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I ordered my ES300h F Sport this week with Takumi Pack in Graphite Black to Replace the current car (2016 IS300h Advance in Sonic White). I found black was the best colour to carry off the size of the car and not draw too much attention when it’s in a car park. Delivery for mine at present is mid to late July.

Got 50.1mpg a couple of times in the past week. Highest on a 30 mile run has been 59.2, lowest in sport tearing around on a 20 mile run has been 19mpg. I have a 200 mile round trip to do later next week so will see how that goes doing non motorway there and motorway on the way back.

320 miles in, and 48mpg out, not a bad start.

Now to get used to driving a hybrid how it's supposed to be driven...

Collected today:

Insurance sorted. Does anyone have any thoughts on the Lexus Asset Protection (Gap Insurance) and the SMART Cover provided by Lexus? These are £449 + £499 respectively. Are they any good / value for money? My car arrived today at the dealership, PDI is tomorrow / Thursday with collection on Friday. Not long now, but hate waiting.

Glyn, haven't tried insurance via the forum so will give it a call in the morning, Thank You. Am on a blanket cover with work but not named as such and they won't supply a letter stating x amount of years driving with no claims made. The search continues...

Liking the tints, but not sure on the spoiler in black, may look better if in white? I didn't go for the protection pack as the black cover on the bumper within the pack breaks up the look of the back end if in a bright paint colour.

...so shopping around for insurance, in the spirit of not advertising, has anyone had any decent results with insurance cover? I am looking for comp cover, not too fussed about the excess level, but need to cover for business use at 20k miles PA with no NCB and a clean licence. Best I have got it down to so far is £1,062, which includes courtesy car, uninsured driver, legal cover to £100k and recovery. Incidentally, Lexus (Toyota) insurance for the same cover without any bolt ons comes in at £1.8k ! Won't be paying that. Pity, as the finance deal was pretty good with really low APR and £3k deposit between the dealer and finance company on top of my deposit. Thoughts?

Hi, I have been reading these forums since completing a test drive of the IS300h Advance, and having considered over the last year wether to buy a second hand IS220D for circa £10k; have finally taken the plunge and ordered a new IS300h. The forums have answered quite a bit that is not in the book or that you don't find until taking delivery, so these have been a great help as opposed to reading hybrid hating auto journo's reviews that don't give a good reflection of the marque or the technology. Looking forwards to taking delivery on 29th July - Advance in Sonic White with Black interior, timeless colours. Ready to get both decent mpg with a little work and win the competition of lowest MPG over a mile with the dicks at work..... As well as looking forwards to having a car that there are not a lot of about in my area - everyone seems to have a BMW or Merc. I am sure I will be chipping in on a fair few forums once I have taken delivery. S.