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My views on brand image are probably quite stereotypical but.... I spend a lot of time on roads (albeit short journeys but mostly in traffic) and it appears that the stereotypical views of brands are not that stereotypical! Ive seen it with my own eyes and here is what I've seen and think: Audi - The older ones are driven by sensible people. The newer ones seem to be driven by idiots although there are exceptions. The A3 and A5 seem to seduce idiots at that. Also, with RS vehicles, I better pull out of the third lane within 1/100th of a millisecond or he's going to undertake me. BMW - This is the opposite - older ones seem to be driven by idiots and newer ones tend to attract reasonable drivers. Exception is probably the new 3 series. Newer 5 series drivers are pretty good. Id assume all the ones who had older BMW's went to new Audi's! Jaguar - Havent seen any young people drive these whatsoever, even the XE. Saw a lad in an F-type but turned out it was hired for a wedding. The classic old mans brand! Volvo - Unnoticeable and uninteresting bar the new XC90. Mercedes - I dont mind a good Merc and the drivers are OK. Of course, exceptions always apply especially with the C63 being driven by yobs with no regard for the road. Lexus - got to admit, Ive never seen a Lexus driver drive badly which is saying something! Individualism, exclusivity and someone who enjoys a relaxing drive springs to mind

But no one actually wants a Vauxhall though ha! We could easily say - "Lexus, you need to sort it out and give us an 8 year warranty that beats Kia". The thing with those cars is that they have to offer these kind of things to seduce buyers into buying the car in the first place. You can pick up decent luxury cars for the same price as a £15k Corsa - they may have less tech but who cares - thats why they have to offer it. BTW, by 2020 all Lexus models are coming with the Safety System + as standard. Expect a refreshed IS with it as Standard also :)

The thing with alignment is it can be done at any time. So you might just want to get the tyres put on and then see if there are any problems with the alignment. If not then you may as well leave as it is.

Yes I assume you can officially reject the car. Just go to the dealer with a typed letter, ask for the manager, give him the keys and the letter. Let him read it right there and just walk out..... Id be surprised if he lets you get to the door.

Decent products but their waxes are quite pricey and hence I used samples but wasnt hugely impressed in terms of performance:price ratio. Which one are you looking at in particular?

Oh dear! I was looking on camskill using my IS300h F-Sport fitment as I thought they'd be the same. Turns out the IS300h uses 255/35 r18 on the rear instead! There's limited options for 255/40 as its an uncommon size but the Hankook Ventus S1 Evo2 K117 look decent in that size

About 5-10l is kept in reserve just in case so you only have about 35-40L that it actually measures in the tank. Its got this built in error to reduce the chance of running out of fuel completely. Therefore it'll drop quicker than a 100l tank at the same MPG. Just use the cruising range instead

If you're in Yorkshire like me you'll get awful MPG just because of the hills and dips we have everywhere However, my RX is doing that kind of MPG atm!!

32mpg from wembley to Leicester and then to Birmingham and back to Yorkshire lol. Pretty pleased as I had the car in Sport mode throughout and it was loaded with passengers and luggage. I wasn't going slow either! consistent 80mph when the road was clear, sometimes more when I got frustrated after 50mph zones on the M1 Talking about those 50mph zones, they are so bloody boring that tonight I nearly managed to nod off. Sat nav was pretty good too, took some reasonable roots but it was my fault for missing a few turns in Birmingham. It's a **** place to drive around in, too many complicated junctions and exits etc

Been an "eventful" trip so far. Had to do an emergency stop in the 3rd lane as an Audi A3 crashed on the opposite side of the M1 at circa 80mph sending it's bumper and loads of debris onto the third lane, 2 cars in front of me. Luckily I saw it before it landed but still needed to go from 80mph to 0mph in little time. Wakefield to Hackney got me 31 mpg. 4 adults and 1 child in the car and whole trip was in Sport mode. Car was also loaded with 30kg bags. I've reset it from wembley so will update

Default setting is off due to some people sitting on their fob and waking up to a car full of rain. The dealer can programme it or if you have an OBD adapter and carista app you can play with many settings

My IS turned itself off after 15 mins of listening to music on accessory mode. Displayed something on the screen next to the F Sport dial about power saving

There's nothing wrong with the hybrid battery here. The seat movement, mirror movement etc is all controlled by the 12V battery in the boot. Put another battery in and your problems will disappear

Actually that's a good point. You'll only need the wheel cleaner for cleaning wheels before using a wheel sealant on them. Then just use car shampoo Don't use wheel cleaner on sealed wheels as it'll strip the sealant

Hope this helps https://secure.drivers.lexus.com/lexusdrivers/info/my-lexus/resources/submit-owners-manual-search?section=om&keywords=&searchType=&model=GS300&year=2000&x=12&y=12

Never driven abroad so cant comment. Would be worth a try with the special characters though! Let us know how you get on

I should mention it was trademarked in Europe so it could be that the UK don't actually get it whilst other markets uh as Russia do. It would make sense though especially for buyers who want the upmost refinement and low NVH levels. Whilst the NX300h is good, the engine does intrude more and has more vibration than a V6. No word on whether it is coming to the UK or not. Depends on what the tax levels are I guess and whether Lexus UK feel there is enough of a market for one. Lexus typically cater for the US market where plug in hybrids arent catching in s making one just for Europe would result in huge cost with little gain. They have a firm belief that plug in buyers buy the car just for tax savings and grants and rarely charge the cars at all

Fair enough. You won't regret it tbh, very few if any do. I'll let you all know on the mpg

Meh that looked knaff lmao. Owned by a lady too I believe......

Agree, they wont do it if you contact Lexus HQ directly as their calls are recorded so would have job implications. My contact did have a little hiccup a while back. He told me very specific information on the new RX 6 months before it came out. I posted on here and some dimwit forum member went to Lexus Manchester and said everything! The Manager called Lexus UK and all sorts of **** went down apparently.

Decided on the RX then? I dont think there was any major difference in the drivetrain though between pre-facelift and facelift models. We do get a Sport mode and oddly enough, it seems to help MPG on the motorway! I don't drive slow either. I do get quite bad MPG in town, around the 26-28mpg mark but thats down to the car not warming up fully between commuting to work and home visits etc. I'll update the MPG gauge on the car as soon as I set off from home tomorrow and ill check it when I come home on Sunday night - that should be quite a good measure of fuel economy as I'll have to go between Essex, Hackney and Wembley too so there will be some "in town" driving involved but mainly motorway.

Forget the C class it rattles like crazy. Knock that off the list. The new E220d has a new engine and it's much better in terms of quietness. Interior is on another level as well

All set for a good few months then!

You'd be surprised to learn some "experts" don't switch the engine off to do jobs as its quicker to get it on/off ramps etc

Pure motorway I got 45-48mpg and I drive pretty quick. Cruise control didn't help, mpg dropped slightly. Mine is also an F Sport albeit a 63 plate.