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Looks smart. Not seen the body kit on a lot of vehicles - its a fairly rare find. Also, is it just the pictures or are the two back windows tinted and not the rear one? Seems to have a chrome garnish around the headlights which is unique too

LED interior lights won't blow the ecu fuse. They'll just blow the standard fuse for interior lights if they play up. Just dont change them with the door open and make sure all lights are switched off. Shouldn't be a problem, loads of people have done it on the IS in the States

Unlikely to have the adaptive cruise on the F-Sport Very few had this option. You would know by looking at the steering wheel. It'd have an extra button with the distance setting on it.

Only about £11 delivered from ECP though with free delivery

Exactly, you can have it collected and towed away if its "Spares or repair". The term means that its not roadworthy and you can't drive it away. So in answer to your question, they can sell the car as spares or repair, and nobody can stop them, but by law, they can't let the customer drive the vehicle away. Also, to put this into perspective, if a dealer lets you test drive the car and then drive it away, if they stamp "Spares or repairs" onto the invoice, it won't stand in court and consumer rights will still apply. To put all this in a simple way: 1) Consumer rights apply to all retail sales 2) Retail sales are any sales which are to the public. What happens in the trade is an entirely different matter. 3) Spares or Repairs implies non roadworthy, therefore a dealer cannot offer a test drive or let you drive away - otherwise it counts as a retail sale no matter what they decide to stamp on the invoice. It just wont hold water. 4) Selling a car as spares or repairs (unless it clearly is) or "Sold as Seen" by a dealer is shoddy practice and consumer rights will still apply despite them trying to waive their obligations 5) Under consumer rights, the product has to be fit for purpose, satisfactory quality etc. Selling "Used cars" would imply that the cars are fit for purpose, i.e. roadworthy unless mentioned otherwise (and mentioned correctly as well).

Would probably drop I imagine for being obsolete. Either way, I doubt it makes a huge difference in the grand scheme of things.

Because selling a second hand car as "Spares or repair" in legal terms implies a car is not roadworthy which means it can't legally be driven away

Im fully aware of the law on this front. A dealer cannot say "sold as seen" as consumer rights apply no matter what when selling to the public. Private car sales are a different matter and they don't have to be fit for purpose or decent quality. They still have to list any faults and have an accurate description of the vehicle and they only have to give the correct information if asked i.e. they don't have to disclose accident information unless directly asked. If a car is being sold by a dealer, the key aspects of consumer rights apply. The vehicle has to be of satisfactory quality, meet the description that was given and be fit for purpose. Writing spares of repair on a contract is shoddy business and a way of trying to get out of your obligations as a dealer. A dealer can not deny a member of the public of their rights no matter what they try to do. In essence, you're not trading legally and its lucky that there have been no issues. Most of the public are decent people and won't try to be difficult. Watch a car go pop or something go wrong with it and they'll be on your tail quite quickly. Whether its £100 or £10k, if you're a dealer and selling to the public, you simply cannot be writing "Sold as Seen" or "Spares or repair" (unless its not roadworthy). If you want to sell "Sold as seen", you need to sell the vehicles privately or at an auction.

That's not true. You can't sell a car as "trade sale" when the public are involved. No such thing as a trade sale when selling to a private individual and those who try that on are crooks. Consumer rights would still apply. Spares or repairs in legal terms means that the car is unroadworthy. I certainly would not be signing any document with that written on it as it effectively means you can't drive the car away without having the insurance voided if something happens.

You would get about £5-6k off a new GS300h at the minute. Possibly, even more off a pre-reg and if you haggle hard, probably a good saving as the GS is being phased out and will be replaced by the ES The 450h is epic in the GS and thats what I would go for despite it being used. Ultimately depends on if you find the GS300h is enough for your needs

Mine just says "Inspect Hand brake" with a juicy tick next to it lol On both cars I suspect most likely because its the same dealer using the same checklist sheet

How do you know they're warped? Vibration when braking can be caused by a lot of different things. Could be dodgy pads, warped discs, hubs etc. Also, are you bedding the brakes in?

MOT testers use the "6 click rule". So if its 8/9 clicks, theyll mark it down as being excessive. I don't think its adjusted on servicing and I would expect it to be around 6 so would probably get it adjusted.

Pics or it didnt happen! To answer you're questions, the 3RX has no rev counter. Adaptive cruise was only an option on the Premier model of the facelift 3RX.

And worth remembering that once you've set it, you don't need to keep doing it over and over again. Set it once and leave it be.

Very unlikely to be from factory. Out of most manufacturers, Lexus tend to have spot on panel gaps so I would suspect its probably been in a bump at some point.

Cheap knock off's from a Lexus dealer?! Are you having a laugh? 🤣

I do that every year. Ring them up, they either match it, give a better quote and additional benefits. No surprise then that my multicar policy has been running with them for a few years now 🤣

The interior lights can be changed quite easily. Get some decent quality ones off ebay. There are loads around. When slowing down, I highly doubt its the gearbox - more likely to be a feature of the regenerative braking system moving over to mechanical brakes. Not really sure about catching feet on the bottom of the dash. Im a size 11 foot and have no issue. TBH i don't move my heel when going from accelerator to brake so only the top of my foot moves. Shouldnt really be anything under there.

Im not surprised they're squeaking. I was under the impression minimum pad thickness was around 1.5mm!

Either Yokohamas, Bridgestones or dunlops Depends on the trim - F-Sport and Premier usually came with Bridgestones/Dunlop. Luxury, Advance and Executive came with Yokohamas

I probably wouldn't change them until they've worn out to be honest

Yes, tyres do make a massive improvement in some cases. From what I understand, the OEM Yokohamas are quite noisy

Trains are dead expensive for what they are though. I fancied going down to London over the long weekend and they wanted £360 for 4 adults and a child return. That price included a railcard. Its roughly 400 miles return trip for me so would only cost me £50-60 on petrol there and back if I took the RX and left it parked at the hotel. More convenient as well. Back on topic though: Edmunds are running a long term Tesla Model 3 and Consumer Reports purchased one just to test themselves. The reports aren't great, a lot of faults and things going wrong. Additionally basic things like ride quality and cabin noise issues. Funny how being an EV makes all this somewhat negligible, any other car and it'd get ripped to shred by the media and consumers, yet everyone puts on their rose-tinted glasses when it comes to anything that runs on electric power.

Might nick the copper out of them as well whilst they're at it That tends to happen when you get a lot of rich people and stick them in one place.....