Mudbutler

On 2/3/2020 at 4:10 PM, AJ500 said:

Having followed this site for some time I decided to join and hopefully interact with other owners.

I purchased my white 500 V8 towards the end of last year after spending some while checking out the cars available at Lexus main dealers.Some have been on sale for quite a while and there were a couple I just missed as they sold as soon as they became available.

I particularly wanted either a Sport or Sport + as I actually like the wheels and wanted the carbon roof and sports seats. My car had covered about 4K miles and was just under a year old.

prior to buying I also borrowed a hybrid version and whilst I enjoyed it,the V8 was always going to be the one.I traded my BMW M2 Competition to get this car which is a very different style of performance .The outright effortless power of the Lexus is preferable to me at this stage.

I suspect that as my car was registered after September 2018,it must have the dreaded exhaust emissions filter fitted as whilst it sounds great,I don’t think it is as loud as some of the videos on YouTube portray.Any other people experienced this?

One issue I have experienced is the sticking fuel flap.I thought this was only the initial batch of cars in 2017,but I do have this sometimes.It may be that the hinge is affected by the colder weather as it was OK when I first got it.

I would be interested to hear if many of the owners who got their cars when released are still owners.The forum appears to have been pretty quiet in recent weeks.

Best regards,

A J.

 

Welcome AJ, I’m quite new to this forum too, and Lexus ownership having bought a Sport+ in November.

Like you, I trawled the network before finding the right one. Lexus Sheffield had a lovely white with rose one but it was the standard spec. Finally settled on the one from Lexus Canterbury, red sport+ with only 3k on the clock. 
Been a BMW owner for many years and nearly bought an 850 when hey cane out. So glad I didn’t, this LC is amazing!!!

I’m in Lincoln so if you fancy a get together, give me a shout.

Lovely car, congratulations!

I've had mine almost 2 months now (sport+ V8 red with orchre), covered just over 2k

was a bmw driver for years, and I thought I enjoyed driving that. Just realising what I was missing.

its pure theatre....

You wouldn’t use CarPlay with Miracast, they are completely independent systems.

Miracast is the same system you use to stream your phone to your smart tv, it’s all in the manuals

On 9/18/2019 at 10:53 AM, DanD said:

Yes. I was told by my local dealer a couple of weeks ago that all models from MY2017 onwards will have Apple Car Play retrofitted, as long as they have the Premium Nav system (the wide screen version) - this would include the LC. Dates had not yet been confirmed but they were hoping for October/November.

You don’t need CarPlay or android auto, just use the Miracast function which is standard anyway