jbow

I am now in my 2nd month of ownership (is 300h) and loving it, I have sorted several little niggles to my taste but .....still don't like the look of the radio display the "cartoon" aerial especially grates. My question...are there any options? My previous car a 15 plate DS 5 displayed a colour icon of the station playing ( and was a lot easier to tune in) 

2 hours ago, Linas.P said:

All Run-Flats I had were always atrocious (harsh riding) and failed to do exactly the thing they meant to do - once I hit the pothole and tyre literally dismounted itself from the inner edge of the wheel. To this day I prefer just using spare if needed. I know that IS300h does not come with spare and it is little bit of an issue, but even it that case I would stay away from Run-flats.

If you can find - look at continental "self-sealing" tyres, they won't help you from major damage, but they should do well enough for minor punctures like screws and nails.

As well 300h is technically CVT and not automatic, but truth to be told I always thought that e-CVT with "fake" gear changes was quite suiting for hybrids in most scenarios.

re: handbrake - do you mean it literally does not hold, or do you mean it rolls ~1 inch when you let off the brakes after parking? If latter then it is fine, but if it does not hold at all then it definitely needs looking after (MOT failure as well).

 

Thanks for all the replies...regarding my handbrake it only moves a few inches then stops will get it checked out at next service 

In my 1st week of owning my 1st ever Lexus a 17 plate is300 with only 6500 miles on the clock. 3 questions/issues....1 is it worth fitting run flat tyres.....2  brakes are "creaky " at very low speed.....3  any easy way to adjust the handbrake (doesn't hold fully on a medium incline). I am loving the car driving my first automatic is a joy.