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Hi, My neighbour - a porsche fan - send me this picture. Seems to come from EVO magazine. Yours Ben

Hi Doesn't £2,300 for a 2 year warranty sound incredibly expensive? They will break even when there is a 10% chance that you'll need £23,000 in repairs; a 5% chance that you'll need £46,000 in repairs; or a 50% chance that you'll need repairs totalling £4,600. I would estimate that the probability that these repairs are needed are much lower than the break even figures. But maybe I'm putting too much faith in the quality of their product. As it is, this sounds as if they don't have any trust in their cars. Ben

Hi, I'm trying to set a new trend among LC500 owners. Easy to follow with a black LC500. But what with a yellow one?

I'm not sure whether both back seats are useless. The one behind me definitely is. But my children (13 and 14) don't complain too much with one in the back and the front passenger seat put forward.

This is from the Netherlands where the price in 2017 was € 165.595. One of those times to be happy to live in the UK.

In Dutch it is called an auto-alarm. Some have to live up to their name.

Hi, Just responding to the phrase "the convertible is better than". To some extent my definition of my "best" car depends on my mood. For relaxed driving over wide roads nothing beats the Rolls. For a summer blast over twisty roads I have a ferrari mondial T and a lotus esprit, For a purposeful open top drive I have a mercedes SL500. And then I have my LC500 in structural blue. To me it doesn't really win (but quite often it shares the no 1 spot) in any department except that I think it's the prettiest one. But most notably it fits all my moods. Is "omni-great" a word? PS. And the LC500 would be the car of choice If I would plan to talk to complete strangers at gas stations or supermarket car parks. No, any car park for that matter. Always men though.

Wow, That's quite something. Last year I had a heart attack and was flown from my house to Leeds in a helicopter. They filmed me and it will be on some television program on the 9th this month. I had a stent within 90 minutes after onset of symptoms. So, I like helicopters. I expect another month or two before I can get comfortable in the Lexus. I'm happy to also own a RR Wraith in which I can get in quite easily (the doors open the other way) and which I can drive now that my pain medication has been decreased. It's not quite the same to drive as the Lexus though, it's for another state of mind. Ben

Thanks, Haven't been able to drive it for three months now, broke my leg at three places in a motor cycle accident. Not my fault, am wondering whether I can claim some additional funds to compensate for the loss of the pleasure driving it. Ben

Hi, Did any come to the UK. I know mine was one of 10, and one of 5 with the v8. Ben

Hi As with the original LC 500 I can find advertisements showing a blue convertible with a bit of a white interior. And as with the original one this doesn't seem to be a version that you can order. I had to wait until the structural blue (limited edition) came available to order mine. But this never came in "sport plus" which I would have liked. Why do they advertise with a car in a colour that they don't sell? You'd guess they think it's pretty that way. For my open top needs I also own a ferrari mondial T where opening and cloning the the roof only takes about 10 minutes. Does get irritating once in a while. So I'll wait until a structural blue one comes available and then decide. Ben

Hi You say "I would be interested to hear if many of the owners who got their cars when released are still owners.". I still have mine. Structrural blue. Fuel flap gave me a problem just before the first service. I mentioned it and it never happened again. My biggest irritation (better nightmare) has been getting some parking damage repaired and the utter uselessness of Lexus Leeds in this matter. I trust you"ll enjoy it. Ben

Hi, While waiting for new tyres, I passed the BMW garage and saw a 2019 BMW 840i for sale for less than £55,000. Checking Autotrader I found that £20,000 discounts on the 8 series are not that unusual. Is it that if one can't win it on style and substance that one has to lower the price and are we seeing some price-competition here? And does this mean that Lexus will offer similar discounts on the LC500 not to loose too much business? And what do people think who bought a BMW 840i at the stickerprice? Ben https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201911214618228?maximum-badge-engine-size=3.0&postcode=yo611ra&sort=price-asc&model=8 SERIES&minimum-badge-engine-size=3.0&radius=1500&make=BMW&advertising-location=at_cars&fuel-type=Petrol&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&page=1 PS. Not that I'm promoting buying a BMW

It's not the costs that worry me. I knew that "structural blue" was rediculously expensive when I found out that it was 14,000 pounds more than the standard version (when I bought it, it was unclear that it would have some of the sport plus features). It's the way my dealer and Lexus handle it.