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20 minutes ago, alter ego said:

I might be the oldest isf owner bought my first isf when I was58 and my 2011 blue isf at age 63 last january

Blimmey we will all get there I suppose, but what an old b_i_t_c_h you are. Fair play 🙂 🙂 !!!

Servicing costs at Lexus are very reasonable. I have just taken out another 3 year servicing plan on my beast and prices are cheaper than the plan I had previously, wonderful! Prices are fixed and so you know they are not going to increase over the life of the plan. Mine is a pay monthly job and you don't pay any interest/additional charges. You do need to quote your typical annual mileage.

In summary, a no brainer.

Get a 450h and stop "tarting" around and listening to the other "boring" farts! They are wonderful motors and incredibly capable. As regards being a tad heavy......yes but an F-sport model will still handle very well indeed. They are not built for driving around like you are at Silverstone. They are built to be able to travel in shear luxury.

Well done.....you will never look back (at BMW, Mercedes or Audi) all inferior. Only bit of advice don't tell too many people we want to keep Lexus exclusive! 😀

thanks just purchased it 🙂😄

Hi

I have been experiencing a rather sluggish ML premium Sat Nav and would like some help to try and sort it out. I am sure we would agree the infotainment system isn't one of the fastest but the leisurely pace I have been experiencing is very frustrating. Symptoms started ~6 months ago.

When trying to make phone calls, on occasion, the system is incredibly slow.  I have noticed that it is also sluggish performing other functions, but it is the phone that is most annoying to me. It can take around 1 minute to register that I have pressed the call button either via steering wheel controls or using the remote touch. It's almost like it is doing something in the background. Interestingly, the fault doesn't happen as soon as I have started the car but it can happen say 20 minutes into a journey. Another symptom is that it is random and sometimes the system works as it should.

I have tried everything to try and sort this annoying issue out i.e. turning off WI-FI access etc, resetting the Bluetooth phone connection but nothing seems to work. I have tried to see if there is a way to reset the system back to factory settings but can't find a way to do this. 

Any ideas greatly received

On 02/12/2017 at 11:36 AM, rayaans said:

You can get plenty of signal blocking key covers which is a better solution IMO

Agree with Rayaans

I was concerned enough about this via media and the police to act. For me there were two main choices -  turn the smart entry and start off or use a blocker. I like the smart entry system and so was very reluctant to disable it, and yes through the menu system you can. However, it is one feature I like and I don't see why I should disable it just because of the risk of some scumbag stealing my pride and joy

So I purchased an RFID pouch/wallet instead. Cost was ~£6 from amazon and it works well. As soon as the car is locked and I walkway from it, the keys go into the pouch, and this happens wherever I am and  not just at home. Why carry the pouch on me at all times? Well this is a personal choice, but I can see a scenario where the car could be stolen using this technique whenever the keys are "not protected" e.g. in your pocket outside of your home. Of course, it would be more of a challenge due to greater likelihood of RF interference from other sources and not to mention being spotted.

Sorry, but wrapping keys in aluminium foil I agree is not practical if you use the car frequently! Also, although a lined box would work (assuming it meets the Faraday cage requirements) will work it would not so easy to carry it around with you when outside. 

Problem solved as far as I am concerned. 

Why??

On 26/08/2017 at 7:30 PM, Ala Larj said:

To be honest I haven't actually finished. Still got the roof and back bumper to do. Was planning on finishing it tomorrow. Should I bother or would I be better off sitting in the garden with a cold beer?

Get the beer in and ask the 'bird' to complete it!! Although, if she gets the hump and uses a brillo pad you may be in a bit of trouble!!

2 hours ago, rayaans said:

Very nice - the red is a lovely colour and suits the GS, especially with your interior choice

Ive resorted to using Sonax BSD or Carplan No1 super gloss on the RX - its too bloody big to wax as well as polish!

Put some elbow grease into it!! Try polishing and waxing a Volvo XC90 by hand that hurts a tad. LOL

Oh yeah, you definitely don't wanna be in an accident in a mustang. Your knees are officially the crumple zones!!Engine sounds good, interior is s***e! They are cheap for a reason and are not a patch on the 'ol Lecky! 

In my time I have been through many products and have more than the Misses has makeup!

Overall, Poorboys products are great, they are also good value. I polish my beast twice per year. Note polishes will remove minute quantities of the paint i.e. they are abrasive so you don't want to use them too often. Every other week it gets wax. Once per year it gets clayed. 

Products I use are:

• Poor boys World:
  • SSR1 - small swirl remover 1 - if you have swirls, I would recommend this.
  • Polish w/carnauba (blue) smells like bubble gum! You can use it in sun or shade, on bumpers and plastic it does leave residue and it goes on so easily
  • Natty's paste wax - blue
  • Black hole glaze
  • All put on using Maguires DA2 orbital polisher.
• Also use Farecla G3 Super Gloss Paste Wax - bloody good stuff this is and cheap for what it is. ~£25. Autoglym HD wax is good but not in G3's league and it's pricey.

Hope this helps.

Arrh mine has AVS so I believe dampers maybe at there most comfortable setting? Please correct me if I am wrong.

