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Finally picked up our new NX on Friday!!!! 🥳 👏 🙌 🥳 🙌 👏 🥳 🙌 👏 🥳 So happy to finally have our car! It’s gorgeous and everything we wanted 💗 Our dealership ended up throwing in a few freebies too, to compensate us for the order mix up, so that’s made things better too 😊 It brings to an end, what feels like a very long wait, for the car we ordered back in September 2022. Looking forward to enjoying everything our new car has to offer!

My RCF is the least popular colour released….certainly polarises people. I must admit though, when the weather is good and the car is clean, it looks fabulous! Similar to your car however, at this time of year it just looks flat. I get lots of comments about how I look like a t**t in it, predominantly from women who clearly find me attractive and are threatened by it!

Hello all, Well... I had my Cystoscopy and Prostate Biopsy on Friday, at about lunch time. I was told it might be a bladder biopsy as well, but I don't think it was in the end. ( No pun intended. ) All the staff were brilliant. I also feel my option for a General Anaesthetic was the right one for me. The comments here prepared me well. Yes, there was the razor blade sensation. Gone now. But still the dull ache and pain 'downstairs'. And I know there will be blood themed unpleasantness continuing for some while. ( The most stressful part was my wife driving home in the dark. Seemingly aiming for potholes etc?! ) Now I rest and wait... I salute everyone here for any medical issue they tackle, and the staff who help them get there. Best wishes to us all. Piers.

So I heard back from lexus customer relations and they say that its still valid for 15 years as long as we get the hybrid health check done.

I don't know why you are complaining! This is actually the latest in Lexus security features. Even if you defeat the CANbus you still can't get in the vehicle!!! Genius indeed. 🙂 Paul

The yellow warning came on permanently on the display. Moved screen to the Tpms and sure enough driver side rear read 0.8. I usually run with 2.3. I first noticed the display going to work on the Thursday morning. On Friday i went to the tyre fitters on the Thursday night i pumped them up but by Friday morning they had lost a bit but the yellow warning had vanished. At the tyre fitters the pumped it up to 2.3 exactly and checked all the others they said see how you go come back if they go down. It did i took it back on the Monday this time they took the wheel off to reveal it had a puncture smack back in the middle of the tread. It was a small piece of a small dia drill bit. Anyhow it could be repaired and was at a cost of £34. So im happy with run flats they got me to work Sat ,Sun and Mon. I know a few of you dont like em and are opting to get normal tyres fitted. They bought me some time like they are supposed to do i dont think they are noisy but i know they are noisier than normal. Im happy with them and whats more the tyre was repaired. Im going to get this winter out of them and change the rears in spring and fronts in August. I will post on another thread what im going to put on, i think weve discussed what type of tyre.

Hi I passed through an adventure to replace the key fob battery and I think worth to inform others. In the internet and in the official manual prompt you to place a screwdriver in the middle of the key where the is a slotting and twist it so to separate the two cover parts. In my NX450+ (10/2022) key there's no slotting and luckily didn't destroy the key. After the "booming" and whilst assembling the pieces of the key noticed that it opens just by sliding the top side of the key. So easy. No tools no pressure. If your key has not slotting just slide the top side. If your key has a slotting use screwdriver. Thanks for reading and be careful.

I think delivery lead times are improving.. Picked up my 450 F Sport at end of October which was 4 months earlier than quoted at time of order. First Lexus having switched from BMW… absolutely delighted with this amazing car and customer service from the dealer. Only one smart key fob and no locking wheel nuts, however Lexus UK customer service say both will be supplied as part of campaign wave 5, but were unable to say when this will actually happen.

I am sorry to hear this. I had 2 attempted thefts on my ES300h (2019 premium edition) and luckily both attempts (mid Sept and mid Oct) failed because my car has metatrak plus immobiliser fitted in. but they damaged the bumper and the loom cable. So I only got the car back last week (5 weeks without it) Thursday from repair (adaptor was replaced and new bumper was fitted in) and immediately exchanged it with another car and this time, I bought AUDI A6 AVANT Black edition Quattro S Line 2018. I am super happy with this new car and I got Metatrak plus fitted in too. Lexus is in serious trouble in my opinion as these kind of thefts with loom cable will continue to happen (even to newer models that have encrypted canbus system to prevent successful theft) and owners will risk one losing their car or have it damaged. I also suspect that the value of the ES will depreciate much quicker in the near future when people will know how risky the cars are. There could be an issue with insurances from even refusing to insure Lexus cars if thefts continue to rise...

Unbrag. Reliant Robin. Morris Marina. Renault 5. Nissan Micra. Volvo 345.

