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A joke from Pistonheads. Use doctors receptionists as Border Police. No one would get in....

Pretend it's a BMW?

Yes. I realise that many people that can spend £40k on a car can also afford to tax them, but post 17 models will be favoured more. Similar to IS250 manual verses auto's.

This is going to make a difference in RCF values, when pre 18 models are going to cost considerably more to tax.

Not trying hard enough!!!! When I had my ISF, I managed 6 mpg!!!!

You've partially answered your own question. Temperature, both outside air and engine. Most cars on a short commute in winter will have mayonnaise, due to the engine not getting hot enough. Even though a water temperature gauge will show hot, the oil temperature will be nowhere near as hot. My Prius, used as a taxi doing 150 miles every 12 hour shift, was always clean. Wife's Aygo doing a total of 10 miles per day on 4 trips, was always full of mayonnaise inside the oil filler cap during winter. Clean in summer.

You could always pretend your car is a Jaguar.....

There was also an episode of Wheeler Dealers featuring an obsolete windscreen. A chap had a warehouse full of old screens, and was able to find a screen with the correct curvatures. The damaged screen was overlaid and they marked around the outside. They then used a diamond cutter, polished the edges and fitted it to the car.

Also noted it's marked as a private seller. Is it, or are they being a little naughty?

Get some black paint and mix some in with the silver until it matches.

Yes, often thought that. If they are fined, it barely covers the cost of police time and in some cases the damage to property and police vehicles. No wonder morale is low if they go to all that trouble just for the perpetrators to get a wrist slap. Yet if us respectable motorists exceed the speed limit by a few miles per hour, we can get points and fined way more than the people in the programmes, very often without any police being present. Crime does pay.....

I hate rusty nuts as well. Quick solution is a toilet roll cut down the length, trim the excess off to reduce the circumference, insert into the wheel nut hole, and a quick blast from a silver aerosol can. All 4 done in 5 minutes! Agree with your other comments, and don't think theft is so much of a problem, and do remember the days of seeing cars on their discs.

Yes, Gummi Pflege is vital on RC models where the windows automatically drop upon door opening. And don't forget the rear hatch if you have one.

Many, many years ago I used to valet cars on a used car sales site. Many had the initials FW chalked on the screen, meaning 'full works'. Part exchange used to have WWW chalked on, meaning Wash, Windows and Wheels only. Just doing these 3 things improved a sh*ter no end! And so to Lexus owners. A scuffed alloy looks absolutely awful, and to my mind shows they don't care for their vehicle. I'm sure to most Lexus owners, a car is their pride and joy, so will always strive to keep their vehicle in the best possible condition, hence the OCD!

Don't think you're tight at all! Fortunately I can afford the expense to tax a car at the higher rates ie RCF £615 and ISF £630, but for occasional use at weekends, to my mind, that is just too much. Now with the newer tax rates LC500h £155 and RCF £165 it just makes much more sense. Stupid man maths I know, especially as one has to purchase a newer car to benefit, but I begrudge paying tax to the government.

That looks to me as if they intended to clock the car to 22,000 miles, not 2,200! If they'd done it to 22,000 I doubt if any suspicion would have arisen, as that would seem about right for the age. I'd want a full refund personally. Or, as a partial refund, I'd be looking for the retail difference between the 2,200 and 75,000 miles. Your next problem will be when you reach 100,000 miles. Most people will think it's scrap then, and offers will be very low.

Had mine nearly 4 years now. As many have mentioned, lovely to own and drive. Be prepared for many admiring glances and comments. On holiday in France, people actually waited beside mine when parked, and wanted to find out about it. I have managed to get a 2.5 metre kitchen top in mine. Put the wife in the back, fold the rear seat down, put the front seat forward, and fully recline it. Plenty of padding on the dash etc. I think the only thing to replace it with is an LC 500 when they drop below £50k ! As for the indicators, I have mine set on the max of I think, 7 flashes (see YouTube), as they can be a nuisance.

Exhaust heat shield?

Are you going via Eurotunnel? On my first trip,I found that the wheel clearance between the kerbs in the carriage was very tight, not good for diamond cut alloys. On subsequent trips I've clicked the box to state bikes on roof, even though I don't take any! This then puts you in the 'wide' lane, with much more clearance. Don't forget the new UK sticker!

Was sitting in my then BMW waiting for my wife, when I heard what I thought was a gun shot. A front spring had snapped.

Front drop links.

I have 2 grandchildren in the back of mine quite regularly. Initially one forward facing, and one rear. This one does compromise the front seat, and it does have to be nearly fully forward. Luckily my wife is 5' 3", so she wasn't too cramped. When both forward facing, front seats can be in normal positions. We recently had a 2 hour trip, with 7 year old behind me, and wife next to her, front seat empty. Without stops both were comfy, although granddaughter did have to put her legs sideways after a while. Don't forget there's only 2 seats and belts in the rear!

Seems the washer bottle is the culprit. Remove the top, put a hose in and flush it out, being careful not to get other parts wet. Fill it up, put a cap full of bleach in and operate the switch to clean the pipes through. Flush again and put the recommend dose of screen wash in.

So is that going to happen here, especially as we had that survey about servicing Lexus at Toyota dealers?

The irony of the penny washer is they cost more than drilling a hole in a 2p piece! That's what I did when I wanted some...