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Lexus has a deal with the AA, essentially top level home + European cover for the entire household for about £120/year, its driver specific not car. Presumably Lexus are so confident in their cars they know no one will use the cover. We've had the Lexus cover for the last 4 years, it simply rolls on each year vai DD.

No it cannot. Petrol is a relative stable fuel, that can be stored in any thing that can hold water, doesn't react unless exposed to extreme heat, and doesn't leak. The liquid hydrogen used in fuel cells cars have to be compressed to over 10,000 PSI, that's no far off the pressure at the deepest part of the ocean. Hydrogen will react with anything, and 'burns' with no warning. As a 'fuel' its awful, it has no resemblance to hydrocarbon fuels. The 'vision' sold by pro hydrogen groups is a lie, simply go and looks at the physics and details you will come to the same conclusion.

If I had a £1 for a every single promise on 'new' battery tech....

Solid state batteries isn't even out of lab tech, and decades away from commercial production volumes. Sony released the first mass production consumer level lithium ion cells in the 1990s, and its only now the costs of production is dropping.

There is zero case for hydrogen for personal transportation, its a massive waste of time and resources.

A lack of home charging is a killer for EV adoption, unless the government forces councils to spend money on putting in local charge points next to pretty much every lamp post its going to create a massive inequality between those who have the luxury of a home driveway and those who don't. Essentially you go from a car that is MORE convenient to own than a combustion car because you can refuel at home versus wasting time finding a petrol station, to one where not only is it harder to find a refuel station it also takes longer - loosing time I would say is a far bigger penalty than any thing else!! Ofcourse other EV option certainly for commuting is actually much more practical and accessible. 70% of my commutes to work in the last 18 months has been on this, I love it just as much as any car I have owned. The fact you can 'park' it literally at office door is simply fab. Instead of building one UX e, for the same amount of battery you can build 216 of these!! If the government is serious about EVs been green, its not more cars we need on the road its more alternatives to cars. EVs are nice cars to own (if you have a home driveway), but they really aren't an answer to anything.

Am looking at a second EV for the house hold the range and price of the UX E is actually OK. Pretty much every half decent EV starts at £40-50k these days. The problem is the IS300H that it be replacing is simply proving to be TOO RELIABLE!!! Its done just 34k in coming up to 7 years, I've started to skip the annual oil service as its used so little, but even than its not using a drop of oil/coolant/brake fluid between 2 year services. Still returning 45-50mpg, and with petrol prices at a very stable £1.25/l, its costing less than a few hundred £ per year to refuel + VED is only £10/year. Its simply so cheap and hassle free to own/run, spending £40-50k on ANY new car to replace it seems crazy. So because of Lexus build quality and reliability we simply cannot find any reason why we need a new car to replace the IS......at this rate even by 2030 I don't think there would be a 'logical' argument to replace the IS!!!

So it looks like in summer at 70mph you are getting around 3 miles per kWh. The usable pack size of the UX e is around 50kWh, so essentially around 150 miles M way range in summer. Thats not far off what reviews show.

It'll be interesting to see how you get on, I've never seen any EV been more efficient at 70mph versus 30mph purely based on the physics of air resistance as speed builds up. Last weekend I did 160 miles in our Tesla, a bit of traffic slowed us down but otherwise it was 70-75mph all the way. You can see even managing over 3kWh with a 75kWh (66kWh usable) battery its just over 200 miles of range. So if you are getting 200 miles range from a sub 50kWh battery at 70mph that really is class leading efficiency - which none of the reviews of the UXe has submitted, most have found the opposite.

Near 200 miles range at 70mph from a 50kWh battery would nothing short of class leading, and is not what reviewers state. It would be good if you could post a real life run with average speed and consumption figures. For reference our Model X does 3 miles per kWh, and with a 75kWh battery, with 65kWh usable net real life range at 70mph is just over 200 miles.

The Tesla was written off because the force of the crash damaged the chassis. Luckily because it was pretty much brand new, I was allowed to order another brand new one, so it didn't turn out too bad. Still, given the number of nutters there seems to be on the road who don't understand how junctions or traffic lights work I much rather my family travel in a SUV than a smaller car.

You don't need a massive pram/pushchair. The BabyZen YoYo lasted my daughter from age 0-4 years old. It weights next to nothing and folds one handed into something smaller than a backpack. I would however make sure you get a decent car seat, rotating one makes life easier for exit/entry as the IS300H is very low. Crash safety is worth thinking about, my car was involved in a non fault crash a few years ago on my way to nursery. Luckily my daughter wasn't in the car, but the point of impact was right at the passenger door where my daughter would have been sat. There is a very good reason why families love SUVs, the force of impact wrote off both cars, and 'snapped' massive 20inch allows as though they were plastic wheel covers. But if you just saw the passengers side door of my car it all doesn't look too bad. Not sure how the IS300H would have faired in a similar crash.

Its only a debate if the subject matter been debate is reasonable, some of the stuff people have written on here is at the level of what my 5 year old has with friends on the school playground. Actually that's doing the kids a disservice, they are quite sensible at pointing out ridiculous things that make no sense :).

What I find odd is the attitude some people do seem to have against cyclists - almost to the point of hatred, I suspect alot of it is just the macho bravado the anommnilty the internet allows, because when out of the road I rarely actually see motorist going out of their way to make life difficult for cyclists. You than come to the bikes themselves, I think we can all agree on the sheer build quality and engineering dedication Lexus puts into all their cars. Reliability and build longevity is the best about our IS300H. If you can appreciate the build quality of any Lexus, than surely you can do the same about something like a Pinarrelo Dogma?? I mean just look at it, its a triumph of engineering and design, a work of art. How or why anyone would find negative emotions to associate with something this beautiful I honestly have no idea!.......I would also love a Dogma, but am about £10k short on the budget front 🤣.

