Darn It - Flat Battery

[runsgrateasanut]

That's another for the 430 soft close doors

....until the motor fails.......

Or they corrode from the inside, or the double glazing goes cloudy............hmmm, maybe I'll just make sure mine are properly shut.

Rain sensitive wipers, self closing doors, automatic lights.............answers to questions that nobody asked imo, not to mention unreliable and costly to fix.

You can keep the rain sensing W/W's and the automatic lights but self closing doors - yes please. Never had a problem on my S320 (18 yrs young) and no cloudy D/Glazing. Mind you the windscreen and the rear window had bad lamination at the bottom. Windscreen got replaced during my six years but not rear screen. Just had to put black insulation tape along bottom and part of the sides of glass to hide from MOT inspector.

Great not to see any clouding on the Lexus - another plus! - and its quieter than the double glazed Merc IMO. But what if,,,d/glazed, soft closure LS400 Mk 2 - (oh and electrical folding mirrors) would have totally destroyed Mercedes sales.

[mikeyv]

That's another for the 430 soft close doors

....until the motor fails.......

Or they corrode from the inside, or the double glazing goes cloudy............hmmm, maybe I'll just make sure mine are properly shut.

Rain sensitive wipers, self closing doors, automatic lights.............answers to questions that nobody asked imo, not to mention unreliable and costly to fix.

You can keep the rain sensing W/W's and the automatic lights but self closing doors - yes please. Never had a problem on my S320 (18 yrs young) and no cloudy D/Glazing. Mind you the windscreen and the rear window had bad lamination at the bottom. Windscreen got replaced during my six years but not rear screen. Just had to put black insulation tape along bottom and part of the sides of glass to hide from MOT inspector.

Great not to see any clouding on the Lexus - another plus! - and its quieter than the double glazed Merc IMO. But what if,,,d/glazed, soft closure LS400 Mk 2 - (oh and electrical folding mirrors) would have totally destroyed Mercedes sales.

Not so sure Stuart, unfortunately for Toyota they struggle with our badge snobbery in the UK, so being better isn't enough, though I do wonder if the German brands will suffer from lack of exclusivity, now our roads are full of them?

[bigjap]

phil, hope you hang around on the forum,always enjoyed your posts,on your cars,you have owned both models,so always good useful thought out comments from you,hope you reconsider

[9690phil]

Which Phil?

[Spacewagon52]

The Acre.

[Loathecliff]

..... I guess I had best stop contributing then fellas ......... bye

I really don't have to put up with Stuart / Loathecliff's pathetic remarks

Malc

Thank you that Malc.

I note that you have not stopped contributing, so "bye" was not appropriate.

Best wishes

[runsgrateasanut]

Back from ten days on the Med (25 to 35 degrees) and really fearing having a flat Battery at Stansted, but it was OK - Yippee.

Mind you not too happy when having pre-booked parking at Long Stay, inserted the ticket in the barrier it said we owe £228.50. No way! though we might have been five minutes out of the time zone owing to the rubbish slow e-passport checking system and missing a Bus to the Car Park. With much protesting over the intercom the lovely lady opened the barrier and we were away. (One days rate I might, just might, have accepted but eleven days! )

Good to drive the old Jalopy again and beats the Opel Meriva with some sort of electric handbrake which frankly just don't see the point of and almost had me stranded on the incline down out of the Car Hire park where someone had broken down two cars in front. Didn't have clue how I could reverse as sign on the dial said put foot on handrake to release. Needed a third leg - but no - apparantly it self releases when reversing. Was I going to risk rolling into the Mini in front of me - no way!