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Two weeks ago posted about the 5 fail points on the Mot - most serious was the headlamps which I got sorted thanks to advice on here by way of the Autoglym restoration kit. Car has been in the local garage for the past week and picked her up tonight - everything supplied, fitted and a service too all for around £500 which is great value for another year on the road. My mechanic has had a good look round and no other issues lurking save for what was called out as advisory on the Mot. Have been using the ISF exclusively for the past fortnight which has been fun but big smile on my face tonight when I took the LS for a drive - so soothing and serene - funny how a 17 year old car can create such feelings of pleasure! The tax was due to run out tomorrow so Mot passed in the nick of time and have just renewed online so here's to another year and hopefully many more to come.

Ok, I just spoke to a guy called Chris at Toyota Warranty Dept on 0330 100 3312 He told me without question that the standard factory fit stereo and sat nav systems are covered. He also confirm that previous service history before the warranty period is irrelevant and the only thing that matters is getting it serviced by the dealer at the right time during the warranty.

A one mile commute. One mile. I know people use cars for purposes other than commuting, but really, driving a mile to work? I'd walk.

Just a potential FIX for you bashing your head against this particular wall, The problem, a 2008 is220d, 110k miles, with embarrassing quantities of white smoke from exhaust that smells of diesel fuel. My parents car has been smoking like a pig for the last few months, Diagnosis.... Garage condemmed the DPF and replaced it..................Still smokes. Garage says "just keep driving it, the smoke will soon stop"............It didn't Garage says "er, drive it some more"...................Still smokes. Garage yanks the injectors and send them off to be tested, by people who are not idiots..................non idiots send them back with the verdict, injectors are perfect...........................Still smokes. Garage now say they are sure it is the turbo which will need replacing...................At which point I get involved and rescue the car. No sign of misfire, compressions good, no play on the supposedly fragged turbo, no headgasket doom. Not trusting the fifth injector, I unclipped the fuel line and plugged it by clipping another injector on it. Went for a drive, white smoke gone! So confirming fifth injector misbehaviour. Changed the fifth injector, a total git of a job............Smokes, Argh! So it is the ECU telling the fifth injector to keep on squirting. Techstream turns up from ebay, so plug it in. The dpf pressure values are all over the shop, so tee in a magnehelic guage, which disagrees with the values from the software. Wiggle wiring, AHA! Gotcha! Pressure values in the software change in sympathy. So I remade the wiring from dpf sensor to the ECU and then got good values for the dpf sensor pressure. The ECU "learns" whilst you drive, but the corrupt dpf pressure data had totally confused it. Unplug car battery for ten minutes, reconnect, ECU starts to relearn with good data. Relearn the window winders by driving them for a couple of seconds against their stops at each door switch. AND THE SMOKE STOPPED! and mpg has gone up from 25mpg imp to 40+mpg imp. The magnehelic gauge reads 5kPa (20 inches water gauge) when regeneration of the DPF now starts. So to recap, check the DPF pressure sensor to ECU wiring carefully before spending lots of money on the garage partswap goosechase. Good luck on what is a fantastic car. Warning!!!!!!!!!!!! ! I only disconnected the fith injector for long enough for diagnosis, if it is disabled for too long, the DPF will probably clog up! I only disconnected it for 20 miles.

Saved the best till last! Been driving that stretch of back road for 18yrs. Know every inch back to front.

Well done and another LS saved from the breakers yard! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Brian, I do tend to agree with you. The problem is that ALL cars are now stuffed full of gadgets......I think that it's imperative to find a garage where the guys are real technicians - not just component changers. I have to say that my 460 has been faultless up till this electronic glitch.

For a 1 mile comute I'd get a bike, if you didn't fancy peddling the get an alactrically assisted one!

Well, if there are difference, then that sucks. You are right though, it is nothing to do with the stereo and the rear window should be fixed under warranty.

Today discussed this issue of the radiator failing and contaminating the ATF with Guildford Lexus who are the second biggest dealer in the country. They report this has happened with them four times and on two occasions resulted in the need for a new gearbox. Interestingly he said there can be prior warning by way of shift problems and in two of the cases mentioned this had been ignored.

I have tried getting rid of weight in the car but she insists on coming with me. She doesn't read this forum or I wouldn't have dared post

Turbo you can get more power if desired Turbo = Lag Supercharger easier to fit,decent power return and no lag Supercharger is also cheaper to DIY build. You won't find much help doing a DIY turbo.

The way I see it, lowering speed limits just causes congestion. If the speed limit is 100mph, there is a greater gap between the slowest trucks, cars at 70-80 and those at 100mph. With smart motorways all you see is 60 or 50mph and everyone is going at the same speed with a lot more congestion and personally it requires much more concentration for me in these situations compared to going at higher speeds.