Stephen Gibson

Good afternoon everyone, This is my first post since i got my new NX350h AWD in sonic white on 26th September last year. I have had the car 30 weeks tomorrow, but by a fluke my order was delivered in only 16 weeks, so dead lucky.👍👍🚙 I ordered the car on 6th June, initially very disappointed to be told that lead time was 56 weeks, but my Kodiaq 4WD was a good car, so not the end of the world. Received an email from Lexus in Japan on 25th July, saying that they had started to build my car! I thought ' Aye, someone will have taken out half a dozen locking wheel nuts from Stores out in Japan' 😀 Then received another email from out east dated 5th August saying that the car was completed, and would be shipped to UK on next car carrying ferry. By this time i realised that it was probably not a case of mistaken identity, dealership ( Sheffield) were shocked but quickly confirmed that there was now a chassis number assigned against my order. Nobody had a clue why my luck was in, to be honest, waiting 56 weeks for a new car takes all the gloss & excitement off the order. I know reading this site, that some NX350h/450h orders have taken well beyond a year to fulfil. I take my hat off to all those people who have exhibited the patience of Job, often it seems being kept in the dark by ( probably) embarrassed Lexus dealerships. The 350h is undoubtedly the best car i have ever had, well finished, zero rattles!! spacious, terrific paint finish, are there any other manufacturers with a better paint finish? It handles pretty well, is a swift car, and has averaged over 45mpg in the 6175 miles i have covered so far. The only things i don't like about the car are having to switch the lane departure alert system off before each journey. ( Feel that once switched off, then that should be the default setting) Also think that the satellite navigation system isn't great, and that the rear doors are a bit 'tinny' reminiscent of the Sierra when that came out in 1982.😀 Nitpicking really, it's a great 'motor' as Del Boy would have said.🚙 I'd had my car 92 days before i saw another one whilst driving on the M56 towards Wales, and have only seen one other since, plus a couple of 450hs in that time. Mind you, with the long lead times experienced since launch, should i be surprised? Best wishes to everyone. Here is our car pictured in Doncaster Park & Ride on 1st October,- a car out on it's own, the only one parked up at shortly after 0900hrs. There were only 5 cars in the large car park when we returned after 1500hrs! Mind you, it was £4.40 apiece return on the bus.😀🚌 Steve.

Good afternoon, i bought a decent quality bootliner when i got my NX350h fifteen weeks ago. It fits a treat.👍 It was £32.50 plus £4.99 delivery from a company called Bootsliners based in Nottingham. Tel:0115 9702117 or look them up online - bootsliners.co.uk. Good luck - Gibbo.