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FWIW, I sold a couple of cars through Motorway and got significantly more than the original estimate. They imply that once you start the process you are committed to sell through them but that's obviously not true so you can back out if you don't get what you want. The only thing I didn't like is that on the second occasion they demanded un-redacted pictures of my license and V5.

A five hour drive might give you time to get to grips with the touchpad :-) Enjoy.

The tennis ball on a string really is the best value for money but if you want to go high tech there are loads of DIY parking assistant gadgets out there. This is a neat one (if a little more complex than most):

I'm probably being very thick but how to you cancel traffic announcements when you're in Android Auto? There I am, cruising along, navigating with Waze and listening to a Podcast when the local radio disk jockey presses the 'Traffic Announcement' button on his console, tells me about traffic and THEN LEAVES IT ON FOR THE NEXT 10 MINUTES!!! Grrrrrr. Is there a way of cancelling the drivelling idiot without going out of Android Auto?

Jeez. That's awful. How much work would have been required to make a filler panel for the gap? Given the number of LC's being built, they could have just 3D printed something and not even needed the expense of tooling up for an injection moulded part. Glad mine's a '23 and doesn't have this 'nailed to the dashboard' IPad.

Nice. Let's hope Toyota have breathed their magic and improved the reliability (SWMBO had a couple of Z4's which delighted in throwing every warning light imaginable at the drop of a hat).

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As it happens I have a spare unit. Brand new in the box built in March this year. Bit of a long story but I ordered one and the shipping company kind of lost track of it mid-atlantic for a few weeks. Rob sent me another via Fedex which turned up quickly and then a couple of days later the original arrived! If someone wants it, can I suggest that you contact Rob and agree a price for this unit. Pay Rob directly and get him to email me (russell@lls.lls.com) saying it's good to go. I ended up paying 70 quid import duty on the Fedex one but nothing on the original and in an ideal world it would be nice to split that so whoever wants it would then owe me 35 quid plus postage. I can send via UPS for around a tenner or collect from East Northamptonshire. Fitting was a fiddle for my largeish hands but Rob's video and instruction manual is clear and accurate and it took about half an hour.

Like most here, I'd take the 360 camera but you can keep the Ipad-nailed-to-the-dash. Horrible horrible horrible (and how come it's unlawful to interact with a mobile phone while driving, even if it's in a cradle, but just about every new car comes with a huge mobile phone glued to the dashboard and that's lawful to use?) Reading somewhere else, the new 'Ultimate' will be white with blue seats Ugh! - glad I bought my black Inspiration with it's red seats.

I pay for Youtube Music Premium[1] and in the terms shown here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6312991?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cwill-my-fans-pay-to-use-youtube-music it can be download to 'listen to offline' (it might even be legal in the UK to download for personal use without paying for Youtube Music Premium but I'm not a lawyer and won't visit you in prison if this isn't true :) ). The landing page for YouTube Music Premium also says "listen ad-free, offline" which to me reiterates that it's OK to download and store. Of course, you can also stream YouTube Music through Android Auto/Car Play but I like to have them stored. Anyway, being old school I like albums. Find one you want on Youtube Music, copy the URL and stick it on the end of this command: yt-dlp -x --retries 15 --parse-metadata "playlist_index:%(track_number)s" --add-metadata --audio-format mp3 --output "%(playlist_index)02d - %(album)s - %(track)s.%(ext)s" <URL> yt-dlp is a utility that can be downloaded for Windows, Mac & Linux from it's github page: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases For example, to grab the album "Back in Black" do: yt-dlp -x --retries 15 --parse-metadata "playlist_index:%(track_number)s" --add-metadata --audio-format mp3 --output "%(playlist_index)02d - %(album)s - %(track)s.%(ext)s" "https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kw8rDAlIt5yGYp_bQlG1TLeD1NdePx9lo" This will end up with a bunch of mp3s with names in the form "tracknumber - album - trackname".mp3 Of course these are 'only' mp3s at 128kpbs, 48kHz but that's good enough for Government work. HTH [1] - Actually I get it 'for free' with my Mobile phone tarif.

Thanks Las Palmas. FWIW, my LC will read ExFAT partitions on the USB but the silly silly Lexus ICE people limit the total number of folders (999) and tracks (9999). Maybe not an issue for most but my audio collection is some 3,000+ folders and 34,000+ tracks (not just music; a lot of podcasts, documentaries, plays etc) totalling some 245G[1]. Re-encoding this down to mp3 I can get it to fit on my phone but thought I could put my absolute fav albums on DVD in lossless format to give the ML a run. So are you saying that putting m4a files on a data DVD is likely to work (xxx.flac files were not recognised)? or does it have to be DVD-A (which doesn't seem to be a common format in DVD burning software). [1] - This might seem excessive but hey.... so's an LC! :-)

Apart from playing traditional CDs (pretty much one album at a time which is naff) or DVD video disks when you're parked (not really useful), is there any other format that the CD/DVD player will accept? I tried creating a data DVD with a load of .FLAC files on it but that didn't work. In theory there is a DVD-A (audio) format but there's no mention in the manual of that being supported. Anyone tried it?