28mm....am old fashioned, 19mm was the way to go before all this 'comfort' rubbish started 😄

I've road cycling in the UK for 20 years, I can count on 2 fingers the number of times I had an safety issue involving a car!! Personally I find very little issue with cyclists or drivers on our roads. The biggest danger when am on my pedal bike is My Self. 23mm wide tyres that spin up with the slightest drop in grip, brakes that really don't work that well at speed more than 20 mph, need to avoid pot holes, and been potentially to be blown across the road (any one whos been out on a road bike in a cross wind will know the feeling), all means the potential for a 'off' on the pedal bike is so much more than been in a car. Seriously try taking a blind corner on a road bike at 20mph, lean in, feel the rear wheels slide, feel the front end than slide....than come out wondering how you stayed up right, it really makes you feel alive. But that is part of the Fun and what gets the adrenaline going, a very real risk of injury, I love it, and its why I don't own a motorbike, I would be an organ donor very quickly on one of those 😀.

I believe the whole cycling bit started about 'enjoying' British roads, personally for me there is no better way to enjoy the British back roads, its an fantastic feeling cresting a hill under your own power with nothing but the sound of birds, and a back drop of sunlight filtering through the morning mist!! I also love commuting to work on my pedal bike, but due to needing to do the school run/shopping its only a 50:50 split between bike/car. I don't get why some drivers seem to not understand why people like cycling, or why some cyclists hate cars. For me I use both forms of transport, but for pure 'passion' and 'enjoyment' 2 wheels are simply so much better!! Anyone whos actually serious about enjoying our roads needs give cycling a go, our IS is a very reliable form of transportation but its about as exciting as watching paint dry when out on a nice bit of road compared to been on my road bike. That's not the fault of the IS, no car can come close the adrenaline buzz you get on a road bike......after all it doesn't take alot to get it wrong and end up flat on your arse. 23mm tyres don't give you much grip in the wet 🙂 Luckily my wife has nearly given me the OK to buy my next n+1 bike despite my 'off' last year........Give me the choice between spending ££££ on a new car versus pedal bike for fun and its a no brainer decision for me. If allowed this would my next purchase for personal transportation, but at a smidgen under £10k even I admit its rather quite alot to spend on a pedal bike, still I would like to have one :).

Ignoring the pointless comments on performance, the IS300H is just about as reliable as they come. I've been desperately trying to find a valid excuse to replace ours as I really want a Tesla Model 3, but every time I sit down and do the maths it simply doesn't make any kind of sense due to how cheap and reliable the IS300H. We bought ours new in 2015 and literally nothing has gone wrong on it. I've never needed to even to up the oil, and its even still on it's original V12 battery!! Whilst there is throttle lag, the actual performance is pretty good, especially 'in gear'. The chassis is very good so disguises the speed you are travelling at. Versus a diesel its a much more refined car.

Sadly the crappy British charging network hasn't got any better since I got my first EV in 2015 :(.

It's not just the actual tech, but new ways they are been developed. The reason VW was 'comfortable' pushing out the ID3 with incomplete software and than updating it was because of how disruptive Tesla has been. Jaguar did the same with the iPace and Polstar is also following. The days when you buy a car and expect nothing to change with its functionality is well and truly over. Cars are now essentially computer on wheels, does anyone expect to buy a brand new computer and not to get new features or bug fixes as time goes on. Interms of software development getting end user engagement always finds bugs internal testing cannot identify, and its far quicker/cheaper. Tesla has now pushed this approach to autonomous self driving software, and its likely with this approach they are actually going to beat Google to achieving full autonomony first. Google has actually been very conservative in their approach to testing autonomous driving. Our Tesla is 4 years old now, and its likely when it turns 5 the software currently been developed by Tesla for autonomous driving will land on the car. How much software developments do Toyota/Lexus push out to their cars at 5 years?? Toyota/Lexus need to turn their current approach to product development upside down. The whole industry is now following in the foot steps set out by Tesla, VAG in particular have gone all in. Yes they made mistakes with the ID3 roll out but they are learning fast, where as Toyota/Lexus run the real chance of looking totally out of their depth. By the time the current generation of 20 somethings can afford a Lexus, they will DEMAND a car that will gain software functions over time, with full connectivity and integration with all their devices. The world is changing fast, and time/progress waits for no one. https://electrek.co/2021/03/12/tesla-removed-drivers-werent-paying-attention-from-full-self-driving-beta/

Press cars going out today, but Lexus haven't prepared delivery drivers on charging enroute, a couple have ended up running out of charge/been stuck at services!

Not sure if you are been serious or not. My other car - 2.5ton, electric SUV that can do 0-60 in under 5 seconds hasn't been 'serviced' since I took delivery in Sep 2017 and its not covered 40k miles. I better not offer a lift to you anytime soon for fear of exposing your life to the dangers of been in a car that hasn't been 'serviced' ever :).

How long are people seeing out of the 12V, ours is 6 years old now and not been replaced. No signs of any issues so far.

You can be 100% sure in 7-8 years time a F sport wouldn't be worth a few hundred £££ more than a normal IS300H let alone close to £10k more. Mechanically and functionally these are identical cars, but us humans are vain creatures so looks do count. These cars do seem to last forever with very little care, and ongoing running costs are so low even with ours just doing 3k miles a year financially there is no pressure/need to sell. At 6 years old our IS300H has only just gone through 1 set of tyres (£380 for the set), £20/year VED, a true 45-50mpg on normal unleaded, and am going to move to an oil change every 2-3 years rather than every year. Insurance this year was also only £260 fully comp. Its harder to find cheaper motoring, especially with the reliability. Given you are planning to keep the car longterm, buy which ever makes you more happy.