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  1. The Health Check is different to the Hybrid Health Check. The Health Check is simply the list of items that the service goes through and identifies anything that needs addressing (such as as the condenser and alignment). The Hybrid Health Check is a completely separate service that checks the condition of the hybrid battery. If the hybrid battery passes these checks it is then warrantied for another 12 months / 10K miles (whichever comes first). If you have the car serviced by Lexus then the Hybrid Health Check is included within the price of the service and you should have received a Hybrid Health Check certificate on collecting the car. If you don't have the car serviced by Lexus then you can ask them to undertake the Hybrid Health Check (the cost is about £70) which if the hybrid battery passes these checks it is then warrantied for another 12 months / 10K miles (whichever comes first). The hybrid battery can be kept under warranty like this until the car is 15 years old with unlimited mileage.
  2. There are no independent garages that are certified by Lexus. Like for other marquees, there are some independents run by ex Lexus / Toyota trained staff dotted around - I haven't used any but others may be able to name some. Any main dealer for any make of car will be more expensive than an independent garage and Lexus aren't so different to any others in terms of cost. You have to weigh up the pros and cons (which for Lexus include the additional warranty and the hybrid battery warranty) and make a choice based on your own circumstances and needs. If you do go independent you can get the regular hybrid health check done at a Lexus dealer for around £60 that can be repeated until the car is 15 years old with unlimited mileage. Regards the warranty, any car can go wrong and Lexus are expensive to repair if they do. Using an independent will save some money that you can put away for when something does go wrong that would otherwise have been covered under warranty (and it will as a car ages - even a Lexus) - it's all a matter of managing risk.
  3. I have the Executive and it doesn't have a reverse camera and there was never an option to have it as an option on that age Executive trim - unless someone has fitted one aftermarket. Given your budget there's going to be a trade off between higher spec and price - personally at the age of car you are looking for I would favour the car with the best history over spec.
  4. The hybrid health check can be done every 10k miles / 12 months (whichever comes first) to keep renewing it until the car is 15 years old woty unlimited mileage in order to warranty the hybrid battery. The hybrid health check is done as part of a Lexus service or can be purchased standalone (about £60 each time) if the car is serviced outside of the Lexus dealer network.
  5. The F Sport carry a premium as it has unique features in the IS line up. Nothing wrong with the Sport (if you like the black wheels and mirrors look) but don't pay a premium for it over and above any other model with the same features.
  6. The F Sport was near the top of the trim levels with different body styling and some suspension, tyre upgrades, sliding dash dial etc. The Sport is simply a few body kit bits (Inc black wheels and door mirrors) on what is one of the lower level trims. The F Sport has some unique tangible upgrades that some people value but the Sport didn't really offer anything over and above any other trim level - it was more of a marketing ploy.
  7. If only we had a functioning opposition then we might have seen some real effort to make some punches count. Even the media don't seem to be particularly interested in making more of this. But then there is little true journalism left.
  8. Yes - he lied or at least by not being clear and answering truthfully bought time to post process some convoluted reasoning why it's now not needed.
  9. Who knows - there doesn't seem to be any checks and balances any more - just lies and more lies...
  10. No impact assessment was done: https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/12/no-winter-fuel-payments-impact-assessment-was-carried-out-no-10-admits
  11. I'll try and find that but I've seen hypothermia first hand and how people feel and behave.
  12. When you get hypothermia you don't actually realise you are cold - it's beyond feeling cold and why it's so dangerous as you don't take any further steps to warm yourself.
  13. I ordered from Lexus Parts Direct too and paid the postage on just those - but was too lazy to go elsewhere...!
  14. You could look at it that way around too... Same outcome - the combined Conservative and Reform vote was significantly higher than the Labour vote. I know come usual Conservative voters also voted LibDem - so again if the Conservatives had not got themselves in such a mess previously then they would have taken this seat. See here for the breakdown of votes for the new seat of Reading West and Mid Berkshire: https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4254/election/422
  15. If you don't find anything in the seat, check your glovebox too - a few weeks ago I could have sworn I had a rattle from the passenger seat area - after much searching I moved to the glovebox. I found that the shelf in the glovebox was not securely fitted back into it's slots and was causing the rattle... I think it may have been removed if the pollen filter was changed at the car's last service. Also in the past I have found things rattling on the central storage box resonate in such a way as to appear they are coming from other parts of the car... It's worth clearing out all storage spaces first if you are trying to locate a rattle. The other area to check is the door seal rubbers - get some Gummi Pflege and lubricate them. If they are dry they can make various noises, some of which sound like rattles.
  16. We had a new constituency this year due to boundary movements. A new young Labour MP managed to win this newly formed seat, which I was a bit surprised at, but only with a majority of 1,361. Without the vote for Reform which clearly damaged the Conservatives (Reform took 13% of the vote in this seat) the Conservatives would have won it easily. The new MP voted FOR the WFA cut - will be interesting to see if she hangs on next time around!!!
