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Based on prior experience with E10 outside of the UK, you will see a dip in fuel efficiency (2.4L naturally aspirated Honda Accord). I'm not sure how they're calculating the reduced carbon emissions. I have a sinking feeling they're calculating per litre of burnt fuel and not taking into account reduced MPG. The latter may completely negate the benefits if you're just burning more fuel for the same distance. I sincerely hope I'm wrong and you won't see the dip I saw with newer engine technology.

Hopefully this will be helpful to others and the engineers see it for future products. Lexus have a made an Excellent comfortable cruiser, albeit with some caveats. The basics (driving, powertrain, brakes): well balanced, relaxed, quiet, supreme fuel efficiency (documented 61MPG on a 700ish mile trip). Brake feel needs improvement, the transition between regenerative and disc breaks is still abrupt (coming to a smooth stop takes extra effort). Trip computer: good fuel efficiency information but trip meters are still a completely separate entity and not linked in any way. I'm used to the Honda trip computer which allows you to not only reset fuel efficiency at refuel but links one of the tip meters. Also included with Honda is a fuel pump calculator/fuel prices and analysis of navigation routes for efficiency/cost. Features I would have expected here. Trip metes can only be manually reset, navigation is not integrated at all with the trip computer. Phone connectivity: only ok, feels like last generation programming. While the voice recognition function works well enough, as long as the road noise is minimal, clicking on the phone button should not default to the 12.3" screen forcing use of the mouse pad. Phone list should come up in the driver display so you don't have to take your hands off the wheel. Again comparing with two generations of Honda; 9th gen civic 2012-2016 behaved in this manner, while the 10th Gen 2016-date gives you a phone list in the driver display rather than the main infotainment screen and it reads out folder and contact names to boot, so you don't have to take your eye off the road. Hence why I described it as last generation programming. You already have an audio tab in the driver display, I would have thought a phone tab would be of higher importance. Major oversight. Audio: Excellent, thanks to a quiet cabin and it accepts FLAC as well. Well done! Navigation: competent enough but takes far too many clicks to get things done. Another major oversight, no audio dimming for navigation guidance! Have the audio volume higher than 25 (required sometimes for poor surfaced roads) and you will not hear navigation instructions even with the voice setting set to 7 (max). The Camry that I test drove before choosing the ES had this! Surely, mother Toyota can share this piece of code?! Sending destinations from Lexus link over the air or via USB is buggy at best and you can only send routes. I just want to send saved Addresses not routes. Another missing feature. This is decades old code. I used to send a whole trip's worth of destination addresses from HERE maps on my laptop to HERE maps on my Nokia N8 phone back in 2010. Your coders for the infotainment system are really letting down an otherwise excellent car. A few things also missing from the map that one should be able to customize, direction and elevation. I shouldn't need to open a side window just to see a compass, or use the driver display. How can you have a map without a rotating north icon? Reversing camera: appalling resolution but usable Fit and finish: front sensors do not sit center in their bumper holes (didn't think this thing happened with Lexus ). Rear audio grill pops up a couple of millimeters on one side, annoys me as I can see it in the rear view mirror. Otherwise, the rest of the fit and finish is excellent.

Completed it's first big road trip. Covered 700ish miles between the UK and Germany. Still in it's break in period, so was varying speed and RPMs. Despite that still managed to peg the MPG scale on the UK side (60MPG). Filled up, and on the EU side saw 63.2 MPG, but settled down once we arrived at 61MPG. Car was in normal mode, not ECO. Seriously impressive fuel efficiency for a 1.6-1.7ton, nearly 5 meter boat of a car. Finally resting after a proper wash and detail next to my old 10G civic, which will be sold soon. Will get better images in the wild once I'm not so shattered.

Congrats! No Hard drive though.

