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the cold weather will impact it by at least 5 mpg. It will get better as the car loosens up and as the weather warms up. If i sit at 70 on the motorway i can see 45-50mpg. at 55-60 mp i have managed to 55-60mpg Andy

its nothing wonky... the cars only 2 years old and the tyre wear is standard for milton keynes (especially when people drive like my wife) it's pretty much 70 mph everywhere and you are on roundabouts leaning on the outside edge almost as much as you're going straight! just need something harder wearing than yokohama's. think bridge stones will be better..

Hi, my wifes CT 200h F-sport needs new tyres... again! we live in Milton Keynes which has quite a few roundabouts and we're only getting around 10,000 miles out of the fronts before they need changing due to outer edge wear. Thats the worst although across the whole tyre it's not particularly great. It has Bridgestone AE50's on it (which is what it was supplied with) wondered about other people's experiences, particularly from a wear perspective thanks Andy

Ouch indeed...Not wanting to be the bearer of bad news but i suspect you have little comeback against the highways department. My understanding is that the local council have an exemption for liability against damage caused by potholes, kerbstones etc based on their ability to prove that they have a suitable "process" in place for maintaining the highway. Basically this means that so long as they can show that they check the road regularly and it wasn't like it last time they checked they are exempt. If a member of the public reports the issue then they have a "reasonable" period of time to fix the problem. As long as they do that they are covered :-(

what have any of you other guys done or what are you planning to do about the "spare bulb" requirement.. is it even possible to change bulbs in the is300h? i thought it was all pretty much dealer fit now

i was at the dealership today and first thing i noticed was the new style hybrid badges on the side sill. look so much better than the ones on my MY14. so i ordered some to replace my "old" ones. £64

Simon, I can confirm F-sport white is hard work to keep clean......but..... When it is clean it looks fantastic.. i wouldn't change to another colour. i am considering the GS300h F-sport next though :-)

I'm going to travelling down through france and into spain in the summer with an 11 year old and 7 year old in the back. has anyone managed to find a decent iPad mounting solution and method of getting power into the back of the car? i've also noticed that the usb points in the centre console don't provide enough output for iPad's.. thanks Andy

been looking at this with interest.... I have an F-sport, with 15.5k on the clock now in 10 months. I live in Milton Keynes and spend 2- 3 days a week working at home with the odd short journey around town.. It's a killer on MPG as it's 70mph dual carriageway for 1/2 mile then a roundabout.. repeat, repeat, repeat....! I also head into london a couple of days a week and do the M1, North Circular and then back roads into the office.. I'm surprised by some of the mpg figures being quoted also.. Around MK i get around the 40 mpg mark.... when i'm on the motorway consistently higher bringing my average to 48-52 in the summer, and 44-48 at this time of year. Interestingly if i fill up on my way out of MK into london i often get between 58 and 62.. 64 is the highest I've seen on arrival at the office.. I've done the brim technique and my on-board reading is very accurate, maybe 1-2mpg overstated tops. I'm no angel but tbh in commuting hours the cruise control is set to mid 60's as it's difficult to achieve more than that anyway! My car is almost permanently in eco-mode, apart from the odd flip into sport when i want an overtake out of the way.. after various BMW's and Merc's this is my first Lexus and i absolutely love it.. Andy

i'd work on your negotiating skills.. I bought a new f'sport for the wife in October. White, Black Leather, Premium Nav, Sunroof. Got the car for 26.5k and got a good price on our trade in too. Andy

I was in central london today and heard sirens.. pulled over to see a black unmarked IS 300h f-sport. Blue lights behind the grill, in the door mirrors, side repeaters.. looked excellent...!

pump? whats that... mines a company car... i didn't think you needed to pump up tyres, check oil and water...etc... seriously though.. how do you perform a system calibration... the manual that came with my f-sport talks of a button below the steering column.... I've had my head in the footwell and still not found such a button!

