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Funnily enough I was just thinking about this. My LC500h I've had about 5 weeks now and I've noticed it at low-speed braking, both forward and reverse. According to this (non-UK) source, it's not unusual for the high-performance F cars and the LC: https://www.lexusofhenderson.com/is-brake-squeal-bad-or-good/ I do find it annoying though, but it may cost more to address than it's worth.

That's very interesting Ben, I've had quite a few guys chat to me at these hallowed locations about my LC500h but I did chat to a lady last week at my local Sainsbury's who was VERY impressed with it & knew her stuff as well!

That's what my dealer told me. He said, if they were selling that LC themselves, it would probably have a sticker price £3-£5k more. Still managed to get a bit of a deal on the p'ex price for my RC and on the GEN3 coating, but not huge amounts.

Strange that, my LC500h I bought last month was UK stock (Lexus exhibitions and marketing car) and Lexus Bolton brought it over the moment haggling was finished & I'd paid a £1,000 deposit. No issues like that at all. I'd been with Lexus Bolton for nearly 4 years since I got my RC off them, not sure if that helped.

They washed my RC with no issues once every month or two for 3 years +, but I know what you mean. Might risk it once & see how we go.......

Does anyone know if a car with the GEN 3 ceramic coating is ok to be washed at one of the usual manual car wash places? Anything they shouldn't be using on it? They should be hopefully open again in a couple of weeks. I've washed mine myself once with the complimentary ceramic shampoo kit the dealer gave me, but just wondered if any members had any issues with manned car washes (not automatic ones).

I won't tell anyone if you don't John! 😉

I thought I'd encountered the famous jammed fuel cap the other day. I was at a petrol station, hit the dashboard button to open the filler cap, went round to the other side and it was tight shut. Tried about 4 more times & was getting increasingly annoyed and worried. I then noticed that I'd been hitting the boot release by mistake for the previous 5 minutes! I seem to be getting just under 30 mpg after 2 weeks of mainly urban driving; the fuel tank is obviously bigger than the RC's was.

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Thank you John. He's a very active and 100% mentally all-there 92 year-old at present! He's from a very poor background & old habits die hard. I'll be taking him for a spin in the next week or two. I myself am pretty frugal but I like having a nice car!

Thanks. Its a 3.5 litre V6 plus battery. I haven't had it long enough to gauge fuel economy yet, but I'd guess it'll be high 20's to low 30's, whereas my RC was high 30's to low 40's. Buying it in winter with the aircon & lights on a lot of the time won't help either. Ha! my dads real old school, he could afford several V12 Ferraris but thinks they're pointless & drives an ancient Merc. Likes my car though, I've yet to take him for a spin.

Got it now, I was attaching them as .png files and they needed to be .jpg. That's not me in the picture, that's my dad! I didn't want the V8 as I'm not a sporty driver and didn't fancy the fuel bills!

Hi everyone, new to this forum but I've been lurking for a while. Got an approved used LC500h Sport last week via Lexus Bolton, and am VERY happy with it thus far. Wanted sonic titanium (like my previous RC300h that I've upgraded from), but the only ones in the country were miles away & not practical to view/assess. Black is my second favourite & that's what I ended up with. I toyed with the idea of a new one, but, like with the RC, as it would be cash, the initial depreciation on £90k+ went against the grain for me. This one's actually sourced from Lexus Direct and is an exhibitions car, only used by Lexus Marketing, not even a demonstrator. Just 4100 miles on at 16 months old & immaculate, its got the ML sound system & HUD (which to be honest I find distracting and pretty useless!). Lexus Bolton were great to deal with, like they were with my RC, and managed to do a bit of haggling on the p'ex price and the GEN3 coating, which I would heartily recommend. Feels a LOT faster than the RC, and, even though it's larger, it feels somehow smaller. I've only had it for a week but it's already getting a stupid amount of attention. Only ever seen a couple of others round here, and one of those was once-only. I'll put up some more updates occasionally, but it's great so far, feels like a huge 'step-up'! Don't seem to be able to attach any images, not sure if it's a permissions issue for new members?