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Hi CDULUK Earlier this year we were driving our 400h down to Dover to catch the ferry to France. Turned on the radio - nothing. Tried selecting a CD - nothing. Couldn't do anything about it at the time as we were on the motorway. Looked like we were going to have a very quiet week in France! When we got to the port and were waiting in the line for the ferry I turned off the ignition, waited a few seconds then turned it on again. As if by magic everything was back to normal and has been ever since! First advice any IT engineer gives is, "Have you tried turning it off then turning it on again?"!!!! Hope yours is the same Regards from JBP on the other side of the Pond. PS Loved your key modification!

JBP - aside from all this silly banter, what part of the UK are you from? Your Avatar doesn't mention it. About 17 years ago, I lived in the Cambridge dorms for one semester of of my Barrister schooling. It was a wonderful experience. Our favorite hangout in Cambridge was "The Anchor" ... established some time before the colonies declared their independence, I believe. It was a wonderful experience ... so much so that I took my better half back there for a vacation just a couple years ago. Her fovorite stop was Stratford upon Avon. It was as though I still had every back ally of the areas memorized like the back of my hand. Wonderful. But I digress ~ BTW. It was Andrew Jackson who was attributed the expression, "It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word". His parents were both born on your side of the pond. http://www.famousquotesabout.com/quote/It-is-a-damn/25511 No, I don't buy into it ... but it's especially comforting to a slothful speller like me ... as I mentioned above, nonetheless. Here's to hoping all of YOUR 400h snowy travels are smooth ... despite the stock 400h tires. . Hi Someone else's got my name I live in Milton Keynes which is about 40 miles west of Cambridge but I don't know Cambridge very well, certainly not as well as you! Whereas Cambridge is an ancient city Milton Keynes is a "new town". It was conceived and planned in the 1960s as an overspill town for London. I should hate the place as I was born and brought up in one of the small villages that were swallowed up in the development (although the villages did retain their identities within the city) but I love the place and cannot praise it too highly! A great deal of sensible thought went into the planning from the outset and as a result it is probably the easiest place to drive around in in Britain. The design was loosely based on the American grid road system but with roundabouts at each intersection, the result being very free-flowing traffic with hardly any rush hour traffic jams. We are very famous for our roundabouts and our concrete cows! In fact if you want to find out anything about MK just try Googling "Concrete Cows"! Back to the thread topic - SNOW. We don't get much snow here in MK but last year we did have a cold snap that lasted over a week with a dump of about 6 inches of snow overnight. Several of our neighbours had a great deal of trouble driving out of our estate as there is a slight rise in the road with no real possibility of a run at it. After watching their antics I went out in the RX and it just drove up the road as if there was no snow at all. As an experiment I tried stopping halfway up where other people had got stuck and had to resort to being pushed to get up the last bit. The RX just pulled away without the traction control even kicking in! Also, last year we drove up to Scotland to visit our daughter who was at university in Aberdeen. As it was snowing and as they were only about 60 miles from the Glenshee Ski Centre we decided to include a day's skiing whilst we were there. Again, a 120 mile round trip on snow covered roads with no problems. And all this on OEM Bridgestone Potenzas!!! JBP

