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Whoops, need to wear my glasses!

Hi Harpreet, petrol or diesel?

And of course you have to start with dry carpets and upholstery. Good spot with the fittings degrading the watertight integrity, I'll have a look at mine this weekend 👍

Hi Alex, not quite click and collect but I did buy a 2017 IS300h from an Audi dealer 137 miles away in December. The process went like this: I listed the spec for the car I wanted and did the usual trawl round various websites, no luck for a few weeks as I didn't want to compromise Found what looked to be a perfect match at a Lexus dealer 50 miles away, called and arranged a test drive for when the early December lockdown was lifted, 10 day wait.. In the meantime, kept looking and found same spec car, much lower mileage but long distance away Called the dealer, convinced him I was a serious buyer but I didn't want to drive that distance just to be disappointed by either the quality of the car or his reluctance to negotiate. Dealer made an extensive video of the car and sent it to me, close ups of all points of interest Called the dealer and we negotiated a price over the phone subject to satisfactory test drive, paid a £500 refundable holding fee Made the journey, if the truth be known I was having the car before I'd finished watching the video Test drove the car, did a bit of teeth sucking, told him I really didn't want a red car but if he threw in a tankfull of petrol I'd take it off his hands as he shouldn't have a Lexus in an Audi showroom. I absolutely DID want a red one by the way Did the paperwork and drove home grinning from ear to ear, if anything the grin is even wider now Not quite a click and collect, I couldn't bring myself to do it although if he'd have pushed me I would have done it as it was the perfect car and not an easy colour/interior combo to find Long winded but hope it helps.

Mine seems to work ok unless I try to drive into any other dealership then my brain paralyses my left arm 😀

Welcome to the Lexus world, there's no turning back now!

Pretty sure a decent seamstress (or whatever they're called nowadays) would be able to knock you one up and fill it with this. It'd be something like the old draught excluder my granny used to have 🙂. They've even got them on eBay..

I have a 1kg bag of silica gel sitting on the parcel shelf. It sits behind one of the headrests and is invisible from the rear view mirror and from the outside unless you're looking for it. No condensation issues. Every now and again I put it in the airing cupboard overnight. The one I bought (Ganvol) seems to be no longer available but there's a similar one here. Happy to take pics.

Did anyone already know this? I'd like to bet that nobody knew where all the names came from and I would certainly have liked to have been a fly on the wall in the meetings where they chose them!

I can't disagree, I came late to the marque as an owner after having driven virtually everything (didn't get to drive a Bugatti Veyron) that other manufacturers had to offer. The 2 models I've owned tick all the boxes for my lifestyle and the service I've received from Lexus Poole has been outstanding. I can't see a change happening anytime soon.

My Mini Cooper S had this too, I thought it was to protect your eardrums from the pressure increase when you slammed the door whilst inside the car (some people do). It's more to do with the sealing of the frameless glass at the top of the door seal without stressing either. Another thing to go wrong, I had endless electrical problems with that car from day 1 (indicators didn't work) and it was brand new.

Prizmos say that the Carista drain is negligible but experience has shown me otherwise! A: The power drain is relatively low, roughly equivalent to an active GPS alarm system. So unless you leave your car undriven for extended periods of time or you have battery issues, the power drain aspect should be fine. However, we still do not recommend leaving the device plugged in because it leaves a Bluetooth connection to your OBD port active at all times... and while we're not aware of any exploits of this, it's just safer to unplug it when you're not using it. see less Prizmos Ltd. · 3 years ago

Like this?

Interesting I only know of two!

Were you there when the mechanic checked the fuses? Did he check the fuses in the footwell as well as under the bonnet?

This attachment may also be useful 🙂 DM30K0E_IS300h_DIS.pdf

Can you confirm that all of the lights in the attachment are working?

And on that I think we all agree

I've always found this awkward as I'm no contortionist, actually the front windscreen cleaning isn't a barrel of laughs either. Does anyone have a special technique/tool that makes things easier? I normally end up on all fours with my head upside down trying to get in the corners. I don't mind trying new positions normally but not for the sake of a clean piece of glass..

Here you go Alan, made this earlier, hope it helps: https://youtu.be/7K4HELfg3hw

My favourite was telling people it was an I.D. 10 T problem. I'd usually disappeared by the time they wrote down ID10T 🙂

There have been a few discussions/enquiries in various threads about the 12v battery in the boot of the IS300h. I made a short video this afternoon showing how to charge the battery with a smart charger, not teaching granny how to suck eggs and I'm sure many of you know how to do this but it may help someone somewhere. Link below: https://youtu.be/7K4HELfg3hw I was going to do a jump starting video too but I'll leave that to someone else 🙂 Also for those who don't have an electronic version of the owners manual or it's in the glovebox when you don't want to go out to the car, see attachment. is300h.pdf

Barry, it looks like you may not have a copy of the owners manual, take a look at pages 631-635 of the attached which will give you additional info to Colin's excellent reply above. is300h.pdf

This is worth a look if you haven't seen it already. Not your model but shows you the scale of the work

I'll do a 'how to' video later today and post a link