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Do they protrude any more than conventional mirrors folded when parked. I would have a little concern in say a supermarket car Park somebody squeezing through between cars could push them back - showing my ignorance I am assuming they don’t fold !

That is sensible placing them there not sure what the real advantage of them are though - they were £ 1,500 on the Audi and the amount of reduced drag would take decades to get back in reduced consumption !

Definitely a big improvement over the Audi ones I experienced

I don’t know about where Lexus put the ‘screens’ but I test drove an Audi with them and couldn’t get used to them - they put the screen far too low so you have to take your eyes completely away from the road to use them. Also when I asked the Audi salesman about them freezing - how are they cleared, he said good point ! Again, Lexus may have some heaters in theirs but Audi didn’t.

John. Mine has never changed - the total is always 3.0 which would only give 192 which is well wrong

I wasn’t 100% when I started at home or away. It takes as long to charge 80% to 100% as it does 20% to 80% and all EV’s are like that. think starting at 100% with only seat cooling / radiant heating, driving at a constant 60 mph I would get twitchy over 200 miles.

I did my first longish drive last week - 240 miles. Motorway / dual carriageway all the way, driving at about 60 and in traffic (M6). Did the research on Zapmap and checked availability on it whilst driving. Stopped at Moto Services Rugby - tremendously clean and a real change from other service stations. Plenty of 350kw chargers available (only 50p / kw), hooked up with a slight difficulty due to the charge port on the car being where it is with shortish cable on the charger. Charged at about 30% to 80% in about 30 mins which was the time we wanted to stop for. Arrived and there was a MFG station with plenty of 150kw chargers (79p / Kw) and charged back to 80% in about 20 mins. Return journey was just a reversal, charged at Moto Rugby and arrived home with plenty of range. All in all, totally trouble free charge wise. I found the car to be very comfortable and the autonomous driving to be far better than in my previous Range Rover, BMW and Merc’s. I was surprised that whilst using Apple Maps, the HUD displayed the directions, never had that before. I am now much happier with the range as I am confident that it is displayed accurately (difference between consumption at 60 and 75 mph is much greater than I expected) and with research the occasional 240 mile drive is stress free (so far). I hope someone found this of interest !

The hope I have is that NFU recognise the difference between a RZ and the RX. As I said, the cost to change to the RZ was a small credit so hopefully in November it won’t be a great leap. I am keen to stay with NFU due to ‘new for old’ for 2 years and that was one of the reasons they won’t accept RR’s.

John. I’m 68 ! It’s as if the insurance companies have all got together and decided new business will be scared away - the government stopped them from offering ‘introductory rates’ so it seems they don’t want new business.

Going to have to find work ! I switched from a Range Rover due to the ramping up of insurance and after Saga went to Tesco - £ 2,500 ! I am fearful that this will get worse before it gets better - loading EV’s and now Lexus because of the RX theft rate. I also went to Direct Line and couldn’t get past the first page so it looks like they no longer insure RZ’s - I could get past that page putting in the Rnge Rover which says a lot. If this keeps up, the manufacturers will have to do something about their car insurance costs as few will be buying cars at these rates - I dread to think what it would cost with only a couple of years NC and maybe a few points

Just done a quote on Saga - sole driver, social domestic only, 25 years no claims, no claims convictions etc, not London, over 65 - £ 1,900 !

Thanks for the info. I’m with NFU who say they are a ‘mutual so no profits for shareholders. No point calling now as my renewal isn’t for 4 months. thanks afain

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My insurance doesn’t renew until Nov but reading all the horror tales about massive increases, out of interest, I got an online quote from Lexus. £ 1,150 just for the RZ for only me to drive Social Domestic & Pleasure only. I changed the RZ for the RR Velar for the remaining 7 months and I received £ 7 back - I pay annually. The policy with NFU was £ 590 for the Velar & wife’s Jazz, both driving the two cars and business use. Are Lexus normally so uncompetitive or am I in for a real shock come Nov ? Has anybody got a recent quote on a RZ and what does it compare with the existing car

And pay them a lot less than Westerners - there is a reason you don’t see many Brit stewards and stewardesses on those 2 Airlines !

I switched to Lexus as it was going to cost a fortune to insure my 2 year old Range Rover Velar. I am with NFU and that refuse to cover any RR younger than 5 years old. As I was an existing client they would renew but couldn’t give me an estimated cost at my renewal this Nov. They did say it would be four figure from £ 500. Insurance has shot up due to not least to repair costs / lack of spares. It’s the lack of spares which is the reason a lot of prestige cars are being stolen to be broken down for spares in other markets. Also, as used cars cost so much more now, then claims for write offs are so much higher. Before, when you insured a car it dropped in replacement cost month on month and year on year so the risk for the insurers diminished now the risk remains the same and inflation isn’t outweighed my a drop in value. Just px’d the wife’s car and it had only lost £ 1,500 over 2 years

Will be interesting to see if they match it - also if the part x offers are holding up.

Lexus may have banned dealers from selling on CarWow - they are getting tough with dealers. Last month they withdrew the franchise from Marshall group - the guys that bought Marshall’s particularly for the Lexus franchises are not best pleased.

I saw a TV programme where they took a Kia EV6 GT to Norway to test the charging availability and reliability. All of their EV charging power comes from hydro so true zero emissions environment. They drove the full length of Norway and couldn’t fault the infrastructure in any way and the scenery was spectacular.

I am with NFU and the renewal went down slightly last Nov. Initially they look expensive but their standard cover is excellent so the add ons are minimal. If you are insuring a new car then they provide a new car for 2 years if stolen or written off - some people pay a lot for additional gap insurance. When I need to, I get through quickly and always speak to a knowledgable person in the UK. If you have a claim you can deal with a local office and meet with an individual - how novel is that ! It always makes me smile when they show their heritage by asking if you’ll be carrying shotgun cartridges in the car and if so, how many. They are choosy in the cars they insure. Recently I swapped my 2 year Range Rover Velar for an RZ (policy was a bit less) and they said they would have renewed the RR but at a massive increase because of the theft rate. For new client that won’t insure any Range Rovers younger than 5 years and I believe they are wary of RX’s too.

Mine showed 240 on collection then very quickly after I drove went to 220 & 185. Always starts at 220 now - a lot of duel carriageway 70mph

In an earlier post it was queried why the car was left nearby - I have been told they do this to see if a tracker has been fitted. If it’s still there a day later they know it’s ‘safe’ to have it. Made me think, I wonder how many cars ‘parked’ by thieves have been stolen by another gang ?

We keep the keys in a small biscuit tin well away from the car. I have a tracker but that isn’t a deterrent- it just tells you where the scrouts are.

My thoughts too. After 7 years how will the 2nd / 3rd / 4th owner know. Looking at the research to date, cars like the Leaf have been around for 13 years and their degradation has been minimal - mind you for most of that time they weren’t using DC high speed chargers. After having a new Range Rover Velar and being on the owners forum, if the only problem was a bit of battery degradation in 7 years time that would be a dream. Engines having to be replaced at 5 years old seems to be the norm. I can’t find out if the RZ has cells that can be replaced - I think that some manufacturers use a cellular arrangement and that is why they warrant say 70% because they will only change defective cells rather than the whole battery which would take it back to 100%.

As it’s on the official Lexus website then they would struggle to deny its applicability. Not that I intend to keep the car 10 years !