Indeed and advising people to fit steering locks due to the security design flaws for a premium vehicle is completely unacceptable. They either retro fit Canbus encryption via a recall to ALL vulnerable vehicles or fit a third party immobiliser. They have sat on this long enough with no action.

I just had to share this even though it's a bit risky. Harley Davidson has been going for over 100 yrs and are proud of their heritage. They have retained the original character created by William Harley and Arthur Davidson and maintained the engine origins - Vtwin. The models are commonly named after the valve cover style e.g. Knucklehead etc. I found this poster on the USA harley forum site and thought it might resonate even with us boring Lexus owners.

Picked mine up today, no bow or flowers for me, just packed into a tight spot in a wind swept carpark. One key, plus one blade, no locking wheel nuts Now to play with the options, meter one or meter 3, decisions decisions…

I swim like a block of concrete so i thought I would rather go driving. Swimming and indeed walking in moderation is pretty much recommended for people with Osteoarthritis which I do have, but they have no remedial benefit to people who have Rheumatoid Arthritis which is a completely different thing which I also have. I am 4 years in on treatment for that ,but nothing as worked to stabilise me yet except Cortisone injections ,but they won't give those too often because of side effect issues. Fortunately, I am fairly resiliant so on any given day I say f... it and do whatever I can do and I call it a win.

I think a couple of factors come into play. Exactly what level disruption is being experienced by leaving something untreated. That is, is it manageable, or something beyond that. What is the likely prognosis if you leave the issue untreated. What is the probability of success of taking the treatment including of course what can you expect for the post procedural pathway. When you weigh things up like this some decisions are easier than others. I have deferred prostate intervention for at least a couple of years ,because the current situation is manageable through medication. If that were to change then so would my decision. By contrast when they told me I was 95% + occluded on all my major heart vessels and I would probably be dead in the near future then needless to say the decision virtually made itself. A 3 in 100 chance of failure was more than acceptable. Hard sometimes to be objective about these things, but it is best to try to be just that.

‘Which’ has just published its 2023 car owner reliability and satisfaction survey. Lexus was the only make to get the full five stars across the three car age groups surveyed. And the worst make? Alfa Romeo! ‘Which’ summed it up by noting: Lexus has a reliability record to make other manufacturers green with envy. Lexus owners had very few gripes about their vehicles, and the brand was awarded a full five stars for reliability for 0-4, 5-9 and 10-15-year-old age groups. In summary, Lexus is the most reliable carmaker, and has proven this year in and year out in our annual surveys.

I can understand a 15 yr old being able to drive a Lexus, especially with the auto gearbox and a few cushions, but 4 yr old I can't see it myself.🤔

I don't know about global warming, but fashion certainly evolved.

I'd suggest that you ring your local dealer and ask them how to handle this. Ask them if you brought the car in for a service this week, would they service it and therefore give you a year's warranty. If they agree, take it straight in, get it serviced, and cancel the warranty that it was sold with. This is probably the cheapest way of getting it covered, and Lexus warranty is probably more extensive than the one you've been sold. Then get Lexus to do your services at least until you sell it, or it reaches 10 years/100000 miles. Well, that's my opinion, anyway! : o ) Oh, and maybe think about gap insurance with some of the loot you'd get back!

4kwh is reserved for hybrid operation and is not accessible for EV operation so when you have 0 EV miles you will see the traction battery still has 30% charge. This 4kwh is continually maintained during HV operation.

32 miles for a max of 14Kwh (full charge) = 2.3 m/Kwh. Assume you pay standard rate of about 26p/Kwh = 11.3p/mile Assume 45 MPG (obviously varies on mix of driving) Cost of gallon = £1.50x4.5 (litres) = £6.75/gallon Cost per mile =6.75/45 which = 15p/mile So with an all year average of for, arguaments sake, 3 m/Kwh (will probably be higher than this) cost per mile would be 8.7p/mile. Petrol would need to be 87p/Litre at current prices to match elecricity. Even with the increase in electric prices in January (5%) we are a long way from petrol being the fuel of choice for our PHEV's. Hope I have those figures right!

Well... I am glad to say, that after tests spread over 3 months, 'no cancer found'. I'll take that. Just another PSA test in 6 months... I feel I know a bit more about prostates (etc) now! Best wishes to EVERYONE, which ever side of the 'cancer fence' you are. Regards, Piers.

It seems equally bewildering to me that anybody would want to go back in time rather than benefit from a modern highly efficient system with Nanoe-x capability. They use this system not only to microscopically moisturise skin but to eradicate airborne disease from hospitals. It can stabilise the temperature from sub zero to record high and completely prevent misted windows but only if it is left switched on. We’re all different I suppose. I’m thinking of fitting drum brakes and disconnecting the power steering on mine.

