dutchie01

mine is up for a change in 1.5 yrs and the automobile landscape can look completely different than now with all the EVś in the pipeline.

not sure if i will stay with Lexus as i want a small SUV but the NX is too feminine for me and the RX too big. I would prefer a full EV but i do need a range of 500kms min.

I like the new Audi Q5 guess in 1.5 yrs this will be available with hybrid ( but i prefer 100% EV). maybe the new BMW I5??

time will tell

car has great balance and neutral handling in corners even at high speeds. Chassis could easily handle 200 more horses ( and 200kg less weight ..)

as long as the car is under warranty i would always bring it to the dealer for servicing to keep that. Also resale value might be lower if maintenance is done by locals and not a dealer. I see you have a 250 6 cylinder, i drove that for 4 years 150k km and nothing went wrong not even a lightbulb. Servicing at a dealer then is only the regular maintenance, liquids etc and i always found it correct, not expensive. Maybe asking what it will cost and you can try to bring that price down?  A 300hybrid i will always bring to the dealer because of the electrics/hybrid systems. more complicated and also regular software updates etc. 

no brainer for me. only 25 quid will give you a better looking better driving car. i would go for it

sound is a very personal thing but i find the ML system on the IS300H i drive disappointing. I also had it in my previous IS250 and that was far superior. 

it could be an idea to visit an aftermarket specialist in high end soundsystems . could be cheaper and better? 

must have been on request of the marketingdepartment, cannot sell a car without communicating it is sporty or sports or racy or tested at the nurburgring and so on.

i never use them.  flappy paddles on a cvt box is complete nonsense. 

Now it could be me but this morning around 11.00 i saw it again! 

I am driving a 300 F-Sport in the color F-White. One could say this is rather white to say the least. If it is dirty it it is just white but when cleaned it can have an alarming effect..

Like this morning. Nice summers day, blue sky and the freshly cleaned Lexus baking in the sun. When walking towards the car with the sun behind me the reflection of the sunlight from the paint is so agressive i literally find it difficult to look at the car. I have to almost close my eyes or put sunglasses on. Could be my age ( 55) but i was wondering if others have seen a similar effect?

This is quickly turning into the best thread of 2016 by far. Seems like  Andrew is trying to rebuild a lexus in a different solar system, maybe NASA can help?

how about bringing the car to a dealer and on the way stop at the doctor?

fastest way to get help asap..

my Fsport does have that. when i lock the car from the outside the mirrors fold. this can be adjusted with the settings so i can set it not to do so. isnt this standard in the UK?

Wow, did you take the wrong medicine?

brakepads should NOT move and there should NOT be any sound from the brakes.

have a look

www.ebcbrakes.com/articles/brake-pad-rattle/

how about phoning another dealer (s), ask to speak to the chief mechanic explain the problem and ask if moving brake pads can be a cause?

21 hours ago, rayaans said:

Lexus bradford are pretty awesome so if they've told you theres not much they can do that's that 

Firstly,  the knocking brake noise is normal. Pads sometimes move around. There's nothing wrong with that. 

The seats is an easy fix. You have to assign the default seat setting numbee to the key. How you do it might be in the manual. I think you have to press and hold set and one of the mirrors or something.

hang on, the knocking brake noise is normal....? 

in all 38 years of enthusiastic motoring i have never experienced a knocking sound from the brake area. a sound that gets worse running over speed bumps?

i would immediately bring my car to the dealer for inspection as brakes should be no risk 100%

if the dealer tells you it is normal because of "moving pads" just go somewhere else. Take No risk.

21 hours ago, rayaans said:

Lexus bradford are pretty awesome so if they've told you theres not much they can do that's that 

Firstly,  the knocking brake noise is normal. Pads sometimes move around. There's nothing wrong with that. 

The seats is an easy fix. You have to assign the default seat setting numbee to the key. How you do it might be in the manual. I think you have to press and hold set and one of the mirrors or something.

hang on, the knocking brake noise is normal....? 

in all 38 years of enthusiastic motoring i have never experienced a knocking sound from the brake area. a sound that gets worse running over speed bumps?

i would immediately bring my car to the dealer for inspection as brakes should be no risk 100%

if the dealer tells you it is normal because of "moving pads" just go somewhere else. Take No risk.

i always always always hose it down with a high pressure water pistol before entering the carwash ( dont wash myself too much trouble). those little grains of sand will create damage to the paint for sure.

how about bringing it to another dealer?

a 330d has a monster of an engine with a mountain of torque. this car will make you feel there is always plenty of power on tap, is a relaxed cruiser with decent consumption( for the engine) but is clearly higher priced than the IS. The 320d is s noisy rattling 4 pot with lots of power and torque with great consumption. if you do high mileage it could make sense. The IS300H is a great car if you drive up to 60% of the power, then it cruises along with little noise and feels like a six cylinder. Start pressing it and it falls apart though, the CVT combined with the 4 cylinder makes an unpleasant stressed noise and it does not feel ok. i guess that why most of us including me, dont drive as fast or enthusiastic as with our previous cars, the IS is not a sporty car for the enthusiastic driver but makes a great realaxed cruiser in and out of town. I like my IS and maybe you will like it as well after a test drive, just realise that comparing it with a 330d is not going to work. with a 320d however....    

