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If you admire engineering innovation but have never heard of Allen Millyard or watched any of the videos showing his outrageous creations take shape recommend you look at this example.

Just thought I would start a thread here with posts of cars that members find on the web . That way prospective buyers may get the heads up . Any SC will qualify as long as its for sale . Heres One to start with . BCA auctions if you are trade . Unusual beautiful colour !

Learned a new word today: skulduggery. Thank you. Etymologists aren't sure exactly how the word arrived in English, but they do not believe it has anything to do with skulls. It is possibly derived from the now-very-rare "sculduddery," a term once used to refer to gross or lewd conduct, but unfortunately the origins of that word are also unknown. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skulduggery https://www.dictionary.com/browse/skullduggery https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skulduggery https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/skulduggery So the warning signals in our CT are close to being criminal?

I find the process interesting as you can see the progress of your car travelling from Japan to the UK and all the places it passes. For me, at least, it’s part of the experience from order, build, ship, delivery plus it helps to pass 4 weeks. I’ve done this for my last 6 factory order Lexus plus 2 Toyotas. I guess it’s not for everyone but I enjoy tracking the ship and seeing the message ‘armed guards on board’ as it approaches Somalia and the Gulf of Aden.

I am fortunate that I have a very well respected and reviewed Lexus & Toyota specialist about six miles away. My Rx400h is now nearly thirteen years old and i took the car out of the main dealer network around five years ago. My Lexus specailist has performed superbly during that time. OK--I don't get a loan car, Nespresso coffee and and attractive young lady on reception in a smart showroom. But I do pay a fraction of main dealer prices. If anyone is interested the outfit i use is http://www.tech-one.co.uk/ based in Sidcup. No connections other than a very satisfied customer

Well the last installment of the my engine troubles has been completed! Luckily it's now working (albeit there's still a few little jobs to do, which will be covered in subsequent videos). Unfortunately, there's not too much footage of the actual removal and strip-down of the heads, as I was a little bit annoyed at that point and filming wasn't on my mind! However, if anyone ever has to contemplate doing this themselves, or wants to pick my brains, then please feel free to drop me a message, as there's a lot of little Gotchas that aren't even in the Workshop Manual! If I had to do it again, I'd be fairly sanguine about it, but doing it for the first time was definitely 'interesting'. Hope you enjoy, video is here:

Thanks again. That is a great help.

This will give you a better idea ! Hope you have fun !

If you want to come to Preston I can highly recommend John Barton of Ribble View Garage. He's not a Toyota/Lexus specialist but is just a superb mechanic who really knows his onions. He's got a rating of 5 stars out of 5 by 27 reviewers on Google Reviews. The address is: 2A Rough Hey Rd, Grimsargh, Preston PR2 5AR Tel: 01772 798856

Just asked Lexus here if they have something similar.

no such skulduggery on the old SC ..................................

https://www.lexus.co.uk/owners/servicing-and-maintenance/lexus-essential-care/

Maybe roof not locked in correctly or it’s malfunction 🤔

When people ask me why I chose a Lexus I tell them that for a year I worked as a plater when I was between 'proper' jobs. A plater is a delivery driver who picks up cars and takes them from the owner to an auction site or transfers them between dealers and auction sites or vice versa but you get the picture. In that year I drove hundreds of cars, sometimes 5 a day and sometimes just 2 a day on longer journeys but what I did get was a lot of different driving experiences. From Motability Smart cars to S class limos from the Russian embassy in London, from supercars to granny mobiles I drove them all but nothing felt as good as getting in a Lexus and being confident that I'd not only get to my destination but in comfort. Once the burst of exhilaration at flooring a 911 or Maserati was over I realised that there was more to driving than acceleration or top speed and having been a passenger in a navy fast jet even that was ho hum after the adrenaline wore off. I could have bought pretty much anything that the market had to offer but it was the Lexus brand that stood out after a year of intensive study. Performance? Yes up to a point but it's not the be all and end all that motoring journos major on. I remember one of our really good Sea King pilots wearing a tee shirt that said 'Jets are for kids', there's an analogy there somewhere.

Absolutely agree, if you want a sports performance car buy another brand. All I can say about my IS300h is as you've stated, its refinement and driving experience. Its also nice to own something you don't see every day on the roads. You have to be a certain sort of person to buy one of these, or just fed up with the competition. I was fed up with looking at every other car on the road being the same as mine. Thats one of the reasons I took the plunge. For me its got everything!

