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Hand polishing is exhausting, i started thinking again of getting a Car Polisher, only if I had a proper garage I would have already bought one. Watched so many videos already on youtube and the paint work does look so much better after a proper polish!

I have spent about 6 hours yesterday, started with removing all my wheels (one by one), washing them from both sides and then 1 coat of Poorboys sealant applied, I dis-assembled rear calipers and re-greased them, front ones looked clean. Then washed the car, tar removed, clay clean (I should spent more time clay cleaning though but it was getting late) and Carnauba wax on top! Now, i am siting in the house and not driving it due to well known reason, my wife didn't understand why I need to spend so much time on the car if next time i drive it might be coming weekend to go to shop! hard to explain to her. 🙂

Hi Nigel, a week ago I received a CTEK battery charger and even though I did not have problems with the battery I connected charger to the battery which is in the boot. My intention was just re-fresh the battery a little and recondition it, so far battery works great, may be a placebo effect but I feel it works better then before! I am not sure if I did right connecting directly to the battery in the boot though but it makes sense if you want to charge the battery you connect straight to it, however, it might be different with the Hybrid! I know I have a hybrid but I never thought it would be an issue. Sorry, probably not much help there.

@JeffLI received my CTEK 5 a few days ago, I should get it long time ago as it is a very nice and good piece of kit! I reconditioned my GS battery too!

I received my CTEK charger a few days ago, without knowing how old my battery is I connected and left it for Reconditioning and Charging, the battery took charge and all is good now. Happy that I bought it, my motorbike battery needed it mostly as was struggling to start the bike!

I had Kumho on my BMW, can;t fault them, I think they are very good!

I totally agree with you - I was saying that from day one! They said it is unknown virus, doubt that! Below is a Biology Book (it is on Russian but 2nd from right is a coronovirus formula) and the book is of 2010! We just have to follow the rules, little isolation (3 or so months) won't heart, right? Hmm.

It was a pleasure to watch, therapeutic actually! 🙂

If you want all season tyres check out Good Year Vector 4 seasons Gen 2, cheaper than Michelin CC and in most situations are better. I have them on my GS, very very happy with them!

George, we are staying at home let me say that first. Pardon me but I do not see how NHS will cope in three weeks or for that matter in 6 weeks with the amount of people that need help and attention. Now UK is in lockdown for 3 weeks and the cases will slow down but will happen after? As far as I know almost everyone will get it (coronathing), UK has 66 million people. UK is not that bad affected yet (compared to Italy and USA) and NHS already struggles with a few thousands people confirmed, in 3-6 weeks time it will be much more, so do we stay at home until Christmas? I am not being sarcastic here, I really do not understand and do not see how it will get better in near future while we are at quarantin now!

Will do it tonight John! Many thanks for birthday wishes John! 😉

Lee, I was looking at that harness but couldn't get to fasteners to loosen it, seriously it looked like it is not hard but impossible to get to it! I had my dad with me, so both of us were looking at it and trying different ways but that harness impossible to unbolt, I mean, for first 2 cylinders I manged to loosen it which gave me a decent access to 2 off spark plugs but the 3rd one is a bugger, it felt like harness has no play in it at cylinder number 3!

Thanks John, I started my motorbike yesterday and it was struggling a bit even though the battery is 2 years old. I knew I would need at some point battery charger and as my birthday on Friday I thought why not?! 🙂

Couple of days ago I got a letter from Glasgow council regards my burst tyre running over pothole saying they will not reimburse it! F..ing bastards! But I will get in touch with them again! They say they check roads 12 times a year and when it was last checked the road was fine so Glasgow Council is not at fault, the letter says last time the road was checked on 22 of November and I hit that pothole on 18th of December, so they were not aware of that pothole but somehow on 20th of December the pothole was properly fixed that tells me they knew about it and planned to fix it, am I right to think that? Something doesn't up! Any advice? As I am rubbish in writing complain letters but in this case I think I am right! Thanks

Well, I decided to do spark plugs myself and today I thought it is a good day to do it, well, I managed to changed 5 out of 6! The one on passenger side is impossible to get to, really! I am not sure if I want to come back to it or just ask Lexus to do it for me! Both hands are scratched due to limit access to some of them! Driver side is easy though! Any suggestions how to reach that 6th spark plug?! Thanks in advance! I also washed the girl and now she looks really pretty!

I was thinking of ordering one tomorrow, CTEK MX5! Overall reviews are really good! I hope it is good, any more reviews from here everyone? Thanks

I sat at the back of UX, I am 1.8m tall and my head was touching the roof, the same story was with IS, I had enough head room in ES and RX though. Boot another story - UX boot is a joke!

I have a Good Year Vector 4 seasons Gen 2 and find them very quite, very good on the wet and when we had little snow they were great too, not sure how they will behave when ambient temperature is above 7C but so far so good and they were cheaper then Michelin Cross Climates that I was also strongly considering before I bought Good Year.

Welcome to the forum John, you should join earlier! 🙂 I think I joined before I bought the car, never mind. Good to have you on board! Attach a few photos of the car, we all like pictures here. What car did you have before and why Lexus if I may ask? I had a hard decision to make before I bought mine, it was between BMW, Jag and Merc E-class, to be honest I still look at new 530d BMW and think if I should go back to German but GS does everything so well that I can't justify paying much more money for a newer car that will do the same that Lexus does for less. I had/still have issues with driver seat as well but it is the base of the seat that is not comfortable and feels like it is slightly sogging but can't push myself to pay £400 to Lexus to swap the foam so the seat base a bit firmer.

Is it not the case that if you take a Lexus extended warranty you must do services at Lexus as well? This was my main reason not to re-new the warranty as I find service (Intermediate & Full) prices a bit high for what they are!

This is why I do not get why it is so expensive! As I said before it looks more like a Memo to a mechanic i.e Check Floor Mats security, Torque tighten wheel bolts, check horn etc! All these checkings and an oil change should take them an hour tops and par for it £440, no way!

Agree Richard but otherwise it would be unfair to a new car owners, why do they have to pay more, unless they can get first 3 services as part of the deal when buying a new car. I just checked the note a wrote while was at the garage and Essential Major service is not £400 but £440! I think if I go with Lexus doing it it would be a proper Full Service i.e for £700 that includes Spark Plugs and other stuff (Battery Check)!

That is exactly what I found out Richard, Essential is less comprehensive.

Hi Roger, thanks for advice. I asked them about Essential Major Service which would be £400 but that service does not include Spark Plugs and diff oil, basically it is just a lot of checks and an engine oil change. My car will be 50k miles in a couple of months and 8 YO so I think spark plugs and diff oil won't heart it! 🙂 Regards being a Gold Member here, they do not really accept the discount but they know me and give me a 10-15% discount every time, well, it is hard to prove it tbh but when I get a bill I am always told that discount is included, without showing them a card. I will try to get parts cheaper from them (pushing a Gold member card) when times come to buy them.

My GS is due service in 4k miles, with my current daily mileage it will about 2 months, so I popped in to Lexus Glasgow to find out prices for a Full Service. The price is £700 that includes spark plugs change and rear diff oil. I am very tempted to do spark plugs myself (if weather gets better ever) but have heard it is a pain in a neck to do! I priced the parts for a Full Service, it came to £210, so I might buy the parts from Lexus and do the rest independently. Does anyone know if I need a special spanner to remove the spark plugs i.e is there a tricky access to some of them that will require a longer tool or a socket? If anyone has a link for a spark plug tool that they used and know it works please share. Thanks