Rich2508

My 2013 car came with Yokohama DB e70. Fronts lasted about 28k and lease company replaced them with identical ones. Rears are less than half worn done 33k now.

I edited my reply about area as thought I was a bit biased, just wouldn't want to walk around there myself. Also strange is fact all Lexus are showing as taxed, I though when you sold to dealer now you have to surrender tax yourself? Plus Director was director of High Spec Prestige Ltd, which was dissolved in 2015. The high spec car pics, Porsche, Audi, RangeRover etc all seem to have been taken in summer as leaves on trees. could be perfectly okay though....

Not heard of this company before, and advert at bottom mentions selling cars on your behalf. Photos look well presented though and appear to have been taken on site, strange that they have so many CTs in stock.

I have had a couple as courtesy cars when mine has been in for a service, couldn't really notice much difference apart from the steering wheel controls which felt a bit cheap and tacky and I missed my sat nav flipping up into place. If I was looking to change again, I would opt for a used IS300h compared to a new CT - difference is remarkable.

Has got to have a plug in version and not a striped down version of the car like in the Prius, want all the toys. current tax status for company car users makes a plug in a no brainer. On my lease scheme I can get a Mercedes C350 plug in costing 40k for £50pm (inc BIK tax) less than my Lexus costs me, and a Mitsubushi Outlander £120pm cheaper.

It's because you have it in auto mode and it's clever enough to realise no point in pushing cold air around the car until the engine has warmed enough to make a difference though. Having said that mine comes on after about a mile/ 3 mins. If you have used car already in day, there is still a bit of warmth in engine so it will come on quicker. If you want some initial air to blow to clear the windscreen, just it the button to switch to max screen, but won't warm up any quicker.

Excellent find!

I have never used the screen which is supposed to help with parallel parking, all the flags are confusing! However the normal reversing mode I would not be without. The two sets of line you get the first one which tends to be curved, shows the path that the car will follow if you keep the steering as it is - I find it useful if looking at the picture alone you think you are going to hit something a few feet away, but the curved line (think it's the blue one) shows that you will miss it if you keep on your current path. If you turn the wheel more you will see the blue line move in line with the steering input. The yellow ones I think show if you straightend up where you would end up, I find when reversing in my drive to use the blue curved line as I swing into the drive to make sure I am not going to his the neighbours low hedge, then I turn the wheel to straighten up on the drive by getting the blue and yellow lines to line up together. Now realise I may have got this wrong way round, but it's because with plenty of practice it becomes second nature. I hate reversing in all our other cars as non have the feature - even the little Smatt Car is more awkward to park.

I have the full Sat Nav on my 2013.Luxury and there aren't any speed camera warnings unfortunately. Think it only came with the Facelift models, though not sure if the Advance models with the more basic Tom Tom kit has it, as most portable Tom toms have e feature.

Has the airbag been switched off? Think the key is in the glovebox or passenger edge of the dashboard, should stay illuminated if the air bag is off.

If I recall the sensor was in the rear tailgate or boot panels area when they did it

On my 2013 there is a switch by the courtesy lights to disable the interior sensors each time you lock up? My car had problem the first day it was delivered and pretty sure I did this until the dealer turned down the sensitivity of the interior sensor.

My Ivory seats have done 30k now and are still like brand new (even with 3 kids), just wipe over with Dr Leather wipes once a month, can't fault them - same for steering wheel.

If this works it could be really useful. Got my car stuck on some level wet grass a couple of weeks ago, very embarrassing. When a similar thing happened a few years ago in another car, switching of the TC got me moving in seconds.

Ground clearance is fine for things like speed bumps, but be careful if you are trying to drive a car up a kerb to park off road as there isn't much room under the spoiler. Main thing to be aware of is the doors open very close to ground and if you open the door against the pavement it's easy to catch the bottom of the door if the kerb is only a little higher than usual. So check under doors to see if the bottom corner doesn't have any paint missing. Have had to touch mine up several times.

My windscreen went on the second day after taking delivery! But Leasing company did it through Autoglass and they fitted a genuine Lexus branded windscreen.