I regularly drive from Milton Keynes to London, W12. All the way down the M1 at about 70 (if I'm lucky with traffic), 10mph round the north circular for about 4 miles, and then 5 miles or so of stop start through the back roads into the office. I'm getting between 50 and 55 mpg regularly. and for reassurance I've also notice the tyre sensor on cold mornings. and it normally goes off after about 5 miles

just checked the manual again, the online manual on the lexus europe website, ct200h, 2014 model (manual is dated May 2014) Page 188 clearly states lane flash is a feature, Page 593 shows its a dealer customisable function (although the default should be 3 flashes)

Hmm, so it might be a 2015/US only feature.. I'm really surprised, didn't even think to check this functionality when we purchased. I thought this was pretty standard across most cars/manufacturers now..

So the better half got her new car on Friday. Quick question... in the manual it seems to suggest that she should be able to tap the indicator stalk up or down and get lane changing indication, 3 flashes then off, like my IS 300h has. It doesn't seem to be working. Is this a mistake in the manual, a feature that needs to be coded by the dealer, or, a fault with the car? Andy

seriously though... not sure about the ct200h (but i guess i'll find out soon when the wife picks up her new white f-sport on Monday) but on the is300h it's normally with about 35-45 miles left on the range.

when you're about to run out of petrol?

I took the plunge in back in December and ordered my new company car. An IS 300h F-Sport in white. After what seemed like forever i took delivery in March and i love it. Unfortunately so does my wife.... So much so that on Friday we part exchanged her VW EOS and in 15 days time we'll be collecting her new CT 200h f-sport, white, premium nav, sunroof. Does that mean we now have Alexus's are is it Lexi? :-)

this thread makes interesting reading... I've got 12,000 miles on the car since middle of march and it's been in Eco practically the whole time. In milton keynes we have lots of roundabouts and dual carriageways so its not exactly conducive to gentle acceleration and floaty driving that the hybrid needs to really pick up the mpg figures but..... any 2.5 petrol than can deliver 40mpg in that scenario is a winner imo. my previous 520d could only manage about 35 mpg in the same situation. fortunately i also do a bit of motorway and north circular driving and on that kind of journey i'm around the 53/55 mpg region which is more than acceptable to me. As for the different modes.....Eco definitely tames the car down and can make it feel sluggish and unresponsive, I find that normal makes it feel just that...normal. it goes when i want it to and feels like it's got the right amount of power for the size of car it is. Sport mode... is a bit of fun, obviously provides more get up and go but it can remove some of the smoothness you expect from a lexus. I'm no angel behind the wheel (and i've had some ridiculous cars to enjoy myself in) but on balance the IS300h gives a nice balance for most styles of driving and moods. p.s. if you press and hold the traction control light you can turn it off completely and then it's really entertaining to drive

i'm certainly considering it.... 2000 miles in and the bonnets been resprayed already....

One thing though .... I need a name for the young girl. Call me soft in the head but if you give a car a name it sort of makes it personal and you can put up with certain idiosyncracies... the youngest child has suggested Suzi. Any advances on Suzi? Oh please don't do that..... it took Lexus years developing a car to persuade me that leaving bmw and mercedes behind could be achieved without becoming Alan Partridge......

Dont worry, arctic pearl looks better than F Sport white imo anyway. Much more elegant compared to the plain F Sport white. Doesnt shine as well even though its got glass flakes in it. Mine need a good polish - nothing in terms of defects, just minor swirls. Going to do a full decontamination, polish with DA and protection in the summer! Are you sure your looking at the right colour... my is300h in Fsport white is pearlescent and in the sunlight looks fantastic.. its by no means a plain white..

I think 85 + vat is taking the p*ss especially if they've supplied a wheel that they can't colour match themselves. That's why I'm considering changing them all to matt black... That way it won't be so bad to get repainted and secondly in the standard finish they are covered in brake dust writhing about 20 miles and look grey anyway.. Oh and btw.... If you have f-sport white don't bank on repairing any stone chips. Despite the vehicle being out for a year they still haven't produced a touch up pen. Local dealer suggestion for one stone chip was to repaint the whole bonnet!!!

I'll let you tell her that! she is however a qualified boxing/kick-boxing instructor!