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Thanks for all your kind suggestions. I shall definitely look into these. I just had to do a return journey from Cambridge to Guildford and the noise on the M11 and M25 was really annoying. I had to turn the radio up almost to maximum to drown it out ! Paul

Hi folks Although I love my CT200H, the amount of road noise it picks up, especially on motorways, drives me nuts! You can hear every change of road surface throughout every journey. I assume that a lot of the noise is coming from the low profile tyres. I had a look at the tyres on my car and they are marked as: Yokohama 215/45 R17 87W Can anyone recommend alternative tyres that are more resistant to road noise? Thanks in advance! Paul

Well, the problem seems to be slowly wearing off. I've driven to Manchester and to London a couple of times recently with no ill effects. I do wear varifocal glasses, so maybe glancing down at the various displays and satnav too much might have been a cause. Anyway thanks for your advice! Paul That's a good point about the valeting. The car came straight from the dealers showroom (used car showroom) so it could indeed be related to the cleaning chemicals. In which case it should hopefully wear off after a week or two. Similarly, because it is a new car (new to me, I mean!) I am spending more time looking at the various displays and fiddling with the controls than I normally would. I also tend to feel sick if I try to read in a car. It is best to keep looking out of the front window. Paul

That's a good point about the valeting. The car came straight from the dealers showroom (used car showroom) so it could indeed be related to the cleaning chemicals. In which case it should hopefully wear off after a week or two. Similarly, because it is a new car (new to me, I mean!) I am spending more time looking at the various displays and fiddling with the controls than I normally would. I also tend to feel sick if I try to read in a car. It is best to keep looking out of the front window. Paul

The wife hasn't mentioned it yet, but I've noticed it a few times. Quite a few people have reported it in other forums. Here are some of the links to them: http://www.hybridcars.com/forums/showthread.php?98757-Does-anyone-get-a-mild-dizziness.../page4 http://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-3rd-gen-2010-2015/454952-i-get-dizzy-vertigo-when-i-drive-our-new-car.html http://www.ct200hforum.com/forum/lexus-ct200h-engine-technical-discussion/117459-hybrid-risk.html https://priuschat.com/threads/motion-sickness.123702/ and I can find plenty more like that! I'm hoping that it is something that I'll eventually get used to, but it is quite an unpleasant feeling. All the best Paul

Hi folks This is a bit of an unusual question! I've only had my CT200H Advance 2014 for a week, but I am finding that after driving it for about 10 minutes I start feeling slightly nauseous. It's like car sickness when you are a kid. After driving, it takes about an hour before the feeling wears off. It's very strange! As anyone else experienced this? After writing the above, I was reading some of the other forums (for Hybrid cars) and discovered that this is not an uncommon problem. Some people put it down to the large batteries, others blame the shape of the windscreen, or the lack of engine noise. Most of these seem pretty unlikely to me, so I was wondering if anyone else might know the cause of this? all the best Paul

Thanks for all the various comments. It looks like I'll have to live with the road noise until it's time to change the tyres. Paul

Hi folks, this is my first post here as I have only owned my CT200H Advance for 3 days! I'm running a 2014 model and notice that when I drive it on motorways, a lot of noise and rumble is being picked up from the road surface. When it drives over a bridge or recently repaired area, the sound changes or fades but never goes away. It is loud enough that I have to boost the radio volume to get a reasonable listening level. The noise starts to become noticeable at speeds over about 50mph and is pretty annoying. It certainly not the smooth elegant silence I would have expected from a luxury brand such as Lexus! I checked with my supplier (the excellent Lexus Cambridge) who advised me that the low profile tyres may pick up more noise than standard tyres. So I wondering, if I were to replace the tyres with standard profile ones, would this reduce the road noise? and can I safely do this without causing any other problems? Also, does anyone offer soundproofing kits that would help reduce noise pickup from the road? Another thing - has anyone else noticed - that the faster you drive, the less 'stereo' seems to come out of the radio/CD player. When its parked you can clearly hear sounds out of the left and right speakers. But when it is driving along, the sound appears to mainly come from the centre speaker and any left/right stereo signal seems to disappear. Most annoying, and again not what I would expect from a luxury vehicle (it is the standard system, not the enhanced Premier system). All the best from Cambridge, UK Paul