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Good job - but still why did it need 3 stage polishing? Im no pro but I could have got that done with one product Lexus paint is always soft - best thing to use on it is Sonax Perfect Finish with a polishing pad and then a refining pad. Its the easiest and fastest polish to use for Jap paint, so much so that you can get a full car polished in maybe 2 hours and of course its suited to soft paint, hence the name "perfect finish".

The quality stinks though as you can see here I can personally vouch for that as ive seen a pre- production car. Jag leather is awful its not even real I don't think Costs a lot of money too for what it is really. The NX has a better quality cabin and more kit whilst the RX is on another level quality wise. I should say I wasn't impressed with the XE either, too much cheap quality buttons in the cabin which are also used in the F Pace. Same with armrests and pleather. The IS cabin is better quality IMO than the XE especially the leather seats

Im not that keen - my car usually has a couple of layers of wax on it anyway but I usually get rid of it with some warm water.

Its still a mistake. It mentions Hilux in there lol

Should really be clearing at the same time. it does in my RX. Any chance dealer's stuck some anti fogging agent on that side and forgot to do the drivers side?

I think dealers usually charge about £80 + VAT for a wheel doing.

You mentioned you have the E220 CDI - which model year is your car? and what sort of budget are you looking at? That helps us to see which generation of GS/LS you should be looking at. Lexus runs on petrol only after a brief moment with the IS going down the diesel route for the 2nd Generation. Reason for this is that Lexus is all about low noise, vibration and harshness and diesels are the opposite i.e, all they offer is NOISE, VIBRATION and a lot of harshness. Now you have the E220 CDI, I know what that is like i.e my wife had a C220 CDI which uses exactly the same engine and the basic unit is the same since 2003. Now these things are gruff and vibrate like crazy so expect any Lexus to be more refined than the Merc. Lexus run on petrol because petrol engines are generally more reliable, have no DPF issues and are much cleaner to the environment in terms of emissions. In terms of size, GS is the same size as a Merc E class, the LS is much larger. The GS should have a lot more kit than the E class as standard. So pros and cons compared to the Merc - pros - standard equipment, more refined,, smoothness, reliability, dealer customer care, arguably build quality is better on Lexus cons - more expensive to run (depends on if you go hybrid or not) indifferent - service prices are usually about the same as merc

Its a mistake - they've copy and pasted Toyota warranty!

So what kind of budget and spec are we talking?

Its certainly true that its more of an issue on newer cars simply because they have more delicate paint. Some people still don't think leaving bird poo on their car for 6 months will have any effect LOL

Ive seen an RX300 with a blown engine in the workshop - Service guy said the oil hadn't been changed in over 30k miles. He pulled it out and showed me. Had the consistency of fudge!

New RX is 12cm longer than mine so probably about 25 cm longer than the NX

But that'll be offset by the rock high prices of them. I predict you can use one for a year and sell it for hardly any loss

I report people to the DVLA if they dont do it themselves. It's part of my job. The number of over 70s I see who aren't fit to drive is unbelievable. The insurance statistics are flawed. Anyone can see that older people tend to drive less than young drivers between 20-25. I was clocking up 30k a year going everyday 100 miles round to get training when i was 23. I only do 10k now therefore have much less chance of having an accident Scientifically a 70 year old man has nowhere near the same sort of reaction times as a younger driver

They aren't exactly abused. Besides any problems would have been picked up by now in services etc

I guess that's true. I dont go in cities often and mostly on wide roads - not an issue for me. The only problems are when going through small roads with cars parked either side which aren't 1 way. I don't think length is too much of a problem, its usually the width that becomes problematic but never had an issue in car parks with the current RX.

Probably down to the aging population - I find they are actually worse than the young drivers. Like most things dash cams are somewhat of an insurance policy, they sell well because they prey on people's fears and in all likelihood you're probably more likely to have an accident in a car with a dash cam simply because you subconciously think "youll be OK" because its all recorded.

I thought the 200t was pretty good but its the gears that annoyed me. Its fine for cruising but its not exactly sporty as it should be. Would have been awesome with a ZF Ive always had issues with emergency vehicles - I can't hear them very well inside the RX when I have music on :O Maybe they need to start making their sirens louder!

Yes it was most likely a Lexus Press car - ones that they give out to journalists to test.

Glad to hear its back. Wife's prang - not sure if you saw it over on the IS forum but came to around your figure as well. Front bumper and right wing were replaced along with painting, blending to both fenders and the bumper. Atleast the damage wasn't too bad though!

You get used to the size though - I mean I started off driving a Ford Fiesta and Im now driving an RX which is twice the size - I wouldn't dare dream of going back that small again. The RX is hard to beat on the motorway and in town really - just make sure you got enough space to park it and you'll be fine - dont have to worry about kerbed wheels either when doing full lock to mount the kerb

I thought this was common knowledge? It damages paint on all cars not just VW - I dont use suncream anyway - don't get burnt so..... Ive seen cars with fingerprints on them caused by it!

Well that's a result! Car is fine and you're wallet is no lightwr which is great!

Curiosity got the better of me when I nearly killed myself with glare on the motorway lol. Something had to be done and I guess ive found a solution :)

Yep front axle has cvt and the rear has a 4 speed auto. In which case I'd assume that there are some sort of gear changes in the rear which can be felt?!