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Mine does, although it's a different screen to that posted above.

Richard PM'd last night and he's okay Rupert just went over for a diagnostic.

Good on the dealer to be approachable and standing by their legal obligation [emoji106]

All of the seat fixings were good and tight bar one on the passenger side. This was the worse seat, so maybe that'll help. I hope it's not the runner locating pin that has been cut off by some. Although I don't mind getting the seats out, it'll be more work #sigh Under each seat front, there are 2 bolts securing a cross bar. These were all looser than I'd like. So they were nipped back up. The two metal trims on the seat front seem to make some noise, so I applied some leather cleaner which appears to have helped. With the seats still apart, I took a test drive and think the noise comes from the outside edge, halfway up. I'll take another look at lunchtime tomorrow.

The front seat panels can be removed by unhooking 3 elastic clips, disconnecting the footwell light to then peel back/up the lower cover. Which reveals 2 cross head screws to remove. You should then be able to lower the panel down. If not, then try easing the upper outer sides.

While the sun was shining I decided to take a look at the front seats which occasionally squeak. Whilst cleaning under the driver's seat I found £2.60, a golf T, cable tie and a sticky sweat (yeeeew)!

G'faw, you just 'used' Richard...for what?!

I've been curious about Tesla owner comments regarding no servicing required yet they still use hydraulic brakes, AC, etc all of which need regular maintenance like any other vehicle. So after a quick interweb trawl, I see that annual services are required and aren't free either; https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/support/maintenance-plans I saw an interesting You Tube vid recently that compared several years of true Tesla ownership to a Civic and a Beemer and Tesla wasn't head and shoulders over either alternative. It didn't seem to be bashing 'ev' ownership, just layout out the various details. I'll try and dig out the link if anyone is interested. I'm not sold by the acclaimed Tesla revolution but commend folks that have taken the leap with any of the new players to the market. Oh crumbs, I've just re-read this threads opening post and the topic seems to have digressed somewhat

Can anyone with a GS tow bar part# PZ408-S1553-00 measure outer distance between the two vertical plates that sit alongside the rear mufflers. According to the literature, this tow bar fits all mk3 GS - GS300, GS350, GS430, GS450h, GS460. I have a non OEM exhaust and would like to know if the tow bar will clear my set-up. If it doesn't then I will have to consider changing the exhaust and may select another tow bar. Many Thanks

So this isn't an impulse purchase then. I'm sure you'll find your GS a blast. Crumbs, that's quite a difference in tax!

Hi Peter, good to see that you are staying with Lexus. What swung your decision to choose the GS450H ?

Ditto, congrats the GS should be a bit more fun that your IS. There's nowt wrong with a black/black combo either. Looking forward to seeing pic's.

What are the toe readings?

I've been digging into detachable tow bars for the GS 450H, mainly for our bicycle rack. Provided you aren't towing a caravan/big trailer then the high performance cooling option isn't need, which is just as well at Lexus just quoted me £2010 (inc VAT) for the kit ! 3rd party tow bars are thin on the ground for the GS but I have found a Curt 'hitch' stateside that looks very easy to fit, is cheap but looks low and is visible with limited capacity; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Curt-Hitch-Rear-New-for-Lexus-GS300-IS250-IS350-GS350-2007-2011-113722/121925703562. It's been confirmed to fit a GS 450H here (install pic's); https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/771430-trailer-hitch-for-2007-gs450h.html Curt quick install video (no wiring tho); https://youtu.be/L0KYjWgAGZk Watling Engineering Ltd can build a bespoke bar / electrics for around £600. I presume this is installed and I don't know how long it would take. This might be a good option as I'm not sure how my aftermarket mufflers will sit next to any of the off the shelf tow bars. The tow bar looks like a tight install for OEM boxes, let alone custom zoorsts. After seeing high prices for a Lexus tow bars within the forums, I was quite surprised when Lexus Lincoln quoted £530 (inc VAT) supplied (not fitted, I'll do that myself). Single electrics are £133 (inc VAT) supplied, I presume these are plug/play? With a healthy LOC discount these prices aren't too bad. Fitting the Lexus/Thule/Brink bar looks much more complicated affair vs the Curt, but it'll be neater and less visible when not in use. For reference the Lexus part# PZ408-S1553-00, PDF; http://www.lexus-tech.eu/aimuploads/{E8C7CF0A-B139-0CCB-532C-B96EA0E5B139}/GS300-GS350-GS430-GS450h-GS460 Detachable towing hitch AIM 001 040-2 PZ408-S1553-00.pdf. Oh and if you Google the part number then you get lots of Russian results, any idea why? Do they fit more tow bars over there? If I do install a tow bar then instead of using a roof box to increase luggage capacity I'm keen to explore using a rear cargo box instead, something like the Thule EasyBase; https://www.thule.com/en-gb/gb/cargo-carrier/towbar-cargo-carriers Which looks easier to use that a roof box, should be slightly more stream lined and won't need any special booking slots on the Eurotunnel. Although we couldn't use the cargo carrier and the bike rack at the same time, so we may still need to resort to a roof box if we travel more than 2 up Does anyone have any experiences/comments? Has anyone used Lexus tow bar electrics in their GS? If so then do you know where the loom hook up is and how to gain access? Oh and before anyone asks, I will not be changing the car as we don't need lugging ability all the time. The wife's Golf already has a tow bar fitted but we both much prefer to chew up the miles in the big L

I also vote for the BT phone connected symbol. Followed by phone battery level, provider and phone signal on the top right. Like this...

My Android phone occasionally does this but I thought it was due to an automated profile change (via Tasker) that flipped BT off momentarily. I'll try and have a look to see why your can't get call sounds from your vehicle speakers.

Alan / @Ala Larj hehe, I had to read Jay's post several times to understand what is being asked and I still don't know why! Or maybe man-flu has a stronger hold today than I thought. I've been pondering the question and wonder if Jay / @zerberud is used to using a manual gearbox car and wants to put the vehicle in gear when parking? But with auto's the gearbox locks up in Park. Dropping and auto into Drive when leaving the vehicle parked is not a good idea as it's likely to roll away. If you don't have the foot/park brake enabled

Why do you want to put the car into Drive with the ignition off?

Ah that's interesting, yes the spaces between country, code and number. My numbers are prefixed +44, so maybe that's screwing up the import?

@Shahpor, it works ! - thank again for the 'idiots guide'. The only issue is that most of my contact telephone numbers contain spaces, at which point it truncates the info. I got a few key contacts imported tho.

Well done @Carl1983, it's clear to see that you take good care of the paintwork

@Shahpor, thank you for putting together the comprehensive guide. I'll try and give it a go tomorrow...

Cheers pal. My Nilfisk handle refused to accept the hose yesterday #grrrr so I had to wash the wife's V-dub with a plain hose pipe #retro. It'd been caught behind a recovery truck on the A1 that suddenly decided to dump it's oil after over taking. The car was camo coloured so I could really have done with the prewash.

Fair do's Geoff, keep us posted when you finally get a-round-tuit.

Haha, a relative recently said the same about mine.