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I have had issues when my key was in the same pocket as my android phone. Car just wouldn't open. I always now keep key away from phones.

My transmission oil was changed last service. That was a 4 year service.

1 On dab it is quieter than with music on USB. Tried mine on full volume and rear view mirror appeared possessed and the whole interior almost self destructed. 5 There is a partial easy exit setting. I have mine set like this and it only moves the wheel. Regarding the badge as a gold member my dealer gives me 15% off parts and servicing. I saved £70 on a service 2 weeks ago.

Quick update Now driven 150 miles on the new tyres. Considering it consisted of cold and wet roads plus snow covered roads yesterday and today I am well impressed. Traction under all conditions is really good. On the Dunlops it was very easy to bring the traction control on. This no longer appears to be the case. The tyres are extremely quiet and all signs should of harshness on rough surfaces has dissipated.

Had four new tyres fitted today and tracking adjusted Initial impressions on todays wet and cold roads are very positive. Firstly the only negative is lack of rim protection. Now the positives. Firstly the car now feels more planted and the ride is much softer than the OE Dunlops. This is especially noticeable when negotiating speed humps. They are also much quieter. The grip in the wet seems also to be much improved. So initial impressions are very positive.

Well my TPMS warning light was on this morning again. I checked the rear offside tyre which had been down on pressure a couple of weeks ago and it was slightly soft. Repressurised everything was good. This tyre was soft a couple of weeks ago so must have a very slow puncture. As the tyres were checked on service on Friday it must be a very slight leak. Both rear tyres last week at service were deemed to be a little low on tread -scuffed on inside of both rears and N/S down to 3mm in middle and rear o/s 3.9mm in middle. since then I have covered a further 600 miles. I visited my local tyre guru who quoted £400 to replace rears like for like (Dunlop Sport Maxx). That would mean in a couple of months ( 4,000 miles) ,when the fronts needed changing another £400 to keep everything matched. total £800. He priced a few others and came up with the Michelin Primacy 4 which is a new model at £650 for four. In addition there is an offer with Michelin where they put £50 on a prepaid visa card for you if you buy 4 tyres bringing the cost down to £600. He reckons the new Primacy is a great tyre and is' A 'rated for wet grip. On that basis I have ordered a set as the Dunlops are original and have now covered 30,500 miles so I can't complain. Will keep you updated when fitted as to their performance.

I understand that the GS replacement might be a totally new model ES which will be rear wheel drive. I don't believe that Lexus will not have a car of this size throughout the world.

I moved to Lexus from the so called luxury German brands because they are niche. If I am spending large lumps of real money while driving big mileages I expect to be able to get my car serviced and repaired quickly not be told I need to wait 3 weeks for a service. With my experience of Lexus this week I won't be in any rush to go elsewhere.

While my car was serviced the salesman I have bought my last 2 cars came for a chat. Apparently the GS is no longer being imported and the last two cars into the Cheltenham dealer will arrive imminently. The thought is that the new ES will replace it. The first UX will arrive Spring 2019.

The water pump replaced under warranty I am pleased to say at no cost.

Well my car had a big service at Listers Cheltenham today while I waited. All good until they noticed a coolant weep from a water pump seal. They initially stated they had a seal and would replace that, but in the event they replaced the complte water pump. I am so impressed that they had one in stock and got on and did it while I waited. I arrived there at 8.30 this morning and by 12 was back on the road with the car cleaned and vacuumed for a total of less than £374.

I might be wrong, but that panel looks like it may have been repainted at some point in the cars life. One way of working that out is to use a 'paint detective' or similar device on the car to check paint depth

I have owned a number of Mercedes during the past 28 years and the classic models from the 80s and 90s were wonderful pieces of engineering. Everything went belly up in the noughries when the Daimler Chrysler bean counters took over. I moved away from the brand returning in 2014 for a time with a C class and e class cabriolet. Sadly the build quality of these later cars isn't very special for machines costing (in the case of my cabriolet) nearly £50k new. The service from their dealers is no better than Ford or Vauxhall and not as good as my local Fiat dealer. Don't have a breakdown as their recovery service (Allianz) is awful. Lexus build quality and service is streets ahead. With Mercedes the lead time for a service was around 3 weeks which is no use to me driving 500 miles a week. My message is to stick with Lexus

Well a bit warmer today so checked and pumped the tyres to recommended pressure. Warning light still on. Drove car a couple of hundred yards and it reset.

Well this morning it was below zero under my carport and when my car was started the tyre pressure warning light was on. Well I looked everywhere including the handbook and nowhere did it say how to reset the thing. Fortunately after driving for half an hour the light disappeared. Why isn't there information on resetting the light when the cold wat Weather certainly the issue?

Booked may car in for a big service at Listers Cheltenham. Yesterday I noticed that the rear offside door seal on the front edge had come unstuck from the door. I asked Sam the Service Manager if this could be re-glued when the car was serviced next Friday week. He immediately responded by indicating that the cold weather has probably caused the double sided tape to fail and that he would order a new strip in to be fitted at service as a warranty matter. He also confirmed that there would be a £70 discount on the service with my club membership. As this is the third service since I joined that is a great result.

My last car an IS 300h F Sport was black metallic and for some reason (unlike a previous obsidian black metallic Mercedes) iI could never keep it looking clean for more than 5 minutes. The white is so much easier to maintain and the pearlescent paint is so fabulously smooth and glossy. The Lexus grey would probably be my second choice, but buying used finding the right car is most important to me.

Very nice looking car and hardly run it at that mileage

Great looking car (but I would say that given the colour].

My Irish family come here for cars because they're far cheaper than in the Republic and also are generally in better condition than the local cars which have been subjected to 'the old bog roads'. I traded an Alfa Romeo in 4 years ago in Somerset and the subsequent buyer flew from Belfast to buy it. So even within the UK it appears cars are cheaper outside Ireland.

I was concerned about hybrid battery life and tackled the service manager at my dealer. He said in 11 years they had only replaced batteries in one vehicle due to wear and tear. Other replacements had all been caused by cars getting in flood water or rodent damage. He said they have several customers with cars exceeding 250,000 miles with healthy original batteries. He also made the point that replacement costs have dropped and you don't have to replace them all if their are problems.

I have Megs super degrease and it is good but for fabric I think the chemical guys product is better and doesn't smell as much.

Chemical guys have an intensive fabric cleaner. It is a professional quality product and has removed stains from most fabrics and carpets in my home as well as our cars. You dilute it and spray it on. Dabbing with microfiber cloth then lifts out the dirt. My Grandson got his red fabric coated life jacket covered in black grease from a canal lock and it came out easily. The best fabric cleaner I have found so far. Murphys law that I needed to use it today I have just checked and the product is called Chemical Guys Lightning Fast Stain Extractor. you dilute it 20 to1. My son-in-law spilt a mug of hot chocolate on our cream lounge carpet this morning and it has removed the stain no problem.

Talking of 70s BL cars you clearly were lucky not to have experienced my 76 mk2 Allegro, it had a cylinder head gasket at 750 miles. The paint fell off half the car. The front seats needed reupholstrring as the seams came undone. Oh the throttle damper was a perpetual issue. This was just the first 6 months of ownership. The following 2 years were worse....

On Tuesday I did a snowy 175 miles into Shropshire from Gloucester. I had almost neat washer fluid but when I got north of Kidderminster the washers froze at around minus 6. Very surprised the car hasn't heated washer jets as my last 2 mercedes did. The snow setting worked very well throughout the journey and I averaged 50mpg becauseI was driving slowly.