Mr Vlad

Most informative Colin.

Mark. It must be different on the 200h because on my is300h the blue arrows indicate charging. Martin. I wasn't coasting. The EV light was on and engine not running and battery drive to the wheels. Well put Colin. This experience of mine has only happened once and it amazed me hence me posting it and intrigued if anyone else has had similar experience.

I'e been told by the dealer and read online and hard print that the max speed possible on battery alone is 40mpg. The sales guy who sold me my current car 'bragged' he managed 44mph. Well just today on the M621 I looked down on my display in disbelief I was travelling at 50mph with no engine revs and the orange arrow telling me I'm on battery power. This lasted 1/4 mile before the engine kicked in. So I thought I'd ask what' the fastest you'e gone on battery alone?

Ahhhh thanks Mark. I know of is300's but it must be me misunderstanding what was put. So there's 2 versions now of the is300h. Thanks again.

I sit corrected Colin. Iv'e no idea actually about Lexus trim level designations. I didn' even know there are 3 mks of the is300h! I thought there was the type I have and had and the newer facelifted one.

SE-L spec is a Mercedes-Benz level.of spec and it means long wheel base. I think it's a miss print which has gone un noticed and carried on.

Just how close was the hole to the shoulder of the tyre? I'e had plug repairs done 7mm from the shoulder with no adverse effects what so ever.

Whats your problem Finzky? This is a genuine thread. The wind noise I'm getting knarked off with is annoying. It will get brought up when I take my car in when they look at my bluetooth issue. If they can't or won't resolve it then they'll be having the car back. My previous premium premier didn't suffer with with wind noise so why should I have to tolerate this car having it.

Thought I'd post these quotes from Warranty Direct for their LuxuryCare warranty plan where any work would be done at a main dealer. 1yr 453.26 2yr 815.88 3yr 1155.82 LuxuryCare covers All parts. When and if the time comes for me to decide on an extended warranty I'll probably plumb for the lexus one. I just posted my thoughts for the perusal of others. Hope my Info and thoughts have been of interest.

Finzky don' get paranoid. The wind noise only happens above 60mph.

It' weird that the names in my phone appear in the cars phonebook. However when I get a text no senders name appears, just their phone number. Anyway the cars booked in to lexus to suss the problem.

Blimey Neil. Either you or a friend or family member have had a bad experience with Warranty Direct. I've been with them years and wirh one car I had the clutch pedal hit the floor and stay there. One call to them got me towed to a garage within an hour. The garage changed the slave cylinder. Got car back 2 days later. No quibbles. Oh dear a week later same again. Car towed to same garage within the hour and a new master cylinder fitted. No quibbles or get out of paying clauses but superb service. I've lots of family and friends with them and a number of claims made and honoured. My last policy for the Mondeo was their top one which covered everything. I will however when the time comes delve within them for my Lexus. I wouldn't be suprised if somebody somewhere has had a quibble with All warranty companies. At the end of the day you pays your cash and pot luck.

Be very very wary of Warranty Direct? Noooooo. I actually asked them about a warranty for the is300h and with no hesitation they said yes. However I'm a sod to get the right answers and info when the time comes. So till next September I'll not bother looking for an extended warranty. I am intrigued tho about getting a warranty on the hybrid system after its had a health check. Is that a free warranty on it or a charged one? I'l get round to asking lexus that.

I don' know about the lexus extended warranty and having to have the hybrid heath check But since some Toyota cars have the same engine drive train and hybrid system as the is300h then they are more than qualified to do the health check But I won' buy the lexus warranty when my current free 1 years run out. I'l be using Warranty Direct as I've used them for years and they are a no quibble company in my experience.

I' going to hijack this thread because high service costs were mentioned. My car will be serviced by my local Toyota dealer. Main service £330 Intermediate £180 Now thats most agreeable don' you think.

I'l put this info on this post as it' most relevant. My car will Not be serviced by Any Lexus garage. Instead it'll be serviced by Toyota. Full service is £330.00 and intermediate is £180.00. Plus they'l do it when You want it doing i.e. in my case yearly @ 1.2k miles. Genuine parts used. If spark plugs need doing then they're charged for. No sweat there. Contact your local Toyota dealer. However they don' do service plans but at those prices who needs one.

Hello Bernie. Just read your thread with interest. I think you'l not like the IS300HI initially because of the CVT box. I' on my 2nd is300h in the space of 14 months. 1st one lasted 5 weeks because of the CVT and the ride and other niggles. The car was a Premier Premium. I chopped it in for a ford mondeo titanium x sport ecoboost which had an auto box (great training for a CVT). So most definitely get a 24 hour test. My current car is a Premier Premium and I knew what to look out for. I knew I wanted this car within a few minutes (after deliberately hitting a pothole ) as the car responded superbly. Economy for a petrol car is very good. I' in my 3rd week now of ownership and am still getting used to it. Going up motorway hills needs the loud pedal pressing more than the 1/4 I do normally. However in sport mode and with some juice in the batteries and you floor it beyond the detant in its travel then it flies. Rev counter goes to 6000 revs and it sounds great and is almost as quick as my previous mondeo. The ride is sublime and so comfortable and quiet. The sound system is really good. I suggest getting quite a few 'short' test drives from either lexus dealers or independants or see if you can hire one for a weekend. Let us know how you get on.

You know what PaulWhitt since my last 4 cars in 6 years have been keyless entry and start I've forgotten that I have buttons on my fob lol. Cheers for your post And the fact it' a good way to check the car is locked. Heads up to you pal :-)

Thanks Rayaans. I thought as much. I can' understand how a 'luxury ' car maker doesn't have all 4 doors wired in the keyless entry mode. Crikey I've had 4 of my last 5 fords which had all 4 doors in the keyless entry mode, ok they were top spec cars but none the less. Come on lexus get your rear ends into action.

Do any is300h owners with keyless entry have the function to open the rear doors before any of the front ones? I'm suprised my premier premium doesn't have that. My previous fords with keyless entry I could open the rear doors and the other doors would open. Is there a setting within the car to enable rear door keyless opening?

Thought I'd post latest info. I googled this problem and found a site specific to the note 4. A few problems to do with Bluetooth and one cure is to clear the cashe within the phones bluetooth. I was thinking today that it may be an app on my phone messing some things up. Since my main issue is with Spotify I thought it could be that. Anyway I cleared the cashe and now I can receive texts and emails to my car whether I'm playing a CD or listening to the radio and music from spotify. Happy days But track listing still don't change when the next track plays. Clicking on the pause or play buttons have no effect. My phone is bluetooth version 4 but the cars bluetooth is version 1. Blimey before this lexus I've had 5 fords ranging from 12 plate to 64 plate and each one performed flawlessly on Bluetooth with my note 4. So I'm wondering why such an old and unreliable version of Bluetooth is being used by lexus. The mind boggles.

Thanks again folks. I did notice a big drop in wind noise this morning. It wasn't' raining. Maybe when it rains it gets a wind noise (won't have long to wait for that here lol)

I' have thought they could program a new key to your car. Blimey Ford can.

Interesting. I have noticed a kind of spoiler type thing at the top of the door rubber. Same on the passenger side. Makes me wonder if that induces a wind noise at a certain speed.

Thanks guys. Much appreciated. Malcolm I get it in both wet and dry conditions. I did think tho that maybe there's a spec of dirt or similar in the window seal seat. I'l have a look after work. Thanks again.