rayaans

Zappi V2 is good. Great customer service when the locking solenoid stopped working under warranty. Guy was out within 2 days to sort it.

Go for the white. Will look good and shouldn't cause any wear issues worse than the red would especially as it's synthetic leather 

Have you checked the tyre pressures - they are usually massively overinflated

It shouldnt be running anything more than 36psi to be honest. 

Also check for transport pucks left in place

27 minutes ago, ColinBarber said:

It's not missing anything from the base model - 10 speaker audio, electric tailgate, Lexus Link Pro are all Premium Pack Plus items.

 

F Sport Design is essentially a UX with a Premium Pack and the 18" wheels, Tahara, BSM and RCTA options with some F Sport styling but in a special edition way nothing is configurable so you cannot upgrade to the 10 speaker stereo, leather, etc. The only choice you have is interior and exterior colour.

 

 

Showing as standard fit items on the comparison tool on the website on the base model but not on the F Sport design

It's been wrong before though which adds again to the confusion

31 minutes ago, Steve Oliver said:

Oh, common problem. Drives me mad that people don't understand thermostats. I often get my car back from servicing with the A/C set to "LO" - ie the lowest setting... (16c?) - my question would always be do you want the temperature to be 16 degrees? If not, why set it to be that!?!?!? Aaaaaggghhhh.

its usually set to LO so they can test the temperature of the air and tell you it needs a regas. 

And of course, charge you healthily for it

28 minutes ago, Bezzer said:

 

Not quite, the Design is £2000 more than a base, but has the full Premium Pack and 18” wheels, BlindSpot Monitor,  Tahara “leather” and Rear Cross Traffic Alert which is a £3800 package for a base UX. A no brainer if you wanted a Premium Pack (£2000) for your standard UX.

Well yes, I gathered that

But it also doesnt appear to have the 10 speaker sound system, the electric tailgate, puddle lights, Lexus Link pro..... So its missing some items from even the base UX

The Lexus specifications are a bit complex and unusual. 

18 hours ago, WhiteHart said:

Sorry Harry, someone may have given you the wrong information as I got my NX450 30th June this year with the owners manual but without the fob and the locking wheel nuts (Bolts).  
We should all try and not let this crazy stupid world ruin for us what are great cars bloody expensive, but great cars. 

I don't think they come with the owners manual as standard but the printed versions can be requested

Dealer might have done this for you already

23 hours ago, katabrontes said:

Two weeks seems a long time to fix a number!  I had a dent in a door pulled out and filled then the door resprayed in 3 days.

Worse case scenario most likely. It's a Lexus approved bodyshop and I suspect they think there's more damage underneath than what it looks like on the surface.

Who knows, might be back in a week

6 hours ago, Mikey B said:

Its available as part of an option pack on the base model.  Strangely on the F Sport design you cant even add it.  

Thats probably because they don't want an F Sport design essentially becoming an F Sport that's cheaper to purchase maybe?

9 hours ago, Me 2023 said:

Over 3 months ago I collected my new NX 350H but without second key, nuts key and all manuals. I am still waiting for any news on that and their only answer is that they have no idea when they will be available. And this is luxury car we are talking about...

Same issue with most manufacturers actually. VW can't supply engine covers for some cars and all faulty parts are on back order for atleast 6 months 

Mercedes is still struggling to get cars out altogether and have made spec changes to accommodate

BMW have done the same. 

Just be patient, they'll turn up at some point. On a side note I don't think manuals come with the car anyway. Paper copies need to be requested and PDF versions are available online anyway.

2 minutes ago, Mikey B said:

I'm surprised, but looking at the spec sheet its the only model where it isn't even available as an option - I thought it was a pretty standard item on Lexus

It's just an appearance package with a few extra bits on top of the base package.

It's not an F Sport so has keyless entry missing amongst a few other bits 

Bottom left corner should be a few buttons to click on when hovering over with the arrow. 

Can show street names, time to destination or arrival time 

Just as an update, the RX is going into the bodyshop on 19th september for 2 weeks. They anticipate it may take less time than that but thats the worse case scenario

I will be provided with a hire care from enterprise courtesy of LV during this time. Apparently the same size / class of car so who knows what I will get.

7 hours ago, Chrisvh said:

I am fortunate to have a manual but am so far unsuccessful in being able to set the radio volume to automatically mute when reversing. I am having trouble hearing the reversing alerts. Has anyone found how to adjust this setting?

You can't mute the radio volume when reversing.

I'd suggest you increase the parking sensor volume

Its probably just the tyres

different tyres make different noises. Different tyres of exactly the same tyre brand and model make different noises sometimes too. 

5 hours ago, Gt3hopeful said:

Thanks for replies . Best quote I have is £850 but company gets very poor reviews so think I will contact Admiral to see if they can improve offer.  Did try Privilege, LV and Lexus own Insurance but all of these would not offer cover . I live in low crime area, no convictions or accidents and 18 years no claims so can only think its a problem with LC500? Could it be that insurers have seen the price of replacement parts - I guess its telling that Lexus will not even offer alloy wheel insurance when you buy it.

