Hi Guys!
I just wanted to run something past UK owners of lexus F products. I got my RC-F a year or so ago, it's bone dry stock and I am loving it! The build quality is incredible, the engine is brilliant and the car does everything I'd ever want it to do
I only had one issue that has been bugging me this whole time - the fact that when I'm pootling at 30ish mph and want to speed up in normal (or even sports) mode, and the car bogs down in RPM and takes about 2 seconds to drop from 6th to 2nd gear to give me the power I want - the power isn't lacking but the delay means if I want to do a quick overtake I lose my window of time!
Looking online, some americans have got their ECUs flashed. Others say its the adaptive transmission learning behaviour and it gets better when I pull the battery (or fuses to reset the ECU). I wanted to know if UK peeps were having this issue, and how we sorted it? It's quite disconcerting especially as I haven't seen this issue in other cars that I've driven lately, including other performance cars, and this delay ironically makes it a less good daily (as it is never an issue when I am hooning the car in manual mode...)
Some great resources on this forum though! I am gonna try and get android auto / carplay retrofitted onto my car soon. I also need to book in for my vent tube recall!
If anyone has an F and is near Greater Manchester... drop me a message!
Thanks!