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Thanks for the feedback. I will work on this next time!

Thanks Nathan for dropping by! I like the way you put it for the front grill: love and hate relationship, I completely get it. Overall, we love our cars. I did think about changing the front grille at some point but in the end, it is a Luxury model, so I prefer leaving it as is. Good idea about the rear spoiler but for me, I will keep this car stock as it makes it quite rare. Tinting the windows is a very option, again mine was already tinted when I bought it. It does stand out really nicely with the contrast white colour and gives a mean look at bit... Also, you get better protected in case of an accident as glass debris down shatter. The tint keeps it in one place.

HAha, I see what you mean. It is not easy actually to make a video as you need to think about lots of things before making one. I have now done a second video, which is shared in this post...

Hi everyone, If you are still awake, you may be able to watch another new video coming live:

No I was not using a TelePrompTer! all the speech was in my head - by the way, it looks easy to do a video but I can tell you it is not! You need some guts and sometimes, you have to redo the whole take before you think yes it is fine. I have 2 kids so I had a very limited window opportunity and I found it is now or never: it was sunny, not windy, mild temperature and the car was clean. Then it is a matter of doing it when it is the quietest moment but you get a big vehicle driving past, can spoil the sound quality, so you have to start over again, then the kids want something from you (generally food) then it is off the grid and you have to re-think and focus on what I want to say. Not easy to do a car review really if you are a parent (especially during school terms!)... But I did my best. It is not the best video but it is ok as I am not pertaining to be a pro doing this but it was good fun to do and edit the video and put it live on YouTube...

Thanks Noby for sharing your feedback! Yes, this car is quite special as it grows on you. The more you drive it, the more you appreciate it. Sadly, I share your thoughts about the ES. It is a nice looking car and I really want to love it but the lack of V6 engine is a setback. They should offer it as an option and I am certain it will be even a better car than most competitors in this segment. But it would need to be rear wheel drive too!

Thanks John! I did this video with my Samsung mobile phone and tripod. It is definitely a car to keep!! No intension to get rid of it.

Thank you John! I am glad you enjoyed the video. I tried my best as I have never done a car review before in front of the camera but because I am so happy with my car, I had been thinking of making a video with honest views about this car. I think you nailed it quoting "Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder". This car is exactly doing this. Yes I meant linear (stupid me)! Thanks for your feedback and for the correction. Much appreciated!

Hi everyone, After driving my own Lexus GS450h (mk4) for now over 2 and half years, I thought it would be a good opportunity to make a video (first ever about my Lexus!) where I am giving a very honest review of what I think of it i.e. good and not so good (cannot say bad as it is not the case). On the whole, I really like this car so it is not a bad review (in case anyone may be wondering). Here is the video link below - I am hoping you will find it interesting to watch. If you like it, feel free to put a like button on the YouTube link and if you want to subscribe, then feel to do so as well as my channel is dedicated to cars and Aikido (just in case you were wondering)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP1Ulq6ypj0 The pandemic situation gave me lots of thoughts to make videos, which helps me cope and take my mind off this awful and unprecedented event we are all going through. Thank you for dropping by. Best wishes, Nick

Scary story of yours! Glad we are driving solid and well built Japanese cars.

Glad to hear others sharing identical experiences. It is so planted and I am appreciating it even more !!

Ok. Sorry to hear this gremlin of yours. I am guessing but think it could be with the security locking mechanism? when the windows open, are the doors still locked?

Interesting because, I had this gremlin when I had my battery changed. It turned out that the windows needed recalibrating after battery was changed...

Hi gents, It is a quick thread really: I just wanted to say how pleasantly surprised I was about my GS car when I drove it yesterday (Sunday 9th Feb 20) day during such strong wind, I hardly felt anything when I drove my car in London. It was like completely tranquility inside whilst raging wind blowing its hardest. I felt like I was in complete Zen mode! I surely did not expect that and thought of mentioning it in this thread. I could not say this about all my previous cars (and yes they were German cars)... Has anyone, driving Lexus, experienced the same?

Have you recently changed your car battery?

I agree with you. Get your wheel balance checked, as there should be no vibrations felt at this speed...

Thank you Steve, I will check with them and get a quote for the work! Nice one.