It does not add up. When i slow down and come to a standstill then that is the moment when the engine pulls the car further into the brakes and it always moans cracks tears or how you would like to call the sound that it makes. My car makes this sound in dry, hot wet and cold weather. It seems the pressure on the pads is not strong enough to fully grip the disc and fully stop the car. The sound is caused by the disc slipping through the clamping pads. Reading through the posts on this forum it seems a common thing on various hybrid models. So, is there a brake issue with the hybrids? it is not safety related but more a comfort related issue. Even if a possible cause could be forming of rust on the discs ( all discs from all cars have rust on them) or regen brake systems that are not as heavy used as non regenerative systems then that is not where the problem originates from. It starts in the beginning and that is the development/engineering of the car. If it goes wrong there it can only be changed in a midlyfe cycle update. It will be interesting to know if the new IS300H still has it or has it been adressed. I find this very disappointing for a Lexus the former worldchampion of NVH ( noise vibration harshness) and together with the drivetrain vibrations that my car suffered from and that are now for 85% gone after a dealer repair it gives an impression of a car that was not fully ready for production to Lexus Standards.

i recently drove a mercedes E250 diesel hybrid ( not the new model) and that worked without any problem...

i have thesame. it still irritates me every now and then. i dont think it adds to the lexus experience and the relentless pursuit of perfection.

this should not happen seems like the lexus standard is not as high as it has been? 

Wow that looks really bad. is this your car? looks like an american pic. How did the dealer respond?

i drove a base model 300h for 3 weeks until my 300h f-sport was delivered and found the 2 cars very different. the ride quality of the base 300 was definately better, softer damping more relaxing and comfort. the f sport has bigger wheels low tyres, stiffer springs and you definately notice, the car can be bumpy and stiff at b roads. another thing is that the steering in the base model feels lighter propably due to the smaller wheels. you also feel a difference between eco/normal and sport in the steering it gives more resistance. in the 300h fsport i dont feel that maybe because of the bigger wheels with the low tyres. to sum up i find the base model the better - and more silent, less roll noise - drive of the 2. only thing is that the f-sport looks so much better thatś why i made that choice. Not sure if i would do it again though.   

Hi Folks, just wanted to come back to the original topic, the 250 2nd versus the 300h 3rd gen.

I drove a 250 for 4 years and am now underway in the 300hFsport for almost a year so it is time to reflect on the two cars as they cannot be more different. It is not only the drivetrain/engine that of course is completely different but i just feel that the 250 is closer to the original Lexus Core Values, the relentless pursuit of perfection. Lexus always stood out as the leader in NVH and the isolation in the 250 was way better than now in the 300. The 6 was supersmooth and inaudible at idle, there were no drivetrainvibrations , the 300 has them- there were no creaks rattles from inside or outside the car not even after 4 years. The whole feeling it gave was of a car build from one piece and that it would just keep on running, would live forever. the doors would close with a thick thud ( if that exists) and in many ways i do think it was better than the new 300, it seems the cars had a different philosophy behind them during development, the 250 connecting with the lexus core values and the 300 bringing the prius technology into lexus.

of course beeing the newer car the 300 beats the 250 on many fronts, chassis, interior space, fuel consumption, road holding, overall package. But for me it does not create thesame special feeling of overengineered perfection of the 250 ( for instance after 4 yrs the glovebox does open in an identical way with not one mm extra room), the doors open and close like the first day etc etc. The 300 has much lighter doors and boot i gues to save weight, the interior looks great but it does not have thesame feel about it. Dont get me wrong i like my 300 and am a happy owner itś just that the 250 for me felt more lexus than toyota and the 300 more toyota than lexus....

could be me though.   

not sure how this works in the uk but in Holland the large companies provide a list of cars to choose from which is connected to your position in the company. Thing is on this list are only green label A cars, so downsized turbocharged efficient ones diesels, hybrids or plug in hybrids. and that is it , No options outside the list. If you dont like your car in the UK and opt for the pay increase how does that translate? can you run your own car from that?

not a bad choice between these 2. both good cars, merc a little less exclusive but whatever you choose you wont regret it.

guess it will be down to personal preference and emotion. which of these cars tells you - i want this - .