Insurance premiums are always going to be a hot topic. I am also with Saga, and although not the cheapest the premium I pay is very competitive. As already mentioned though an important point with insurance is how you are treated if you make a claim. I was with Churchill, and had to make a no fault claim. I had written proof of the other parties liability. It took 2 years to settle the claim, and a further 3 years to get my excess refunded after countless phone calls, and emails to Churchill being bounced around various departments with calls never being returned. When I made a no fault claim with Saga the difference in the way I was treated was incredible. When ever I called them I was informed they would ring me back shortly, and they always did within 10 minutes. The return call was always the same person knowing all the details of the claim without me having to go through things every time. They provided me with a new Mercedes C class for the duration of my claim with a fully comp no excess insurance policy free of charge for the duration of the claim. This against "a tin can on wheels (Crysler Spark)" that Churchill provided insurance covered on my policy. Although I can sympathies with Malcolm he did take out a policy with Sags at an price he was prepared to pay for the yearly millage agreed . Saga kept there part of the agreement as far as premiums not going up. Insurance also covers things like fire, and theft that is not millage dependent. It is not Saga's fault he did not use up the millage quota. If he wished to buy insurance based on the actual millage done each year he should have bought from a company that was prepared to do this. You cannot go into a shop, and buy 1 kilo of nails, and go back a year later with 1/2 a kilo demanding half your money back. John.

Why skew facts to make your argument? We all know the IS300h isn't a performance car, and if you believe any manufacture's marketing department you are in for a sad awakening. However the IS300h has a 0-62 time of 8.3 seconds at launch and 8.4 seconds later, due to more emission restrictions. To compare against European manufacturers that quote 0-60 times you need to take off around 0.3 seconds to account for the 0.2 second difference so the IS300h is around 8.1 seconds 0-60. The list price of the IS300h at launch was £29.5k, the last UK price list has the base model at £33.3k on the road, no where near £37k.

Yep it doesn't work on cars newer than late 2014 as the head unit just dies. Seems to work for newer vehicles I sent an email to Lexus customer relations. They're liaising with Lexus Stockport to find out the cause. I'll hang fire on fitting this used unit for a bit and see what they come up with

For me it’s not so much the outright performance although this is one aspect. It’s more the part-throttle response, ie how far you have to press the accelerator to elicit a bit of go from the car. The IS300h is particularly bad in this respect unless in Sport mode and even then there is still a fairly non linear relationship between accelerator position and forward momentum. You do get used to it and for many it’s not a problem. I always felt that I was driving round in a compact sports saloon with good handling and a fairly firm ride but without the strong powertrain to go with it. I found that facelift cars perform better than pre-facelift cars. The bare figures didn’t change but there was no doubt in my mind that a facelift car has more assistance from the electrickery than a pre-facelift car which makes it feel more torquey in terms of delivery. I seem to be much less bothered about this in my NX possibly because the car is more wafty and I don’t drive it as hard. I think if you’re looking for performance and have owned and driven a lot of fast vehicles an IS300h could be a bit of a disappointment. If you are moving from something with similar performance you probably wouldn’t. An IS300h never feels like it has 220bhp to me. Jump into an Audi A4 2.0 TFSI with 220bhp and you’ll feel what a real 220bhp offers.

The lack of service history will make a difference to the value. However whatever you choose to do the hybrid battery check is worth doing as it preserves the battery warranty. Interestingly I am looking for a RX450h of similar age/spec to yours, so if you are thinking of selling privately let me know, I am a way away from you but travel (legitimately) with work to your area, and the private sale price should be more than Webuyanycar type prices.

I thought it was 8.3 seconds to 60. All that off the line timing and going around corners on rails stuff doesn't really bother me. If I want speed, I'll book a supercar experience at Thruxton and take something Italian for a spanking. I just want something which will get me from A to B without having to take a break on the hard shoulder waiting for the AA to arrive, something which is comfortable for myself and any passengers, and something which has the potential to last me many years without falling to bits or being a money pit. The IS300h ticks all those boxes perfectly.

