Crazy Harry

Fourbanks, thanks, have you noticed much difference in road noise ?

Colin, i’m well aware of all the implications, i spent many years in the motor trade, i just want to canvas opinion from other UX owners who might have gone down other options before i start spending money.

Our 69 Takumi will soon be needing new shoes so am canvassing for opinions, i know this has been talked to death, but I am interested in peoples real world experiences. I think the original Bridgestone run flats are very poor, not much grip and very noisy, ive driven a new UX with the next generation Bridgestone tyres and i dont think they are any better tbh. So the options as i see it are, alternative brand run flats that are much quieter on the road, normal 18’s maybe a 60 profile and carry a puncture kit, or swap to 17 rims with a 60 or 70 profile with a puncture kit. Thanks

Hi Bezzer, not sure, i will delete both phones and reload the wifes first to see if that makes any difference 👍

Hi, my wife and i both have the same phones, both can connect to the car ok, there is a difference in how the system reacts to calls though. On my phone when a call is incoming the ring tone plays through the car speakers as you would expect. However on my wifes phone the car shows an incoming call on the dash and screen but no ringtone through the car speakers. I can't find a setting in the system and both phones have the same set up. Any thoughts ? thanks

Thanks, next time I’m near there I will pop in and ask 👍

We have only had ours since early December, but every tank full has shown consistent 50+ mpg figures over about 2500 miles, on a mixture of local and motorway drives, it seems to be a bit more economical on normal than eco as well 🤔

Twice today, on Separate journeys, the sat nav ‘lost position’ on the screen, showing us miles away from where we actually were, only returning to normal after a full switch off and back on again, is this a known issue ? ( 69 Takumi )

My ( new to me ) 69 Takumi has 22000 miles on its original Bridgestone run flat tyres, still loads of life left. Which is a shame cos I think they are rubbish, if they are not whistling, then they are rumbling, whining or shimmying over white lines, wet or dry. Can’t wait till they wear out tbh 😂

As above, I’ve looked through the menu’s but can’t find a way to up the volume of the speed camera alert beeps, anyone help on this one ? Ta

Martin, I take it yours is the second generation dashboard ? The early ones are different to that, I’m still looking for an original manual rather than having to go through a downloaded copy, if anyone has one and they could upload a picture of any printed identification numbers from it that might help me get one from Lexus I would be grateful.

Quick update to this thread, I’ve contacted my Lexus dealer to try and buy a new Navigation manual, ‘never seen one was the reply’ so I send them a photo of one from the web, ‘ nope, never seen one ! Can’t help you ‘

Regards the cost of the road tax, we have just bought a 69 reg low miles Takumi for that very reason, the tax is ‘only’ £170, it was the only time the list price of that model was below the £40,000 threshold of the newer cars.

Thanks

Hi, that’s what I don’t have then, I only have the car handbook, do you know if I could buy that manual ? It seems on the car that the sound is only coming out of the dash speaker (s) with little or no Bass.