My ultimate argument is £695pa to make your driveway look like a work of art is a lot less than you would pay a gardener to do the same and you cannot even drive your gardener at 0 to 60 in 6 s unless you pop a stick of dynamite in his wheelbarrow.

I saw this earlier and I thought it kind of summarises much of my life and probably yours if you are of a certain age. They call us ”The Elderly” We were born in the 40-50-60’s. We grew up in the 50-60-70's. We studied in the 60-70-80's. We were dating in the 70-80-90's. We got married and discovered the world in the 70-80-90's. We venture into the 80-90’s. We stabilize in the 2000’s. We got wiser in the 2010’s. And we are going firmly through and beyond 2020. Turns out we've lived through EIGHT different decades... TWO different centuries... TWO different millennia... We have gone from the telephone with an operator for long-distance calls to video calls to anywhere in the world. We have gone from slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to online music, from handwritten letters to email and Whats App. From live matches on the radio, to black and white TV, colour TV and then to 3D HD TV. We went to the Video store and now we watch Netflix. We got to know the first computers, punch cards, floppy disks and now we have gigabytes and megabytes on our smartphones. We wore shorts throughout our childhood and then long trousers, Oxfords, flares, shell suits & blue jeans. We dodged infantile paralysis, meningitis, polio, tuberculosis, swine flu and now COVID-19. We rode skates, tricycles, bicycles, mopeds, petrol or diesel cars and now we drive hybrids or electric. Yes, we've been through a lot but what a great life we've had! They could describe us as “exennials”; people who were born in that world of the fifties, who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. We've kind of “Seen-It-All”! Our generation has literally lived through and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life. It is our generation that has literally adapted to “CHANGE”. A big round of applause to all the members of a very special generation, which will be UNIQUE. -Author unknown Keep on keeping on!

Hi everyone. Due to the rarity of my vehicle, I wanted to give a heads-up to anyone who is searching for a premium luxury to buy. By the end of November, I will be selling my Lexus GS460 Jdm import with low miles of 57k at the moment. It is the 07 model finished in 1f2 Mercuri Metalic Color. The reason for the sale is that soon we will have a baby and while my wife is on maternity leave we decided to keep only one vehicle to secure some savings. I imported the car two years ago and since then only done just over 10k miles. The car had only one previous owner from the new and I am the second first owner in the UK. The car has no mods. After importing it I enjoyed it in stock form so I decided to keep it this way and see if I would change my mind in the future. After receiving the vehicle it was signed for a service plan at Lexus Leeds. The car already has passed 2 services and the last one will be on 7th of November so the new owner will have the car with fresh service and mot. The car has new genuine brake disks and pads replaced by Lexus this year with all 4 new Yokohama tyres. It also has all past service documentation from the new. The car has a rare interior trim spec, that I preferred more over Passion Black. It’s black with bird’s-eye maple trim and dark brown leather seats. The glove box has a toll card reader instead of a CD drive for maps. The infotainment OS is completely different to the EU or US market. It has extras like a TV and instead of the cassette player, it has a MiniDisc that still has a disc with classic music from the previous owner. The radio and TV are in the Japanese frequency range so the only radio you will be able to listen to is Radio 2. It has AUX and a second power socket in the armrest compartment where I use an AUX Bluetooth adapter that connects to my phone automatically so I can listen to any music. I will leave it for a new owner as it just works very well with the car. It also has a few more uncommon extras like an air ioniser and auto folding mirrors on car lock and unlock. Now about the running costs which are pretty cheap for a 4.6L v8. The car has only run on E5 98-99 very happily since the import and can return a very positive 29 mpg on long journeys on UK roads from my experience. The full tank will give you just over 300 miles of range. The car is ULEZ compliant, the last road tax was only £290 a year and it costs cheaper to insure than the Lexus CT200h that my wife has. This is going to be one of those rare opportunities so if you are in the market for it, I would recommend viewing it. I will be looking around 10k, also feel free to send me sensible offers if interested. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me on the forum or message me on my mob: 07598940537.

I reset the average mpg on filling the tank. Having travelled 405.1 miles I then refilled and calculated the fuel economy. The reading on the dash indicated an average of 54.1 however, on calculating my fuel usage (4.546 litres gallon equivalent) I was astonished at the accuracy as my calculations revealed 54.61 mpg. Although using the same filling station the only variable could have been a different pump dispensing a slightly different amount - I always stop at the first click. Never had any car where the car's estimation was so close to real world results.