The button isn't actually in the glove box but sort of around the right-hand front edge. Open the glove box and it's on the right edge. As for the 12V battery, think of it as an ordinary car. It does the same in the hybrid as it would do in any conventional car, so if you open the door and the interior lights come on, they're being powered from the 12V battery. If you press the power button without pressing the brake pedal you'll put the car into accessory mode, where you can see if the radio is working, maybe the lights too. This is like turning the ignition on in a conventional car, but don't leave it like that too long as the battery is being drained, not charged. In order to check it properly though, you'll need a multimeter. Check the standing voltage at the battery terminals against the chart below and then check it again with the car in READY mode, when it should be around 14.5V if the DC/DC converter is charging it correctly. If you want to connect a charger, just lift the boot floor to access the battery and lift the big red cover with the '+' sign on it, then connect the charger's red lead to that terminal. Connect the charger's black lead to either the battery negative '-' terminal or to any unpainted, exposed, metal/bracket/screw/nut/bolt. This is what you'll see when you look under the boot floor (but without the extra red/black wires) and you'll connect the multimeter or charger red to red and black to black:

I'm currently working on this, still in early stage but yes, f sport clusters can be fitted to non f sports. Physically the same, plugs the same as long as f sport clusters is from the same model year and edits. So say 13-14 14-16 17+ steering wheel buttons don't change on any model of 300h. Only if you have an advanced safety pack you get extra two buttons for acc and ldw regardless of trim. Anyways, once I figure out everything I will make a post. (Gonna be a while) I'll be able to program up the correct mileage, and options depending on your trim level.

I had to laugh at the statement that the lights mod comes with a knob to change the settings 😆

Well they managed to get it sorted, apparently a glitch in the system adjusted the warranty expiry date to the breakdown cover extension date. Most have been corrected but a fair few fell through the cracks, so might be worth checking yours. I was also informed that all calls are now diverted to the head office call centre, mainly because of customer feedback on waiting times at the service desks when in branch because of the service desks constant time spent on incoming calls. I was told that if I had a need or preference to speak directly to the branch service dept the call centre operator would be happy to put me through to them. We will see 😁 Pick up and drop off now incurs a £15 fee but is what Jaguar now charge for the service and still leaves me free for the day so well worth it I think.

Keep Lexus servicing until hybrid warranty dies at 15 years old. Then you are on your own.

My cheque is in the post Herbs 😉

Auto Detox is the only one I can see near solihull thats recommended by Detailing World

Solution (worth watching this piece of genius about Trident / Polaris btw)

Absolutely not. The only thing you need to use the main dealer for is anything that only they can do, ie, hybrid stuff. The rest of the car is just like any other car on the road - engine, brakes, radiator and cooling system etc., etc., can all be dealt with by a good garage (preferably recommended by others) anywhere. I'm not having a pop at you but I have to say that it really annoys me when people just dismiss out of hand, anywhere other than the main dealers. 'Motor mechanic' is a recognised trade and people have to serve an apprenticeship and qualify to do the job. They put a lot of time, effort and money into learning their skills and they build up a reputation, only to be snubbed and ignored by some people who mistakenly think that only the main dealers will do a good job. Plus, there's no point in spending over the odds (which you would be) just to get a Lexus stamp in the book. Other garages can legitimately stamp the book too.

I really hope it works for you, looking forward to the update.

Hello. I have had both a few NX on loan when my IS has been in for services, and currently I have a UX F sport loaner. I love the size of the NX, and the equipment list on the Premier model is extensive. I have been fortunate enough to have two premier models and two luxury specs. The biggest thing I have noticed between the UX and the NX is the size inside. The boot is notably smaller, and rear space is probably on par with my IS. Every time I jump from my IS to an NX I really miss the IS' seats. I'm not sure what it is, but something just sticks in my back; I think it's something to do with the stitching. I am finding the same with the UX. Maybe it would be something I'd get used to if it was mine? Next, the engine. My IS feels as though it accelerates much quicker in comparison to the NX. I found the NX a little lethargic when accelerating and when trying to overtake at motorway speeds, the CVT makes the engine rev quite loudly, even though it's only for a few seconds at a time. In contrast, the UX does seem to be better. It does have the same CVT gearbox, however, when pushed there's a nice bit of shove from the electric motor. I have to say, I do wish this updated drive train was in the NX as I think it would make a big difference. As a disclaimer, I will add, I think the later NXs have been tweaked as the early NXs seemed to be a bit more rev happy. Although I have only driven the UX a short distance home (~60 miles) I have noticed that the way the car changes between petrol mode and electric mode is slightly different. Both can set off on electric only mode, however I have noticed that the UX sometimes leaves the engine running when driving at slow speeds. The electric motor is powering the wheels, and the ICE is powering the battery. It must be doing something right though as the onboard computer was showing 51mpg on the way home from Cardiff. Usually the NX is just about getting to 40mpg. In addition, the UX can power itself at motorway speeds in electric only mode. Both are great cars, but it does depend on what you want. If you want more space, and you are going to have people in the back, then the NX would be better for you. If there's just two of you in the car, and you don't need to carry lots on a regular basis, then the UX will be fine. I have the UX for another day. If there's anything you want me to video or take a photo of please let me know and i'll be happy to oblige. I am going to try to do a mini review (providing I have the time).

