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Awww... the Germans having a crack at hybrid powertrains... that's cute :P

Definitely! Will take a few of the lovely country roads we have on the Cheshire plain.

I rushed into buying mine earlier this year at a time when my wife was about to go into labour and I really liked the car - I wasn't at all cautious and bought a 2003 rx with about 95000 miles and no service history whatever. It is a 98-03 model with the spare wheel in the boot and does not have roof bars. I can get some after market ones for it though, the lexus ones are like hens teeth. I had to have a bit of work on the brakes, I think because it had been sat for a while, and it is currently being converted to run on autogas. We had looked at merc ml's and found them to be rusty sheds, the lexus by comparison, although older and with higher mileage, is like a brand new car. If I had had a few more pennies I would have gone for a lexus approved used, but that is in hindsight and I couldn't have afforded it anyway. Since buying it I wrote to the previous keeper and he has given me the detachable towbar and the lexus boot liner - restored my faith in humanity actually, he could have just ignored my letter but he took the trouble to get them to me! Check if the cam belt has been done, I have no idea if mine has so I will have to get it done next year. Also check if the sat nav computer is present, it should be in the boot under the floor. If it isn't he here the screen for the sat nav will say "external device not connected" or something similar. There is loads of help on this forum as to what to look for, best of luck.

Yes stu interesting and true comments on many will prefer the isf .horses for courses ,a choice but a lot of money to upgrade from an isf for little gains and looks .buy hey everyone's different so I hope many enjoy the rcf .when the isf first arrived many drooled over it and wanted one ,doesn't seem many are drooling over the rc .i think Lexus should have done a better job ,they have got a solid base with the isf to work off but I think they have spent millions and messed up .Like Pete says the engine and seats in ours and wehey . Indeed, if thre do produce a monster turbo model i would be interested once someone else has suffered the bulk of the depreciation :)

Have you checked the electrical connections under the seat - I haven't heard of it on the forum before but it may be a loose connection - also check for anything that's caught UNDER the car in that area