You mean you phoned these guys https://store.inchcape.co.uk/collections/floor-mats/products/genuine-lexus-es-rubber-floor-mats-front-rear-rhd-2018-0821033800c0 and they gave you a higher price than they have on their website? Ignore that it says front and back on the page, they're only front, and the reason I called them. I was really hoping they had rears, but then they gave me the aforementioned deal on the phone. Maybe it was a mistake and they've wizened up? 🤷‍♂️ Before I called them I did have a good search, calling a few places, no-one came near. At the prices you are being quoted and I was finding, I was going to get generics. I briefly entertained the lexus protection pack for 300 pounds (the mats, boot mat, and rear bumper protector), but thought that was too much.

Carpeted mats yes, rubber mats not standard. Also, rear rubber mats for the ES are not available in the UK/EU. Inchcape Lexus in Guilford gave me the best price I could find on the original front set for 92.70 posted. Otherwise, the originals are exorbitantly priced. I used rears from my 4 door 10G civic and they fit near perfectly. Congrats on the purchase!

But you can only save routes, right? You can't just save a destination.

Mine too! Underground parking garage. Bonnet. Haven't had time to clean it myself since I received it from the dealer. Silver too!

Hauled equipment, materials and people in it for a house build. The limestone piled in front of the truck was for the facade. Very much enjoyed the high perch, sitting on what can only be described as a couch. RIDC have great technical specs and measurements, pretty decent database if you want to compare other cars to ones you know you're already comfortable in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-point https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a33926390/four-years-testing-seat-height/

Actually the civic generation (9th) he's suggesting has a hip point on par with most crossovers as the fuel tank is under the driver seat. You will be eye level with the Mazda CX-3, Lexus UX, Kia Niro to name a few. Most saloon hip points are in the 50's cm above the ground. Cross overs in the 60's (where surprisingly the civic is), full size SUVs in the 70's and the massive ones just about crack 80cm. Of course I'm not putting vans or full size pickups in the mix, those can get up as high as 120cm off the ground (that's a commanding view, SUVs not so much). So he may not be as dumb as you think. You can check the numbers at www.ridc.org.uk (they do advanced car measurements for people with disabilities, including a database of hip point measurements). Before you ding me for saying that SUVs don't have a commanding view, I owned and drove this for several years so SUVs no longer float my boat on commanding views.

Here's the recall: https://www.lexus.co.uk/owners/about-my-lexus/vehicle-recall/#recalls-body-content You're right, ES not listed. I checked mine on their checker, not included in the recall either, but they do say till 2019. Seems they caught it internally or changed suppliers/specs at that point. Notification of Recall Fuel Pump Replacement March 2020 Lexus UK has issued a safety recall for a limited amount of Lexus cars, due to an issue with the low-pressure fuel pump, located in the fuel tank. The issue relates to a concern that these fuel pumps include impellers which may have been manufactured with lower density. In this condition, the impeller may deform to a point that creates interference with the fuel pump body to cause the fuel pump to become inoperative. The following Lexus UK models have been recalled, these vehicles were produced between September 2013 and May 2019: •GS250/450H •LC500/500H •LS460 •LS500/500H •LS600H •NX200T •RX450H

Seems to be the shift lock over-ride

wow, so a load/inflation chart wasn't quite enough Here: https://www.bridgestoneamericas.com/content/dam/bscorpcomm-sites/bridgestone-americas/images/tiresafety/TireReplacementManual.pdf go to page 12 of 55 of Bridgestone's manual to read the same thing I said above, quote from that page of the manual "Euro-metric reinforced or extra load tires may actually offer less load capacity at some or all inflation pressures." Also here's another resource (https://tirepressure.com/225-60r18-tire-pressure) as long as your new 104 tire is XL/reinforced use the manufacturer recommended pressures. Oh and H and W are speed ratings and have no role in load vs. inflation pressure calculations. If you're up for a technical read see a paper from 2009 that defined the stiffness model in the new load calculations and note the two models in Figure 5 (last page). inflation-pressures-at-less-than-maximum-tire.pdf Finally pros and cons of XL rated tyres (https://www.oponeo.co.uk/blog/reinforced-tyres-advantages-and-disadvantages)

