Exdee

I have always sold my cars on Autotrader and have had positive experiences so far. Advertise for 11K and sell for no less than 10K.

I am sure Mr Exhaust in Reigate can fix your current exhaust. You'll be given warranty on the repair too. Nothing beats OEM in silence.

I would love to own a LS400 as I have heard so much about it but sadly will have to pay 12.50 a day to drive it here in London. Should have done it sooner!

Hello everyone, Although, I have really enjoyed owning my LS430, LS600HL and my current LS460, I fancy a bit of change. The current LS with the V6 Hybrid does not appeal to me. This engine configuration was available in the GS and RX and doesn't feel flagship. The twin turbo LS is an option but will need to be imported from Japan. I am curious if there were other people in the same boat as me and what did they opt for next.

If the wheel balancing was done when the tyres were changed, and you don't have a sticking piston (which I think if you did you would smell it), I would also guess that this is an issue caused by rust, either behind the rotor or somewhere in the region of the brake hardware. If your car is not driven frequently, it could just be glazing on the rotor and brake pads which can be fixed by doing some hard braking at high speed (don't come to a complete stop).

Great find, looks like they know what they are doing! The vehicle has a Chinese number plate (and so do other vehicles in the video). This must be somewhere in China.

It's been a while since I've used these as I now have Android Auto but back in the day I used to prefer the minimalist magnetic type phone holders for air vents such as this one.

I had this installed many years ago.. It will be necessary to get a summing device to sum up the signal from the front door woofers and the sub woofer to get a full bass signal otherwise it wont sound right. The AudioControl LC7i was used in my install. Be sure to get some sound dampening installed otherwise the boot will just rattle all over the place.

Don't believe the 460 was sold in the UK in long wheelbase. You might be able to find an import though. Just be mindful that the E10 fuel is not recommended on the 2006 and 2007 cars. Avoid if possible. What year are you looking for?

The newer lexus vehicles including the 2012+ LS in Japan has text written on the physical buttons in the car in English. You can also change the language to English in the menu on the infotainment system although some text is permanently coded in Japanese. Functionality like Climate Control, Bluetooth etc is very much useable with English menus and no guess work. I suspect the hardware for the infotainment system is different so it's not a case of flashing a different regions software.

I have a LS460 import. Satnav can't be set to Non-Japanese Maps. I tried using sd cards from UK cars but they don't work. I am using Grom and it works great. The car connects fine via OBD and the ECU reads in English. I customised some settings via Techstream. I don't take my car to Lexus for routine servicing but it has been to them once for some advanced technical work and they were quite happy to work on it.

You will need to turn on media audio for the Grom. You should turn on internet access too. On the Android Auto screen on the Grom, ensure that the 'Activate AAAuto UI' is set to automatic. You can tick bluetooth tethering if you want to use the phones internet on the Grom unit (outside Android Auto). You must keep bluetooth switched on your phone to use wireless android auto. You must have wifi enabled on your phone too although you don't need to connect to any network as the Wifi connection for Android Auto is a background process. I would suggest turning off your TPlink whilst you set up and demo wireless android auto to avoid any interference. Make sure wireless android auto is enabled on your phone too. It's not enabled on some phones by default. Go to settings, type android auto in search and open, if you see wireless android auto under system turn it on, towards the bottom you will see 'version', tap on it till you unlock developer options, click on three dots and enter developer settings, make sure 'add wireless projection to settings' is turned on.

You will need to go into the bluetooth device settings on your phone and disable phone calls on the Grom, only have them enabled on the Lexus bluetooth. Similarly, it's probably best to switch off media audio on the Lexus.

With Android Auto, your phone does the heavy lifting and projects the apps installed on it to the cars infotainment screen. The screen is split to show a main app and a secondary app. The main app is normally Google Maps or Waze The secondary app will normally be a music app like spotify or youtube music. It's quite customisable. There is also the advantage of seeing notifications from your phone such as Whatsapp messages or text messages on the screen of the car. This video below should give you an idea. Yes if using AA wirelessly the initial connection for android auto is made using Bluetooth however Bluetooth is not powerful enough for wireless display. A simultaneous connection is also made using wifi for wireless display purposes. I personally have the factory bluetooth turned off as it's not needed. Grom uses the factory mic and it works fine. This is vehicle dependant so your car might be different. If you are going on a long journey, you will probably want to plug your phone in so that it can charge. Wireless Android Auto consumes a considerable amount of the phones battery.

I hope you are aware of and utilising the wireless android auto capabilities of the Grom unit.