Barry A

Hi Damer, - the 2015 Premier does have full leather power seats - for which I am grateful. Thanks for the response.

Thanks John, I do usually shop around. We just have the one car, and I need business cover with an allowance of around 16k miles per annum. I usually opt for legal cover on top. Had I known my mileage would have been reduced as a consequence of the pandemic, I could probably have made quite a saving. Your Merc is almost a classic car isn't it?

We've had ours for just 11 months, and covered a mere 9,000 miles in that period. Previously we had a 2010 Volvo v50 SE Lux Diesel which I intended to keep forever, and I was covering 16,000 miles plus each year - sadly an injury made it difficult for me to change gear, so I had to go for an automatic. We chose a 2015 ct200 hybrid premier. The only two things that I missed from the Volvo was the sunroof and the size of the boot. The mpg is also lower, but it is petrol. REAL consumption (as opposed to that showing in the car) has proved to range from 46-56 mpg depending on weather and road conditions. The Pandemic meant that it didn't go on the road for 4 of the 9 months, so it is low mileage for me - However, apart from the road noise it has been a real delight. It's due for a service and MOT next week, and I'm hoping for a good result. We do have a service plan in place. Others on this forum will confirm that this is a great car and most seem to say it provides trouble free motoring. Oh, I should have said that my insurance premium rose by about £50 this year and the call centre person told me it is because it is a luxury brand - but so was the Volvo, so perhaps there could be another reason.

I am very happy with the update that i was able to instal - cost £38.99. maps dated 2019

Congratulations on your purchase - hope you will be as delighted as we are with an identical model. I know that our wonderful motor is fitted with a CD player but I haven't tried it with a DVD as it wouldn't occur to me it could be a DVD player - perhaps yours is also a CD player do you think?

I've been researching this over the last few months since I purchased our lovely 2015 CT 200 which was fitted with 2014 mapping. Finally ordered 1 yesterday from the same ebay site mentioned above. I received the micro sd card this morning, installed the software (took a few minutes) and delighted that it shows all the new roads around our county. Checked the date on the software and it is March 2019, but that is more than good enough for me.

When it comes to driving, I rather like this warmer weather and the more relaxing lifestyle as a consequence of the pandemic. I changed to a CT 200 Hybrid a few months ago having had a Volvo v50 drivE for 8 years. I expected a drop in mpg as a consequence of the change and that was certainly true. Through the winter months when I was doing high mileage the CT200 gauge was showing around 50 - 53 mpg, though the true mpg was around 46-49 mpg. Warmer weather and gentler driving has led to gauge reading 60-63 mpg, but the real figure has been 54 to 59 mpg. Nowhere near the advertised mpg of 65-70 that I've seen on the adverts, but still no complaints from me - as I don't profess to have learned all the techniques associated with economical driving of a Hybrid car. The fuel tank is 45 ltrs, so if I can continue to achieve the kind of mpg I have had the last couple of weeks, 580 miles should be possible from a full tank

Hi George, thanks for your post, it prompted me to join the club also. Took delivery of our 2015 ct200H earlier in the week and am just getting used to the controls having driven a v50 Volvo SE Lux for the last 115,000 miles. I am fairly confident we are going to like this car and, having read this page, it seems that Lexus owners tend to be satisfied with their purchase and keep their cars for a lengthy time. Thank you to all who have posted in recent weeks - you have helped me make up my mind which car to buy when it became necessary for me to change to an automatic because of shoulder problems.