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Yes. Very much limited to the 1st gen IS. And even then it's not rust as we used to know it where cars literally turned to dust on your driveway. It's a little water trap that in some circumstances causes a bit of rot. Unfortunately by the time you can see it a bit of surgery is required.

I'd love to have the 3 or 5 flash indicators on my 06 RX but I assume it can't be done. Really miss it on the IS too.

Good stuff 👍 I've got a bloke with a polisher giving mine a once over tomorrow for 60 quid

A very 21st century problem. Virtually silent cars. Since getting my RX 400h I'm averaging 2 or 3 a week. Usually in car parks. Quite often they're distracted but you can tell when it's going to happen as they drift into your path, you wait for the inevitable Oh! and they realise 2+ tons of Japanese prestige is creeping up on them. Just goes to show how reliant we are on our hearing. And ironically this is the sense I'm trying to get my children to make more use of when they're crossing roads. How old fashioned.

These things are usually quite subtle and hard to spot around town etc. Had it on my XC90 and assumed it was a bit of a gimmick until I had to do a late night hospital dash in the Scottish Borders with my eldest. Very noticeable on unlit country roads. And obviously the little dance the lights do when they first come on. On my 400h it's best tested in a dark garage.

Go the extra and use Lexus Sheffield. Quite literally the best dealer experience I've had in 30+ years of driving. And in terms of money spent there I've bought 1 cheap second hand car (my IS 300), some parts and had a couple of service items seen to. You don't need to spend to get 5* service from them.

Here I think https://lexus.7zap.com/en/eu/lexus+rx/524210/mhu38r-awxgkw/3/8117/813228/#81570 Had it saved because mines a bit iffy. Not done anything about it yet though.

The rub strip is replaceable pre-coloured for about £80 from a dealer or I got one of mine painted for £40. Touch up paint just wouldn't take no matter how many times I tried.

Agreed. Follow any US motor enthusiasts site and they constantly moan about two things 1) the lack of a manual (or "stick") option and 2) that they don't get what they refer to as wagons. I think that sometimes people forget the Toyota connection too. Want an estate? Buy a Toyota.

Have a look here https://www.crutchfield.com/car/carselector.aspx?lp=%2fCar%2foutfitmycar%2fmycar.aspx

Not sure about the problem or connection with the cat but changing the sensor did the trick for me. If you're having the work done at the dealer that price sounds about right too. IIRC the sensor was north of £150 plus labour plus VAT. It wouldn't be massively cheaper at an independent. Something I have noticed though. Before remembering the warranty (doh!) I approached this in the same way I did with European cars I've owned previously. Engine management light, vague code, feeling of dread that this will involve throwing parts at the car until by chance it's fixed. I've had Volvos of the same age that have cost £££ in "it could be this" parts. However, more or less from the start on here, at Lexus and from other sources the response has been the same. It's this part you need. Very specific and a refreshing change.

I'm not quite as relaxed about a car's condition as you two but not being obsessed with bodywork and cleanliness is quite liberating isn't it? I used to be properly mad about keeping new cars as pristine as possible but after getting quite disillusioned with brand new cars generally I've since had a run of used motors that have quite a few battle scars and it does not bother me one jot. Proper damage I'd probably sort but scuffs, scratches and scrapes I can certainly live with. I'd have liked to have seen that!

Have to say Les that I don't think I'd put all my faith in Rich from Autovision.

I suppose at a cheap price point and with unknown history it depends on how handy with the spanners you are. I'm not that good with the oily bits so I wouldn't even be considering it. Decision is yours Dylan but welcome to the LOC anyway Lots of very knowledgeable people on here.

Interesting. So I might not be just imagining it? I've been promising myself for months that I'd do the throttle mod as described here and on the US forums but I really don't think I need too. Could have been this sensor all along. Anyway, I'm driving it again to today. I'll see if it has actually improved things.

Here's a question for the more technically minded. Could these sensors start to fail or do they just fail? Is it possible that there's a slow deterioration in performance due to a failing sensor then one day it goes and bingo, the light comes on? I ask because Lexus Sheffield did the job in a couple of hours this afternoon (1h55min for the engine to cool down, 5min to change the sensor) and the car was noticeably perkier especially from standstill. What I've been putting down to a bit of play in the throttle seems to have disappeared. Anyone?

Have a look at the GROM website https://gromaudio.co.uk/ They're also very helpful if you call them. I bought an AUX kit off them last year for my IS 300 because I'm not keep on streamed audio. I'll probably get around to putting it in my RX at some point but in the meantime I'm using one of these. Everyone poo poos it but for BT audio it's fine. Note: It's a Bluetooth adapter, not one of those FM jobbies.

Fingers crossed. And hopefully there will be a bit of goodwill from your dealer in the future.

Little update. I got the call this morning from Lexus Sheffield to say the part had arrived from Japan. They're fitting it this afternoon. How's that for service?

Some discussion of bulbs/LEDs here with links to a previous thread by @sorcerer Sorry my picture links are knackered. I believe tail and brake lights are already LED which may explain the lack of information on Google.

Habit. Used Photobucket for donkey's years before that went Pete Tong so moved over to imgur. Then someone on here said you could just use "Copy image address" on Google Photos but that appears to be flakey too. Actually I think it's when I make changes to my phone that somehow the link between it and cloud storage at Google is somehow altered. I re-installed LineageOS the other week and that's when it first happened.

Broken again. Apologies. Heaven knows why it keeps doing that. Anyhoo, new carpet mats from the always excellent carmats.co.uk Pictures courtesy of imgur this time... Lexus stitching would have been nice but hey ho. Went for dark grey rather than black because it's a better match with the dash top. The grubby beige ones were annoying me too much.

Not on an IS but we have a (what was) Volvo badged Thule box. Either a Touring S or Touring M. Can't remember. Good quality and no wind noise with the Thule Wing Bars. We only use ours a couple of times a year too so got them on eBay for an absolute steal. Good quality new ones are eye wateringly expensive.