  17. You have to remember that if a car is properly repaired with Lexus parts the cost will be high even if the damage is actually quite minor. About 6 years ago I hit a rogue lorry tyre on the motorway. There was quite a bit of damage but it was mainly to the superficial plastics (bumper and trim etc fog lights and park sensors - no metal was damaged) at the front of the car. However as a front fog light had been ripped out and the wiring loom broken that attached to the fog light and (for whateve design reason) there was no connector in the loom for the fog light wiring it required a new part wiring loom ordering from Lexus Japan to repair as new. The car was 3 years old when it happened in 2017 and the total repair cost was £13,500 with a significant part of that being the wiring loom...! Apparently it was within a few hundred pounds of being written off. The Jemca Lexus bodyshop (not a third party but their own bodyshop) did a superb repair and you would never know it had been damaged and I still own the car and never had any issues with repair. Just trying to add some perspective.
  18. Sad but true...
  19. I think that may be because the car has been started with the door open
  20. Sorry - I don't have the NX so not sure where it is - probably one side of the rear luggage area or if not maybe under the rear seat?
  21. Regards the OP issue, I was wondering if the 12V battery is totally shot / zero charge and won't accept a charge whether the car then shuts down even though the hybrid battery takes over running the electrics?
  22. Yes that's normal about the 3 bars and so sounds like the hybrid battery is charging properly then. So it does sound like the 12V battery is the problem and so it probably either needs replacing or given a full overnight charge with a charger/conditioner rather than trying to do it via the car.
  23. When you say the car goes off after a few minutes what actually happens? Any warning lights etc. Can you see how many bars are in the hybrid battery (on the dash display), does the car start the engine at all (which I would expect to start up fairly quickly after getting the car into Ready mode with the jump pack? It could be that the 12V battery is too depleted / damaged for the car to run properly - maybe leave the Lithium jump pack connected for a while before starting the car and leave it connected for a while after it's started and see if it stops again then. if you are still having problems, giving that the car has stood unused for months, I would have thought the 12V battery would be worth changing first and see if that sorts the issues out.
  24. Most likely a flat 12V battery if the car has not been used for 3 months. It will need jump starting, either using one of the Lithium jump packs or from another car in the same way as any other car - see your user manual for details. You can get roadside assistance out too if you are not happy doing this yourself (such as AA, RAC etc. or Lexus Roadside Assistance depending on which you have purchased). There is also a chance that the 12V battery has been irretrievably damaged after so long and so once the car has been started and the 12V battery has had an opportunity to recharge (which will mean running the car for a few hours, either driving around or left standing still in Ready mode) if the battery doesn't hold a charge properly (eg becoming flat again quickly or the car starts to exhibit any strange behaviours or warning lights) you will probably have to replace the 12V battery.
  25. As above - I've had my IS 300h since it was 2 years old and at that time it had 40k miles on it. It's now approaching 10 years old (2014 reg) with 151k miles. In all that time it's been serviced by Lexus as per schedule and no major issues - just: - windscreen waaher bottle sensor (changed under extended warranty) - both front wheel bearings changed at 80k miles (under extended warranty) - front discs and pads changed once at 80k mikes (normal maintenance - done when wheel bearings were done but would have lasted a bit longer otherwise) - one rear caliper changed at 150k miles (under extended warranty) - rear discs and pads changed at 159k miles (mainly done due to the seized caliper and would have lasted longer otherwise but I regard this as maintenance) - still on original 12v battery Other than that, new rear tyres every 20k miles and front tyres every 40k miles. Car still drives like it did when I first got it and fuel consumption has never changed (average on trip computer over all time in my ownership is 48 mpg, with a high proportion of motorway driving). I paid for Lexus 10 Year Plus Extended Warranty (once outside the 100k mile Relax warranty). That has now come to end too as my car has now passed 150k miles. I plan to keep the car for the foreseeable future and keep pservicing it at Lexus, and will maintain the battery warranty (which can be done via the hybrid health check until the car is 15 years old with unlimited mileage). If course, do all the usual detailed checks you would on any older second hand car - if you buy from Lexus there is perhaps more come back than buying privately or maybe some other dealers - but at the end of the day you are still buying a second hand car so don't assume Lexus are any different in that respect to others. Although higher spec cars are nice, if you're on a tight budget it's worth thinking about the more gadgets in the car the more there is to go wrong as the car ages. Any Lexus repair outside of warranty is very expensive and obtaining spares other then OEM may not be possible (though in many cases it's possible to get them cheaper by importing them from abroad) and being relatively rare cars (in comparison to other marques) used parts are also harder to come by. However, if the car is well looked after with maintenance done properly to schedule then a higher mileage 10 year old car should continue to give many more years of reliable motoring.
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