Just because someone asked... the new kid (needs a wash already!).

My trusty black, 5l, V8, coupe with red seats has left it's home of the last 10+ years. Some regrets at seeing her go as it's a stonking car and in Sport mode with the supercharger wound up she really pulls up her skirts and shifts with a glorious soundtrack to match. However, the eagled eyed amongst you might just spot a new black, 5l, V8 coupe with red seats lurking in the background :) Life, the universe and everything (spelt w-o-r-k) have conspired to severely restrict any time to get to know the new kid on the block but first impressions in the few hundred miles I've managed are suggesting that I'm going to enjoy my LC and I'm looking forward to spending the next decade or so in its company. FWIW, some first impressions/comparisons. The handling is very much better (even if the rear end did get out of shape a couple of times on a cold, wet road the LC sorted it all out before I needed to get involved) and the RWS really really sharpens things up much more than I expected. The engine, as everyone knows, is a screamer but needs the solenoids open or the ItGoesAutomotive exhaust gizmo (mine is on order but stuck in transit) to let the exhaust breath. The ICE and touchpad really is as awful as the reviews imply but an AAWireless device means I can pretty much ignore it except for the climate control which is... errr... curious and cursed with a truly awful UI. The whole ICE/UI thing really does amaze me. It's really not that hard to build a halfway decent interface; it's only software (I say that as a programmer). Maybe it's a cultural thing as I've seen equally awful software on Japanese motorcycles. As a place to be sat, the lC is as nice as everyone says. The Lexus dealership experience didn't live up to expectations but that might just be down to the particular salesman who's since been moved on to a different brand.

I found this: https://caristaapp.com/vehicles/lexus/lc/1st-gen but a lot of the things listed are normal settings that can be changed without dealer intervention. There there's the 'Beta' version that lists more function but a lot seem duplicated with the non-beta version: https://caristaapp.com/p/toyota-uds One would need to do a side by side list to see what's only available through Carista. It isn't expensive (especially if you already have a Bluetooth OBD2 adaptor).

Thanks. However a quick speed read tells me there's only Window control from the key fob and disable the alarm with the mechanical key that I'd want changed (if I've missed something else that's a 'must have' then please shout out). Something for my dealer to do before I collect on Monday :) :) :) :)

Doh! I did look there before posting but they've spelt Customisable with a Z so my search of the PDF failed to find anything. Ta.

Does the LC have any 'dealer only' personalised settings? Is there a list of them anywhere? If so, who had what changed?

Just to complete the circle... my dealer's finally managed to get a policy document for the "Lexus Complete Wheel Protection" offering which a) turns out not to be a Lexus thing at all and b) has a limit of £150 per repair up to a maximum of 10 repairs and a limit of £150 contribution to a replacement wheel. Given that I've only kerbed one wheel in my life but have managed to break two expensive alloys (a 6' 2x4" timber shot out from underneath the car in front and I went straight over it) this doesn't sound like a good deal so I won't be taking them up on it.

@Hillie Thanks for that. I hope it's not what the dealer's offering me as £150 max repair/replacement cost isn't going to cut the mustard with the 21" wheels. I have asked my dealer for the policy docs but nothing's shown up yet.

... these Black Inspiration series. This must be at least the third one on this august forum :-) :-) :-) Mine's apparently left the factory, well ahead of schedule, and according to my dealer should be here in mid-December. I'm getting quite excited! Now... my dealer is offering me the "Lexus Complete Wheel Protection" for £499 but I can't find anything in the UK about this. There is a US Lexus page about a product of the same name but that only seems to cover a wheel if it won't hold air and doesn't cover other damage like kerbing. Has anyone else taken this and what does it cover?

Oh great choice - just what I have on order but last I heard mine's not due to go into production until February :-( Did you PPF the whole car or just selected bits?

Oh that explains it 😞 Thanks. Guess that'll be me getting a 512G SDCard for my phone then. Shame as my music library and podcasts are stored on my NAS and doing a simple rsync to a USB SSD is much easier than faffing around copying stuff to the phone or fiddling around with a Micro SDCard when I add stuff. Why is car ICE always so 1990s.

Reading through the manual as you do... and I noticed that it says you can't use a USB Drive for audio while you've got Android Auto connected despite there being two USB ports. Is this correct?

FWIW, I've had a "Guanto Car Cover" on my XKR since 2014. It's billed as an indoor/short term outdoor cover but mine lives in a 'car port' (three sided garage with no front doors). It's a good fit, has lasted well but the front has faded to grey from exposure to the sun.