Obviously the RC F is based on the RC chassis which itself is a GS series IV front end, series II IS Convertible mid and series III IS rear. Using different sections doesn't inherently make it heavy, they aren't cutting up three chassis and welding them together with extra plates of steel, however they purposely designed the chassis and body to be stiff which has made it somewhat heavy. I assume the IS convertible mid chassis was used because that would have a lot of strength in it to compensate for no roof, but would also be heavy. The GS front rather than the series III IS was used to make it easy to fit large wheels and the series III IS rear was the natural chassis choice for the RC and has wheels far back and low overhangs to help make the wheelbase as long as possible. Lexus claim most of the weight of the RC is due to the passive and active safety design - wanting to get the 5* NCAP rating.

Can now make it official!! 2016 Graphite Black, Red Interior, Mark Levinson - Speedfreek 😎 What a car!

We would always recommend going genuine for your battery replacement and it would look like the genuine option is also the more cost effective option at only £112.46 from us at Lexus Parts Direct. https://lexuspartsdirect.co.uk/parts/lexus-ct/lexus-ct-2010-onwards/lexus-ct-engine-service-kits/lexus-ct-phase-1-12v-starter-battery/

Basically any fabric cleaner fluid.... i used vanish stain remover in a bucket of warm water with belts unravelled and soaking in bucket... pull belts out as far as possible and but a clip on at top to stop it retracting back, place bucket in rear passenger footwell leave to soak then scrub with nail/scrubbing brush get Yourself a 1’’ plastic pipe around 6-8’’ long and put a 4’’ cut thru the length of it enough to feed belt thru then grip tight and pull down on it and see the unseen grime oooze out of webbing belt do this numerous times till belt is clean.....worked a treat with mine.... look on YouTube for belt cleaning and you’ll hopefully see what i mean about plastic pipe

I cleaned mine perfectly with Vanish Liquid & Woolite in a basin of hot water and disconnect the bottom bolt . You can use a clothes peg to stop them retracting back while you are doing it . Soak for a hour or so and then gently scrub with nylon nail brush . Then do it again if needed . finally paper towel dry and remove peg and reconnect the bolt at floor . All this should be avaliable on my post in LW forum " Nicks 2006 Facelift SC"They come up like new .

Hi John If your car was serviced at Lexus within the last 12 months, then the Hybrid Battery check would automatically have been done within that service, all routine services include the Hybrid check. Have you purchased Gold Membership with LexusOwnersClub (£59 for 2 years membership)? Gold membership entitles you to discounts on Lexus servicing and service plans. If you are looking at future services at Coventry for instance, you should get about 15 or 20% discount off your services. Well worth it!! BTW, My RX400h was one of the first batch of retail 400's into the UK in 2005 and I recently sold it to a very good friend having done 186,000 miles. Friend is still a friend and car still going strong!!

The general view of Members is that your performance is lousy and you will need to work extremely hard to win confidence on this Forum. It`s up to you. Dan.

Just to close-off this post and inform anyone who may encounter the same issue, I have now resolved it. Turns out it's an easy DIY job. Retract the door aperture surround seal to expose the headlining edge, remove the passenger grab handle and sunshade mount. It is then possible to get a hand into the location where the fixed and flexible pipes meet to rejoin. The GS300 fights on to live another day!

Hi Try this site again Lexusman may help. https://forum.lexusownersclub.com