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1 hour ago, Paul Brooksbank said:

A lot of people go for a massive capacity memory card thinking it will record for longer, when the whole point is to have rewritable continuous loop files, after all, an incident only lasts for a matter of minutes at the most.

Think of the memory card as being a large house with hundreds of rooms. The pictures are broken up into colours and shades, then into reference points like a game of battle ships, these elements are put into separate rooms. Then the memory of where they go is put into the entrance hall. If you buy too many rooms, the system has too many rooms to search for the whole picture and rebuild it therefore recording fails. Go for 32G max with a high rewrite speed. 

Not sure I agree with you analogy. Size doesnt cause "corrupt" recordings. Fast write speeds certainly an advantage and buying decent brands as opposed to cheap ones is definitely the best option. Your rebuild comment is more about playback than recording but either way IMHO you are misinformed ....sorry

65 plate F-Sport averaging 35.1mpg over 2 years of ownership. Warm eather improves things and for the last 2 weeks went back to eco mode and got 37.8mpg  vs previous 2 week averages of 34-36mpg in "normal"

Have you considered an electric engine preheater. There may be a "proper" one available for the IS, there is for the RX available on eBay or just get a generic one that pubs into the cooling circuit

DEFA make the Toyota/Lexus ones that fit in a socket on the back of the block

9 hours ago, rayaans said:

Turn the unlock in park function on and it's dead easy

Might set mine to that but it doesnt help when wanting to only open the boot remotely and have to unlock all doors first. Thats just annoying :-)

On my RX450h Doors have to be unlocked bedfore tailgate will operate fromn the button on the dash. Same if using the fob, you have to unlock the car first. This is stupidly frustrating. My wifes Honda CRV tailgate opens from the fob or dash button when car is locked

Search eBay for Lexus Cruise Control, lots avalable from ~£6.00. Fitting is easy and I am sure there are pictorial guides on the web. I was going to do my 2011 CT when purchased but traded in before I got round to it

11 hours ago, rayaans said:

Yep they havent released them in the larger sizes yet but will be soon. Depends on whether its RX size though or the more popular sizes

Well I have about a month max before the tyres are bodereline illegal so will almost certainly have to get the Duellers in a week or so

1 hour ago, rayaans said:

Bridgestone have just released some all season tyres in a lot of sizes. The IS F Sport size is one of them so I'm looking forward to getting my hands on those when the IS needs changing.

They've said they'll do 20" ones too so hopefully we'll get some AS tyres in RX size

Have checked the Bridgestone web site and they currenty dont even do the Weather Control A005 in 19" let alone 20" in 235/55 😞

Last tank on my gen 4 RX was 36.6mpg calculated brim to brim, mostly eco as it lets go of the engine quicker and I am tight b*st*rd. if you can live eco and with less than 60mph on the motorway I suspect you would do better than 32mpg. I sometimes do that just to see what I can achieve, usually ~38-40 mpg, it soon drops back at 70mph and over though.Other times I am forced to crawl along through stop start traffic on the M62 which very quickly depletes the Battery and kills the figure but I am still managing average of 35.5mpg over 13 months. The car computer is strangely accurate and it also indicated 36.6mpg for the same tank. I have never had that before, usually car is plus ~10%

My RX450H wiped a usb stick twice but it has not happened again on the same stick for over 9 months now

Thanks DanD will try them before I order from Blackcircles. Am going for the Bridgestone Dueller. Disappointed that the Crosssclimates are not available in 20". Have them on the wifes CRV and they have been excellent

thanks for the vote for the Goodyears but cant seem to find them in 20"

Thanks Rayaans. Did you say in a previous post that you bought mail order and had them fitted at Lexus Bradford? They have quoted the £25 a pair to fit. The Bridgestones are £344 delivered from Blackcircles and cant find them cheaper

Hi,

Looking for tyre recommendations for gen4 RX450H FSport. Wanted Michelin Latitude Tour but they are only available in H rating and currently Crossclimates not available in 20". Want something quiet with decent fuel rating. Currently have Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 050 on but they are rather pricey and only E rated for fuel economy and seem quite difficult to find in 235/55 R20.

Can get thses for £159 each delivered with £25 fitting for two Yokohama Advan Sport (V103) 235/55 R20 102V

I had this dilema when I bought my 2015 RX FSport and ended up not buying the one with the pano roof as Lexus would not fit bars as not advised compatible. The Lexus bars are not ideally suited as is as the locating holes on the inside of the rails are missing on the car with pano roof. As Rayaans rightly says the real issue is opening the roof when the bars are fitted is a big no no.

I believe Thule do bars that will fit with no need for the locating holes and it is actually possible to remove the pins from the Lexus bars, which I have but have not fitted yet in over a year. If you need bike carriers the Whispbar ones are very good

Sorry Rayaans, Ihave to disagree on noise of engine in the F  Sport. The sound generator is intrusive under acceleration compared to the Premier I first test drove. I want to remove the generator and replace with the part from a standar RX but its too far back in the engine bay to  do myself so have to live with the annoying noise as not sure Lexus would do it anyway plus not paying thier labour costs to do it. Got the F Sport for the red seats and black roof liner and more agressive styling touches.

Apart from the noisier engine I love the car 

Just returned from Toronto and was surprised at the number of different Lexus cars on the road. I reckon I saw more driving round Toronto centre in one hour than I typically see in a month in the UK

Why would you even ask the question  "what is the tyre pressure of the vehicle" when the figures are provided by the manufacturer and attached in an easy to read location?

Over inflation by a small amount as mentioned by others can have a beneficial effect on economy but still the values on the door pillar should be the standard starting value

I agree with Wharfhouse. Eco mode is definitely the most economical and is much less responsive but if you drive it in eco all the time you stop noticing it until you switch mode. IMO the reaason eco is better on fuel consumption is Normal and Sport modes hold on to the engine longer so car doesnt drop into EV mode as readily. I switch modes depending on what I want to achieve or how I feel but generally default to eco for commuting in stop start traffic.

My experience has been the same with two CT200H`s an IS300H and now the RC450H. Sport certainly makes me smile though as it makes the car quite brisk from a standing start

downloaded the app after the advice and its quite nice, annoying they cant sort the website out though and not have some holding message

Seems the vehicle service and warranty repair history has been taken away, as reported by others, and not restored. Anyone else now wondering what use this is?

Rayyans, whats wrong with your drivers seat? had my cushion and complete base unit with motors replaced on mine (RX450). Will also be booking in at Bradford for the airbag recall and whats the known problem with door seals

Rev counter comes on in Sport mode and can be configured on for Eco and Normal. My IS300H was the same

My gen4 RX rolling average since last July is 35.3mpg and the computer is strangely accurate and mirrors the calculated brim to brim consumption. Last tank as the weather warmed up was 36.3mpg and current tank after ~120 miles is on 37mpg. I expect the rolling average to reach around 38-39mpg by end of September and then start to drop as the weather cools.

Re EV mode. It will run purely Battery to 46mph and then the engine starts. At above 46mph when coasting downhill it will show the blue charge arrow only as if the engine is not working but the rev counter settles at around 1000rpm, So IMO the car will not run purely on Battery at motorway speeds

5 hours ago, RobinGBrown said:

Sorry I should have explained, I want to get an actual Lexus wiper blade because I think they're slightly better looking than the bosch/pattern parts

and yes I know that's silly.

 

and eurocarparts website doesn't work in either my IE or Chrome so they're not getting any business if they can't be bothered to test their website in more than one browser

It works fine for me in all browsers on Mac, PC and an Android device. What is the problem you see?