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Although it sounds like the engine is running, no fuel is being used. It is basically using the engine as an air pump to give ‘engine braking’ This is normal behaviour if you are going downhill with a full hybrid battery or using Mode as it has to spin off excess energy due to it not being sent to the hybrid battery.

I will be interested to see how long my warm up cycle is (non Plug-in version). in have not had the car long enough to note these kind of differences. My Prius was around two minutes even in the winter which always amazed me. Not sure if the NX has an exhaust heat exchanger like the Prius. Hope you get your answers soon.

I used to very occasionally get a similar noise when I had my Prius. From what I understand it was something to do with a brief delay in oil getting to the valve gear on the first start of the day. Not sure if this is what you have, but mine sounded like old fashioned tappet noise, but probably less than a second or two and as I say only probably happened three times in seven years. You could set open up your bonnet and have your phone recording then initiate the warm up process. The engine will only rev to a low amount when the car is in Park.

I was very lucky with mine as it had just come in as a stock car and was in my preferred colour of Sonic Titanium with Dark Rose interior. It also had the Premium pack and protection pack which I wanted too. I could have had it within a few days but Car Wow who bought my Prius messed us around with their collection date. I only went in to have my Prius serviced and ended up buying a new NX 😃

Saw my first LBX on the road today …. whilst in Taipei as part of my holiday 😆. Looked good in White.

Yes ‘Lester’ is tucked up at home with just 50 miles on him as we only picked him up a couple day’s before we left 😆. We were supposed to be going to Hualien, but that has obviously been cancelled due to the terrible earthquake. We are arriving early in Keelung giving us an extra day and overnight, so that means we are able to see the night market which should be great.

Ha ha, I thought I was getting confused 🤔. We are on a cruise taking in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. We are currently making our way to Keelung so I am sat having a coffee on the ship at 11:30 am, hence the time difference 😆

At the time I didn’t realise there was a difference, I naively thought all cars for sale would be presented in their best condition. I have just purchased a new NX as I think the UX is too close to 2nd generation for my liking.

I went to a main Lexus dealer when I was looking to purchase a UX and I was amazed at the condition of the car. All four wheels heavily kerbed, scuffs on the black wheel arch trim, dings in the bumper. The salesman was very upfront about the damage and said it was their policy to not prepare cars until they are sold, just wash and hoover which seemed madness to me. However, I did take it for a test drive and the smell inside was unbearable, it smelt like a horsebox, the previous owner must have carried saddles and tack in it which totally explained its condition. it was so bad I turned around after five minutes. Needless to say I didn’t buy it 😑

I do remember there was a time when I was first looking at the NX around the time they made some changes to specifications and the website had quite a few specification anomalies which wasn’t very helpful.

Is there not a 12v socket in the back seat area or boot? If so you could plug a USB adapter with a couple of outlets into one of those like the item below? USB Adapter Plug

After sitting very comfortably long and low in the Prius for many years I was concerned about seat comfort, especially as I suffer with sciatica. I am pleased to say the seats in the NX are supremely comfortable for me and having the electric adjustment means I can fine tune them perfectly. Why would you send a car back if you thought it was not good value, surely you would work out that kind of thing before you purchased a car, confused? 🤔

My goodness, nearly £49,000 for a Takumi🤔 I think the UX is now an awful lot of money for not much car, lovely though it is. That is what I was always struggling with wanting to change from my Prius to a UX. I would be spending a lot of money to buy a car that was smaller and less practical than I already had. In the end I have just bought a new NX which seemed much better value and feel I have got a lot of car for the money. Still going to be interested to see what the Gen 2 UX will be like whenever it arrives.

I think that is the best bit of advice to anyone, especially if they are new to Hybrids although the OP is already in the ‘family’ 🙂

When I had my Prius my commute was only a total of 6 urban miles a day and I never had any issues with the 12v battery. I too had keyless entry and I just used the car as I wanted to without any thought about things draining the battery. I sold the car a couple of weeks ago and it still had the original battery from new at seven years old The only time I would take precautions was going on holiday and then would connect my smart charger and have it come on twice a week for 8 hours at a time which worked perfectly for me. it seems odd that some people have issues and others do not 🤔