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Hi just got my new quote for car a whopping £502 i am accident free gone up with a bang granted i am a senior citizen but as jumped over 100 as any one else noticed someone told me they were going up but wow over 500 it was higher than that 580 but i contacted them and they dropped it to 502 saying a good will gesture

will you not require a LED Flasher unit for the flashers as i tried it once on a OMEGA and the lights flashed as tho a bulb was blown if it doesnt i am changing mine to L:ED Robert

i have got it on my dash cam and yes you are right the travelling community seem to making the mercs there mode of transport

Driving down my street in my village when a BMW driving like a lunatic thought he could get between me and parked car on his side clipped my wing mirror with his my mirror and it closed i did think it had been ripped off I stopped but the boy racer was long gone I thought new wing mirror wanted but i closed mirror on pass side then pressed button again and they both opened was amazed must have some safety device but i thought how can that be if its gear operated does anyone know different Thanks

Thanks for that Rick i think i may abort you make a valid point about the other items that i had not considered AHHH well robert

I had something similar on my last 55 plate gs300 i got the local Toyota dealership to do a drain and refill which by the way is the reccomended way they charged me £65 and it transformed it it was smooth before after i had run a couple of miles as it was hanging on to 3rd gear for a bit longer than normal and reving a bit higher but Toyota said it was normal but the drain /refill made it a lot better and i never noticed ever again. I only used Toyota as it is only a couple of miles from where i live all my other things servicing etc is done at Lexus Sheffield Robert

Thanks John I may ask local auto elec if he can do it Robert

Hi All Would it be possible to wire the side lights to come on when ign turned on I like the concept of DLR but i dont like the garish Led clusters that some cars Have esp Audi. I wouldnt dream of fitting extra Light module as it would spoil the look of my 450. I did fit a LED bulb in the sidelight and it does light the reflector up well and is visible during day. I know i could switch just side lights on for normal running but knowing me i would end up with a flat battery. I am sure someone must have done it some where Thanks Robert

Hi Qamar does compound need putting on with a powered polisher ? I too would like to give mine some extra gloss

you shouldnt need to reset switch just inflate to correct pressure light will go out

Hi Brian Where did you get the Bumper protector is it OEM or AM Looks Ace Robert

Hi all Got my 450 serviced this week and took out the extended warranty 1095 I did this on the recommendations from the forum as i have Green flag included with my Insurance can i discontinue the green flag. However i saw no reference to breakdown cover in the documentation Could any one clear this up for me TIA Robert

i think he as got a cheek when you have spent time and money putting it to next level

probably mobile ariel they used to be tax disc holders with ariel combined or maybe dab ariel

hi Zotto Thanks for the speedy reply No i had my keyfob on me and i had parked at the side of the merc and it seemed that the locking sequence of the merc must have somehow affected mine as soon as i got away from it all was normal I have never heard of this happening before Robert

Hi all Hope someone could shed some light on a problem I had Last week I pulled up into Tesco car park in front of a 15 reg Mercedes that had pulled in just before me the lady got out locked her car I got out got bags out of boot and locked mine but it didnt Lock i thought strange tried pressing door button still no joy I then got back in thinking something a miss but no so I tried starting it dash said Hold key to button to start, symptom of low fob battery but i changed battery in march, so car started and i moved it to another parking spot and all was ok never done it since Do mercedes have some key perimeter device because it must have been because i was parked near the car Hope someone could shed some light on it

Hi Howard Right I have the bill in front of me for My Sat Nav update for my December 2010 450 SE L the part no is LPZ445-HL300-00 which is a USB stick with a Code Key on it the price was 133.33 they gave me a Discount i think he said 20% came to 106.66 so final bill was net 106.66 Vat 21.33 total 127.99 Give Russell a ring in the stores at Sheffield and get a price at least you can compare Robert

From what i learnt from sheffield you have to buy the key and that came to 125 but as the maps are on the Techstream they are free So my bill was just 125 it seems some dealers charge what they think they can getaway with Give Lexus sheffield a ring see what they quote you then tell your dealer why the difference

no and i didnt either £125 at lexus sheffield

Must say after getting mine in February it as the ML but quite frankly i have not found any difference in quality from my GS300 SE System it may be my ears iam getting on a bit but i do like the options of the inputs HDD BT USB it plays from my phone with good clarity IPhone 4 that is Robert

Had mine since feb and still over the moon with it i replaced my 55 plate gs300 SE for the 450 SEL glad i took note of Haynes report about some of the options being removed like Ventilated seats Sun roof etc mine as evrything except Sunroof but i didnt miss that as i never used it also no acc and PCS And as regard to the Mark Levinson I cant say that it is any better than the standard one but ay I got one on mine Wonderful car

well that shot me down in flames i read this on US site andthought it sounded feasable robert

i too noticed this and after research this is what i found out from 0 to 80 is first phase then goes into second phase over 80 it then stops in this phase all the time unless you drop below 35 if you do it drops back to first phase and the cycle is repeated in essence nothing to worry about perfectly normal as designed by Lexus so what i have read if you on motorway and go over 80 then as long as you dont drop below 35 you will be in the second phase of gearing which should [ give better fuel economy] or so i am led to belieive i hardly notice mine much as i dont go over 80 very often

Hi I have had the Goodyear Eagle Assy 3 fitted all round just got back from a 180ml round trip boy what a pleasure it was steering seemed sharper and was noisless well pleased 127 per corner fully fitted balanced etc the shake i had at 80 all gone running as smooth as silk It did run ok before until it hit 80 which in all fairness is my limit but i did take it past 80 just briefly and still ok so am well pleased and the skate board feeling completley gone thanks ryanns and all who advised Robert

thanks all for your replies i do feel humbled However you may think i am being rather stupid Right i bought the car from a car dealer i noticed that the fronts were a bit down so commented on it " No problem ill will fit a new pair on front " the rears had about 6 mm on so i though ye ok but they were called JinHu never heard of those Any way sure enough he put me some tyres on i could see they were new so did the deal However i only ever go around 75 80 and a fortnight later was on the m1 doing around 75 and the car was shaking a bit wheel balance says I so i took it to my local tyre dealer who rebalance front as they were out and went on to say DIMAX these are not very good tyres he also showed me on the balancing m/c one of the tyres was egg shaped he went on to say if its still same sir it will be this tyre. On trying car it seemed ok the slightest shudder Last week i went to lexus dealer to get sat nav updated and i was a little behind time so i eased on a little and got up to 85 and shudder was back but more than that it was like driving a skate board I asked Lexus to check my suspension and they said nothing wrong but said more than likely the tyres also you have two different makes of tyres we would not reccomend JinHU let alone DIMAX RADAR They said run them for a while but dont go too fast with a wry smile. I thought there and then these are coming off I have ordered 4 GOODYEAR ASSY 3 £117 each so i am throwing away 2 New front DIMAX and 2 nearly new JINHU wife had said leave them on just dont go too fast Ye I know if my son borrows car then what. So am i being naively Stupid?? sorry for the long post As to the Vredestein i had a set on my Omega Elite a few years ago and they were brilliant Robert