Steve Oliver

🙄 Missed it by a month ...

Really? Is this UK spec, Colin? 🤔

And I had the presentation room too...

I'm pretty much the same in the excitement I had for this my first Lexus and most expensive car I've bought. My dealer made it wonderful though, while I was waiting for delivery of my NX, he sent titbit videos and quick flash photos of the car to keep the excitement going. He was absolutely marvelous. Ryan at Chester. Best salesman I've ever dealt with.

Hi Phil, Congratulations on your purchase, you'll love it 😊 I have a 2019 NX F Sport with all the features you're talking about. I love tech so I don't switch anything off and I don't think any of the features are annoying in any way and they certainly don't keep going off erroneously or anything (unless you have a fault, which I'll come to!!) 1. Yep 2. RSA Works really really well, sometimes a little too well, reading speed limits on the back of vans 😮 otherwise you can pretty much rely on it to tell you the current speed limit accurately. 3. and 4. Adaptive High Beam system, you basically leave the high beam switched on and the car will switch the headlights on when it's dark, dipped until it's both dark enough and you're traveling at over 42mph, when it will switch to high beam. The 42mph limit is frankly a pain as you typically need it on at low speeds too especially down little country lanes. It will then deactivate again at below 30 something mph (can't remember the exact speed but it's lower than the activation speed). If, while on high beam, the car detects headlights or tail lights ahead, it will deactivate the part(s) of the main beam that would blind the driver of that vehicle or vehicles. That's the theory and it largely works very well and cleverly, but sometimes I get flashed and I think it can react a little slowly. Or, the other driver has already flashed thinking you're not going to dip the lights, but do. Not sure. Some say they've seen NXs blind them, so the jury is out. Nevertheless I love it. 5 and 6. LDA, yes it does, a little, it just pulls you back into line a bit, can be a bit irritating sometimes so I tend to leave it off unless I'm on the motorway. Then put it on for safety. 7. Yes, never had it activate so far, thankfully. The only problem I've had is the front parking sensors, as you may have read in other threads, if you have the problem, they go off erroneously in the rain. THAT'S annoying! Don't get excited about the Connected Car business, as it really doesn't mean much, you can send a route to your car for the sat nav but if you have Android Auto or Carplay it isn't very useful. The Americans have full remote control but we don't get it unfortunately. 😕 Hope that's of interest, will be interested in your thoughts when you've tried it all out. Enjoy!! Steve

Cheers, Phil! 👍

That's correct! 👍 And if you do plug it in at some point to try it, you can always stop using it just as easily.

And that's fine, but I almost didn't buy my NX because it didn't already have it, and at the time there was no expectation of a retro fit... I have now spent the £80 and am overjoyed at having access to Android Auto, the brilliant Google Maps and all my music accessible in the car.

Yeah, I've "contributed"to that too... delivery in April hopefully.

A YouTube channel to watch..... something happening in Japan on March 26. Could be the new NX... https://www.autoindustriya.com/auto-industry-news/what-is-lexus-launching-on-march-26.html https://youtube.com/channel/UCoZ__FLgIBd1GW9scv-mLfg

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I think you'll need a Green Card now for driving in Europe, from your insurance company.

Totally agree with your perspective!!! Well done, I wonder if there is really a software update that works for it!?

No, you're right, those two features are missing.

Yes, you can definitely charge the battery up with a smart charger, and it's definitely the 12v. Won't need much of a charge to get it to starting point, then the hybrid battery charges it after that. As you say, you just may not have done enough long enough journeys to keep it happy. Use the charger every couple of weeks to charge it fully will keep it sweet. Also very cold weather doesn't help it...

Hi! During lockdown a number of people with hybrids, including NXs and RXs have had issues with the hybrid auxiliary (the 12v) battery running down due to non-use. However, as long as the battery is well charged up before it's left (eg. A long journey to the airport, or good use in the days preceding), it should be fine for at least a fortnight. People have reported they have not had issues leaving them at airports under normal conditions. The problem with lockdown is that people aren't doing significant and frequent journeys. The 12v only needs to have enough juice to get the hybrid system to READY mode, it doesn't have to be able to trigger a starter motor. In a nutshell I'm saying don't worry about it, if you're aware of the potential for a problem you should easily be able to counter it. Personally the battery on my 2019 NX although discharging has still started the system up after no use for over a fortnight. HTH In every other respect, don't forget these are Lexus... More reliable than any other make!

Official photos? OFFICIAL PHOTOS?! 😆 where where where?! 🤣

See https://www.motor1.com/news/487217/next-gen-lexus-nx-rendering/ To me, this isn't sufficiently different to the current model to be a new "generation"...

Page 92 of the manual I've got...

There is no setting to enable auto locking when leaving the vehicle. Period.

No, you're right, that's correct. I do this when I'm cleaning it too.

Yes it does. It was interesting to watch back my dashcam footage of when they did mine, because they basically have to leave the hybrid system in READY mode for the 3 or 4 hours that it takes them to do, which meant the dashcam recorded for the duration. Unfortunately this also meant my headlights were ON for the duration of the upgrade (as it's dark in the workshop!!!). You'd think they would switch them off! Sadly, no. 🙄

Hi Javier, I can confirm that I can play my USB stick music without any problem at all. The unit sees it when I insert it and it plays the music off it perfectly. Sorry! 😞 I didn't have to change any settings, Android Auto is still set as the preferred system. Good luck sorting out the problem! regards Steve

I think he's saying that he left it unlocked, but after he walked away it locked itself and set the alarm. This is not my experience at all, I didn't know you could set the NX to auto lock in these circumstances.

The glasses holder is under the vanity mirror. I manage to fit two pairs in there!