I have never seen IS250 in UK that had carbon build-up issue, not sure why, but it seems to be only the issue in US. Yes DI in general has flaws (or I should say car with DI only). I have sneak peaked into my engine before and there was some carbon on intake valve stems, not pretty, but nothing tragic. I have done hydrogen clean on my car and it made absolutelly no difference, if anything one of the emission metrics was 0.1% higher. No change in response or how car drives. So in short, unless you have issues - forget about it! Much more important would be timely oil changes, 10,000 miles is way too long, I would actually recommend 5,000-6,000 change intervals and never exceed 12 months between changes. I can explain in more detail, but that is kind of different topic... but it does help with carbon build-up slightly as well. Other piece of preventative maintenance you can look at would be "catch-cans"... but cleaning carbon in general is not that you would encounter often on these cars in UK.

Tonight i'm showing 55.4/51.5. Top down, bottom up - ooh er matron. 😁

Be aware though that Cross Climates can only be rotated front to back, and not diagonally, as they're directional tyres.

..thinking about getting more

Latest overnight charge giving the same prediction as previously reported - 54.4/48.4 so perhaps this will be the norm for the coming months? It's actually an improvement over last year's results. Actual yesterday however was only 32. A motorway journey in temperatures of low single figures with seat heater on is not a good mix!

I had an Uncle who did that ,but he died young run over by the dray delivering the stout.

Another clean MOT.

Lexus Link + app, absolutely loving the map feature. It finds my car, I enter a new destination, and it shows the new destination. Then, no route, no send to car nothing. Schedule an appointment - doesn't work and freezes out the whole app Fuel economy is always zero So basically useless, well done Lexus! Oh, but I can give my car a nickname, well isn't that cute!

If this can help you i attach a picture with all the boot measures (which are in centimeters):

Having been diagnosed with enlarged prostate in my mid/late forties I was on tablets for many years until It got to the level of having to pee 6 > 7 times a night. Eventually I was put on the waiting list for surgery - no cancer present. Seventeen months later after making a bit of a nuisance of myself I had 'prostate reduction' surgery. A couple of weeks with a catheter and all is good again.

IMO having only one key fob is much more of an issue than no locking wheel nut. Locking wheel nuts are hardly a problem at all to suitably equipped thieves. However, having one key fob is a seriously inconvenience and a big worry about losing it.

If you activate front screen demist it will start the engine regardless

Quick update - should be collecting our replacement NX within the next week! It arrived on a ship 2/3 weeks ago. Fingers crossed the spec on this one is correct 🙄 (we didn’t order the one we are waiting on, the dealership could see it was coming over on a ship and has told us it’s the specification we originally asked for in September 2022). I’ll let you know if all goes to plan soon 🤞

I agree with your first paragraph Colin. I never experienced the trackerpad option so I can't comment on that. I do however find it ironic that the NX is laden with safety features and then fit a touch screen that I find difficult to use and a huge distraction. Minus 100 safety points in my opinion! Like Harry, I find talking to Lexus as troublesome as talking to my 90 year old mother when she's not wearing her hearing aid! Even if she understood better, I don't think it's conducive to safety or family harmony to tell my occupants to shut up whilst I repeat 3 or 4 times simple commands to do whatever. Bring back knobs, switches and dials for the basic functions is my vote for reduced stress levels and enhanced safety.

For grumpy old boomers who like a joke.

They keep acoming.

If you aren't using the vehicle at least a couple of times a week then yes, you will run into issues. But I think the OPs specific problem is worse than that if it is losing charge overnight.

I had the same recall letter. Long story short, the emergency light of which there are at least two btw, the one overhead above the windscreen by the ‘touch’ lights, is glowing a solid green. This purports to show the system has updated. Strangely, a couple of weeks ago, the car asked me to login again, for no apparent reason. Could be that was after the update, but who knows? All appears well.

I’ve got a confession. I’m doing the NC500 in mine next year with a car club. Can’t wait. And it will be one of MANY road trips. Like the Nori example, Sonic Red also goes through a metamorphosis (not used that word in a while) in direct sun light. I want more miles one mine. It needs to be imprinted on more retinas. I owe it to the public. Deep down I pray (to the car gods) I never need a respray.

Today I've got 55.4/50.9 and I noticed my miles p/kwh is now showing 2.9

I thought this might photo be relevant...now and always..

Updating , insurance has agreed to genuine Lexus windscreen and national windscreen has sourced one . They have given me an appointment next week for fitting and ADAS calibration at their garage . 4 hours estimated time for replacement , thus far national windscreen team have been super helpful and swift . Hope everything goes well next week . I will update once it’s all done if any one is interested . Thanks

The definition of irony.