LexusIS300h

This was also mentioned at the same time as the speed limiters and how effective it will be in keeping insurance companies in the wealth to which they have become accustomed. Just for a second think if you had one installed on your car (not that it will be optional). Any time you decide to have a little blast, it’s recorded. The thing about data is if there’s a record it can be read and with the internet of things already happening, it doesn’t take too much imagination for that little indiscretion to be sent as a data file to interested parties, such as police and insurance companies. One or both have then got a really good future revenue stream in fines and increased premiums. I hope this takes another 10 to 15 years to happen though, because after that I won’t give a monkeys....

Happy new Lexus Basil 👍👍

I am getting about 42mpg on a 7 mile morning and evening commute. I think it’s into mile 3 before it starts to get warmed up so it has a lot to do in 4 miles to get back the fuel lost on cold starts. i have had it on longer runs doing up to 48mpg but have not consistently broken 50mpg in mine yet.

Have they specified a top speed ? If it’s say 100mph then for the UK it is more than enough with maximum motorway speeds of 70mph. There is enough gap there for sudden acceleration if needed. As an autobahn cruiser though it would be a glum day. I haven’t driven on them but have been a passenger in cars going more than 200 kph on them and I have to say their lane discipline is far better than in the UK. You don’t get the outside lane road hog there, just overtake and move back in as soon as it is safe. Now for those people, the limiter will be a big downer, but for UK drivers I don’t think so.

My IS300h is a late 2016 model and I love it. However as an Executive model it doesn’t have a reverse camera which I sorely miss. Seats are manual and wing mirrors don’t have auto fold and open. I can live with that but really wanted a reverse camera. Got a ridiculous quote from somewhere in Cambridge for over £800 to which I said no thanks.

Or does a fish swim..... bullet proof reliability. I have never ever seen a Lexus broken down, AA and RAC make good money out of Lexus customers, all money in, no trips out. Ok maybe that’s an over simplification, as any car could get a puncture, but mechanically and electrically reliable it is, says Yoda. Go get one, you will love it, best car I have ever had.

I tried it too and it works a treat. However, maybe not a bad idea to store your key in a Faraday pouch for the times you forget to disable the key. They are really cheap and do work too. PS don’t forget to disable the spare key too 👍😳

For the kind of money you are looking to shell out, you could also look at an 18 month to 3 years IS300h. I had a Prius for 10 years before I got the IS and it was a good transition, very very quiet, smooth to drive and relaxing. I loved the Prius too, but wanted a change after so long, but the 4th generation version also looks very smart. Lexus or Prius, you won’t go wrong. Test drive the CT, the IS and a Prius and see what you think

Thanks David, interesting update. A couple of questions : 1- would you go back to hybrid or petrol, or are you now hooked on electric? 2 - Would you buy the Tesla again now, or look at something else? 3 - I would like to move to electric car next, but really not sure if the infrastructure is ready for it yet. I suppose with a Tesla that hasn’t been a problem for you, but if you changed car, how do you see the current state of chargers and probable future queues for them at service stations?

I believe your Lexus garage will just fix it anyway, as they would want to avoid embarrassing questions about why it passed its MOT a couple of weeks ago and now it has an obvious fail. You should not expect to pay anything irrespective of whether this is warranty or not

I have family in Austria who were totally underwhelmed when I told them about my new Lexus. They drive BMW and Mercedes, as do most of the people in their town. A Lexus is a foreign car there and as rare as hens teeth. Myself, I quite like that, having something different from the rest of the sheep. We were the first family with a Prius on our estate and also the first with a Lexus, although one appeared a couple of months after ours. They say jealousy makes you nasty and that is the case with your father in law. So what? It’s your life, your money and the only person whose view you should respect apart from yourr own, loves the car too. Buy it and be damned and just for good measure put extra blackout on the rear windows and pimp your wheels. Happy motoring with your big Lexus 👍

Welcome to the forum ! You could always change it to Revolution too, as in turn tables or something more sinister 😂😂

That was a decent ride back to get the feel of it. I had a 90 mile journey home when we picked our IS300h up, the long way on the sat nav.... great drive. Seems a bit silly, but next morning I couldn’t help but gawp out the window at our new wheels. My wife asked what I was doing and I just said admiring our new styling wheels. 😂. “You’re daft” she said, but then also had a peek too and said “Yes it is rather posh isn’t it”😂 i never get tired of looking at it or driving it, it’s a magic car 👍

Welcome Lee ! Great looking car and good choice of wheels. I’ve had mine 6 months now and it’s flown by, still look forward to getting in it in the morning to go to work.

