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18 hours ago, 65mike said:

Hi all

Alas i would advise against the 380 Nextbase camera as we had one fitted by the Toyota dealer to the car when it was brand new and it fell of the screen after a few months then the fun begins trying to get my iphone using latest software to connect to the dash cam.

See the reviews for the app mostly saying the app is c**p useless i agree completely.

Tried to format it today and failed after god knows how many attempts even tried resetting but no go.

I have sent a special e-mail to nextbase telling them what i think off there app. ( my special e-mails are no holds barred no swearing or abuse just to the point)

Be warned if the nextbase gods are against you you might as well give up.

Best off luck to you who have purchased one you will need it believe me.🙄

I have brought a nextbase 300w but that will never go in my is250 after the trouble with this one never again.

65mike

 

Agree the the app is rubbish but after nearly a year I’ve never had either camera falling off and never had trouble formatting…

Full no claims with Churchill £350…..

Hi Phil, I had my windscreen replaced by autoglass last year (not genuine Lexus) took the fitter about 1.5/2 hours. Looking at the job sheet they also replaced both side and the top mouldings with genuine Lexus parts. Very satisfied with care taken by fitter and replacement screen seems no different to the original..

20 hours ago, Linas.P said:

It is surprisingly economical for the power it has, the only limitation comes when you decide that you need maybe touch more power.

70 indicated will be around 65 real, so yes it about makes sense. In most of Europe and as well in UK most cars does 80, which indicates ~86 so if you want to stay with the flow that is what you kind of need to do, otherwise you either block traffic or have to drive in between truck (which isn't nice) + at that speed 300h becomes kind of loud and harsh. Feels like you really murdering it. 

Besides 30mpg isn't really impressive for hybrid when any 2.5l petrol will easily do 40MPG+ and 3l diesel may do 55-60MPG+ at constant 80 and still going to do high 40s at 90. 

I personally don't like diesels, but it is just a fact that for motorway speeds they are still the best. In short it all comes down to what you mainly use your car for - city driving and country side A roads (up-to 60MPH) hybrid is great, for motorway driving (70+) diesel is king... and petrol fits in the niche if you not doing many miles at all. I would as well prefer any sort of V8... if you not doing many miles then what is the difference what MPG it does, so you may as well get yourself a smile every time you press the pedal.

Having driven in Europe for many years (worked there for sometime) I’ve never experienced going 70mph holding up the flow of traffic (faster cars you let them pass no problem) .and some cars go slower and some faster than 70 with no problems and with HGV speed restrictions they’re not a problem...

On 4/7/2021 at 2:29 PM, paulrnx said:

As a motorway car I think the NX sucks. Absolutely fine around town and on normal A roads at speeds up to 50-60. Long motorway inclines, blasts of acceleration to smoothly integrate into the outside lane without causing a following car to brake, and dual carriageways really do show an NX300H in its worst possible light. Like I said, luckily I don’t have too many of these journeys nowadays. If I did it would have to go.

Don’t agree with you there paul, 2019 we traveled 2000 miles across Europe mainly on motorway and across the Pyrenees average speed on motorway 70mph and averaged 40 ish mpg the only time it dropped to mid to high 30mpg is when we were doing around 80 mph. Car was also well loaded up..

I’ve used fine pumice powder and water to remove scratches from glass but not sure if works on plastic...

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Doh! Didn’t realise there are two different screens for displaying POI set up, one in set up the other in map, now sorted..Thank you all...

17 hours ago, Herbie said:

You don't have to tell us if you don't want to Noddy but I'm sure I can't be the only one sat at home wondering why the restaurant POI has offended you so much that you need to remove it - can you not just ignore it?

The problem is when in an area with many restaurants the restaurant POI‘s blots out the roads therefore making the display useless...

Thanks for the reply...unfortunately there’s no delete option on the screen...

Hi, Can restaurant poi be deleted from the sat nav display on a 2016 NX300H uk version..I’ve looked and tried but to no avail...
Thanks...

20 minutes ago, as13 said:

I had my front two changed two years ago, I think my Xclimates cost me £300 for the pair, so that's a good price you paid

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Yes,ATS were doing an August promotion of £50 of off 4 tyres plus a choice of amazon show or kindle..Cheapest I could find anywhere else was £576 

2 hours ago, as13 said:

That's great to hear.
Did your dealer fit them?

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Dealer couldn’t match ATS price of £517 for the four tyres

27 minutes ago, m4rkw said:

What tyres were on before and how old/worn were they? 

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24 minutes ago, m4rkw said:

What tyres were on before and how old/worn were they? 

Yokohama tyres, front around 2mm and rears 4-5 mm, changed them all as had read how much better the Michelin are...

Hi, changed the tyres on my NX to four Michelin Cross Climates and what a difference they make. Road noise greatly reduced and rides a lot smoother over rough roads.
Has completely changed the the way the car rides and drives, well impressive...

On 6/9/2019 at 9:27 PM, dutchie01 said:

I tried an NX about a year ago to replace my IS300H. Took it for a lengthy drive which left me very disappointed. I felt the car to be underpowered and did not have enough torque. This causes the engine to revv up and keep it there too frequently. It just didnt do it for me. The infotainment was not a breaker coming from an IS so i was used to it.

Next i tested a Volvo XC40T5 and was just blown away. It drives circles around the NX. The engine has 250hp and lots of low down torque making it effortless to drive. The cabin is just as well built as the NX, design is refreshingly new interior and exterior. Chassis and handling more comfortable and better in corners.  The infotainment makes you feel you step into 2019 coming from the outdates Lexus systems. In short The XC beats the NX on all fronts except fuel, the NX feels old compared to the latest competition.  I bought one.  

I looked at the Volvo T5 (nice car) but after reading owners getting only 29mpg decided to give it a miss...

Hi Kevin, CatClamp and a couple of other companies sell devices that deters thefts of catalytic converters..