Herbie

This past topic may help:

Discs and pads should last a very long time on a hybrid with some people reporting 80 or 90k miles before they need replacing. The whole idea of the hybrid is to brake gently so that the kinetic energy that would normally be lost to friction heat, is instead converted to electricity by regenerative braking to recharge the traction battery. With heavy braking or an emergency situation the car would go straight to normal hydraulic brakes, but in normal use you need to brake gently and let the regen system do most of the stopping and I think I remember reading that hydraulic braking then takes over at about 7mph.

No, I don't think so. The CAN bus is how the various ECUs communicate (I think so anyway) so once you have access to that I think you can pretty much do anything to get the car working.

Thanks one and all for your concerns, well wishes and advice - it turned out to be quite alright, if a bit complicated, because three things were in play. 1. The effects of the Fentanyl. Wow, that is one powerful drug and that's what was making me sick and dizzy. By about 11pm both the dizziness and vomiting just stopped as the last of the Fentanyl got out of my system. 2. The pain meds I take daily because of my back injury contain Codeine, which makes you constipated. I had to stop taking them two days before the procedure and was unable to keep them down last night, so we (and the doctors on NHS 111) reckon that the hot/cold sweats, the feeling of ants crawling under my skin, and being restless were the effects of Codeine withdrawal. 3. I also have RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) that makes my legs twitch and jump involuntarily at night. Pramipexole (a drug used to treat Parkinson's Disease) keeps a lid on it but again, being unable to keep the tablets down meant that my legs were all over the place. Thankfully I'm back to normal today and all's well Although he took 19 polyps out yesterday he wants me in again in 6 months for another colonoscopy to make sure he didn't miss any, so I think I'll try to do without the Fentanyl next time and also do some research to see if there's a way round the Codeine problem.

Thanks Len, all noted, cheers.

Hi guys, had my colonoscopy today and he cut out 19 polyps to send to histology. I'm not feeling very sociable at the moment but just wondering, did any of you have severe vomiting after the procedure? Every time I take a sip of water, take a tablet or have a small bite of a sandwich, 10 to 15 minutes later it comes back. Also lots of dry heaving when I haven't attempted to eat anything.

Oh. My. God. How can you possibly look at that and not know that it's absolute carnage waiting to happen Never, ever, ever, leave the battery unsecured like that. As for the electrical properties, the higher the Ah figure, the longer it can stand doing nothing before it goes flat. The CCA (Cold Cranking Amps) rating doesn't matter at all for hybrids because the battery doesn't crank the engine. It only takes 20A to get the car into READY mode, so you have 810A spare Besides which, it's the electrical load that dictates what current is drawn. It wouldn't matter if the battery was 20,000Ah and a CCA of 20,000A; just because the battery can supply it, it doesn't mean that the car will draw it. I think I'd be looking for a new mechanic with an answer like he gave you.

I hadn't thought of that Malc but I'll certainly give it a go, cheers.

Don't worry about it Barry, no problem at all my friend. I'm just looking forward (not) to taking my first lot of Moviprep at 7.00pm. Then, just for giggles, I have to set the darn alarm for 6.00am to have the second lot!

You can indeed suggest that Piers and it's something I will do. I'm not a wuss but I've been in 24/7 pain for over 20 years because of my back injury, so I'll happily take any advice that stops adding more pain into the mix, cheers.

I'm going for mine on Tuesday I don't know why yours was so painful Barry but everyone else I've spoken to said that it's fine as long as you go for the sedation, which I am, so I'm convincing myself that you're an outlier on the scale

That shouldn't matter as it'll still be the same voltage, just the size that's different. The numbers are the sizes, so a 2032 is 20mm diameter and 3.2mm high, which makes the 1632 16mm diameter and 3.2mm high. If you only have a 1632 you can use some cardboard or paper to pack the space left by the smaller diameter.

So sorry to hear that Mike, I wish you well.

Chance.

I'd probably take a punt on it if I was in the market for it, but only you can make the decision for yourself.

Fantastic news Piers, excellent.

As Arthur Daley used to say, "Oh my good gawd!" Please lets not go through all this again. When you buy an RX you buy it because of the comfort, the luxury and the reliability; you don't buy it because it gets great mpg. You've had an RX300 and you were horrified with the fuel consumption and that was before petrol prices sky-rocketed and the cost of living crisis hit. This one will be a lot better than that but it'll still only be in the low 30s (even dropping below 30 in winter) and there are other Lexus cars that are far better on fuel, so if that's a concern then you may be better looking at something like the IS300h, for example.

I know that's what they're aiming for but it's completely unrealistic. Apart from infrastructure and generation ,problems we aren't the only country in the world who are aspiring to get rid of fossil fuelled cars in this accelerated timescale so we'll all be competing for the same materials at the same time. We just won't be able to get the stuff like Lithium out of the ground fast enough.

First check that you have a 12V supply to the ballast/unit - that won't cost you any money and it could be down to a broken wire or bad connector somewhere. If you have got voltage to the ballast then yes, it looks like that's faulty. Make sure to turn off the lights and leave for a few minutes to drain any residual charge. It takes about 20-25,000V to strike the arc and about 80V to sustain it.

Yes, the Grom Vline2 is just one of them. Below is my (poor) attempt at a review

Glad to hear that all's well Vlad, hope it stays that way.

No, it's not. You obviously don't like it and no one will sway you from that but it's not rubbish. What could be easier than: Me: Hey Google <Google Assistant enters listening mode> Me: Open Waze <Waze opens> Me: Navigate to (Postcode) Waze: OK, lets go. I could give lots of other examples of where Google Assistant is anything but rubbish and makes life much easier, but as I said above, you carry on being a Luddite if you like.

Oh the irony - you do know, don't you, that Apple's 'Siri' does exactly the same thing as Google Assistant? Take off your tinfoil hat, ignore the conspiracy theories and come out of the cave and into the 21st Century. As has already been said, this is the price we have to pay for 'free' software such as Google Maps or Waze etc., etc. Similarly, the true cost of Internet access would be hundreds of pounds per month if it wasn't for advertising and data mining. It's sad, but a fact nonetheless, that it is us people who are the commodity and the buying and selling of our data is what makes all this possible. You're in the system now mate and it's too late to do anything about it so sit back and enjoy the ride. The only way out of the system is to never be in it in the first place. As soon as your birth was registered you were in the system. Still, if you want to cut your nose off to spite your face, go right ahead. Me - I'm sticking with Google Assistant and all the great things it can do.

Brilliant, glad to hear it John.

Get the kids big coats and tell 'em to walk to school like I used to, in all weathers. When I was a kid my bedroom used to have ice on the inside, let alone the outside, and no such thing as being taken to school in a pre-heated car. Far too much mollycoddling these days