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    Dave
  • Lexus Model
    ES F Sport with Tech & Safety
  • Year of Lexus
    2021
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    Nottinghamshire

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  1. Booked the ES in at Nottingham Lexus for the work to be done. Fingers crossed that it does the job.
  2. Called in at dealers yesterday ( Nottingham). Seems that Navigation has been “switched off” due to problems. Apparently dealers have been informed that there will be an automatic update in 2024 Q2. Difficult to believe that a company the size of Toyota/ Lexus cannot sort it quicker than this. Obviously of low priority. Hopefully they are all working on a solution to the Can Bus problem! Has to be said dealer was very helpful.
  3. A particularly meaningless article (even for the Daily Snail); did nobody who is responsible for this comic not notice that there is a connection between the No. of particular models stolen and the frequency with which they are purchased? I doubt that the colour is especially significant given that many of the vehicles will be broken up for parts. Simply repeating the fact ad nauseam won’t change this. PS I am not a fan of the Daily Snail or the Daily Excess! Unfortunately many people believe the dubious content.
  4. I have not checked for a while. Just had a look; recent trips and Hybrid Coaching seems to have updated, but no predicted range. I optimistically tried the navigation thingy; only seems to allow me to navigate to home. I am already here! Someone is having a laugh.
  5. Mine did work but now it finds a destination but not the route. The “Send to car” has disappeared anyway. I’m using an iPad. Is this the problem? Seems it isn’t; no better on iPhone. Absolute shambles. I have deleted app and reinstalled no change.
  6. I have no complaint with the Lexus Service other than they fitted the 380 model. Looks neat but absolutely infuriating in use. An absolute pain connecting to an iPhone and loses connection at random. I resorted to removing the sd card and trying to connect that to a newish Mac; Adapters joined to adapters etc are required and I never found how to reformat the card using the supplied software. Searching the on-line destruction manual only comes up with “Press the protect button for 6s. The yellow light will flash”. Mine doesn’t. Eventually gave up.
  7. Unless you do shedloads of miles, the extra cost is negligible compared to the depreciation. If you dump the car after 3 years, go for the cheapest. If it’s a keeper, give it a treat now and again. Dave
  8. Agreed, it takes a while to do, but worth the effort. When my indoor CD player gave up the ghost, I invested in a streamer (Linn DS). Amazingly, the files (FLAC) sounded better on this than the CD player (The highly praised Linn Karik). I ripped all my CDs to a hard drive. All you basically do is pop the CD into a CD drive, sit back and wait until the drive spits out the disc. Job done! You will need some software to do the job. The dreaded iTunes (if it still is available) will do the job. If you use this, make sure that you do not leave setting to default as this will convert to mp3. I don't know if any form of FLAC file is available on this, but WAV is OK. I only use Audible for mp3 so can't comment much. Again it is OK. I would recommend dBpoweramp converter. A small charge initially, but it is very good for Tabs (you get a choice of providers). Classical Music is always difficult to get the correct info. Have to admit that I haven't used it for a while though. I stream all my music from Qobuz indoors and they allow you to download tracks to phone etc. I suspect that the music will disappear if the subscription stops. Pay the subscription annually and it is probably equivalent to 1 CD per month. I doubt that any car system will do justice to the HiRes files which can be accessed. VERY IMPORTANT- when you have ripped all your CDs, keep a copy in a very safe place! As far as I am aware, there is little difference between FLAC and WAV files sound wise. FLAC is more convenient (Less disc space and Tabs).
  9. Merrily plodding along yesterday with “Intelligent” CC on. A bing (or was it a bong?) disturbed my reverie and a yellow ? light appeared on the screen plus “Temporary problem with ICC”. I switched ICC off and immediately back on. All seemed to be well. 1st time in 2 years that this has happened. Is it cause for concern or a common occurrence please? Thanks in advance, Dave
  10. It has always annoyed me that manufacturers give an official price knowing full well that this is rarely the price which customers actually pay. However taxes are based on this artificial price. Have the manufacturers done some sort of deal with HMRC? With the present gang in Westminster who are blatantly lining their own pockets, this wouldn’t be a surprise.
  11. Were you looking for the dreaded “Graphic Equaliser” from the 80s? Most of the better hi fi manufacturers avoid tone controls like the plague. The cheaper flashier ones love them; lots of knobs/sliders and meters to hide some cheap resistors which reduce sound quality by affecting phase etc. Best advice is to turn them off and rely on the balance, tonal qualities etc which the original sound engineer chose. Think I had better duck.
  12. Seems common now to regard indicating as something to do mid way through a manoeuvre.
  13. Relatively rare foggy day recently so I decided to put on the fog lamps. Twiddled the thing on the light stalk. I could see that one twiddle lit up 2 lights on the dash. Two twiddles extinguished them both. Couldn’t find a way of just getting the rears. I stopped and looked at the exterior lights. Didn’t seem to look any different whether lights were on or off from inside the car. Later I got a friend to look from outside with engine off or on and switch in on or off position. Rear light get brighter in the on position, but no sign of any change at the front. I have 2021 F Sport ES with 3 LED lamps. I’ve looked in the electronic destruction manual. As usual no help. How can there be so much text, but so little information? Am I missing something? Is there something wrong?
  14. DTR

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    I did think so at one point, but not sure now. I’ve never been in a Camry, so can’t make a comparison. However it is very common for manufacturers to have a limited number of floor pans and running gear etc.(see VW/Audi/ Seat/ Skoda) with considerable success. Nobody seems to bother about this do they? Camry is no longer available new in UK. All I can say is the finished product I.e Lexus ES is an excellent vehicle.. Just enjoy it for what it is; well constructed, hopefully reliable, relatively economical and a very pleasant way of getting from A to B. (At least ignoring the other traffic on the road). Oh yes, in my questionable opinion, it’s a stunning looking piece of kit. Seems to attract a fair bit of attention. I hope this is admiration, but I suppose some people will be wondering why I should buy a low and elegant vehicle when I could have purchased an ugly blobby Tonka toy. Better get ready to duck after that.
  15. Agreed the system works really well. A question; is the AC driven mechanically (as in a “normal” car) or electrically? Seems to me it must be the latter as it doesn’t stop when the ICE does.
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