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I'm sure we can sort something out chap. ;) Top man!!! Did you got for the Philips LED's? As above chap. Went for the complete kit from Precision. :) Phillips are good though. Used them in the past to good effect. :)

I'm sure we can sort something out chap. ;)

"Requires Tax,MOT,Cam Belt,Full valet and tipping back on all four wheels" :) If that's the interior I wouldn't like to comment on the servicing records.

I love the complete inattention to cleanliness of any sort. This could be a biological germ warfare factory in disguise.

Noticed the bit about types of pads, for the RX300 I went with the EBC Green stuff, heavy duty 6000 series, reccomended for 4x4's. Now I know each and everyone has their own preference ,but thought I'd throw another option in. Plus just checked and see they lasted 52k before renewing them. I'll also be putting them on the RX400h when the time comes.

Bought my RX300 back in august 2008 changed from 16" wheels up to the mk2 18" wheels, then the car was at 38,000 on the clock. Put a full set of Pirelli Scorpion Zero's on. At 42,955k took the car over to Tony over at Wheels in Motion, as it was suggested to have the geometry set up on the car properly to prolong the life of the tyres, due to the fact that Lexus's are set up for Japanese roads and not ours. At 81,546k miles replaced two tyres, and at 91,965k miles replaced the two others, that works out at 53,965 miles for two tyres, and 43,546k miles for the other two, now recently just upgraded to the RX400h and did a trade in, chap checked the tyres and at 114k the rears were at 5mm and fronts were at 6mm. Have Dunlop SP270's on the RX400h at the minute but will be booking the car in with Tony at W.I.M again soon, then will replace the Dunlops with Pirelli Scorpion Zero's again.

to be honest, i dont do high miles, even my 14 year old van has less than 50k on it, its not that im against high miles , i would rather just pay a bit more or go a bit older and have low miles as i dont do a lot of miles myself its not the engines its all the other stuff that wears like bearings, diffs, gearboxs, steering, UJ's etc etc

heres another option i use a very good specialist mechanic and before buying my RX300 i got a quote off him full major service oil + filter air filter pollen filter any other filters spark plugs, all 6 of them everything checked everything lubricated everything done as it should be done £200 ish or oil and filter changed, everything lubricated everything checked £60 and the screen wash topped up for me theres no option, but i do get my cars service twice a year, oil and filter change a proper full service every year, and i only do 4000-5000 miles a year

Apologies for coming to this thread late BUT ... I have a negative experience of Dealing with Warranty Wise and would strongly urge you to reconsider: I had their premier level warranty on my E46 330i. It suffered two snapped rear coil springs so I popped it down to my local BMW Dealer. It took WW 2 days of faffing about to even assess my claim. Over the two days they came out with every excuse you can think of: Dealer never contacted them; Dealer never returned their claim form etc. etc. - and I know that this was not the case and the Dealer made several documented efforts to show they had indeed done so. So 2 days without my car, and still waiting on them to assess my claim, they finally got the claim form. Sent it back claiming certain information as not included, so another day lost (now at 3 days, still no repair or car). On day 4, WW declined the claim saying that for two springs to snap was impossible and the fault must have been there from before cover commenced (bear in mind that this was 5 months into a 2 year policy and the car had been MOT'd by the Dealer 6 weeks prior to this discovery). So yet more to'ing and fro'ing between myself, Dealer and WW as I fought for them to agree to the cost of repair. This took another 2 days - they then agreed to accept the claim but declined to pay the cost of genuine BMW parts or the full labour rate of the dealer (although i had paid extra for Main Dealer cover). They cited that the costs broken down by the Dealer were excessive and above and beyond what they budget for Main Dealer rates. Their suggestion was that they would pay only for the proportionate cost of what OE parts would cost and if I wanted genuine BMW springs, then to pay for the extra myself. Now bear in mind, my car has been off the road for the best part of a week and I am no closer to getting repair - that cheap warranty is now looking rather expensive, when you consider the amount of my own time I had to plough into getting this resolved as well as the embarrassment I faced with the Dealer who had my car parked on their lot unable to do anything with it! Eventually, WW paid what they believed to be appropriate costs and thanks to BMW UK (through goodwill) made up the remainder. After 10 days, car was repaired and returned to me. I cannot stress how worthless these third party warranties are - the only warranty worth having is the manufacturer backed one: Claims are seamless, claims paid directly tothe Dealer (so you don't have to pay upfront and wait for their cheque), claims almost immediately authorised, all internalised claims process and your Dealer will deal withe verything. Very simple and straightforward and although you pay for it up front, the convenience and worry free element is worth it IMHO. Also, just by example, to help illustrate the true value of the Lexus Extended Warranty, it might be worth asking WW if they will cover the auto. dimming wing mirrors on your car if they go faulty? Lexus Warranty will, but WW wont! I had a Lexus Warranty when we had our RX, posted each time I had a claim on this forum - process was worry-free and had the car back within a day. Pays your money, takes your chances!