Paul Brooksbank

A pressure plate or damper between the engine and CVT would cause this kind of problem. The Honda Civic has a frequent occurrence of juddering when starting off after being stood for a week or two. The damper is a dry plate and condensation gathers on the plates and it can linger for some time especially in cold weather. Your sudden stop may have activated the damper, allowing moisture into the mechanism. Normal driving wouldn't cause the damper to fully deploy. I wouldn't lose faith in the car after one incidence like this, Lexus will find the problem or cause and maybe they won't tell you, but they'll fix it.

Exactly. I deal with 75 staff plus awkward union reps, I get into my ISh and my heart rate goes all normal, even in heavy traffic. I also find myself looking down on BMW and Mercedes drivers, even to the point of feeling sorry for them!

Why would you do this?

Ah, that's why you talk sense! 😂

DON'T use WD40 for anything except cleaning glue from stickers or Cellotape from surfaces. It isn't a lubricant, in fact it solidifies into a black solid mess when it dries. You need something that will keep the slight movement required between the sensor inner and outer as it needs to be, Vaseline or silicone spray is ideal as it takes years to degrade. WD40 should be banned as a lubricant and water repellent as it only works for a few minutes. I used it on the points in my motorcycle once and after ten minutes the engine stopped, the black residue completely insulated the contacts and had to be removed with emery cloth.

Train Driver? Me too, but Driver Manager now in Crewe. 😁

Maybe the Lexus has evolved to identify some of your acquaintances as dodgy and decided not to read their texts! I was going to adopt a kitten to surprise the wife, I'm so glad the car didn't read their text which was "Your new pussy is ready, we know not to tell your wife."

Genius. Really nice work.

Further to my previous, my brother in law went to QF for an MOT. He dropped the car off at 09.00 and walked into town. Ten minutes later QF ring him and tell him that his Cat is knackered. So he rings me and tells me that they must be right because the guy is holding it while he's on the phone and rattling it to prove the point. I advised him that there's no way they could take a red hot catalyst off the car and hold it to shake it about after ten minutes.

I once went for an interview at a tyre and exhaust centre, I was told that I'd be expected to extract £300.00 from each customer, and that was back in 1997.

I have an IS, my mate has an RX, he's quite right when he says it's like driving a nuclear bunker.

Thank you Peter. I'll call in one day and get them to do it along with linking my remote to my windows.

Does anybody know how to change the quick flash indication from 3 to 5 or 7 flashes? I've watched the YouTube video but it's for the GS and that method doesn't seem to work for the 3rd gen ISh.

Feel for you mate. Another tip he gave me was when driving at night, as you can only see a set of headlights behind you, don't accelerate as you can't see what type of car it is our any markings. Wait for it to overtake you before you speed up. And if you get caught by a fixed camera, you're stupid because they're all sign posted !

My father was a traffic cop. He always said the least likely pull would be the quiet car. He also told me that the favourite place for a mobile speed camera is after a long straight on a left hand bend.

Maybe the join in the signal wire is only allowing a small amount of the intended current through? In once repaired an electric fence generator for a farmer after he'd fitted a wire of too thin a gauge to it.

That may well be my retirement treat John.

It was an alternative and well reasoned excuse to the plod. Who would blast around at Audi/BMW plus speeds in an innocent little Lexus Hybrid?.

I cannot understand why people question the CVT gearbox, I find it to be faultless and if anything, better than a conventional automatic. I've given at least four people who are dedicated Subaru, BMW and Audi owners a demo in my IS300h over the last month and all of them have been impressed, if not astounded to say the least. My only advice would be to drive the IS and the CT before deciding as they are very different beasts, but I would place money on you opting for the IS even if it does cost a few quid a month more to run. To me, it's the only car I've ever owned that constantly amazes me, the engineering is superb, it feels like you're driving a nuclear bunker. I actually look forward to driving it.

To be honest, lubricating the sliders isn't a big job, but if you're unable to do it yourself, asking Lexus to do it on a service should prompt them to add it to the list, however, it would possibly add an hour to the labour charge if you can stand that on the bill. We had a Mercedes SLK200 that suffered from seized calipers regularly, along with broken suspension springs, rattles and squeaks, I'll never entertain another one, that's for sure.

Thanks for that, I'll check mine when the weather warms up a bit.

That's all good mate, but BMW and their crooked mates Mini have to have the batteries programmed to the vehicle ECU before it recognises it, total rip off.

Mine are blue over all of the glass, you shouldn't notice them switching to dim, they work quite subtly. Although I'm not sure if they're fitted to all model levels.

They're very similar to the Porsche 928 wheels. It just goes to show that they look good on what they were designed for.

The spray works without a wiper sweep to allow you to soak stubborn dirt.