A year and a day

[Simpsoid]

Mildly interesting, maybe: I've had my IS300h for one year and one day today and have driven almost exactly 10,000 miles (just passed through that figure by about 20 miles this afternoon).

I'm certainly happy with the fuel economy overall, though now we're heading into winter I know from last year that despite my best efforts it will drop by almost 10 mpg from where it is now. My poorest result, last February gave me 43.44mpg and my best, back in July was 52.93 (figures through fuelly.com)

I received a 1-year courtesy call yesterday from Janet at Bristol Lexus, which was nice.  Yes, I know she's looking forward to the point when she can legitimately start offering me an "amazing deal" on a new car  but it was nice to hear from her.

 

 

 

 

[DanD]

So, after one year, what are your likes and dislikes?

[Simpsoid]

Seriously, the only things I think I could say I dislike are:

- road/tyre noise because it really spoils the otherwise whisper-quiet drive, but that's probably more to do with the rubbish way our roads seem to be constructed and maintained than the car

- satnav / entertainment system because a) the voice is a little too loud and b) I don't have the premium version so I can't update it myself and it does get caught out with revised road layouts from time-to-time.

Um, that's it, I think.  I can live with that!

 

[rayaans]

2 hours ago, Simpsoid said:

Seriously, the only things I think I could say I dislike are:

- road/tyre noise because it really spoils the otherwise whisper-quiet drive, but that's probably more to do with the rubbish way our roads seem to be constructed and maintained than the car

- satnav / entertainment system because a) the voice is a little too loud and b) I don't have the premium version so I can't update it myself and it does get caught out with revised road layouts from time-to-time.

Um, that's it, I think.  I can live with that!

 

Can you not adjust the voice volume n the settings? I wonder if a tyre change would help when its due.

The tyres lexus use as standard are generally quite bad for noise

[Simpsoid]

I'm going to have to go and check re: route guidance volume. You could be right; it looks like I forgot rule #1: RTFM!

I'll be down to just the one thing then.  And on that topic, yes.  I have done a little research and am fairly sure I can (and will) improve it by a few decibels but I believe human ears need about 3 decibels difference to notice any real difference so the improvement might not be as much as I'd really like.  Sadly my local council have gone and resurfaced just about every road nearby with the typical cheap and nasty stone-chipping method.  When I do get on a nice stretch of smooth asphalt(?) road surface it's a gorgeous feeling!