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The only thing is the maps are out of date even if you upgrade to the latest for your car, and they are prohibitively expensive too. My map was upgraded to the 17/18 version by the previous owner at its service and it cost him £175 for Lexus to do it. Google maps on a phone or tablet is free and up to date all the time.

I’ve been very lucky with mine. Replaced both front LBJs with OEM Lexus parts in 2010 at a cost of £120.00 the pair, had the passenger side UCA fail after dropping into a huge pothole and managed to find an brand new OEM one on ebay for £125.00 compared to Lexus price of £513.00! Replaced both rear springs with KYBs after one broke for around £90.00, even after 25 years the TEMS dampers/shock absorbers are still serviceable. Just gained another years ticket with no advisories and with the mileage I now do ( less than 2K a year) I still can’t justify replacing it.

It’s been 3 months since we picked up our GSF in which we have covered just under 2000 miles averaging around 19 mpg. Here are my some of my initial thoughts. The positives. The sound of the V8. My car is completely standard and I know it’s a little mute for some, but I love every minute of the sound from when it starts up cold to when it comes on cam. I don’t think I will ever get bored of it, and whilst I used to love listening to my music in the car, the stereo is rarely turned on nowadays. The responsiveness, performance and handling. Whilst I acknowledge that it’s not the fastest super saloon out there and these new hot / hyper hatches will arguably be faster off the line, it has more performance than I will ever need and I clearly will run out of talent before it will. I love how it also feels like a smaller car than it is. I definitely don’t think it feels any larger than my previous IS250 on the road. MPG I’m not worried about the MPG as I wouldn’t have bought a GSF if I was, but I’m very happy with it considering the car is barely warmed up by the time I arrive at work and I do little motorway mileage. As a comparison, my previous IS250 averaged around 23mpg over the same journeys. Subtleness and rare factor. I’ve only ever seen one other GSF on the road about two years ago. I love how the average passer by wouldn’t even give it a second look and I’ve had a few people who are in to their cars claim that they have never even heard of it, which makes me smile. Mark Levinson. I know that this doesn’t get the best views but I think it’s a great system ( on the rare occasion that it is on lol) for the music that I listen too. Practicality. Loads of room for my family of 4 and the car seats. Space was a struggle in the IS. Insurance. Unbelievably no more expensive than my IS250 and about £200 cheaper a year than our RX450. Likely to be due to there being only 63 ish registered and probably non of them being involved in a large claim. Paintwork. Seems to always have a deep shine even when it’s dirty. This could be due to the ceramic coating but I also liked how the acid etch damaged from seagull poo seemed to fix itself over a weekend in the heat. I’m not sure if this is due to the self-healing paint (does this work through the ceramic coating?) or the coating itself but something worked either way 😊. Looks. I know this is subjective but I think it looks fantastic. It’s split personality. I love how it feels just like how a normal Lexus should below 3.5k RPM. Smooth and quiet but then it turns in to a real super salon after this point. Amazing. A pleasure to drive around town but massively capable at speed when pushed. Blind spot monitoring. Absolutely brilliant, I now wish our RX had it! Carbon Fibre rear spoiler. Looks amazing in the sun but still relatively subtle IMO. The negatives Just nit picking here really as nothing is a major deal. Brake dust. Widely covered on here, I love the wheels and the orange callipers but they are such a pain in the butt to clean and I love cleaning cars! Mine have been coated in Poor Boys sealant which has helped massively but cleaning them still takes some time and the front callipers are a pain to get to. I will be looking in to the options other owners have mentioned on here when replacements are required. Rattle. I had a really intermittent rattle coming from behind the sav screen. This has seemed to have disappeared, touch wood, but was very frustrating for a couple of weeks. Powered boot lid. I love how the boot lid is powered but I wish that you could also close the lid via the remote and the button on the dash like our RX, instead of just the button on the lid itself. I expect that this is a dealer configurable option so I will look in to this before my next service. Sat Nav menu on start up. I wish the menu didn’t load up every time you started the car. A simple press of return solves this issues but as I very rarely use the sat nav, there is no need for it to load up every time. Speed sign recognition. I can’t really rely on this as it often picks up random speed limits, such as ones on the back of continental lorries, or not at all Carbon Fibre in front bumper. Chips are already present and more are enviable. I really don’t know how you would fix this. That’s it really. Both my wife and myself are well and truly smitten by it and we will be keeping it for as long as we can, before everything goes down the EV route. F.A.

I had a slow leak, turned out to be a seam on the radiator, but really hard to see ... when I was giving it a service, with the engine bay plastic removed, I could just see the pink crystals growing ... right above the top hose

Update: I bought my first Lexus today! A 2006 RX 400H with 130k miles, full Lexus service history and in very good condition. I will pick it up after the weekend, after it has gotten a new MOT test. Thanks again for your help guys.

I have never had this happen to me in the LC and I live in a rural area with a lot of rubbish on the roads. I had one instance in my Aston DB9 where there was an intermittent screech from the front brakes which cleared when moved in reverse. It was found not to be a stone but the disc shield just touching the disc after getting bent slightly. An easy fix. I can't really see how a stone can get between the wear face of the disc and the pad as they almost touch. A stone could lodge between the pad base and the caliper but this must be a pretty remote possibility. The fact that it has happened to you 3 times makes this very unlikely. I should have a look at the disc shields.

All different yes,losing the ability to think yes,losing the ability to use our brains and common sense yes,losing the ability to do things for ourselves yes....................????????🙁

I usually use the boot before/after every journey, so just run my thumb over the lens each time I open it... one day I'll get around to cleaning the rest of the car!

At this time of year I cant be bothered waxing the car so Ive been using spray on rinse off solutions Stumbled across Turtlewax dry and shine, just spray on a wet car and rinse off, will leave it beading very well. Must say it seems to be working on the reversing camera too

Thank God it doesn't take me back to the two Italian cars I owned...first Lancia Delta Integrale - could hardly move the f**ker due to weight of steering getting out of the drive. Alpha Romeo GTV6 - inboard discs...what a pleasure that was...and when the brake cable snapped they said....we will have to drop the engine....I thought he was kidding....he wasn't..

Me too 😁

Thank you gents...heading to Heathrow tomorrow and had images of slewing every time i braked....

Perfectly normal.. First time it happened to me I thought I'd run over a brick! Once the temps drop it happens every time I leave my driveway. All to do with the wide tread and low sidewall height. Happens to many marques fitted with low profile wide tyres

Hi I've already joined lexus World couple of years ago. I've got an amp now, bought it for £50 and all is working now although I may want to replace the rear sub

Yes but they don't use petrol they use gasoline....and they drive on the wrong side of the road....[emoji38] Sent from my EML-L29 using Tapatalk

That is certainly my reading and understanding.

Nope - I'm using one as a daily driver.

Hoping for a snowy winter for you now mate!

It's because E10 is being bought to forecourts soon, and although %5 (E5) ethanol does not have to be shown at the pump 10% (E10) does, and this helps differentiate between the two when E10 is provided. John.

I am looking at white rcf carbon on AT. Is the contrast too over the top?