cool SN

thanks all. Here is an update. Bought 2 tyres from tyre leaders. Thanks rayaans for the link. Lexus charged me £20 +vat to replace the tyres. Asked them in advance just in case. all done in £268 + a 50 miles journey. Tyres leader is good website shame i never knew earlier. my old car would have lasted longer :) having said that the service has a lot of room to improve. you can't contact their customer services unless you placed an order like no telephone / chat / mail to enquire etc. i spend 4 - 5 hours trying to place an order and it was keep rejecting at their end compalining payment rejected at terminal and no further message. i knew my card is ok. infact it tried so many times that my card was put on hold by my bank. sorted that and tried few more times and finally got through. As mentioned by tyreleader the tyre came in 72 hours from netherland. regarding website you get what you pay for (in terms of services). For me apart from my experience with order, everything is fine. The tyres are heavy. thanks again S

Thanks , this lead to another question :) can you suggests couple of sites selling this tyre for reasonable price

clearly I was searching incorrectly. I searched for Rx450 tyre :) Thanks I will go through them tonight. In your opinion it is alright to change from any garage? Lexus was trying to sell me their services that some garages break valve etc but they don't. Surely a good garage (like costco do only tyres) know what they are doing

You are very lucky. Another reason to stick with Lexus :)

Something is wrong with my browser (or forum) I replied twice to Rayaan's post but it didn't appear here. Anyways Thanks Rayaan and DanD for your reply I will go for michelin now. Rayaan, just checking if you ran old tyres on 36psi as well? lexus adviced me to run on 33 psi and i also thought it should be bit higher DanD , can you post the link for tyres post please? I couldn't find when I searched last night S

Thanks

hello, I was wondering any feedback after long term use on this? Front tyres of my RX450h needs changing.( 235/55/19). Costco quoted £147 per tyre (£15 cashback on top makes it £132) for michelin tour. Price included fitting and balancing. Called up lexus today to ask their price they said that the best thwy can do is £145 for bridgestone. I later realised that Lexus garage being a garage the VAt will be on top. She said that Lexus recommend only Bridgestone or Dunlop. I forgot to ask the model name of Bridgestone. I believe that recommended tyre is just corporate gimmic and micheline is a good brand. She also said that some local garage ends up breaking your valve or scratch the car while lexus take care of the car and they will clean the car from inside and outside. I was wondering what is your views. I am thinking that if Lexus quote includes VAT then the price difference isn't big enough on its own to go to Costco/ michellin and your feedback/ recommendation will play a key role. If VAT is on TOP then the price difference alone is big is enough to go for Costco /michelin unless you point out something that I am forgetting to consider Thanks S

Thanks everyone. I bought the lexus and very good drive. One thing I wanted to ask. Is it normal to feel small potholes , uneven road in RX450H? The car I bought have done 60K miles. When I drive I can feel the road is uneven and my car minor shake. Although it is not uncomfortable like pushing me up from the seat but I can feel it. I was expecting it to be smooth that the minor unevenness is not felt at all. My car is 450H SEI Shall I ask garage to check it again? Cheers S

ohh thanks for that. The way salesman was explaining things I thought that if someone buy car for £20K and in unfortunate event he gets only 10 K from insurer (even the market value is 10K that time) the person will get £10K from GAP. I did thought that it is too good to be true. Will check this with them thing is that the car value is a subjective thing and insurer have an interest to value it lower

I liked the drive and small small things of lexus impressed me. Moreover my daughter forced me to buy this :) Just hoping to pay deposit for a car after a small testdrive ... but then lexus is a lexus I guess :)

Wonderful friends, On weekend I paid deposit for Rx450H 10 Reg 60K mile. Full service history with Lexus. I bought it from Lexus dealer (Lister) I do 350 - 450 miles a week. I liked the car. I understand that Rx450H won't give any significance average than my Zafira and insurance will be 50% - 200 % higher services etc will be atleast double. I liked the car but as it was about to close I didn't check much functionality bought it as I believe Lexus is quality and it was Lexus dealer (lister) Once I came home I started to get into negative thoughts (it is just me) that have i chose the right car. it is atleast £8k more than prius I saw plus £150 - £200 extra spending per month over prius (fuel economy , service , insurance etc) I just hope I made the right decision. I bought 2 years additional warranty for peace of mind. but thoughts coming to my mind what if a button is not working or bluetooth is not working etc etc. Also they were asking if I want to go for insurances like car protection against dent scratches etc £347 for 3 years for maximum of £500 per claim (smartinsurancecover.com) guarenteed asset protection(in case of totally written off vehical. the gap between what my insurance company pays and the value I purchase). the policy price is £177.00. I think this is too good to be true and like any other insurer they will find a way to not pay in case someone meets this unfortunate scenario. So I am looking for some thoughts / suggestions from you guys and some tips for new Rx owner. Thanks for reading SN