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  Are used motorhomes with low mileages going to cost a lot in future bills? 17 Jul 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I have seen a very nice 2011 Peugeot Boxer diesel motorhome for sale with very few miles on the clock. It appears to be immaculate but I wonder if the...
• Thoughts from America 30 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  A few years ago a visit to the 'states prospered very few genuinely interesting cars the average "yank tank" being a wallowing gas guzzler however it is clear now that there are some great cars available in the US that we do not see in Europe, the Acura (Honda's premium brand) TL and RL 4WD are great lookers and with 258 bhp 3.2 and 300 bhp 3.5 V6's they go a bit too. Likewise Infiniti (Nissan's premium brand) produce some great looking cars as do Lexus, particularly the 300 bhp IS350 that we do not, yet, get here. I have picked up a copy of Car and Driver mag where they test eight "sports sedans", OK the 330i wins, just, though notably the 9-3 Aero (new 2.8 V6) and S60R are beaten into 7th and 8th places by the IS350, Acura TL, Cadillac CTS etc.
• CARS OF THE YEAR UPDATE 3 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Ken's choice: n/a George's choice: n/a WORST CAR OF THE YEAR CURRENTLY ON SALE NEW Your choice: Runaway winner: MINI (runner-up: MCC Smart; joint 2nd runners-up: TATA Safari, Land Rover Freelander) Quentin's choice: n/a Jeremy's choice: Lexus SC430 DHC Ken's choice: TATA Safari George's choice: Renault Avantime (runner-up Chrysler Neon R/T) I'll keep voting open until 18.00hrs Friday 4th January, then hope to announce the overall winners on the site and on LBC Radio (14.00-15.00hrs)on Saturday 5th January.
• Celica GT Import - Emissions Failure 2 May 2007 (Forum)
  He suggested it was probably the lambda sensor, especially as he had replaced quite a few toyota ones in recent times. AS he wasn't able to give any time, I then found a local independent Toyota/Lexus specialist, who checked the fault codes, and said there were none at all registered. They suggested that as Jap spec cars are designed for 100RON petrol, and the tank was empty, I try refilling with Shell V - Power, give it a good caning on the dual-carriageway, and take it back to be restested, as the engines don't like our 95RON and they don't run as well.
• BMW 5-Series E61 Touring (2004 - ) - 25,000km report BMW 530d 9 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  The ride quality on the runflats is not as good as the air suspension equipped Mercedes E320 a colleague has, but better than an Audi A6 or Lexus IS250 for example. At speed though, like the old one, it manages to be very quiet and relaxed and I drove 2,000km in 2 days last week without any adverse affects on my notoriously weak back. The comfort seats are spectacularly comfortable.
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  What happens if an electric vehicle loses charge on a motorway? 26 Nov 2021 (Ask HJ)
  What happens if an electric car loses charge on a motorway? Can a breakdown company do a rapid charge from one of their vans? Does the car need to be towed/transported...
• Petrol, diesel, hybrid? (No EVs please) - Advice on car for retirement 2 Aug 2022 (Forum)
    In  normal circumstance I'd trade it for something in the £10-15k bracket, maybe 5-6 years old, low miles - and in fact I am considering another XF, possibly a Sportbrake, or an XE. Sadly Saab are no more and I find the current Lexus range pretty ugly. But maybe I should cast the net wider. Needless to say I'm not an out and out performance freak (though motorway performance batters) and equally I'm not an SUV fan - big saloons and estates for me, and I love lots of kit (though not fussed about modern nannying driving 'aids' - I had a rental VW 'Up' recently that was a total pain on country roads in France nagging constantly about crossing white lines).
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  Which dash cam do you recommend? 5 Aug 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking to install a dash cam in my BMW 218d Active Tourer. Which camera do you recommend as a good fit and which doesn't look out of place?
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  Is there a camaera that can record any incidents - such as vandalism - when my car is parked? 20 Dec 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My car got keyed recently which got me thinking about recording while away from my car. What is the best/cheapest option when looking to purchase something...
• Talk me out of buying an X-Type... 21 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Volvo S60: I haven't test driven this one but I am thinking I might, it looks quite nice and they are quite cheap. Anyone tried/got one and do you like it? Worth a look? Lexus: I think this would be too expensive and they don't seem too common either, is this worth examing further? OK, help me out here, is there something I have missed that I should be looking at? Or things I should be aware of before buying?
