Jay2k

What are your thoughts on NX300h with over 100k miles on the clock?

For my budget, I can get either:

- SE 70k miles

- Lux 80-90k miles

- Premier 115-125 miles

I currently drive 3k miles a year but suspect I will do 5k in a nicer car (more staycation holidays)

we share the car and having memory seats in the Premier is attractive.

This is disappointing!

I narrowed down my search based on price, reliability and a quiet drive - hence the NX300h.  I have now learnt about a new terminology AVS!

But it seems like I to up my budget for a high milleage 2015 model at £16k to a 2018 model at £25k to get what I need all because of AVS!!! 

Back to square 1 for an alternative car.

Looking at 2014-2015 NX vs RX, seems to me the NX held it value better than the RX.

Using RX value declines for a 2015 model to a 2010 model is about £8-£10k (£1.5-£2k a year), is it fair to assume an NX 2015 model at 17k will be worth 7k in 5 years time?

I try to minimise depreciation as I only drive about 2-3k miles a year (to ALDI and back), plus the occasional trip out of town. Time to move on from the 20y old golf cabriolet and into a family car with isofix, comforts, boot space etc

I read on the RAC review page that the NX is not quite refined and suffers road and wind noise. They also mentions feeling road bumps at low speeds. I did a test drive around town at 30mph an agree that I felt the bumps a lot more than I expected.

My reference point is how well the VW Golf handles London bumpy roads (maybe I expected worse and was suprised??), the Mazda CX-5 was too jarring. Mini Cooper S unbearable.

is it a bad idea to buy a £10k LS600h? these cars cost 70k plus new, I worry about one small screw coming lose and the repair bill in the thousands.

Looking for a super quiet car to drive long distance within the UK, to the ALPS, Spain etc (since flying has become an odd affair with rampant cancelation depending on new C-19 rules).

what other Lexus would you rather suggest, my first choice the RX450h is no longer an option, in London, the Cat won't last 2 weeks

many thanks, very helpful.

Sounds like its pretty much down to what was ticked as an option rather than SE vs Luxury!

On 9/4/2020 at 6:52 PM, ColinBarber said:

Attached is the launch grade specifications.

The S is FWD, all other grades have AWD.

Options were:

Lexus Navigation is available as an option (£995) on S, SE, Luxury and F Sport grades, with the more sophisticated Lexus Premium Navigation system (£1,995) additionally offered for F Sport.

The NX 300h Luxury can be specified with a Convenience Pack (£495), comprising the new wireless smartphone charger and power-operated tailgate. Customers can add a sunroof (£1,000) or panoramic roof (£1,000) to the Luxury, F Sport and Premier NX models and Lexus’s Adaptive Variable Suspension system (£750) can be added to the F Sport specification. Across the board, metallic paint is a £645 option.
 

1411483402THE_NEW_LEXUS_NX_300h_UKFinal.doc 85.5 kB · 2 downloads

Many thanks

Do you have page 29 where each model spec is given, I want to see what the Luxury overs over the SE to justify the price, same as the F-SPort over the Luxury.

However, the F-Sport is too 'blingy' for me. I already feel the Nx300h is already too much of a 'look at me car', but I want a Japanese SUV of around 6-7yrs old for the reliability. The only. alternative I can think of is the Mazda CX-5 (dislike the Nissan) and the Current RAV4 is still too new. Thanks again

I am the UK.

I am referring to miles. k = thousands (100 thousand miles) - thanks

I am looking at 2014-2015 (maybe 2016) nx300h models, SE, Luxury and Premier. I also see that some come with the convenience pack which sounds like a button to open the rear boot and a wireless charger.

What is the spec of the Luxury over the SE. Premier cost about 2.5k over the base model for the same age/miles. That sounds like a low for a Mark Levinson speaker system (would love to have one)

I suspect its work getting a newer/lower mile SE/Lux over a premier?

any thoughts on nx300h over 100k miles? too much?