I still have petrol and diesel civics. Hopefully getting sold this year in Germany, both are at about the 50k miles mark and 3-4 years old. One mine, the other my better half's. We both had long commutes. Mine about 50 miles each way, and hers about 35 miles. I would get 55MPG out of the petrol, and she consistently got 70MPG out of the diesel. I was once able to eek out 97MPG out of the diesel, not the 100MPG record they set for that engine but close enough. So that's fuel economy. As for comfort, the newer civics are as big inside as my old Accord, so comfort wise they are up to the task. Some have complained that the seats are "American Size" and they slide around in them. I am American sized and the seats were ok, not Lexus comfortable, but you get what you pay for. I've driven both 700 miles between Germany and here in one go with a 35 minute break for the eurotunnel and a one stop refuel. I prefer the petrol, quieter engine, and a year newer, so has ACC and LKAS making the drive much easier, but the diesel wasn't torture on a 700mile 12 hour trip. Those civics are mile munchers and don't go wrong. Oh and are both 5 star Euro NCAP rated as well as top safety picks in NHTSA testing. Seat image not mine, never took an image of the seats, but example of our petrol spec'd one.

Here's a summary of the rules: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/tips-advice/106045/driving-europe-after-brexit-what-are-new-rules Your number plate can't have the EU stars on it, if it does you need the black and white GB oval for the time being. The sticker on the license plate either has to have only GB on it, or GB with the union jack, that is until Sep 28th where UK replaces GB.

I used to use the small sticker that goes on the rear license plate. e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Number-Plate-Vinyl-Stickers-Brexit/dp/B07S1PWMX3

104 is the correct rating for those tyres as they are XL (extra load) rated if I'm not mistaken. I had to learn this one out the hard way because of a dishonest German dealer. Rule of thumb whatever your weight rating for a standard load tyre add 4 for an XL rated tyre, that is if you want to keep using the manufacturer recommended tyre pressures. In my example: dishonest dealer only went 2 up rather than 4. I looked up the load tables per PSI and found that in order to maintain the recommended load per tyre I would have to go up 3PSI over the manufacturer recommended. See here for a good table and notice the 100SL load limit is 1653lb at 33PSI while a 100XL is only 1466lb, you have to go to 104XL to get that load limit at 33PSI, or you inflate the 100XL to 39PSI to reach 1664Lb (https://tirepressure.org/general-metric-tire-load-inflation-chart).

Yes it's the April update premium edition with the 12.3" screen (but not the newly announced touchscreen). No spare wheel. You are right the portal manual is dated 08.2020 and is not completely up to date, or at least wrong in some areas (e.g. you can choose a destination off the map, not mentioned in the PDF manual). About the lack of spare wheel here's a thread in the ES section all about it. Apparently Lexus roadside assistance (AA) will do a temporary plug rather than use the goo to get you on your way. So we should be ok (fingers crossed) and not have to replace the TPMS just because of a flat/goo incident. Otherwise a GS spare and an ordered styrofoam mold cover from the US, should do the trick.

Looks like it's a right pain to do:

Wanted all seasons so I wouldn't have to do the summer winter tyre swap dance. Car comes with Dunlop sport maxx 050 summers. Sometimes other brand tyres, but also summers.

Welcome to the forum. Floats my boat too. Don't mind the scarcity at all either. My car history is full of left field picks anyway. I got the abridged two in one manual in print with the car, and have the full ones as searchable PDFs. Swapped tyres at delivery.

CC has been discontinued. I doubt they're just CCs. Check the sidewalls for date of manufacture before fitting. The non plus CC was discontinued in 2018. Specific 2018 autobild CC SUV review https://alltyretests.com/michelin-crossclimate-suv-test-review/ (English version)

Same tyre tread/compound, but different/taller sidewalls for sizes that SUVs need.