paulrnx

Nothing turns me off LOC than more pointless threads about fuel consumption. Get a life people 😀

Made it back from North Wales today. Plenty of queues at stations all along the route (Llangollen/Shrewsbury/Birmingham/Worcester) and some roped off with no fuel at all. Got home to realise my wife has no fuel in her car and needs it to get to work. She routinely leaves it until the light ha been on for a while so no surprise really… Went out just after 10 and found a local station still selling both petrol and diesel albeit had a bit of a wait in a queue. Won’t need anything for a few weeks now and hopefully the situation will have improved by then. Hope everyone that needs fuel can get it ok.

It’s a car. Use it for what it’s intended to be - a vehicle for driving and transporting people and things - and don’t use it for what it’s not intended to be - a device for connecting to the internet so that all manner of things not related to its primary purpose can be enjoyed. Get a life guys, it’s a car. If internet connectivity means more to you then stay at home on your PlayStation, Xbox, phone, PC or whatever you do that makes an internet connection so precious. Me? I just don’t get the need to be online 24x7.

Managed to get fuel at 11 am today from the nearest BP station. Now have enough to get us home tomorrow. Only just made it - they had already run out of diesel, standard and Ultimate, had a little bit of e10 unleaded left but only enough for another half hour and a bit longer for Ultimate. We passed by three hours later and the station was closed. The guy who served me didn’t know when they were going to get another delivery.

Haven’t seen any madness yet at our house in the middle of the street

I’m in North Wales with only 30 miles showing. I should have filled up on the way over at quieter fuel stations. Got here yesterday and it’s gone mad, huge queues everywhere. Hadn’t realised it would be like this.

I not sure I understand what point you are trying to make.

All NX Luxury, F-Sport and Premier models were four wheel drive vehicles. At the time these were sold they made up the bulk of NX vehicles sold. Four wheel drive in terms of the rear wheels being capable of being driven by an electric motor. The NX200T was a true four wheel drive vehicle in that drive was provided to all four wheels by the engine.

I’ve had two IS hybrids and I’m on my second NX hybrid. I recently had a UX250H and I found it no different to drive than these other than it was quite a bit more economical.

Satin silver is a metallic paint

My TPMS has always triggered at about 3 psi below the measured point which is more like 10%. 20% would be over 6 psi and I’ve never known it allow a 6 psi drop before triggering. Are you sure it’s 20%?

Up to a point yes. TPMS will allow a circa 10% deviation in pressure from the set pressure before alarming. This could be just over 3 psi and a 3 psi difference across the front axle could give a slight pulling to one side. Any slight pulling to one side and it is best to measure and reset all pressures to the correct values. If it still does it then get a four wheel alignment. Generally speaking a dealership won’t reset wheel alignment for free because even just bumping up a kerb is enough to knock wheel alignment out, not to mention the massive and frequent potholes we all have to contend with on today’s roads.

If a replacement non-Lexus Original Equipment (OE) screen is manufactured to exactly the same standards as a Lexus OE screen then clearly it will be ok. Unfortunately, many replacement non-OE screens are not, even when manufactured by the same company, eg Pilkington. They are only the same if manufactured to the same standards and there is quite a difference between manufacturer standards and other basic automotive and country/region specific glass standards. Most replacement ‘pattern’ screens are not manufactured to the same standards. A good friend of mine worked for Pilkington and he confirmed that screens manufactured for the replacement market are not manufactured to the same standards as the manufacturers mandate for genuine OE screens. This doesn’t mean they are no good and clearly some screens will be better than others, depending upon what standards a screen has been manufactured to. My friend told me of quite a few examples of cheaper pattern screens being inferior in terms of whether for example a view is slightly distorted when looking through the glass. This is especially important with regard to forward looking cameras etc that most modern cars have nowadays. I’m changing my insurer at next renewal time because they won’t allow a genuine Lexus screen to be fitted and if I was to mandate one myself they will only pay a relatively small sum to go towards the replacement. I want to be able to mandate a genuine Lexus screen so it’ll now be something I will always check when taking out new insurance. For me, a screen is part of the structure of the car and I want it to be a genuine OE screen. Then again, I only use genuine parts for repairs and replacements too so this is just me. A personal choice I think.

I’ve got a better one so I’ll upload that one. A bit closer.

I'll have to figure out how to upload / link it....

Vulcan at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015 IMG_0366.MOV

With a new car I’ve normally managed to get a full tank of fuel and a free first service. Last time I managed a free umbrella too 😀

You should have a service book with it. Sounds like it has been lost. My car had a missing service book too but I had the history and print outs from Lexus so I wasn’t too bothered.

Looks a lovely car! 👍

Fair enough. I agree, best not to do too much in that area. As has been said above, a good professional detailer would know best about this sort of thing and could advise. They can also measure paint thickness to be sure there is enough paint to allow it to be polished out. When it happened to me I thought the paint was damaged. I tried loads of polish but it just didn’t touch it. The T-Cut removed it straight away. Good luck, hope you get a good result.

Looks like the mark I had on a previous NX. It was from bird muck. I used T-Cut metallic and it removed it straight away. I then polished the area and you couldn’t see it. The paintwork stayed perfect for the next 12 months. Worth a go perhaps?

Stone chip damage to the lacquer coat could also cause this over time

I’ll dig out my photos of the Vulcan and post these up

royoftherovers

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing