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I had mine from 100,000 miles to around 160,00 miles over around 3 1/2 years. All covered by a full Lexus warranty bought at the point of purchase from Lexus Stoke. Was around £200/year from memory. At the time, Lexus provided a full main dealer warranty on any pre-owned car under 10 years old and 100,000 miles. Mine was just over but they gave it to me anyway! That said, hardly anything went wrong with it and I think I only used the warranty once for some suspension work.

I go low 30s out of mine most of the time (motorway miles mainly), and worth every penny. Brilliant cars.

Mine had it. I think it was standard across the range. That car had pretty much everything thrown at it.

Have you asked the dealer in your area whether they will honour the discounts outlined in your documentation?

Fantastic news! Enjoy the new LS500 for many years to come.

I'm sure £270 wouldn't cover two tyres so it probably makes sense. You are saving that in tax anyway. Enjoy the new ride! Those cut glass door features are a thing of beauty.

I'm glad it worked out for you. There are so many things to like about that car. However, the one thing that I didn't like was that the rear entertainment screens seemed to be fixed. I would have wanted to take those out. Apart from that - perfect!

I'm really pleased you have bought this. I saw it in person when it first came in. I was waiting for my RX450h to be serviced. I went back a week later to have a test drive (with Peter as it happens). The car is beautiful. I was very tempted but I decided not to proceed in the end. Not quite the right time for me what with an imminent house move. I'm sure you will be very happy with it. Lexus Stoke are fantastic to deal with. I bought my previous LS600h from them plus our current RX450h. I couldn't be happier with their service. James, on the service desk, is fabulous to deal with and nothing is too much trouble. Enjoy the new LS500!

Have you bought it from Lexus Stoke?

Enjoy your new LS600! I bought mine from Lexus Stoke and drove it for over three years before selling it on (and buying our current RX450h). Great cars. Was it the one listed on the Lexus preowned website that you bought? If so, I seriously considered buying that but was too slow!

We just had new tyres put on ours and, after a full service, it is now a beautifully smooth ride even on the dodgy UK roads.

That is really interesting. Thank you for taking to time to share your observations. It is helping me think through my options. Enjoy the LS500!

The RX is very refined. However, it does not compare in refinement to the LS (in any form). It is an awesome offer. If I buy the LS500 from Lexus, I can drive it for another 68,000 miles (probably six years for me) and have a full manufacturer warranty for all of them (providing I service the car at Lexus - and why wouldn't you do that?).

The good news is that with Lexus' new 10,000 miles service, get a full year manufacturer warranty, system - you can buy any Lexus and not have to worry about anything until the car reaches 10 years old or 100,000 miles. This is a brilliant proposition for anyone wanting a more modern car and no worries about any major mechanical issues you mention. Lexus warranties are pretty bullet proof in my experience.

It was funny to see this come up today. I had a LS600h for four years and loved every minute of it. I sold it when my wife and I got our RX450h a few years ago. I've been thinking about finding another LS600h or perhaps a LS500. I'm writing this from the Lexus dealer where my RX is in for a full service and I've just had a test drive in a pre-owned LS500 (around three years old, 32k miles). I am finding it very hard to pinpoint any noticeable differences between the two (beyond the obvious styling, updates to various systems/technologies, etc). The experience of luxury, comfort and general driving are very similar to me. I guess the option of spending around £47k on a LS500 or c.£10-15k on a LS600 might be worth considering too. However, both are excellent cars that, I guess, may not be being manufactured for too much longer in their current forms. So, enjoy one or the other whilst you can!

Thanks Malc. I'm glad you are enjoying your LS400. I have fond memories of my two LS400s. I've never had a Honda Legend but I have had plenty of other Hondas over the years. Great choice. FWIW, the new RX450h+ is a business contract hire proposition. I can't see the point of purchasing a new car outright personally nowadays. The tax benefits are significant and as I pay myself next to nothing the BIK payments will be minimal. When the time comes to sell the business, or move on, I'll be looking for an older Lexus again. But I wouldn't purchase a LS600 or similar without a full main dealer warranty in place.

