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Awesome, thanks so much. That’s going to save me a pretty penny since I am eyeing up a full set of all-weather tyres after watching Corpjones’ video in the other thread. Also, re off topic thread, sorry to make work for you, I shan’t do it again!

Thank you, IS300FSPORT, at least I don’t need to worry that something is amiss and causing inner tyre wear. My tyres are all the same size btw.

Corpjones, forgive me for going off on a tangent on your thread but since you have posted photos of your Turanzas this seems a good time for me to ask the question I have been pondering lately which is: the inner sections of both my rear Turanzas are now virtually bald. This is from the outer edge (wall) to the first longitudinal tread section. I am somewhat miffed because I had asked my Lexus dealer about rotating the tyres and was more or less laughed out of the workshop. Now I am faced with major expense when this might have been avoided for the sake of half an hour’s work… Also, does anyone know if there is any significance to this type of tyre wear in terms of what has caused it? Also, are they illegal or am I within the “75% of the tread” allowance. Many thanks. Marianne

This is quite long but there is a lot of good info re the 12v battery:

I was considering giving the £39 glasses a try only to discover several articles which state that there is no scientific proof that night glasses work and that they can be counter productive, eg: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/103379/what-are-night-driving-glasses-and-do-they-work?amp

Those Hoyas look amazing, I am definitely in the market for some night vision glasses and since my current specs are Essilor varilux xtractives, have been considering their Road Pilot range (available in single vision and varifocals etc): https://ecp.essilor-pro.com/gb/lenses/single-vision/essilor-roadpilot. Shall have a look at the Hoyas though, wondering if anyone has experience of both in order to compare? These get so pricey when you add in the transitions which I cannot do without - probably talking upwards of £600 with the night vision.

It’s only natural one might assume the venn diagram of Lexus owners and Telegraph readers is a single circle 🤣

Lol, have to say I did it very badly Len but you get what you pay for here 😂

https://youtu.be/OZoAOja5qcw

He got off extremely lightly but maybe this is all of a piece with the something for nothing, wealth-hating, everyone must win a prize, communist zeitgeist! “How dare you own a £60k Lexus when all I have is a Nissan Micra…” A more realistic punishment might have been £5000 compensation, large-ish fine and a few hundred hours hard labour, sorry, I meant to say community service.

Sorry that I did not make this clearer, that is a like for like comparison in terms of time. I am honestly not that thick that I couldn’t work that out 😂. The £300 is what my renewal cost me after the interim period had expired. Btw for info, the most expensive quote I received was from Adrian Flux.

When I bought my IS sixteen months’ ago I received many ludicrously high quotes (over £700 with many years’ ncd.) I found the cheapest option was to carry on with my insurer on my previous car policy which was Hastings. They were offering c £300. I always shop around for quotes at renewal time but (one of the) Hastings companies is usually very competitive. I cannot speak to claims processing issues (touch wood) as have not had a claim for a very long time.

That’s got to be the understatement of the year…. 😂