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Do not know if it is a natural decline of service, but in 2005 Lexus had a big independent Lexus garage that looked a good deal more impressive than the Toyota next door. Both were having people from Japan there. Luxury service in Toyota, did not then have a Lexus. When we (my wife) decided to get the CT there were no longer any independent Lexus, both Lexus and Toyota were now where the Toyota garage was and, in the exhibition, they were only showing Toyotas. We got the CT and OK no problems; it is a great little car that we can find a parking place to where owners of bigger cars will have problems. So far, no problems with it. Maybe because it has been refined from the first and having all children imperfections removed that often come with new models. Service in 2005 was far better, but service with Toyota is still not bad and far better than the service we had with Mercedes here on the island a couple of years. If service was better when Lexus was independent here is not for me to say. It probably was. Japanese management is probably superb.

Did I write something that is not correct? I think it is waste of resources to put tons of precious material in something that last only a short time and at the same time destroying the planet and risk the health of people digging for it so we can get cleaner air in a small place when the overall pollution from making and putting very heavy batteries in cars exceed the pollution not coming out of EV cars when they are driving around, not to speak about the impossibility to dissolve the bonding material used in these batteries without polluting even much more when trying to get some of the precious materials in the batteries back. Do you think what I write is not correct?

What Malcolm and I write to each other are none of your business. No matter if we are joking or whatever. You are sold to EV and think that destroying the earth to look for more of the precious materials to your beloved rather short lived batteries after which they are close to impossible to reuse for other things than landfill are the way to go, so your thoughts are none of my interests.

Immediately when pressing START button DLR are lit, only front. Entering a tunnel after some seconds the main lights are on both front and rear. Yes, too many not really needed things are becoming automatic. Automatic seat adjusting is nice and opening doors (and locking them too) without touching the remote key is nice. Automatic braking when driving with cruise control have made me not use cruise control.

Easy to understand. It sure looks nice.

Why do you think I recommend you to update to H2 fuel? The car will last forever when maintained well!

Maybe your garage just want a bit of extra money a bit sooner than needed for the car.

The corrosion on rear callipers is normal on many cars as front is where most of the braking power come from. On a hybrid even more as the regen braking of the engine take a good part of wear of the brakes.

I do. Several of the comfort features in the little CT are nice to have. Do not need to take keyout of pocket or even touch it to unlock and lock the car, mirrors folding when locking and folding out again when unlocking, rear view mirror not blinding even if cars behind have too much light on, car seat adjusting to me or wife automatic, DVD player with more than 20 hours of music without changing disc on standard DVD disc (have not yet tried if a dual DVD disc will have 40 hours or more music in m4a 512kbps quality, but will if I ever get myself together to filter all that music from the TB music collection I have gathered over the years) plus park assistance and a lot I have forgotten.

We shall not cut trees down to make hydrogen, but trees are used for many things and the places where they are being handled the wood shavings were often glued and pressed in form with more or less poisonous resins, so using the waste from making furniture and a lot of other things to make fuel for whatever is maybe not that bad. Thought I told you that the great LS you have can be transformed to running on H2, so why would you want a 700? I think your 400 is better than the 700.

See if your 12 V battery is OK.

Try to touch the START button with the key and press the button. It should start even if battery in key is not good. Or maybe 12 V battery in car is low.

New way to make green hydrogen will help bring price for fuel down. When more possibilities to produce H2 are found it much could be cheaper than fuel from conventional sources and be close to pollution free, much less damaging: Hydrogen fuel production offers cleaner sawmill residue uses By BRET WILLIAMS https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/author/bret-2-2-2/ New Zealand could use wood residues from sawmill operations to produce hydrogen fuel, offering a promising opportunity to overcome environmental challenges through a large production facility, according to David Robinson, a business development manager with forestry industry experience in the Nelson Tasman region. Contents hide 1 Some believe that New Zealand could benefit from this opportunity in the forestry industry. 1.1 Among those challenges is the opportunity to use wood residues resulting from sawmill operations. 1.2 Though this method of hydrogen fuel production doesn’t appear efficient, Robinson sees its potential. 1.2.1 Demand will be high. Some believe that New Zealand could benefit from this opportunity in the forestry industry. As New Zealand seeks to move forward with hydrogen fuel production and use, alternative options are being presented to create and use H2 in ways that will also help to overcome existing environmental challenges. Among those challenges is the opportunity to use wood residues resulting from sawmill operations. Taylors Contracting business development manager David Robinson recently published an opinion based on his experience in the forestry industry for 18 years in senior management positions in Nelson Tasman. According to Robinson, the wood residues from sawmill operations offer a strong opportunity for hydrogen fuel production. Producing H2 from wood residues involves heating them in an oxygen-free environment, resulting in a combination of methane and H2. The H2 can be separated, and the methane produced can be used either for powering the heating process itself or for other purposes such as conversion into biodiesel. Though this method of hydrogen fuel production doesn’t appear efficient, Robinson sees its potential. The amount of heat consumption required in order to convert even 10 percent of the wood residues to H2 is substantial, making it appear too inefficient. However, Robinson believes that if Nelson Tasman had a hydrogen fuel production facility with a large heater, it would position the New Zealand region to overcome a problem by using it to produce H2. The region is well positioned for this type of facility, as it is home to three large sawmills, each of which uses their residues for their wood drying furnaces. As green hydrogen demand continues to rise, the sawmills could begin producing H2 as a part of the heat production they already need for their drying processes. Demand will be high. The region expects that its demand for hydrogen fuel production will be great enough that the residues from sawmills alone won’t be enough to achieve those quantities. To solve this issue, Robinson has recommended using the broader forestry sector’s slash residues, including other areas such as Whangamoas, where only a fraction of the volume currently makes it into the biofuel market.

