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@LenT You've understood it right however in my naivety, I contacted my insurance and it seemed like they would take of everything. Now it seems that both mine and the neighbours car insurance is the same company but they are acting like two different companies (i,e possible conflict of interest). For last three days I have been calling to chat with someone who can give me an update on the car but it seems really difficult. Will be trying again on Monday to check what's going on.

Hi all Car was reversed into by the neighbour car. Insurance took it away, the guy who took it said will most probably be written off. Not heard anything back yet still chasing the insurance, while enjoying a CH-R hire they provided I got the RX it for £4K about 6 years ago and have driven it to 150K miles. Now looking at auto trader the high milers are selling for £3.5K to £4K still (Crazy) I am dreading the call from insurance as I hate negotiating. But what would be the book value of the car they'll offer? Should I accept that or try and negotiate to 3.5 to 4 K? It does seem unfair that out of no where my pride and joy is no more and then to not even get enough money to be able to replace it? Auto trader wont give me valuation, says more then 15 yar old so it's unable to do so. Thanks

all fixed, MOT gained. Fixed the OSR outer sill myself (Was quoted £450 by two body shops). Hope to get one full year out now. New shock (£75 of eBay) New sensor (£90), new front suspension bushings £40, Labour £320 (including Mot)

Result is back 😞

Thanks both , much appreciated. I called the MOT test station and asked them for a pre-MOT MOT , i,e unrecorded check to see what I need to get fixed to pass smoothly, make sure car is safe. They agreed to have a look for a price which is OK.

Hi all , so this was last years MOT result Repair as soon as possible (minor defects): Offside Front Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (i)) Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories): Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened and rear (5.3.3 (b) (i)) Rear Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive inner sills (5.3.6 (a) (i)) However, the MOT station guy told me not to worry about it , it all looked OKish and I should get some waxoyl on it. Long story short , I got it waxoyled at a local garage and got some quotations for the suspension work but didn't do much all as I only drive it about 4K a year so a £800 bill looked a steep for a car I keep hoping will die one day and I will be able to buy another by force, but she refuses to die and refuses to fail MOTs Any way, there is about a month left for the next MOT and the radiator is leaking a bit which I will sort (already bought a the replacement) Question now is, as I am very non-technical when it comes to cars, from the list above what should I prioritise ? Planning to keep the car for one more year before I sell it to we-buy-any-car-type-thing Its done 148K miles.

Hi Not yet, I'll look them up. Hope it's easy to find the part

Hi all I have an RX300 2004 that I bought 4 years ago to use it until the engine or transmission dies. However both are working fine but the rear suspension on both sides has packed in i,e I have been told all 6 bushes (3 each side) are gone. Good garage tell me that the whole arm or hub will need replacing and will cost £550+vat+ 4 hours labour each side, plus some other work needed on the front they are recommending to drive till MOT date then scrap it as repair cost exceeds cars cost. Back street garage is saying they can fit 2nd hand hubs or replace bushes if I can source the parts but will not buy the parts for me. Labour will be cheap. Unfortunately Lexus don't sell the bushes by themselves . I have seen them being sold on eBay but no idea if I am buying the right ones or not. Can someone who knows what they are talking about guide me to buy the replacements (either full arm/hub assembly or bushes) of ebay or give me part numbers to tally. Sorry I am clueless when it comes to these things but also cannot afford replacement car at this time. Thanks

Hi all Does anyone have a link to front set of Denso Wipers for the RX300 (2004)? I have looked on ECP and they don't seem to have any online. Thanks

Sorry if it's been shared before. Saw it for the first time. Didn't know Toyota had a funny side.

I was in the same boat. I have RX300 and was thinking if I should update it to 450h or not. I have decided against it and the RX300 is running fine for now. Have decided to go with a saloon car like LS600h or the GS250 when it is time to change.

I have owned IS220d, IS250 and now on RX300(2006). All driven to at least 130K miles and bought it 70k, 105k, 105k. IS22d had good fuel economy but the dodgy EGR/DPF setup meant 1, I had to clean the EGR every 10k miles 2, I hated to leave cyclists in a mist of while un-burnt diesel smoke from time to time and hated to look back in the rear view mirror of all the environment damage it was causing. I believe the problem was fix in the IS200d Moved over to the IS250, loved it a lot, however as bullet proof as they are they are not unbreakable , especially if you buy one with a dodgy service history. I ended up with a seized engine and had to get that fixed and sold it on. But when it was working it was really good. Bad on fuel economy and did not have the kick of the 220d turbo but was still better somehow. I moved over to owning a tiny little auto Honda Jazz for a bit due to financial troubles. Great fuel economy and space for a little car but zero gadgets and comfort. Also had a sightly slipping CVT auto which is known fault. Wanted to get back into Lexus fold so got rid of the Jazz (which was bought by an exporter who exported it to Cyprus, seems like its a big thing there) and bought the RX. Main thing about RX300 which I have had for a couple of years now is that it is super comfy, cheap to buy and insure and had huge boot space for those ikea trips and trips to the airport. Its quite heavy on fuel (17 - 23mpg), tyres and brakes. If you do a lot of mile then I would not recommend it but if you do say 3 to 5K miles a year like I have stared doing now a days then I would say its over all great because its cheap to buy and run at that level of miles. I bought mine for 4K and got the cam belt done by Lexus Leeds for another £500. So cost me about 4.5K two years ago at 104K miles now its at 135k miles, but since I am traveling a lot I am not driving it much anymore. I am also looking for another car now as wife has gone and bought a Q3 and I cannot justify two SUVs at home anymore. Thinking of getting back to saloon/sedan shape. So , currently thinking about a change over towards middle of 2020 for either the LS600h or the GS450h or even the GS250 (Same as the IS250 engine but all else is new and new predator grill). I also travel a lot in taxis and it might be just me but I like the CT200h comfort over the Prius-es that I have been in.

I'll be interested in this as well. @Planner did you manage to install a BT kit?

I cannot see the UK up its infrastructure that rapidly to support fast charging that will be required if all cities started banning ICE cars. And we can forget about the fast charging coming to home within next 10 years or so as the infrastructure change requirement is even bigger (I am told). I think Toyota/Honda are onto something with the Hydrogen FC technology and just waiting for the current experiment to fail completely before they start to licence this technology to other car manufacturers. By the way, the new Mirai for 2020 looks decent.

Hi all Fixed mine so sharing how to guide if anyone's interested.