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  1. Wow! Your 2018 IS200 has 145k miles on the clock? I would stick with whatever grade is recommended in the owner's handbook.
  2. Interesting threads on the US forum https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-3rd-gen-2001-2006/550609-question-about-04-ls430-foglight.html https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-1st-and-2nd-gen-1990-2000/625299-what-are-these-lights.html
  3. Adds a bit of illumination into the direction of turning. I found it very useful when negotiating unfamiliar car parks and driveways. It certainly made a difference when driving my two Mercs. If they operate similarly to the Merc they switch sides when reversing, so you can see what you're about to clout with the front wing... I am looking forward to getting cornering lights again on my new RC300h in a couple of months..
  4. If cornering lights you'll need the engine running and steering turned sufficiently to trigger them. Should also come on with the indicator, below a certain speed. That's who they've worked on my cars in the past, admittedly not Lexus though.
  5. Yes https://www.toyota.co.uk/new-cars/camry/specs-and-accessories
  6. Wow, that looks good.. Must resist, must resist...
  7. Had a pleasant little gift arrive today It's the little things that make the difference Happy Easter
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  8. No, Lexus are keeping it old school 😊
  9. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ...
  10. Yes, tether either as WiFi or Bluetooth hotspot. The e-store doesn't function yet, if it ever will.
  11. Tacky.. Doesn't your GS come with a clock?
  12. Well, you've just described my new car, arriving end of June (hopefully!) Azure Blue F-Sport with red leather and Takumi pack. Will also be getting it ceramic coated (again, current car is coated, works well), apparently Lexus have broken from Williams and now have their own branded product. It's a long wait ....
  13. Check the stats from http://www.fuelly.com/car/lexus/is300h to see what others get from the same models in real world driving.
  14. Use the physical key?
  15. What you see through polarised glasses is the stress patterns in the glass caused by the toughening process. In the old days before windscreens became laminated one just couldn't wear polarised sunglasses when driving!!
  16. There was a following wind ...
  17. Glass naturally absorbs UVA and the plastic film between the layers (that creates the laminated screen) absorbs the UVB Side windows do absorb UVA but unless especially coated allow cancer causing UVB through. There is a much higher incidence of freckles and skin cancers on left arms (in the US) and right arms (in the UK)
  18. Any hire car can hit 60 in under 4sec, it's a well know fact. Closely followed by any rep mobile, then a white van ....
  19. Those 1196cc Opel Kadetts are damn fast cars
  20. And the very next day he did the same thing and got values differing by 0.6sec, all because the wind changed direction...
  21. Nice picture, do I detect a couple of taxi lights on the roof?
  22. I think you have completely the wrong idea what the United Nations actually does and stands for... It's certainly nothing to do with setting standards. https://www.un.org/en/sections/what-we-do/
  23. One would think this and it's the impression I got from various docs. The hybrid voltage goes through the "step down inverter" to charge the battery and also power all the 12v systems. Sitting in the car with all the bells and whistles running would place a massive drain on the 12v battery, only for it to be instantly recharged by the hybrid battery seems a very quick way to kill the 12v battery? Makes more sense to have the 12v trickle charged (to replenish the relatively insignificant start-up drain) and feed to power hungry accessories from the hybrid battery, via the "inverter"?
  24. Happy to be educated John, just from reading the tech docs for my car I came away with the understanding that the hybrid supplies all electrical power once up and running. Does the car not have an inverter that steps down the traction battery voltage to 12v to run stuff like heated seats etc? (my terminology may not be correct, sorry)
  25. Which is what I meant in my clumsy way! I realise there is no starter (or alternator) in a hybrid system. The 12v starts the computers, to get the hybrid system running after which all electrics comes from the hybrid battery, the 12v essential becomes dormant, just being recharged by the hybrid battery
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