Not nothing. What do you mean. 1 for Tesla cars on 7 islands. Most malls have charging places for EV's and some of them seems to function. Some do not; have seen an EV owner trying to find out how to connect without luck. We went in, did shopping; when coming out again he was still trying to connect the car to charger. Maybe the poor guy's car was out of power. Did you say 50% will "still" be EV cars in 2035. Only 1 in 7 new cars worldwide are EV. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/ev-car-sales-energy-environment-gas/

Do not know about Xenon lamp house, but LED here are flat on top and can be used for driving on both right and "wrong" side of the streets.

Not many kilometres around the island (225 on main roads) but a lot of up and down. Top 2000 m above sea level, best vegetable and artisanal cheese market around 1000 m up. No need for heating the car, but often comfortable to cool it down. Charge home and never go visit the other islands?

Teslas owners in Tenerife and the other 6 islands will have to take the ferry to Gran Canaria to get a free charge. If you have bought a Tesla and live on the islands maybe therse are more like what you would feel like:

One charger on the island explain why I have only seen 2 or 3 Tesla cars on the roads.

Why do you think that would stop the car being lifted? If they only want the cat they do not care if damaging the car lifting it other less strong places.

Do you know for sure how much range they have left? Free charging is great, but if range is going down, not really funny unless car is to be used only short range.

Here Are some very old news: Hydrogen Fuel The ****EL rotary has a lot of drawbacks as a gasoline engine, but they become benefits when you switch to hydrogen fuel, as Mazda did with a limited-production RX-8. By Bob Sorokanich Dec 26, 2018 https://www.roadandtrack.com/author/3028/bob-sorokanich/ The ****EL rotary engine is an engineer's dream. Smaller, lighter and simpler than any piston engine, the spinning-triangle design can crank out major power from a tiny package with a minimum of moving parts. Related Story - How Rotary Engines Work, And Why They're Dead Now But there are major drawbacks. A ****EL engine doesn't burn fuel nearly as cleanly or efficiently as a piston engine. That leads to dirty emissions—a problem that's compounded by the way the engine burns its lubricating oil. The technical challenges of the rotary engine eventually led every major automaker except Mazda to abandon the design. Even now, Mazda doesn't currently build a rotary-powered vehicle, but we've been assured time and time again that this will change, and soon. Related Story - Here's How Hydrogen Engines Actually Work Here's the interesting thing: Most of the ****EL's drawbacks turn into advantages with one simple change. All you have to do is swap fuels, from gasoline to hydrogen. Beloved YouTube nerd Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained is here to describe for us exactly what happens inside a ****EL engine that's running on hydrogen, his second recent video exploring hydrogen as a potential automotive fuel source. It turns out, this engine design is pretty much ideal for burning hydrogen. Mazda even built and sold a vehicle that took advantage of this, a dual-fuel RX-8 that could switch on the fly from gasoline to hydrogen and back. (It was sold only briefly, and only in Japan.) Fenske uses an incredibly cool 3D-printed cutaway engine to explain exactly why the rotary is so good at burning hydrogen, and how future vehicles might take advantage of this benefit. Check out the full video here. This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. And to learn more about the awesome ****EL model Fenske's using, check out this video from a few weeks back going into all the detail of the build. This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Bob Sorokanich is Deputy Editor of Road & Track Magazine.

Find LED bulbs with the same sockets and you can get more light inside. LED use far less power than conventional bulbs so will not use more power and not heat the wiring more than the OEM bulbs. LED bulbs can be had in several colours from white/blue (like Xenon) to more pleasant interior light.

If the wipers are OEM, you can buy only rubber inserts. This one sell Denso rubber inserts to most cars: https://www.ebay.de/str/goodrain?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2563 Have bought from him twice. So must be good.

When reading such, it makes me think that the roads here are not bad at all.

It would be obvious to think that the noise tyres make are outside the cabin. The noise inside the cabin will depend on how well insulated the car is. The luxury cars are usually well sound proofed, so the outside noise is not coming into the cabin as in less sound proofed cars. Tyres makes different noise when driving on smooth paved roads, than when jumping around on cobblestones and potholes. I believe that the sound measured by various car companies are made on smooth roads, as anything else will make no sense. The smoother the road the less noise. Conti-Seal makes tyres close to puncture free: https://www.continental-tyres.co.uk/b2c/car/tyres/premiumcontact-6.html?articleID=03574900000 https://www.continental-tyres.co.uk/b2c/car/tyres/contisportcontact-5.html?articleID=03573440000 Continental also make SSR tyres that are run-flat without being heavy.