Which company is it? TBH all of the companies have poor reviews including admiral but they've been OK for me. I wouldnt discard a company based solely on reviews. At the end of the day, you get to choose your bodyshop and I generally just take it to the bodyshop that Lexus use which makes things much easier. Yes may cost £200 extra excess but its small change compared to going through the crap that insurer bodyshops give you sometimes

Just now, Juicedrinker said:

Thank you @rayaans, I assumed there would be adjustments under the bonnet but as it has only been MOT’d a few months ago assumed they would have checked however saying that as long as they are not too high or in wrong direction they may have left as was.  My fiancé was shocked the first time I needed to sue them a few weeks ago she couldn’t understand how limited the distance lit was and said she would never drive it in the dark.  I then drove her Yaris on the same route and couldn’t believe the difference with that car.  Having said all this I actually haven’t looked at the lights when they are on myself thinking about it, as only recently serviced and MOT’d by Lexus never thought to.  I will check them tomorrow as maybe one of the LED’s isn’t working!

The MOT will only really check if it's aligned and to ensure its not too high. If it's low they don't usually bother too much about it

The lights should be adjustable. Yes they're self levelling but the parameters can be changed by the dealer hopefully. Some cars have the hex screws for adjustment.

Put them upwards on my Merc with no issues. It also has self levelling LEDs. Just spend some time under the bonnet

Glad the deliveries are coming through.

I still can't fathom why people still collect their car on the 1st of September / March. 

Its almost always rushed and jam packed to the point where if someone is late, it gets delayed. These problems don't occur on the 7th for example. 

Take the article with a pinch of salt. There'll be a V6 hybrid sure. But I'm also sure there's some talk of a twin turbo V6. 

It's too early to make any concrete suggestions on powertrains

Diluted APC with a cloth followed by a leather / vinyl sealant

you honestly do not need to do it excessively. I would aim for once every 6 months or once a year if the car gets light use. 

Ive had instances using leather cleaners where they remove some dye from the surface on lexus leather / vinyl so I stick to APC now which seems to be much more friendly.

On 11/27/2021 at 12:21 PM, rayaans said:

In bradford, theyve made a busy main road from 3 lanes into 2 lanes and used one of the lanes to make a disgusting looking bike lane with plastic bendy bollards. 

Its been there for 2 years

Im yet to see a cyclist ever use it

Im going to quote myself because I thought I should update you guys on what has happened recently.

The plastic bendy bollards have recently been removed following multiple collisions into them - drivers going straight through etc and never seen a single cyclist use these.

They cost about £80k to install..... and no idea how much to remove

Generally speaking supermarket fuel is fine if it's being run through the tank often. 

However, I prefer to go for standard unleaded from a good company such as BP / Esso / Shell etc. 

I've found supermarket fuel to be difficult in my ride on mower compared to standard fuel from the big names and goes "off" a lot quicker so I've stopped using it. 

I mean it doesnt sound all that bad, atleast it turned up. 

Surprised you havent put 300 miles on it already

19 years ago when I bought my first RX i didnt know when it was built and when it was coming - it just turned up. 

in 2023 our VW Golf turned up 18 months after the expected date of delivery - seems to be a common thing now

On 8/18/2023 at 4:51 PM, Juicedrinker said:

Hello @NemesisUK it was Hendy Toyota in Christchurch Dorset.  Basically I lived in Christchurch for nearly 30 years and so have a lot of friends there, places that I know really well, close family graves to visit often so am in and out of area at least once per month and bought the Yaris form them.  It is convenient for me for basic work like MOT and service but if it ever needs a large job done on it under warranty then I will have to use somewhere local like Reading as can't risk having to get back from Christchurch by train.  To be honest it was all a bit of a shambles when I initially bought the car, my fiance loved it but I noted a bad scratch on bumper and quite large dent on passenger door (which I knew could be sorted by paintless dent removal) plus passenger door handle didn't feel right in operation and it had only done 3,400 miles.  I ordered a rear bumper protector and arranged to collect the car a week later once they had fitted the protector, removed the dent and sorted out the scratch on the bumper.  When I went to collect the car the sales lady told me all had been done except she forgot to have the boot protector fitted.  However whilst improved there was still a small dent left on the passenger door, the scratch had not been touched on the bumper also.  She said she was told it had been done as best as possible which was a bizarre statement as the scratch on bumper had not been touched at all as per the photos I showed her that I had taken.  She apologised but of course the person who was meant to do it was not at work that day, also my fiances car was being part ex'd so insurance and tax finishing that day.  I took the car and said I will have to get the things sorted out myself, sales lady said she had put the bumper protecter in the boot.  Got home a couple of hours later and bumper protector not in boot, phoned the sales lady and she had it behind her desk so had to post it to me.  Paid a paintless dent remover that I know through my work and he completely removed the passenger door dent, I bought the correct Toyota paint and repaired the scratch so that it is gone and fitted the bumper protector myself.  A few weeks later I went to Reading Toyota as not happy about passenger door handle and they said that yes it was not working properly but it is just wear and tear so not under warranty!  I said how can a car that has only done (at that time) 4,000 miles have a door handle failing especially a passenger door handle that would have had less use than a drivers door and they said they didnt know but it is considered wear and tear so she has had to put up with it because I am not paying for the door handle mechanism when I paid a lot for the car in the first place.       

You should really be taking these issues including the door handle issue to Lexus rather than Toyota. 

If its had lexus services it should still really be covered.