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"May you live in interesting times". These are interesting times and they won't get any more uninteresting for at least 20 years or so IMO.

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/107964/car-modification-impact-on-insurance-cover-revealed TL;DR: It all really depends on your insurer.

This is both the advantage and disadvantage of digital vs analogue broadcasting. In the analogue days you would just get worse and worse reception until it's unintelligible. Digital is very much "on" or "off", there is no graceful deterioration. So either you have a signal and get perfect quality sound or it's gone. Check actual DAB coverage here: http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/coverage/ Arguably for being on the move, AM or FM are better due to their graceful worsening. DAB is better in areas where there is genuinely good coverage. I work for a company that produces digital TV offerings, and DVB has he same issues.

Thanks John. I think reviewers want every car to be a BMW or 911. The RC is a nice sporty touring car. The reviewers seem to be unable to fathom that someone might not want a 911, or even indeed a BMW. As a neophile I like the hybrid system, and like it more than I thought I would. Having the steering wheel lower and then setting off in EV mode gives me a Star Ship Enterprise feeling. I did think of one more annoyance, which is that there's no analogue speed indicator. A needle is much easier to spot at a glance compared to having to read a number. But I don't think I've got any NIPs incoming so far. Some more photos: Great rear end: New carpets: And sweet boot liner:

Did about 350 miles this weekend and tried eco mode, somehow it actually seemed to make economy worse. Got up to 58mpg in my RC 300h just cruising nicely in normal mode, dropping down to 52 when mixing in a few twisty B roads with no other road users.

New to Lexus here and a neophile. I've been giving the built in sat nav on my 2016 RC a work out. It's fine. Not great, but usable. It's gotten me to where I needed to go, had traffic updates and whatnot. It's got a nice 3D view, which is what I prefer. The maps are old at 2015 but just today ordered a map update, as it didn't have the Huntingdon bypass for instance, which messed up some routing suggestions. A few places, didn't quite recommend the correct lanes either, specifically coming from the M6 to join the M1, says to "go slightly right", when the lanes are on the left and then go overhead to curve right. Not being able to input the full post codes is unfortunate. Also wish I could change the default destination input mode to be post code. It's no Google maps, but in the end it got me where I needed to be in time, which is what matters. I haven't had old school maps in my car for 10+ years. If the built in satnav can't cope, I'll use my mobile phone. Or perhaps even look out the window and pay attention to signs. But that being said I will look at an online map prior to my journeys to understand the rough route.

Hi all, After some research I treated myself to an RC 300h F-Sport in white. Really enjoying it so far, it's my first RWD car, and first automatic. Have done about 600 miles in the last week and a bit already and getting 52-58mpg, so pretty pleased. Don't really get why the reviews are all so down on the CVT as I really like the snarl the engine makes as it gathers speed. It's not the fastest car I've had (previous offerings included a Subaru Legacy 3.0R spec.B, Toyota Celica GT-Four) but it's still plenty fast and not too bad on the twisties considering it's a luxury grand tourer. I really wanted to be back in a coupe after being in a sedan, and the 300h's ULEZ exemption is useful considering I live inside the M25. So far I've swapped the carpets for posher Lexus RC branded ones as I think the ones that came with the car were not OEM, and an OEM boot liner to protect that carpet. I read about the slowness of the A/V system and found just disabling animations made it much snappier. Not sure why people are down on the rotating dial system too, I've found it very usable. But then again I hate the touch screen type systems in cars as you cannot use them at all when on the move. I did try and convince my partner that fellow Lexus owners greet each other by making an L shape with the hand and placing it on the forehead, but they didn't buy it. Enjoying the sophisticated ride, as I cruise down the road in comfort. See you fellow Lexus heads around.