Richard1200

Please let us know next month how you get on. If you only get 40 to 42 suggest you drive without shoes 😂😂

My new in August 2021 UX seems better on fuel than my 2019 model, one of the first in the UK. I was getting around 52mpg at the end of last last summer, now dropped to 50mg in the winter. No motorways, all short journeys just old pensioners pottering around. Have no idea how many gallons in the tank, but easy to work out. if you use 52mpg as an average you will be very close.

At least you can consider your purchase, I did not know about the extra cost until about a month after I took delivery, what a Wally I am. Still would have bought it though. I did wonder why I got almost £3000 off the list price and a good trade in. I probably will not be around to worry about the later years anyway 😂😱😂😱😂😱

The VED is based on the full manufacturers list price at the time of registration. The owner then pays the supplement in years 2 to 6 of the cars life. This started in 2021.. If you think it will be taken from the sales invoice which can be manipulated in many ways then I hope you have a drink for when Father Christmas comes down your chimney tonight 😂😂

There is always going to be a model difference and a cut off point that encourages buyers to dig deeper in their pockets. It will never suit everybody but as cur666 so aptly put it you pays money, you makes your choice. To be honest why should you have folding mirrors for a cost upgrade when as it turns out unknowing to me when I bought mine I agreed to a high yearly road tax to get those extras I wanted. Enjoy your new car whatever it maybe and I hope saving the extra £335 road tax is never regretted.

I like to be able to look out the window and see the car on the drive with the mirrors folded in knowing it is locked. Although the Lexus link delights in telling me via my iPad if I forget to lock the car and show me how much fuel I have etc.

Back on topic. I bought a Takumi model back in early September. Got just under £3000 plus the vat saving off the list price and a good trade in price. Very happy with the car and the spec. Imaging my shock when last month I read about the car tax costs in years 2 to 5. My fault but never knew a thing about it. Duh!! Would it have made any difference to my choice, ……… no. Do you think the the tax man would accept my invoice showing £39,500 as the otr price? 😂😂

I have a plain neoprene clear case on my iPhone 12 mini, £3.78 from eBay and it charges no problem.

Both of my UX’s give me a warning signal that a camera is close by, usually within 100 meters and a camera picture comes up in the bottom tight corner of the sat nav screen. Cannot help with where that setting is but it must be there somewhere.

Just been watching The Chase and a question on Road Tax came up. Looks like I have to pay an extra £335 per year for the next 4 years for road tax because the Takumi basic price is above £40,00. Who else did not know this?

I only did 8000 miles in my 1st UX but that was 30 months of short journeys, so lots of getting in and out. Once or twice I wiped the side edge of the seat on my side and the arm rest where I pulled the door closed. The leather is very durable, you will not be disappointed.

With the cream leather it’s a cream headliner. I can take a picture on mine if it would be helpful. Also with the Takumi you have the glass roof the cars interior is really bright. My first UX had the Premium Plus pack so I could have this exact same cream leather light bright option, stayed with it on my new Takumi.

I am on my second UX and I do not understand any of of above and neither do I need to understand it. It’s a car that with my type of low mileage driving gives me 52mpg in the summer and 49 ish in the winter. It goes onto electric when it can, that’s all you need to know. I leave the rest up to the clever people in Japan.

I have found a dislike on my new one, that bloody noise when on battery under 12mph is it? Especially in reverse. Anybody found a way of making it quieter.

Very happy with new my car. More gadgets than I will ever use or understand. Love the large sat nav screen. Amazing surround image from the parking sensors, I keep looking up to see if there is a drone above the car taking the pictures.😂 While out with my friends this morning I was able to track my car to my wife’s hairdressers and back and see when she was on electric or petrol. I sent her the record of her journey by message, I got a rude reply 😡 Heads up display better than I was expecting, not sure if it will be on all the time though. Trimmed my boot liner on the left hand side so it fits around the speaker. The “kick” motion to open the tailgate is gone to allow a tow bar apparently, more likely because it was temperamental until you found the knack of making it work, I liked it. All very good so far.

Who is picking up a new car tomorrow and is getting a nice feeling in their stomach? 😂😂 Picking up my 7th new Lexus since 2007 Thursday morning, UX Takumi in Sonic Titanium. I had an IS Premier in 2007 and 2009 and since then each car has lost some gadgets, now back to the top. Not as excited as I used to be and thanks to DVLA I will have to sit in the passenger seat for a bit longer 😱😱 Drive steady and enjoy your new pride and joy.

I am having the cream again. It’s light and bright and more importantly has a light cream coloured roof liner. I believe the ochre has a dark roof liner which I do not like. It means from the inside mine will look and feel the same apart from from more buttons and toys but I like what I have. I suppose if you have a Takumi with a dark head liner almost half is a glass sun roof though. Sonic Titanium this time, since 2007 I have had 2 silver and 3 white IS’s so after this white UX I have exercised my manly authority and said “no more white cars dear” I have always found white easy to keep clean especially in winter, I only do about 3,000 miles a year, no motorways, so a quick wash, shampoo, hose down and leave to dry (just chamois the windows) Really down at the moment as it looks like my wife will be driving it out the showroom and for a week or so. I surrendered my licence in July 2020 due to my epilepsy. I am fit and legal to drive from August 20th but DVLA are in such a mess my licence is still at best a few weeks away. I voluntarily surrendered it so I can ask for it back and drive while they contact the medical people but I sent my application off on July 16th and those letters not due to be opened until the end of this month 😱😱😱

There are going to be many UX Takumi models on the road next month. Quite a few on here, mine nearly at the dealers. It arrived in Portbury Docks which is just down the road from me outside Bristol on August 3rd but has been in Derbyshire since according to the Lexus app being checked and cleaned. Good luck with yours you will love it. I have had a UX with Premium Pack since March 19 and it’s a great car, only changing it because I have not been able to spend any money on holidays for 18 months 😂

I had one of the first UX’s off the boat in March 2019 and never regretted it. Much easier getting in and out which was the main reason for buying it. It is my 6th new Lexus and have ordered another due next month. Having a Takumi (raided the holiday fund as it is not been used) every new car since the IS Premier in 2007 I have lost 1 or 2 gadgets each time so back to the top. After 4 white cars having Sonic Titanium, big step for me 😂

I have had BLACKVUE for many years and swopped them between several of my Lexus cars but I managed to get a new front and rear Nextbase pair in the deal this week with my new new Takumi.

Anybody have any comments on the Nextbase system that Lexus dealers are promoting

How embarrassing 😛🤣🙄😂 I have been driving around on run flat tyres since April 2019 without realising. Just never looked at the symbols on the tyres closely or listened during the handover so my concerns are unfounded. Had a look at some colour options this morning as I have only ever had two silver IS’s and then 3 white IS’s and now my white UX so time for a change I think. My wife wants white again but the Takumi UX in Sonic with cream interior (same as I have now) looks very nice. Other interiors have the dark roof liner and that makes it’s so dark inside. Need to make a decision in the next 48 hours

I have Bridgestone Touranza on my 2019 UX. I am assuming they are not runflats even though I do not have a spare wheel.

Have been looking at a new UX Takumi today and noticed they have run flats, the last car I had with these was a BMW 3 series in 2005 and I thought they were noisy. Anybody got any thoughts on them on their UX. Do the door mirrors fold in automatically when locking the car on the Takumi model.