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Thanks Scott... 🙂 my last comment was a bit of a sarcastic swipe at Toyota; but probably all manufactuers are keen to reduce the service life of there vehicles by making the sparesexpensive or non exsistant! How else will they sell new vehicles if everyone keeps them going as long as I do! Thankfully, I am not blessed with wanting the latest shiny new toy every five years... 🙂

I think age is more of a problem than mileage. At least in the US, the traction batteries often tend to start failing around 12 years old or so, but I can't say how many. Environmental conditions are a big factor - they're much more likely to fail in hotter climates, like in California and the southern states. They're much more likely to last in our temperate climate.

Thanks for the welcome Paulinho T, like your profile pic from Battle For The Planets my favourite cartoon from the 80s 👍

Hi All Got my first 100k badge today, all the way from Canada. There is a UK club but the badges start at 150k. Anyone else collect them? Not sure where to put it yet, its very good quality and is designed to stick on outside the car but i might get a tax disc holder and pop it inside..

Hi All, Forgive my moans as the new year begins... We woke up this morning to a scuffed rear bumper...pleasure of parking on road side...days are gone when people were honest enough to leave their details hey! Anyhoo...tried the wd40 trick first...not bad...definitely helps with removing or improving atleast paint from the other parties vehicle...leaves a nice shine too guys...however this scuff left numerous scratches through the layers...sooo...we wet sanded it down...p2000 with soapy water...its a process...wet sand...polish using buffer machine with g3 and g10 compounds depending...and then wet sand again if unhappy with result...and so forth...HOWEVER be wary...one can only wet sand the same patch so many times before one hits the actual paint base! Will attach some pics guys...before n afters.