Hi chaps, Yesterday, I accidentally closed the driver side door and noticed that the seat belt was not rolled up properly and the metal part of the seat belt hit the panel. See photo. Really annoying. Does anyone know if I can get this repaired or if I should simply replace the damaged panel? And how much would this be and where could I find this? Thank you.

Just watched this video and I really like this car. It is growing on me much more now...

Hi everybody, Further to my previous posting (as shown below) due to a car collision with my Lexus car, I now have it back from the workshop and only this afternoon and believe me, I was more than happy to be with my car again! I had the Hybrid Range Rover (p400e autobiography) for over 2 weeks and drove it daily and I thought of giving it a honest review what I think of this Range Rover sport... Please see also attached a few more pics in this topic. General overview of the Range Rover Well first of all, Rental car Enterprise loaned me this vehicle, which was available as they had no other like for like vehicle. I was fairly excited when I was told that it was a Range Rover Sport Hybrid p400e Autobiography. So from looking at the exterior, it certainly looks apart, sporty look and quite aggressive headlight with an imposing front bonnet. The rear boot (automatic opening and closing) offers huge space inside. The doors are massive and heavy to open and it feels like stepping in an armoured tank and to step in (I am 5ft11) I have to jump up a little to get on to the driver seat. Anyone smaller will be struggling to get in without a form of a stepper (this car is not fitted with one). The interior is very spacious and quite sleek. However... Interior the good and the not so good The sport seats are wide but too hard to feel comfortable in long distances and I never felt like it was the right seat for me each time I was driving this car (Lexus seat is far more comfortable and glad that I could feel them again when I got the car back!). The car entry and locking mechanism is a keyless mode (similar to my Lexus) so pressing the button to turn the engine on with foot on the brake (happy with this). However, I need to add this: if you want to lock it and press a finger on the external door handle, it works occasionally (so during the rainy weather, you can forget it, press the lock key on your car key would only work) if I compare with my Lexus, it simply works all the time regardless of the weather! Coming back with the interior of the Range Rover: I am not a great fan of the sat nav nor the second screen that control heating, car settings, radio etc. The touch screen did not work properly, sometimes, I would need to press twice and the touch screen buttons can be too much of a distraction if you are on the move. The most annoying thing is to find the right radio channel as you would need to hit accurately the down or up arrow to scroll down or you would simply end up selecting a radio station by mistake. The sound system was very good and Cristal clear and it is very well insulated so that you can enjoy listening to music on the move. compartment space are plenty in this car, and even fitted with a fridge in the centre console, underneath the cup holder in the centre console, there is another huge compartment, where you could put a large bottle of water (impressed with this bit, as it feels like a secret hiding place). My wife who found the car beautiful on the outside actually hated getting inside (she is only 5ft4) she simply struggled, I had to help her carry her inside the car and once inside her arm was too small to close her door (so I would have to step around and close the door - not cool in my opinion). At one point, we had serious laugh about this and cried laughing. The kids in the back had plenty of space and were loving to be driving 'higher'. The steering wheel really looks great and as much as like the digital buttons on the left and right side of the steering wheel, I found them to be a bit looking cheap and the button (especially up and down) did not work well. The car is fitted with a panoramic sunroof, which looks really good. There are buttons to open the roof cover and roof and there is a sensor that supposedly can understood your gesture by waving your hand backward to open the sunroof or waving your hand forward to close the sunroof - unfortunately, this feature did not work well and quite frankly it would simply annoy me if I had purchased this car that is worth around £93k!! This is the downside of this car, is that there are a few things that do not work well enough. Driving a Range Rover Sport At first, it felt like I am driving a truck or transit van, that is how high it is. The view is actually very good to an extent as you can see way ahead of the traffic and you can change lane quicker to avoid any gridlocks for example. The other thing that I noticed, is that it did make me feel like I was a king driving this car - I was literally looking down at the other drivers and a few looked a bit intimidated (not sure if it is what they felt but when you see a driver looking up to you is the feeling or impression you feel from the driver seat. Some were looking at the car, like giving a full respect but some were giving it a bad look (probably because it is mongerous). The drive was ok (not great I am afraid). My Lexus does it so much better and I was super happy to have it back driving home this evening as I could feel how smooth a Lexus is on the road compared to the Range Rover - pressing the accelerator can feel a little bit abrupt (only at the start from stopping position) and I had the car on the Comfort mode most of the time, but it did not feel comfortable drive unfortunately. I could feel the bumps and it did not feel like a soft suspension for my liking. In sport mode, the digital display on the dashboard changes showing rev counters with red light inside the whole interior and the suspensions are stiffen further including the steering wheel. It felt quite sporty but it does not hide the fact that this vehicle is too heavy to be a sport car especially round the corners, you really feel its weight. The engine and PHEV The engine is a 2.0L petrol giving 296 bhp plus 114 bhp with the electric engine (sadly I was not able to make full use of it as Enterprise rental car did not have the charging cable when I took this car!!) So I was driving pure petrol engine all the time for over 2 weeks (and it is a bit juicy I was doing around 15 miles per gallon - not an impressive figure but I admit with the electric the range drastically improve and it lowers the consumption much more). This is when I can say how much I love my Lexus with its brilliant Hybrid system. If only Range Rover had this similar hybrid, I think it would be a better car. The fact that I would have to charge it to make full use of PHEV is a turn off to me - if you want to be environmental unfriendly, you could and drive at all times in all fossil fuel mode in town. This is missing the trick in my view. The manufacturer would rely on the driver to be using the PHEV charging the battery every so often to be a more environmental friendly vehicle. That is, of course my opinion. If it were me, pure electric or Hybrid technology from Toyota or Hydrogen technology. I do not think PHEV is making this a breakthrough as I have read stories that it is tax incentive for businesses to get one, but in reality they do not bother charging the battery so not so PHEV really... Conclusion I know that there are totally different cars and not really comparable but it was nevertheless interesting to know that when (and if) you get to drive another car other than Lexus, you are very likely to appreciate your car more for what it does so well. I was glad to get my Lexus back today and it was all back to great driving feel, comfortable seats and at the right hight feeling more connected with the road (at last), hybrid technology giving me a decent range (33mpg in town) and with every function working properly!!