• Tokyo and Toyota 19 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  The range topping and hugely conservative Century with 5 litre V12 is heavily reminiscent of something Boris Yeltsin would have trundled off to the Kremlin in rather than the flagship big brother of the S class-copy that is the CELSIOR (Lexus LS430?) I picked up a brochure for the CALDINA "touring machine" sports wagon. The top-of-the-range version comes with 4-wd and a 260 PS turbo 2-litre engine which goes head-to-head with Subaru's Legacy GT-B.
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  Would a cracked alloy fall under warranty? 2 Nov 2020 (Ask HJ)
  We have a Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe and the warranty is three years old next year. We've had the car since July 2020, purchased from a reputable Jaguar...
• All makes and models - All cars are unreliable according to this site 11 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  I have even typed into Google ‘Most reliable cars’ and several sites always give their top 10 most reliable and least reliable cars and with consistency I read, surprisingly, of cars such as Peugeot, Seat and Korean cars being in the top 5 for the most reliable, along with Honda, Lexus of course, but this surprises me. What surprises me even more is that BMW, Audi and VW are always way down the list of most unreliable cars. Could it be that most of these sites cut/paste details off the Warranty Direct or Warranty Wise sites so the source of these so-called best/worst cars are all coming from one place and that WD and WW use all sorts of algorithms such as ‘cost to repair’ (which is why Bentley comes up as most unreliable car according to their site)?
• US September car sales sink dramatically. 2 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Toyota, which is battling GM for the crown of the world's best-selling auto maker, said passenger car sales fell 28% and SUV sales slumped 38%. Toyota division sales fell 36%, and Lexus recorded a 32% decline. For Toyota, the last five years have seen particularly rapid sales growth, as the company expanded in the U.S. and other overseas markets. But the past 12 months have delivered more bad news for the auto industry than anyone imagined, making it difficult for Toyota and other auto makers to use emerging-market sales to offset huge U.S. losses.
• 2008 Motorshow- Good Bad and Ugly 30 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Top Gear stand was quite small, and not a lot happening, but did have the Police cars from the latest series. Funny part was, on the TV the Lexus looked like it had been professionally repainted in white, but standing close to it looked more like domestic gloss white, and am sure could see brush marks in it. Going home, we did get stuck in traffic, but did detour to show the girls Buckingham palace, but both were sound asleep by the time we got there.
• Mike Rutherfords Champions 7 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  And if one of the most intriguing, eagerly awaited cars of the year - the Fiat 500 - is as good as it's expected to be later this year, the Italian firm that makes it will deservedly receive its biggest boost since the glory days of the original Panda and Uno. Closer to the top of the rankings, Mazda and Honda are taking over from Toyota/Lexus as the makers of the most reliable cars. Nissan is another Japanese firm that impresses me - not least because it is building the sort of reliable, desirable 4X4s that Jeep used to make. Having dropped out of the premier league in the recent past due to silly but wholly unacceptable quality problems, Volkswagen is back in.
• Toyota Prius not rubbish to drive shock! 30 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Maybe Toyota should beef up the suspension, put in a slightly bigger electric motor, a six cylinder engine and market it as a fun product. Oh, hang on they do ? it?s called the Lexus GS450h. That must be really something!
• 2 weeks in the US - observations motoring & other 13 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  The Japanese cars seem to have a habit of getting a desireable European design and taking the styling cues and incorporating them into their vehicles. We counted numerous examples of Toyotas/Lexus and Accura/Honda aping 3 or 5 series BMWs. 9. As for European marks VW Jetta/Golf/Beetle were probably the most popular followed by a sprinkling of Audis, BMWs and Jags. Not one French vehicle at all. 10.
• Top 10 diesels on the market 11 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  re still not quite sure what the Roomster is, but it?s brilliant. Invest with confidence in a badge that now rivals Lexus and Honda for rock-solid quality. The Roomster has all of the utility of a Citroen Berlingo but none of the odour of Millets. It?ll swallow a brace of mountain bikes without a whimper yet drives like a thoroughly modern hatchback.
• Peugeot Woes 23 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  . - From above the passenger door on the roof continuing all the way down the body work across the boot and down the rear of the car over the lexus lights until the bottom of the bumper were various deep scratches in the paint work. Also found on passenger door. - Right headlight was failing to work causing an awful sound when driving. - Chunk out of my alloy wheel - Scratches on the front bumper where they had the headlights out to realign.