Slightly off topic, but I thought that a reversing camera was a waste of cash, but it came with the Premium Nav pack. It's the one feature that I would now never do without - I honestly hate driving our other cars without it.

I find mine fine also, to be honest not quite as clear as a top of range Parott Kit I had in my last car, but not enough to warrant changing.

I like the Dare's but a bit similar to Lexus dealer option ones though, if you are after a really different look. Mind you I would have in silver, it's all personal choice but I hate black or grey wheels myself, one of main reasons I chose A Luxury over Advance or FSport , only wanted Silver wheels and company car so wasn't allowed to paint them.

My company car was supplied direct from them, all my previous new cars have been bought locally and I have ensured that the cars were delivered without being valeted having been disappointed at the standards of many dealers work, but not knowing where the lease company was sourcing the car from I couldn't do it, so was all ready to correct all the paint defects etc when it arrived. however it was absolutely perfect, best I have ever seen.

Not sure how good your company is at telling the tax office that you have changed cars, mines a huge PLC. And supposed to tell tax office every quarter, but not sure they ever did, as nearly a year later I was still paying tax on old car. As it was such a huge difference got fed up and told tax office myself and they changed it really quickly and refunded me. said it was best if the driver always writes to them direct and they will act on it. for me I was saving £150 pm!

I do a similar mix of driving, before the Lexus I was getting around 53 from my Astra 1.7 Diesel, my Lexus gets 49 mpg from the same joule of journeys, but remember petrol is quite a bit cheaper than diesel, and if you are getting the Lexus as a company car and getting business mileage reimbursed at a pence per mile, you may be even better off. The Lexus costs me about 11p mile in fuel, if I had a diesel I would get paid 13p mile, but as a petrol I get 17p so doing 15000 business miles a year pays for all my private fuel! Add in the company car tax advantages and its a no brainer.

Yes it was the size that struck me, when I went in the showroom I hadn't realised it was launched yet and as I walked by it I thought it was an RX, i had to close the open tailgate to check the badge! A lot of negative reports about the ride comfort and I think only the basic S model will be within my lease budget, so interesting to see one in this spec miss the bigger wheels and full leather the showroom ones had. I particularly liked the flat rear floor, just like the CT, great when I have to fit my three children in - the huge transmission tunnel in the back of the IS300h put me off having one of those last time.

Took my 2013 CT200h Luxury Nav, in for its 20,000 miles service today and got a 2014 model year Advance as a courtesy car. Seeing as I did 150 miles in it I thought I would post up my views. Obviously not equippec to same spec as mine, but beating this in mind. Good points Exterior styling up close was nicer, really liked the new 17 inch wheels Ride upto 40mph seemed much better, over this speed couldn't tell much difference. Engine note seemed more subdued when at full revs Despite only having the basic Lexus Sat Nav, seemed just as efficient as the much more expensive Premium Nav in mine Seemed to pick up better in Sport Mode Compared to mine Bad points Hated the remote control for audio and Nav, much less intuitive than the old version - not sure if you get this with the premium Nav pack though? Steering wheel buttons much more difficult to select, the Mode and Select buttons on the old steering wheel you can press without taking your hands off the wheel. Ghastly suede effect seats - got in and thought it looked like they were covered in stains, but it's the way the fibre moves. This is a huge step back on the Tahora fake leather in the old Advance For me, unless you really want the newer styling I prefer the old model especially if you are comparing the old Advance with the new one and if you can save some more cash. If you want the newer styling then the bad points aren't deal breakers. Until I got into the showroom I was pretty happy to have another CT when the lease comes up on this one, but then I saw an NX 300h for the first time that's now top of my list, even though the tax advantages are nowhere near as good!

Mine has only done 21k, just over a year old but no issues and to be honest you don't really hear of anything. One check I would do which you wouldn't normally think - open both front doors and check that the paint is not damaged underneath the very bottom edge of the door. several times I have opened my door and caught it on the pavement if the pavement is only a little higher than normal. Just make sure it's been touched in and no rust has started.