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  1. I am currently in Japan where Toyota is King and none of their cars have the pedestrian warning sound. They have some amazing London taxi lookalike Toyotas and great mini vans too 😀 It’s weird now that new electric and hybrid cars are louder than modern petrols at low speed which are virtually silent yet need no artificial warning sound 🤔
  2. I got the front dashcam fitted as part of my deal. They also mentioned about possible DAB interference, so I didn’t want to risk it even though I never listen to DAB 😆 Also I wanted as little trim disturbed as possible and after seeing @Andy B photos of the rear camera I think it would annoy me as it looks quite distracting. Would it be possible to add the rear one if I wanted to later down the line or does the front camera have different sockets on the dual camera setup?
  3. Saw loads of the IS in the US last year, they really look great
  4. I am not wanting to replace the battery as I have only just taken delivery of the NX this week, therefore the battery is brand new. I was just curious as to the type of battery it is, but you have answered my question 🙂 I am so used to putting my Prius battery on my smart charger when I go on holiday, so I wanted to do the same as I know how quickly the 12v can discharge if its not used for a couple of weeks or more. I expect the NX is more likely to drop charge due to it being 'connected' which my Prius wasn't. Thanks
  5. It seems that a lot of the issues with the app is to not have a too complicated password. I am a stickler for long complex passwords, but it seems the Lexus app is fine with length, but not too many symbols. The consensus seems to be just have @ as the symbol and then just a combination of letters, numbers and upper case. I read about this over on the NX forum before I took Delivery this week, so I anticipated this quirk and created a nice long password with lots of variation, but just the @ symbol. So far everything is working well. It took just over two days for everything to come online.
  6. Does the NX have an AGM 12v battery or a standard flooded type? Had a quick look and I think it's the same battery that was in my Gen 4 Prius - flooded type, but that was located under the bonnet. With the NX's being located in the boot I thought it would have to be an AGM. I know the Gen 3 Prius was AGM as that was boot mounted as they classed it as being in the passenger compartment. I will be connecting my smart charger to the car whilst I am away which does auto-detect battery type, but I just wanted to double check. Thanks
  7. Success! Sat in the car this morning and was greeted by a nice blue sat nav screen and a Qi code to scan. Deleted the car in the app I had set up via registration number yesterday and scanned the barcode. I had to go through some of my personalisation settings again, linked the key to my profile and now everything seems to be OK. Nothing in the hybrid coaching section yet, but hopefully that will populate once I drive the car.
  8. Quick update. Just checked the app and it now shows the vehicle status - doors locked etc. but no hybrid coaching yet…..
  9. I picked up my new NX yesterday and I have the exact same issue and behaviour in the App, unknown status, no trips etc. When I picked the car up, they could not get the car to link up when they went through the handover, but said this happens sometimes and should be ok in a day or two. Today I managed to link up to the Lexus servers via the Lexus Link + app, so I thought all was OK, but if I got to the head unit and click on Lexus it says an error has occurred, try again later. Is this likely to come online in the next day or so, or do I need to uninstall and start again? Thanks
  10. I noticed this the other day too when following an NX. It was normal daylight and I was surprised when I saw the taillights come on with the brake lights. I thought maybe this had been ‘tweaked’ somehow, but maybe that is how it works…. 🤔 Pick mine up next week, so will find out for sure then 😃
  11. The only time I ever use the EV button in the 7 years I have had my current car is when I want to take the car out of the garage to wash it and I do not want to invoke the warm up process. As others have said, just let the car decide what is best. It will usually run with the engine off at low speeds most of the time on its own, subject to the variables listed above. Counting down the days now until I pick up my NX. Wonder how long it will take for me to get used to not getting 70-80 MPG 🤣
  12. Thank you, that's encouraging to hear. I guess I am a bit wary of causing damage to the 12v battery if it was to go flat, not sure how much damage it causes if it was to only happen once. I have been used to doing it on my Prius due to it being the original battery and not wanting to have to fork out for a new one before I changed the car 😬 The charger I have is a smart one so is designed to be left on for long periods of time, but I am a bit of a worrier about leaving things on that are not normally, especially this time with the car being brand new. Thanks to everyone else to their tips and advice, it's very much appreciated 😀
  13. Thanks Colin, that’s good to know. The car will be garaged, so I will connect it to the points under the bonnet. If the negative lead doesn’t reach the place stated in the manual is there an alternative place you would recommend?
  14. Rather than start a new thread, I thought I would tag onto this one. I am hopefully picking up my new NX350h AWD next week, but I am going on holiday a few weeks after for nearly four weeks. I am familiar with using a smart charger as I use one on my Prius when I go away and have it linked to a smart plug so it comes on twice a week for 8 hours per day. My question is, on my Prius it was easy as the battery is under the bonnet, but the NX is in the boot. Do I have to connect the charger to the terminals in the boot or can I use the jump points under the bonnet? Or will I be OK as it will be a new battery rather than my original 7 year old battery I currently have? Thanks.
  15. Or if you adjust the sensitivity up one, then back does the same thing... single wipe
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