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Thanks found the post and looks alright. Looks like Lexus designs them with that in mind.

Before you start - I just realized the typo on the thread subject.... and I cannot edit the thread subject.... :(

Having done around 1800 miles now - mpg hovering 42-44mpg per tank depending on percentage of city/A roads. Warmer weather definitely did help with the short trips mpg.

When I took delivery of my NX F-sport, I did ask the dealer if I would need headlamp adapters to drive through Europe. He said the full LED headlights do not need headlamp adapters due to the special shape of the beam. I would not like to land in hot water with a french policeman - so has anybody got a second opnion on this? Dom.

My experience is that starting from cold - no matter what you do, it will start the petrol engine to warm it up. Once engine is warm, then I can get easily in eco/normal/sport mode from 0 up to 30 mph (or a bi higher) without firing up the petrol enginer.... it only takes patience, foot management and a loooooong time. I found it is pretty useless to try to get from 0 to 30 on electric mode only - you waste a lot of battery - far better for the fuel consumption a short burst of petrol enginer to 30 and then keep 30 on electric.... and it will go on and on and on - I have done 3 miles on electric only at 30 mph.

I reached my first 1000 miles during last weekend. The average over those 1000mile has been 36.1 mpg. (As measured by the car). I have now reset the counter - so lets see the difference with the warm weather.

Yes sport s+ comes with the AVS option. On cars with AVS, sport s only increases throttle response. sport s+ increases throttle response, tightens steering and stiffens suspension. I preordered mine, after seen some reviews about how hard the ride was in F-Sport, but without actually have test-driven it, so ordered it just in case. About a month or so after the pre-order, I test drove an F-Sport without AVS, and I found it fine - but the roads where I tested it were not particulaly bad. If I had to choose again, I think I would get it again. On motorway in normal suspension mode at 7x mph, feels pretty much like flyiing carpet. Change it to sport s+ and you definitely get a feel for the road below. Have not used the paddle shifters yet other than to test they work when I took delivery.

Good catch!

Well the fuel figures are another story - I was going to give an update at the 1000 miles (currently on 960). Essentially, I am on 38.5 mpg - and consistently getting 40+ mpg on out of town runs of 10 miles. It has really improved now that the weather is not so cold. The initial warm up period is what really screws the average mpg - in the trip to the supermarket (2.5 miles) I get 25 mpg on the way there.... and 50-55 on the way back! On normal mode. For my trials with sport s/s+ mode, it is very rev happy, so I have a feeling it will affect the fuel consumption. As far as it does not damage anything - I would keep it always in sport s mode (so far sport s+ only reserved for motorway)

I also found the "power delivery delay" issue a few days back when about to overtake some cyclists - essentially cruising along at around 30 mph behind the cyclists, then put my foot down to overtake as fast as possible (I was in normal mode, and did not use any paddles.... just foot down). So you notice the car starts gaining speed slowly (very slowly, it is like if you are in 5th gear on a manual petrol on motorway and you put your foot down) and then around maybe 0.5/1 sec later, you notice a sort of "torrent of power" giving you the kick. That one feels really nice, the only thing is that it comes a bit late. It is like the car is thinking - does he (the driver) really want full power or can he do with a little....? I need to test this in sport mode, and see if I still have the same delay. I have a feeling it will not be there. Does anybody know if keeping the NX constantly in sport mode is bad for transmission/hydrid drive train? Still really happy with the purchase - it is unbeatble smooth once you get to speed. Dom.

Pretty much agree - things to improve for me would be 1) tailgate slow 2) offer memory seats on F-sport 3) make clear all the differences between standard nav/premium nav 4) the lower part of the inside of the doors gets really dirty - I am not sure what the design constrain was to not have standard sills - but the amount of muck it gets.... and 5) the half opening boot cover, I rather have a fully opening one - it makes the use of the boot a bit ackward.

Right, so we had some snow this morning in SE London/Kent - admitedly not much (may be about 1-2 inches). But ground was very cold ( it was -3.5 before it started snowing) so snow did not melt when car went over it - but formed a nice slippery layer of packed snow. So far very pleased, takled two ungritted slopes (on one of them intentionally stopping in the middle and then get going again) and the traction control light did not blink once and had no trouble getting moving - much better than my previous front wheel drive Accord automatic which in same situation would have had traction control on an off in the same kind of situation. Braking was another matter - still ABS getting on, and taking its fair amount of time to come to standstill - I guess the only real way to improve that is winter tyres. Overall very pleased - it is my first 4x4, so I cannot compare with other 4x4s.

I'm not sure if it's the only difference but the premium Nav gives access to the Lexus portal, or "connected" services feature. It enables things like street view for your destination and the ability to send your destination to the car from your computer and it downloads as a memory. I've actually found that quite useful, it doesnt save you any time in the context of your life, :) as you've still got to key the destination, but it does mean you can jump in your car press a button and go. Apart from that only the premium gives you the compass on the center-dash multi information display. The icons are completely different from one to the other. There is one thing about the standard that I particularly do not like and it is that if feels sluggish when navgating it (like an underpowered computer/smartphone - that sor of sluggish. When I did the test drive, the test unit had the premium one and I do not remember noticing any sluggishnes... although did not play much with it to be fair.

It did not occur to me to ask for a printed version, well done. What I did is download the online manual (PDF) to my phone and I have it at hand every time I want it. The piece that I do not like is that all the documentation on sat nav seems to refer to the "premium" satnav, I have not found the online version of the "standard" satnav yet.

I have the F-Sport with the interior all black and I love it - it gives a different edge over nowadays standard grey top / black bottom (I would never consider a light upholstery - I would worry too much about staining it). Glad the first reports of snow handling are good - also bearing in mind the factory fitted tyres are nothing special. I am still waiting to test mine - here in SE London we have not have much snow to speak of yet - that may change tonight!