the recall. Hopefully only cost me the cost of the pads then.

I got rear ones fitted... work brilliantly. Never seen any with front sensors...but can't see a reason why not, would just need another switch added to activate / de-activate them.

So...got a good deal in end... £351 from elephant.co.uk that is garaged, protected no-claims and £250 excess, up to 7k miles a year.. Shapped around and elephnat were the only ones to actually call me back and took £30 off the renewal if I signed up there and then.... ....Funnily enough the previous company (Admiral) offered to "try and match" when i called to cancel... very amusing since Admiral and Elephant are the same company....

So car renewal came in this morning...£412 and was wondering if anyone knows any good companies to try ? I'm with Admiral and so far using confused.com they're cheapest... Also found that Egg and directline will not quote as I've not got a tracker... I'm 36, full no claims, no accidents in 5+ years, car garaged and about 7k miles per year.... was hoping for less than £412...

So what sort of deal you get on the Audi ??... I was out in my neighbours A6...2.0TDi S-line, very impressive, 3.0TDi must be even nicer... really impressed with space inside, he's 6'5" and still space behind him.

I've had mine just about 18 months... and so far a very good buy... -'s.... - Fuel consumption, 18mpg around town..oooch ! - Depreciation, think I'll loose a bucket on money when I trade, fuel prices murdering residuals. - Alloys are corroding. - Bit wallowy around corners, but I knew this when I bought it. - SE stereo is not really that good. +'s + No other niggles, faults. + Looks and drives like when I got it. + Very comfortable, quiet car. + Dealer excellent (though no cause to test them out, only been back for yearly service...just the way I like it). + Much better service than my last BMW..they were hopeless. + Loads of equipment as standard...soooo much better than BMW etc in that respect. Would I buy another....mmmm.. certainly not new, I'd look at SEL's for the better stereo... and next time I want something different. Always want something different next time though. Overall a good car, just make sure you appreciate the amount of fuel that the car will drink....

Funnily enough my neighbour was just moaning about that very feature last night in his wives clk...or more precisely the fact that you are then stuck with an OEM baby seat, and that there are several once required as age range does not last long and they are expensive. He's talking of selling and getting a 4 door, says the 2 door couple was not bought with kids in mind. Also sure there is a report that safest place for babies is in the back in accidents....and to be honest I think kids are distracting enough being in the back without them being right beside you..

Think you need to take it to dealer and let them track down where the water has gotten in.... they should be able to trace all the connections and work out what the issue is.. ...cant see it being cheap ! Never a good idea to get engines cleaned, way to much electronic in there these days to get water into...

Seeing how well the RX has held its price (not) next time I'm going to buy nothing newer than a 3 year old car, that will hopefully loose less... .....ok that is my argument with the wife for getting a Porsche 911, dont really want to spend much more than I spent on the RX so that roughly equates to a '03 996....with hopefully a less steep depreciation curve...and just a weeeeee bit faster...

probably the same muppet fitting them all...with the same mistake...

No issues with indicators on my RX300 (and guessing same as the RX400)... might be worth trying another car and see if it acts the same. And opening of car with button...can't fathom how you'd hold the open vbutton for long enough to get it to do this....and then leave the car ?.....oooohhh and it will be in the manual :winky: so might be worth reading ?? Oooo... if you hold teh button long enough it will close teh windows and sunroof for you... Will be interesting to see how the mpg increases in the summer... Stereo...definitely a missed upgrade when they brought out the RX400h, mates IS250 plays MP3's...and has bit in arm rest to feed in sound from an iPOD, pity RX's dont have either option.