See, I didn't think you'd try to weasel out, just because the example is old ... or mistakenly think it's a Montana thing (actually that article was from the Nation's capitol) Here you go ... an article from THIS year ... you can find it in the article's header, or read on into the body of the article where 'turn' is used again: http://www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues/2010/06/17/entire-controversy-doctrine-arise-from-related-facts-same-transaction-series/ And for the uninformed comment posted from over-seas ... here's a UK example - so you won't feel left out. The first line of paragraph 21: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n01/john-lanchester/is-it-art More? Ok! (you'll have to use your PC's 'find' feature ... I don't want you all to get lazy now: http://www.ejiltalk.org/reflections-on-self-determination-and-the-status-of-kosovo-in-light-of-the-report-of-the-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-on-the-conflict-in-georgia/ http://pewforum.org/Church-State-Law/Stimulus-Package-Stimulates-Church-State-Debate.aspx http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-welfareblack.htm Want me to find examples from every English speaking city it every English speaking country? I just might do it - if old age is making us old folk's skulls thick around here. Still, my "cut & paste" finger IS getting sore. Everyone ready to tap out yet? Good! Glad to be of service. Grammar 101 will continue some other time. B) Hope I don't get a warning for being a wise guy ... I couldn't resist. :chairshot: So ... back to topic! ... um, snow? Uninformed comment??? (By the way "overseas" does not have a hyphen!) The first line of paragraph 21: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n01/john-lanchester/is-it-art One swallow does not make a summer. Or could this be the exception that proves the rule? http://www.ejiltalk.org/reflections-on-self-determination-and-the-status-of-kosovo-in-light-of-the-report-of-the-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-on-the-conflict-in-georgia/ Article written by Zoran Oklopcic - I'll say no more!!! http://pewforum.org/Church-State-Law/Stimulus-Package-Stimulates-Church-State-Debate.aspx American website!!! http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-welfareblack.htm Another American website!!! We really must get out more often!!! JBP

Snow driving turns a lot on the drier. Snow driving turns a lot on the depth & temps & condition of the snow. Snow driving turns a lot on the tires. Is this some new form of English? Do you really mean to say, "depends" and not "turns"???? As a "proper" Englishman I would use "depends a lot on" rather than "turns a lot on". However, each to their own but what is this "drier"?!!!! JBP (Born & bred on the other side of the pond!)

Hi Dr Things can get "lost" under the flaps! I was driving down through Europe and had stopped in Luxembourg to fill up with petrol (that's gas to you in the USA!). I used my credit card and thought I had dropped it into the centre console when I got back into the car together with the receipts. The next stop for gas (that's petrol to you in England!) I just could not find my credit card anywhere. Total panic!!! I was convinced that I had put it in the centre console along with the receipts but after emptying everything out all I could find was the receipts. Having searched the rest of the car I came to the conclusion I must have dropped my card whilst getting back into the car back in Luxembourg. The rest of the holiday was a bit of a PITA as I had to cancel my lost credit card and use alternative means of paying for things. Fortunately I had a backup debit card with me. When I got home a week later I was cleaning out the car when lo and behold I opened the centre console and out dropped my "lost" credit card which had been up behind one of the shutters all week despite opening and closing them many many times whilst away. Good luck. At least you know where your "lost" item is!!! JBP

Emin I am a UK owner and had a similar problem to you last year at about 21000 miles. My post on the UK forum was as follows:- Bought my '05 Rx400h in May this year (2007). What a great car. Took a trip down to Assisi in Italy in September. 1,200 miles each way. Arrived at destination fresh as a daisy! However, Last Saturday night I arrived home and when I went to turn onto the drive - no power steering!!!!! Big effort and straining muscles but managed to park on the drive. Rang Lexus Milton Keynes in the morning (Sunday) They arranged for car to be picked up that lunchtime. Went with it on the recovery vehicle and was loaned a GS450h. (Interesting comparisons!) Had phone call Monday afternoon to say car was ready to pick up. Sean said it was faulty sensors in the power steering but they had replaced the complete steering rack under the warranty. (£3,000 worth of parts!) How's that for service? Well done Lexus Milton Keynes. My history so far RX400h SE-L 30000 miles (bought car from Lexus Milton Keynes as an ex demonstator with 14700 miles on the clock) 31.5 MPG average (but our UK gallons are bigger than yours in the USA!) Best consumption so far 38.5MPG on a 100 mile trip on country roads from Colchester to Milton Keynes Only the one problem with the steering rack (see above) Great car

Hi to you from this side of the "Pond" I had a similar problem here in the UK but Lexus were superb at resolving the problem. Here is the link to my posting on LOC Forum (UK) http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...rt=#entry477335 Regards John Powell