I see, thanks F.A.

This is very interesting... It looks very similar. How could they get a plate for 2019?

No, actually I have been informed by Lexus staff that this car was specifically made in 2019 (Lexus in Japan built only 2 on demand) for a 2016 model... That is why I felt posting this as it is so unique and I think this car will keep a higher value than the rest of them...

Dear Gents, I tough this post would be of interest to all F sports fans: Yesterday, I visited Lexus Edgware Road to have my GS450H inspected with Hybrid due to a minor collision (my posting is in the GS 450 forum) and I met one of the sales Executives (whom I bought my car from) who said that they have a GSF car year 2019 that was built in Japan (only 2 of them were built as GSF) on special request from the General Manager at Lexus Edgware Road with high specifications (exterior and interior is absolutely stunning). Lexus in Japan said yes to build 2 x uniques cars (despite its production ended in 2016 I think) - carbon fibre inside. The General Manager had it for a few months and drove 6k miles and it is now on for sales for £62.5k - very tempting but out of my budget... I thought you might be interested in knowing this. Feel free to view the pics (and I am not working for Lexus nor trying to push a sale here). https://edgwareroad.usedcars.lexus.co.uk/en/used-lexus/Lexus/Gs-F-Saloon/50-4dr-Auto-Mark-Levinson-jjb5zgp

By the way, I forgot to say something really important from Lexus Edgware Road (and it is for anyone who is interested with the GS car really): One of the sales Executives (whom I bought my car from) said that they have a GSF car year 2019 (yes you heard this right) that was built in Japan (only 2 of them were built as GSF) on special request from the General Manager at Lexus Edgware Road with high specifications (interior is absolutely stunning) Lexus in Japan said yes to build 2 x uniques cars (despite the productions ended) - carbon fibre inside. The General Manager had it for a few months and drove 6k miles and it is now on for sales for £62.5k - very tempting but out of my budget... I thought you might be interested in knowing this. Feel free to view the pics (and I am not working for Lexus nor trying to push a sale here) https://edgwareroad.usedcars.lexus.co.uk/en/used-lexus/Lexus/Gs-F-Saloon/50-4dr-Auto-Mark-Levinson-jjb5zgp