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    Marc
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    GS250 Luxury ML
  • Year of Lexus
    2012
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    Derbyshire

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  1. OK Vince, I briefly considered the 450h because of the much higher power, but until I stop doing 30k miles a year on motorways it will have to wait. Even Lexus sort of admitted that for someone who spends his life on motorways, hybrid would be a bit of a waste. Personally I wouldn't be too concerned about complexity/reliability - if anyone can cope with that sort of thing its the Japanese in my opinion. Cheers, Marc
  2. Hello Vince, I have now had the GS250 for 6 weeks and am still learning plenty. I am mainly using the Eco mode for my motorway journeys to try and squeeze more MPG out of it. Thats fine for cruising, but I can certainly feel the need for more power when overtaking and/or hill climbing. In this mode I am averageing about 36 MPG which is great compared to my 27 that I was used to with the IS300. To be honest, I have only used the Sport mode on one occasion, and I was pleasantly surprised by the more spritely performance. If petrol wasn't so damned expensive, I'm sure I would be using it this way all the time! The handling is just fine, nice and comfortable but no noticeable roll or sponginess. Obviously, it is a much bigger car than my previous one. No one could ever accuse the GS250 of having a hard ride. This is my favourite aspect of the car. It is sublime and feels just like an executive cruiser. You get a genuine feeling of being cosseted, and you can cruise along the motorway and just let the world go by. The seats are exceptionally comfortable just like most Japanese cars, unlike the famous German marks which the motoring journalists love so much - they obviously don't drive them for hours on end like real people! Are there any minus points? The Sat Nav - Oh dear. The previous model in the IS300 wasn't that clever, but this is worse I'm afraid. I went from Derby to Huddersfield last week (about 55 miles) and it wanted to take me via the A1, M62 which would have added about 50 miles to the journey - crazy! The traffic information system is just a nuisance. The other night, the A500 had an exit closed and it popped up the 'Do you want to see an alternative route?' every 30 seconds or so for half an hour even though I had entered 'No' the first time. I just wanted to turn the thing off. The fact that everything has to be accessed via the screen system is also a bit annoying, but to be fair, all modern cars are like this - its just the current trend. Example -: to turn on/off the RDS traffic announcement messages used to be one push button above the radio. Push it once to enable, again to cancel - simple. Now, you have to go through several pages of software to do the same thing - not safe whilst driving. The ML audio system is just great - well worth going for the 'Luxury' just for that. Overall, very pleased I went for it and I'm sure you would be too. Cheers, Marc
  3. Hello Steve, Yes, the username is a bit of a giveaway. Have been in OB's since 1988, freelance for the last 10 years and mainly do Football and Cricket. Cheers
  4. Thanks for the reply. I also bought mine from Derby - it was a very smooth and good experience, particularly as it was a demo car with 10k on the clock and 10k off the new price. I'm not normally that good with haggling, but I am quietly pleased with myself this time around. Big thumbs up for Lexus Derby. Cheers,
  5. Hello All, I am another new owner of a GS250 Luxury ML, having previously happily owned a IS300 from new, which was still going well at 210k !!! First impressions are really good. The overall comfort and feelgood factor are first rate although having driven the IS300 for eight years, I can feel the slight amount of lack of torque compared with it. Would have loved to get a GS350, but I am guessing that its not available in Europe. I reckon that would have been ideal for me. I did briefly consider the 450h which I understand does have the 3.5L engine, but literally 90% plus of all my driving is on motorways which sort of makes a bit of a nonsense having a hybrid, yes? Am only just ploughing through the 892 (!!!) page owners manual and its pretty complicated - almost daunting really although of course you can just drive the car anyway. I notice in the afore mentioned manual, that they recommend NOT jet washing the car due to the half dozen or so parking sensors around the periphery. Does anyone have any experience of this? I tend to use a local hand car wash and they always jet wash the car first with pretty powerful industrial units to blast of the dirt first. Am I really going to break the sensors doing this? Have only had the car for a week, and seem to be getting about 33mpg for my long haul stuff, which although not brilliant by modern standards, beats the 27mpg I was getting for identical journeys on the IS. Sorry to hear that paint chips seem to still be a problem with Lexus. My IS bonnet looked awful after 8 years/ 210k. Still lots to learn and enjoy, including parking what seems to be a very large car at the moment! Would highly recommend to anyone thinking of one. Prior to opting for the GS, I test drove a Merc C Class Coupe which I found too uncomfortable to drive and an Audi A4 and A5 which although ticked many boxes just seemed too pricey for what I was getting. Regards, marc
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