Barry7

Tesco are no longer free. I used Tesco for the first time a few weeks ago, and all was fine and FREE. I went back this week to do the shopping and they charged me 28p Kwh. Still cheap but I have got solar at home so not worth it for me. Its a shame because I was out at the bowls club every week, and was planning for the weekly shop and a free charge at the same time!

When my RX battery was on the way out I used mine several times and it worked just fine. Definitely a good investment.

UPDATE: Spoke to Lexus UK via chat today and this was the response to my question: Has the car got its own sim card to enable it to have a data connection. If so is this a free data connection, and for how long? Message from Agent. Good question! The NX 450h has an embedded SIM card within a DCM unit. Message from Agent. The connectivity is offered free of charge for 4 years from the point you register the Multimedia (logging in within the car using your Lexus account details). Message from Agent. this will ensure that your mapping is kept always up to date, and the Lexus Link connected services will operate without needing anything else! Message from Visitor. Great! So when this runs out what is the on going cost please. Message from Agent. Another good question.. to be very honest, we have not yet been informed what the re-subscription costs will be! Message from Agent. I can assure you that our Connected Car teams here in the UK are also very excited to learn what the costs will be. I'm sorry that I can't share that information yet.

Silly question time. I thought I read somewhere that you get a data allowance with Lexus for your car for three years for the communications link. I mentioned this to the dealer and you would have thought I had grown another head. So...... how does the car communicate when you want to do the trick things shown on the Lexus site, and if so has it got a sim card of its own and where is it fitted? Another question.... Is the car set up to open windows and sunroof via the fob as standard or do you have to get this set up by the dealer? 16 days and counting..........

It won't fall off it won't give you problems and as its an advisory, leave it until next year and see if it fails [ I doubt it very much] and so it goes on. I stopped having MOT's at Lexus and use a local garage. Lexus were very keen to fail, and as an ex-mechanic I felt they were after extra work.

At the moment its wrapped in plastic white, but it will be Sonic White.

My wife bought a CHR orange edition in March, and we have just returned from a 1k mile driving holiday in and around Wales. It was fantastic and returned 57mpg average even with hooning around the wonderful roads. Horses for courses I guess but we luv ours.

Got a phone call to say that my new car was at the dealers, so off I went and sure enough............ I've decided to take delivery first week of September

I have advertised it on Autotrader for a few weeks at just under 15k so lets see what gets offered. The first caller was at 14k over the phone, but wanted to haggle if he found any problems when he saw it. Sounded like a dealer to me. So lets see who calls next?

I thought that We Buy Any Car and Cazoo were the same people. Cazoo just did the selling?

Well the NX is in the UK now, so my car is going up for sale this week. I have been looking at second hand prices and I think about £14.5k looks about the average, what do you all think, is that a fair price? WBAC have offered £12750 but that will drop when they start looking for every stone chip and hair on the upholstery. Motorway recon £13.8k but that is an average.......... So difficult to price these days!

Update, I have had contact with my dealer, and they are saying that the expected collection date for me will be 25 August, that I would push back to 1st Sept for 72 reg purposes. However this date is flexible and could move forward.

My RX450h will be up for sale soon as my new NX should be with me in the next couple of months. So if you are interested its a 2012 in pearlescent white, premier with pan roof. Full Lexus service history, so relax warranty until Oct 2022, MOT March 2023. I haven't really looked at prices yet, so I will have to do some homework on that one. As I don't know exactly when the NX will be ready, this is just to see if anyone on here would be interested before I advertise it on Auto trader or trade it in later on.

Got the long awaited email today. Build in progress. NX450 ordered on 14 Feb. Don't know how long it will take until I actually get my hands on it, but at least the ball is rolling now.

Though it was a very difficult decision, I am selling my trusty 2012 RX pan roof because I have ordered a NX450h with premium plus pack and sunroof. I had always planned on replacing my RX three years ago, but life and covid got in the way. I then test drove a nearly new RX450 last year and was a bit underwhelmed to be honest. The terrible track pad infotainment system being the main problem. At this point the new NX was announced so I waited until last week to test drive it. Well, what can I say? Loved it to bits, found it really comfortable, quiet, and really quick, so the order is in place now, expected delivery in July. So I will be asking all of my questions and giving any advice hear from now on. Ps don't tell Lexy about Nexy she has got to keep going until July

No thanks tried a brand new one didn't like it, but the NX system was wonderful.

I am making the same move. Having had a test drive in the NX450h I really liked it, I found the acceleration so much better than the RX and the overtaking pace far better. I would have bought a newer RX but just could not live with that terrible track pad set up.(Two test drives, one for an hour the other for over four hours) I found my 10 year old system way better than that, and the new NX system is fantastic. Having had seven years in the RX it is a tough decision but as the new RX is possibly two years away, the time has come, and as the V6 engine is going I may not return. I didn't find the NX that much smaller, and with all the toys to play with who cares?

It's open and transparent if explained before the bill and if mentioned on the gold section of this site. If you go to Lexus Swindon on the Gold section it clearly states discount for servicing, if thats not the case any longer update the info for the dealers concerned and we can choose who to use or not.

I had my car serviced at Lexus Swindon, and gave them my Gold card to get the discount advertised on the membership section, but was advised that because of Lexus Relax they can no longer afford to give the discount on servicing. They will give it on repairs outside of servicing but not on the service itself. I feel this is a bit of a con, as any warranty claim on Lexus Relax would be covered by Lexus not the dealer. I've got a Trade card at Halfords so I don't see the point of having the Gold Card really

I've got a spare one for a 2012 RX. I don't know if it will fit. Genuine Lexus. I'm in Wiltshire.

New battery arrived from Lexus parts direct, all wrapped up very securely, it even had rope carrying handles built into the box. I connected another battery to the jump point under the bonnet and then very carefully replaced the battery in the boot. So no resets required. I don't know if it is the placebos effect, but its doing better mpg now. Also when stationary in traffic, it does not start the engine as much as it used to. Anyway that's all done for another seven years now, fingers crossed.

Part of the reasoning for buying the original fitment battery was that when the car is serviced at Lexus the hybrid system is guaranteed for another year, and now the car gets a guarantee as well, so if I need to claim, and an after market 12v battery is fitted, I assume this may jeopardise the chance of a claim. So imo I think the extra cost is worth it.

After seven years and about 60k the 12v battery has started giving problems. This had been replaced at three years old when I bought the car so I guess seven years for this one is OK. I've trawled through all of the very in depth posts about original and after market batteries, and rightly or wrongly decided to go for an original from Lexus parts direct in Swindon £199 delivered with a little bit of gold discount. It should turn up this week, and at that point I will be asking all sorts of questions regarding resets of seats windows etc 😜 I will let you know how I get on.