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A neighbour has a new LBX.

Nice looking car 😀😀

As said above, you will probably get your second fob in a couple of months or hopefully sooner.

I waited 6 months but deliveries are speeding up I believe.

Lexus Customer service is  0345 129 5484. 

Meant to say, as well as my Honda lawnmower I have a Honda T shirt 😅

Maybe some day I will have a Lexus T shirt 😅

Spare parts for Honda motorbikes were always very expensive. I presume cars were the same.

Normally you don't require many spare parts which is good. 

44 minutes ago, b4u2 said:

I have actually had 4/5 honda's and they have been great cars although both my accords driveshaft failed and that was an expensive repair. I have noticed that a lot or maybe even most people tend to stick to the same brand forever once they are happy. Why change! If it ain't broke, don't fox it.

I am not particularly loyal to any brand. If they annoy me at all then I try someone else (hope Lexus is listening 😅)

I have changed from Ford to MG to Vauxhall to Saab to Audi and now to Lexus. Most have been good cars.

I am a bit of a Honda fan (not sure if you can say that on here 😚) although I personally have never owned a Honda car.

I still have a lawnmower and motorbikes which have been very reliable.

Great to get a photo of 100,000. I'm sure I would have remembered at 100,003 🙈

More lights that I will have to have a look for 🙈😅

I think it is an obvious problem especially for older cars. bulbs were 50p upwards whereas LED light units are £150 upwards and headlights can be thousands 🙈🙈

11 hours ago, DavidCM said:

They often came with vinyl roofs....so best to delete the sun/panoramic roof option.

Yes - forgot about the vinyl roofs 😅

I think the range is calculated from your current driving style.

If you are driving on the motorway your range could be very good.

If you are driving slowly around a garage or not moving at all your range is poor.

Probably easy to "lose" 60 miles.

15 minutes ago, Ken R said:

Yes I heard the same but quite happy with the RX for now (albeit it wasn't built for supermarket/public car parks!)

It is a shame that more parking spaces are not a decent size as I do hate parking in many places. 🙈

30 minutes ago, Al D-Much said:

A beige Lexus?

I can hear the jokes being formulated already.

Reminds me of the brown Austin Allegro with the square steering wheel. What was not to like 😀

I believe they did a nice beige too.

12 hours ago, Ken R said:

Think that there are a number of minor tweaks to the NX spec also going to be announced. Its likely the panoramic roof option will be added to the 450h+ range.

I was surprised that the panoramic roof was not an option when I ordered but I am happy with the sunroof.

10 hours ago, John Adams said:

Although I think this is a good move, I don't think it is a good look for either Lexus or ev's in particular.  "Buy a 72k Lexus and we'll lend you a car for when you want to travel somewhere"

Can't wait to see the response from the anti ev lobby and press when they find out.

Good point. Although it does appear to be a generous offer it does imply that the EV is not suitable for some journeys.

Looks OK but not a huge difference as far as I can see.

Possibly better off-road.

1 hour ago, Gary H said:

I'd rather not know to be honest - not after the 16 month wait I endured...

Rest assured, I won't be going through that again. 

Although I only 🙄 had to wait for 12 months, I know what you mean.

It should be "special" buying a brand new car but not sure I would want to do it again 🙈🙈

1 hour ago, Cicoria said:

Sorry, my bad I meant S1 or stage 1 (of the heating cycle).

S1 is when the engine is cold and it’s what happens when you turn on the hybrid system the first time in the day, the car starts in EV mode and as soon as you push the selector to switch to HV mode the gasoline engine awakes. In this stage the power to move the wheels is drawn from the battery at low speed while the engine heats and goes through all the remaining cycles —> S2 —> S3 until it reaches the fully operational hybrid level of S4, that means the system reached the desired operational temperature, which is also dependent on the Euro X compliance level of the engine. If I recall correctly for our cars it should be 65ºC and probably the bigger the engine, the slower the stages because there’s more to heat.

Thanks for that.

Is there any indication to show S1 to S4?

Every day is a school day 😀😀

1 hour ago, Cicoria said:

@stepppy it definitely last longer than 1 second, for instance it happened at least after 2 minutes after turning the engine on and having driven up the garage ramp.

Maybe has this something to do with the imho excessive S4 heating cycle of the engine?

I recently tried a Corolla 1.8 a friend of mine bought and his cold start heating cycle lasted maybe 1-2 minutes in total then the engine turned off, just like my previous UX did with its 2.0 engine, but unlike my current NX which has a way lot longer cycle, it lasts several minutes and never understood why it took so long.

I am quite new to hybrids.

What do you mean by the S4 heating cycle?

There are so many "things" under the bonnet other than the engine so it could be one of these "things" making a normal noise.

When parked up you could try starting the engine and open the bonnet and try to locate the noise.

As I said, it is probably a "normal" noise.

24 minutes ago, LutonChris said:

I’ve bought a car! 2000 reg premium plus white 16000 miles.  Much better sales person from Edinburgh now for the insurance any sugggestions?

Great news. Low mileage too 😀

Try a couple of comparison sites for insurance. 

Salad 🙄🙄 with salmon 😀

4 hours ago, Ken R said:

Can't recommend Lexus Edinburgh highly enough. Brilliant team to deal with!

I believe that Lexus Edinburgh and Lexus Glasgow are both part of the same company.

Obviously one may have better staff 😀

The Lexus website quotes "delivery within 4 weeks".

Possibly only with certain models.

Delivery must be better than the 1 year that I experienced 🙈🙈🙄

2 hours ago, LutonChris said:

Going to see another one on Saturday at Glasgow but with different salesperson.  Wish me luck!

Hopefully car and salesperson are better this time.

Good luck 😀

2 hours ago, LutonChris said:

Hi everyone

We went to look at the car which was an overall disappointing experience.  The car was dirty scuffed and not in great nick.  Ok these things can be fixed with a bit of polish however the salesman seemed to have zero interest in selling me the car.  The whole thing was very strange.  So walked away.  Still not written off Lexus however overall not a great advert for the brand. 

Wise move. Plenty of nice cars out there.

Good luck 😀