We found the new RX450h+ to be considerably quieter than our current RX450h (2020). We don't tend to thrash our cars around the lanes of Cheshire, and under 'normal' driving it was super refined. The electronic door locks will take a bit of getting used too. They are 'intelligent' in that they won't open if there is a car/cyclist/passenger in the blind spot (I thought that was cool). However, you can use them in the old fashioned way if you want to do so. In terms of the heads up display controls, the touch sensitive controls seemed very easy to manage and I found it very straightforward to manipulate the various functions. As with anything new, they'll be a learning curve no doubt.

Hi Malc, Yes, I did 60k very happy miles in an LS600 over three years not so long ago. Prior to that, I had two different LS400s which I really enjoyed too. In terms of an 'all round' comparison, our current RX450h is a long way short on the refinement front. The new RX450h+ is a big step forwards in so many ways (I outlined some of them above). However, neither are the same as an LS in terms of waft, that near silent drive, and overall comfort. I've not had a current LS, but I read that these fall some way short too. The Mrs loved the LS600. However, she much prefers the higher driving position offered by the RX. And, to be honest, there are so many other things that the RX450h+ does better than the LS600. Hand on heart, I don't know if I would want to still be driving around in car with a 5.0 litre petrol engine in the current climate (financial and environment). I think the RX450h+ provides a brilliant step for those of us that don't want a fully electric car yet but still want the benefits of Lexus' brilliant engineering and their long-standing commitment to, and experience of, hybrid technologies. Finally, we did explore the options of a hybrid Cayenne. But our experience with the Porsche dealer was absolutely awful. I won't go into details but it has put me off ever going into a Porsche main dealer showroom again. In contrast, the whole team - Natalie on reception, James on the service desk, and the various other sales folk we meet at Lexus Stoke including Peter (yesterday), Jamie and James - have all been absolutely brilliant over the last 7 years. Nothing is too much trouble, we are always greeted with a friendly smile, on first name terms, and I can't criticise the customer experience at all. We sell luxury musical instruments on occasions. I know they are wanting to sell expensive cars to us, but these kind of human interactions really count in my experience. I hope you are still enjoying your LS400 Malc. Best wishes, Jonathan

We had our test drive in the new RX450+ plug-in hybrid today. It didn't disappoint. It is a complete transformation from the current model (our car is a 2020 Takumi spec). It builds on all the good features of the current car but brings them up-to-date and refines them in a number of respects. We found the drive to be more planted, definitely quieter and more refined than the current car. Build quality seems excellent as always. We loved the new screen based technologies and even the heads-up display stuff was less fiddly than I'd been led to believe from reading online reviews. I didn't like the camera tech in the rear-view mirror. I couldn't quite get that to focus with my vario-focals (another joy of old age!). But, as we know, you can just push the mirror and go back to the 'analogue' version. We preferred the interior trim of the new Takumi spec. The mix of materials is excellent and beautifully blended. The interior lighting is wonderful and the sound system is as good as one would expect. There are the obvious benefits of the longer electric only range. For most of our driving day to day, we won't be using any petrol and we'll probably manage without a bespoke charging point at home given that we are seldom in a huge rush to get anywhere nowadays. So, we'll be either trading our current 2020 RX450 in (black, cream interior, just over 33k miles and climbing slowly) unless anyone wants to buy it here. PM me for further details. Here are a few pictures of the black one we drove today. The one we ordered comes in mid-April. We went for dark sonic grey with a dark interior. And a couple of pictures of the RX500 that was also there for test drives. It's not the one for us but did look very nice indeed:

This is now on retention. Anyone want it for £500?

Hi everyone, I've just taken this registration off my Lexux RX450h - RX20LEX. I had it valued at around £700. Happy to take an offer on it if anyone wants it here. Also, great for watch lovers of a particular brand! Thanks, Jonathan

I agree with that entirely. If you want a performance SUV, I think you'd be better off looking elsewhere.

Probably! Bit reluctant to drive the 500 as I'll want to change my order and the BIK goes right back up to some astronomical %.

Lexus Stoke have just had two of their demonstrator cars arrive - the 350 and the 500. The 450h demonstrator is due in early March. Our car is scheduled to arrive in mid April. I'll go for a test drive in March and take some pictures of all your amusement!

Will do John.