I have to look over my shoulder to reverse park, but I really like the reverse camera (had it on my previous car). Too deaf to hear the high pitched beep of the parking sensors, so I just watch the bars on the screen go down and quit when it gets to 2 bars, job done 😂. It’s a pity this car can’t drive itself though and give me the time to gawp around at the passing views, or twiddle on my laptop 😂😂. Maybe in a few years that model will be out and it had better be all electric too, none of this fuel and electric nonsense 👍

Great topic and some good examples of winners and losers 👍 I had 2 worst cars, the first being a 1968 Reliant Regal (Del Boy style for the younger generation),a geuine solid pile of 💩. Always broke down, no matter if you were driving on a motorway or had it parked up. I only bought it cos it was all I could afford at the time, but OMG penny wise, pound foolish. Did it again with a MkI Ford Escort that had had all its electrics rewired in random sequences. The only good thing about going to a drive in with this POS was that the car was parked on a slight slope so it helped with the bump start when the film finished. No lights to go home with, but fortunately at the time not much traffic either. The best car has to be my IS, just love the luxury of it and smoothness, something that was missing in my previous favourite, a Prius 2nd gen.

I used the meerkat site in July and the premium for my wife and I was £274. This replaces a Prius which had £160 insurance, so definitely no free lunch for us. We are in our 60’s so next year I will as usual look around again. This current insurance is with LV, as was the Prius, so I expect better rates at the next renewal, or move on to someone who quotes lower. its a mugs game to stay with the same insurer as you are easy meat for an increase. All they do is tell you that you don’t need to do anything to renew and that they have done all the hard work keeping costs down and you will only pay 20% more even though industry averages are up to 50% more..... ad nauseum bs from the insurers. Halifax and Lloyd’s were good at this. Got a good first year premium and then they sink their teeth in. Unfortunately for them, I do shop around and never renew. No loyalty in insurance I’m afraid.

Welcome I-s, how are you going to sleep for the next 2 weeks, waiting for your new baby 👍😊 Sounds like a good buy you got your hands on

Try using Waze for your SatNav if the in car one gives you the fits. It works well too played through the in car speakers

Owning a Lexus says I value quality build and reliability I don’t need to point and squirt to get from A to B fast, relaxed does the trick I value comfort and luxury I “get” what a hybrid is and does, plus I don’t do diesel I love the pre and post sale service offered by Lexus, making me feel valued to them I can think for myself and don’t aspire to 10 a penny German cars I can feel a bit smug knowing all these things and still the British populace, apart from an enlightened few, want BMW, Audi and Merc. It gives me a more special car that I might see one or two of in a day, rather than hundreds of the others.

Maybe because it’s a SPORTS Utility Vehicle ? 😂 The press don’t know Jack Schitt about a Lexus and hybrids and the longer it stays that way the better for us Lexus owners and drivers, who can waft about in luxurious comfort and not looking like every other wannabee German car driver

Welcome Ken ! Hope your dream comes true very soon and good hunting 👍

I test drove one before buying my IS, wife loved it, but I didn’t think the mg was that great, so we test drove a Red IS and again my wife loved that but not the colour, so we got what she wanted, an oyster white . Now we are all happy. NX is very striking though and if I could have got over the lower mpg I would have bought it

Aren’t all Lexus Japanese imports?

I’ll take boring forums like LOC any day, good to know they don’t really go wrong, but I expected that and got it. Always fancied a Jag, but I think I will give it a big miss until either BMW or Toyota take over the brand name