OldTrout

I understand that if I rejoin using the Black Friday discount I will get 25% off. However, I if I have a standing order set up I will not get 25% off. Is this correct? John

My experience of button cells like the ones used in the fob, is that even brand new ones can sometimes be flat. It is possible the one fitted in her fob has already expired. Can yo check its voltage? If not does your wife's key open the car and allow engine to be started without your key being around? John

Well Ian M might not want them marked. On the other hand he might like to be able to get them off in the event of a puncture. After a main dealer repair involving the removal of all four wheels from my car I could not undo the locking nuts to grease my calliper pins. Worse, my local tyre place, who have used torque wrenches for as long as I can remember, were unable to get the locking nuts off without destroying them. A roadside attempt would certainly have failed. The torque settings are there for a reason. John

Fob detector for the boot lock? There is a similar thing inside my boot and Britprius says that's what it is John

And washed down hourly with a light hock?

Is the limiter something to do with maximum permitted revs of the various motors? 10000rpm for one of the electric motors? I have noticed that S Wales is nearer now I have new rear tyres. John

Great purchase. I envy you. I knew it was a mistake going to Mumbles last Saturday via the M4. I usually go via Abergavenny and the Head of the Valleys road. I might have seen you John

My 450 is a 2007. It may be different. At the bottom of the speedo binnacle is a little display panel. This has a number of screens of information and the display button on the rhs of the steering wheel cycles though these screens. When cruise is enabled this screen changes to "radar ready" and when a speed is selected this speed is displayed. Even if the radar slows the car the selected speed remains and car will return to this when it can. Pressing the display button will still cycle through the other screens but the display will revert to the radar display after a short time. Don't other years work like this? John

Andrew, What make were the budget tyres? How do you find the Michelins. Bit early for wear but how about grip and noise? Are they XL or normal? John

Many years ago one of my fishing pals had a RX300. The most miles he did in one day was 800 in Italy and that was towing a caravan. John

Yes I have it now. Camouflaged by some black stuff. It does work but when I turn the key I hear the motor whirl so would this work if the 12V battery were flat? John

Lee, Did this key slot come in with the 2008 model them? My 2007 does not have it. John

See especially the posts by Britprius. I followed his suggestion and fitted Three A 245/40/18. C/B/69dB I think from memory. So far so good...... John

Spotted a lovely red 17 reg RC300h in a drive of a house on the NE outskirts of Oxford today. Does it belong to anyone on here? John

I too have always been curious about how things work. The Toyota HSD has a lot of stuff to be curious about. I've given up on anything except basic understanding and accept that it works and works very well too. The throttle response on my Mk3 GS450h is so much better/smoother than it was on my Mk2 GS300. Two years in I'm still enjoying driving it. John .

And if you want to read rather than watch then Wikipedia is good and detailed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Synergy_Drive

Bernie, You may find this explanation and simulator helpful http://eahart.com/prius/psd/ John

Try http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAKE-GREASE-FOR-CALIPER-PINS-IF-YOURE-USING-ANYTHING-ELSE-STOP-/253064197022?hash=item3aebcd339e:g:JzsAAOSwjL5ZDZTF John

Have you or anybody else other than the dealer actually seen the leak yet? John

Chris, Weird behaviour. The key fob batteries are sometimes very poor even brand new. You could try a new one and if you have a voltmeter measure its voltage before you fit it. Also measure the present battery. New ones can be found for less than a £1. Try and buy them from a supplier with a good turnover to ensure fresh stock. My wife and I have a key each with our own settings for seats. I have noticed that if she leaves her bag with her keys in the car or boot I cannot lock the car. I have to remove her keys in order to lock it. My keys never leave my pocket. The doors unlock when I touch the handles and the boot unlocks when I press the little button. Doors can be locked by pressing the little black button on any handle. Press twice to deadlock. There is no need to get the keys out of my pocket. I never use the buttons on the key fob. John

I learnt to drive about 1961 on a Morris Minor and my Dad had an A35 for work and my Mum had a Ford Anglia 105E which she used for Hospital Car Service. (Do they still exist?) So very roughly 1/2 ton, 40bhp, top speed 70mph and 35mpg. Petrol was 4/- gallon or 20p in todays money. Contrast this with the GS450h at just under 2 tons, 300+bhp, top speed 155 limited and 40mpg. i.e. 4 x the weight, 8 x the power, 2 x top speed and more to the gallon. I find this an amazing achievement. If I remember correctly improvements really got under way with the first fuel crisis in the early 70s. John

I didn't like to bring up the subject of butlers on Sunday. Now I am wondering if I had asked mine to source an NSX he would have stayed. Worse he took the cook with him.

I enjoyed meeting you IS F owners and seeing an IS F for the first time. Well 5 actually. And a little sample ride too. Impressive! Thank you Mark(?). At the risk of showing colour prejudice I must say I personally liked the blue one. The red RC was fabulous. Did Lexus ever do a red IS F? (I like red) I must ask if the guys with silver/grey cars had their butlers come by plane? John

More experiments: With a warm engine, I hit reset as I went down slip road onto eastbound M4 at J18 with cruise set to 65 (i.e. 60 mph). There was little traffic so held that speed. There are also no hills of note until Swindon. Consumption hovered between 52 and 56 for many miles. I left the M4 at J134 and went up A34 to Oxford. This does have some hills and there was more traffic so some slowing and speeding up. Still over 45mpg when I arrived home in Oxford. Repeated the journey next day a bit faster (cruise on 80) and added the A road bit onto Kemble for IS Fs and again recorded 46. Traffic again was light so not much slowing down and speeding up. So to the list of things that drop the mpg I would add accelerating before hills. John

Thanks Dav. Apple maps has it by postcode on the satellite view but not explicitly on map. The satellite view is very good. Google maps does have it. Looking forward to Sunday but first we have intermediate service tomorrow so perhaps mine will get a wash. John