Do you generally get better economy when you are in travelling in eco mode or in normal mode? I appear to be getting better mpg (2-3 mpg+) when travelling in eco mode, I also prefer the fact that everything is dampened down, which further makes the ride sublime IMO.

My daily journey which this is based on is around 12 miles. Eco in summer 48, winter 42.

Any thoughts?

On 12/08/2017 at 11:09 AM, olliesgrandad said:

In 43 days I have now racked up 3500miles.According to my phone app I have averaged 46.4 Mpg over that period. The last 500 miles I have tried v power and to be honest the Mpg has been marginally less. 

I've been tempted by a GS as my next car, so that's quite comforting. Probably looking at a 450h but even then people appear to be getting good mpg.

What, put your skirt on you big girl....have you tried sunglasses at night 

On 26/06/2017 at 8:49 PM, olliesgrandad said:

Well I've recently got my F sport back. Had its first MOT today at 28,500 miles. Over the past few days I noticed my dealer in Cheltenham had a 2015 GS300H Luxury for sale with 11,000 miles.

To cut a long story short drove it this morning and did a deal on it. . was pleasantly surprised to find that although not advertised it had the Mark Levinson sound option.

Hopefully picking it up Friday. Must say the ride and seats are much softer than my IS which is my main reason for changing now and not in a few months time. I have been getting backache for a while and am hoping the softer seats and ride will help.

Good 'ol boy  Hope you enjoy your new motor.

1 minute ago, NemesisUK said:

The brake lamps illuminated?

Yes they did you could see them in the rear mirror..... Also, if you reduced cruise from say 50 to 30 mph, you could feel it brake rather than coast back down to speed. Not a bad function to be honest.

On 02/08/2017 at 1:06 PM, Ian J. Parsley said:

I'm actually a little surprised there are any cars with "regular cruise" which do *not* increase speed when going down a hill. Regular cruise control only affects the "accelerator" (at least in its original form), so it is inevitable that on steep hills speed will increase if you do not hit the brake.

On my IS300h Lux, certainly speed increased on hills; notably one which was a 30 zone going sharply downhill (even with cruise on this went up to 40); and another a steep motorway incline where 70 soon became 80. It is actually helpful to turn the system off.

It may be possible that some new models have regular cruise which also affects the brake. The adaptive cruise control I now have in the NX does (so, on the aforementioned slopes, speed is more or less maintained).

(See a post I put up about a week ago on what cruise actually is.)

Sorry, had 2 BMW's before my Lexus both had standard cruise but they also had "brake function". This would brake the car if it started to speed when going down hill thus maintaining the set speed.

The only advantage I would add over the lovely IS......I hasten to add!!!

Having you tried disconnecting the Battery for 10 minutes or so? I suspect since a "system" reset did nothing this probably won't help, but anything is worth a try.

Do you have the ML Premium system? If so is the small red LED illuminated? It's on the panel right at the bottom of the dash near where the micro SD card goes.

Hope this helps......

On 30/01/2017 at 5:18 PM, Shahpor said:

Well, I am sure other members on here will make what they will of what you say.

As for me, I am going to take my own advice, relax, and let it go.

Yes totally agree.....bet you wished you had never asked...........................

On 30/01/2017 at 5:07 PM, Drb80 said:

 

Oh dear, look who’s the argumentative one making a fuss now! and to think you’re the one who told me to relax and that it doesn’t matter.

 

John did try to convince me so don’t say he didn’t, read his replies and anyway stop bringing John back into this, this is about your feelings now, not that I’m interested. 

 

I managed to prove my challenged point and that was the end of it until you got yourself involved, all because you didn’t appreciate the manner of my response to another member, or so you say. I was well within forum guidelines and didn’t get personal so I don’t get what it’s got to do with you, I don’t know who you think you are trying to police a thread for specific manners and politeness, you’re acting like an oversensitive renegade moderator.

 

You didn’t make yourself clear either because you asked if I was the one trying to start an argument. I didn’t answer that silly question because there was nowhere further an argument or debate could go, so it was finished until you hijacked the thread and started your own argument which really is a pointless waste of time, though you seem to be getting some kind of enjoyment from it.

 

Anybody can see that all this after the event bickering is not necessary and I’m sure most people have refrained from contributing here because it’s just embarrassing, I’m actually ashamed of myself for allowing you to pull me in this far.

 

You don’t have anything to contribute to this thread so how about putting yourself to one side and allowing anybody with knowledge of the GS to contribute if they wish, you’re boring and if you think you’ll have any success in dictating to me you are very wrong, your gold member supporter status has clearly gone to your head.

Lets conclude: they are very smooth, rapid beasts that's all that should matter. Oh and just for the record do you not think you are being a little over-reactive?

Yep my does this. Its on the original Bridgestone's, still plenty of tread lift. Only seems to happen if you are going very slowly and on full-lock.

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Always a good experience for me. Staff are friendly, courteous and offer everthing including a 'free' lift and pick up service to the local shopping centre while your car is with them. The only issue; when I picked up my new car, the oil was around 6-7cm above the maximum level on the dipstick. I just ended taking some out which equated to 500ml. This was quite a lot over what it should have been. I pointed it out to the dealership via email but didn't receive a response. Just had it serviced and it was bang on.

So,it's still rather rubbish then!!