Spacewagon52

Personally I do not like black wheels - silver / chrome wheels are my prefered choice on any colour car. My father-in-law had a Rover SD1, he stripped the black paint off the hub caps and the plain silver looked fantastic.

I see! Thank you ! Will give it a go!

I like my music but you guys are speaking a different language. I have Audacity but no idea how to convert CD's to FLAC? Do you import the CD into Audacity (not used it for some time!) I think my present audio files are MP3. I am going a bit deaf so maybe I would not be able to tell the difference?

I can just imagine if he is using a large disc cutter - revving it up! I feel your pain James!

Excellent point!

Looks a peach from the photos. Dust covers, tracking need to be checked. Also offside front shock absorbers ........ would this be connected to the air suspension? That could be expensive? What copuld you buy for £6000? Mercedes E Class (11) 102,000miles? Jaguar XF (12) 120,000 miles? Leaf (16) 29,000 miles? No thanks - I will stick with the Lexus!

I think your itch is about to be scratched Malc!

Take a look at the brake discs. If the rears are rusty you may have a problem.

I remember reading a car magazine article a few years ago, when they opened a stretch of motorway which allowed you to drive all the way to southern Italy by motorway. They did the road trip in 2 BMW 7 series cars - plus another BMW with a boot full of spares! Which they DID use! Can't imagine a Lexus needing spares!

I have no doubt it will easily take all that. If not then buy a roofboot!

The "chip" crisis has caused a really skewed used car market. Prices for bangers are ridiculous. Buying a car privately is at present very expensive compared with pre-COVID prices. When buying with your own money, great thought and care is needed. That is why I chose to stick with Lexus. All my previous Lexus cars (4) have been relatively OLD until I bought the NX. If you are considering buying a car from April 2017 onwards, the luxury tax (6 years) is something to consider. Personally I like lots of space in a car - particularly the boot. The NX vs the RX was a compromise for me on boot space and running costs. The X Factor was the wife, who flatly refused to drive the 4th generation RX. Car manufacturers are going through a painful readjustment. The writing is on the wall, regarding climate change. No matter how much we would love to keep the ICE, I feel it will soon be a dinosaur. Unfortunately this will not affect many of us on the forum, as we will be dead by then!

The comments on his page are also very interesting. Buy the car you like and look after it, and it will look after you.

Wow! Have no idea of Tesla specification - they lso do a 7 seat option!

The difference however this time the entire extended family came along (6 people+luggage), and the car in question is 6.5 years old having done nearly 70k miles already. I presume you took TWO cars? What was the other vehicle, out of interest? Another EV? I would love to amble around France - very slowly!

Three adults, 1 dog, large roofboot full. 39.7mpg (E5) - 38.7mpg (E10). Not scientific, just on the car's computer.

I have just filled up my NX for a long journey with E5. It will not be scientific but I will see what difference in mpg there is compared to E10

I must admit when I picked up my NX 300h, with 23,000 miles, the car was immaculate. Canterbury Lexus seem to prepare their cars really well.

I am going to try Lanoguard.

Very sorry to hear that Vlad. Hope you get back on the road soon. Will you look for a cheap runaround for now?

No Derek! You WILL have enough time to buy another one!

When you say Main Dealer, do you mean a Lexus dealer?

Really good to have member recommendations - thank you.

My main gripe is that the instructions do not mention this. They are all visual - no text.

Not quite that simple Alex, by all accounts. YouTube, fortunately, had the answer after some searching. There is no mention in the instruction booklet about exactly how the bars should be fitted. It appears there is a front bar and a rear bar. They look identical to me. Not only that but each bar has a left and right side! This is printed on the ends but is not shown in the leaflet. There must be a reason for marking front/back - left/right but there is nothing in the instructions. I wonder if other people have realised they go on a particular way? The video below explains it clearly. Look from 2.47 on the video below:-

Mesa red - Tan interior - the BEST!