Sybaris

Still can't figure this out

One secret is at the moment, sitting in traffic is pretty cool in this car. Its still beeping and throwing up messages that I am still learning.

Insurance job maybe? or perhaps someone tried to modify the batteries

It gets annoying in slow traffic. I had that pleasure on a demo. Where do you set this anyway? Is that in the spare tyre?

I've been pressing buttons and looking at settings all over the place. Still trying to get the smart link to work just because I like everything working. I did play with the 360 camera and that is pretty cool.

patience is a virture

Its like getting a surpise present everytime I discover something. Now where is that fun if you read the handbook? I've only driven about 50 miles in it. Looking forward to seeing it lit up a night time.

I did find the sunglasses box that I wasn't expecting

That's a cool thing to know. I am hoping that someone finds an ejector switch for the passenger seat. Still looking for it but no luck yet.

What secrets have you found with your RX that pleasantly surprised you that you had no idea about until you stumbled across it?

I see that Thatcham 5S+ do remote disable but again the thieves are already in the car. Once they are in and driven off would you really want it back?

Anyone had Autowatch Ghost fitted to their RX? For anyone that is not aware, this is a cam bus immobiliser that stops your car from starting unless a sequence of buttons within the car is pressed first. The idea is that a thief can not start your car and drive off with it unless they know which buttons and which order to press them in, which you can decide on.

Nope, I am going to get it as I am certain that I will make use of it.

Even if I am covered, repairs can vary on the skill of the tech that comes out

Do they actually measure the depth of a scratch? Some say 1.5mm but how are you to know how deep a scratch is?

Where I park it can be a bit tight and the RX is a bit "fat". I hate getting scratches so I think I will go for it. My last car picked up a few door dings due to inconsiderate people opening doors in the spaces next to me.

How many people go for scratch and dent insurance, either dealer offered or 3rd party? I am in 2 minds about this. I have seen several offers by various insurers for between £200 and £330 for 2 year and 3 year cover. Reading some Trust pilot reviews, it seems that all these insurers have a deal with some form of mobile detailer who basically subcontracts the work to individual repairers and the reviews vary in satisfaction. It looks like you can claim between 9 and 12 repairs in a 3 year period, up to £500 for each repair to a total of the policy limit, which varies between £2000 and £3000. I always pick up knocks or scratches at some point and usually I just get the touch up pen, but that is just a cover up and if you look closely you see it. This time I am considering taking out a policy just in case an inconsiderate person hits my door with theirs while getting out of their car. On the other hand the cost for a one off fix is about £60 so you could get 5 small scratches done for that price.

I'm not going to be beaten by outdated tech. Might be a different story if I could use Android Auto wirelessly. I wonder, maybe there is something I could plug in to the USB port to enable wireless communication.

Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is enabled and I sometimes use it but I still want to get this working too

Ok I am getting there slowly with all the new features but I cant figure this one out. I have the connected my android phone and have both icons for Bluetooth and wifi on the phone and the nav screen. However, I can not get the roads to show the different colours depending on traffic. The other thing that may be relevant is that despite setting up an account with lexus online, I keep getting unable to connect messages. Yet I can see weather and fuel information. It has to be connecting to something externally to do that so I don't know why its proving to be so touchy. Do I need a subscription to Lexus online?

Thanks PDM, will try the link. It is a 2020 RX. That is shocking that they released software without fixing a known issue. Its not a major thing not to have the beep beep but I got used to it on the last car. I did see somewhere a setting to make auditable alerts on or off and will have to trawl through the settings to locate it again just to check. If not I'll take it in to my local Lexus and get them to fix it.

That's not happening. Not sure if they are not being picked up or if I need to enable the beep beep

It is odd how the British public let the powers that be, get away with it. If pubs and bars watered down alcohol there would be a revolution. But water down our fuel and its "hey, so what".

I'm not so sure I am a fan of the watered down stuff. But if I get the same mileage and there is no noticeable difference in mpg or performance then why throw the government more money?

Has anyone actually noticed any difference between unleaded vs super unleaded fuel? or is it all marketing?