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This is the bit I'm most interested in as I'm 8 months into my 2-4-1 warranty... I already have an extended warranty. Can I swap onto Relax? Yes, you can cancel your extended warranty policy and receive a pro-rata refund, provided you haven’t made a claim. Please contact the extended warranty team for more. Once that is cancelled, you’ll then need to have a service to activate the Relax. It may be better to wait until your next service is due.
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Forget manually selecting EV mode unless moving car on/off your drive. All you’ll do is deplete the battery very quickly and the engine will have to run for longer to charge it up. You would just be robbing Peter to pay Paul. Let the car sort itself out. That said I do keep mine in Eco mode most of the time. As mentioned above, accelerate and back off and anticipate what’s ahead so you are not constantly slowing down and speeding up.
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Very true. Big difference in mpg between 60mph and 70mph.
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My wife's 2013 VW Golf 1.6 Diesel has very similar fuel consumption to my CT. Both in the motorway and around town. I'd say my CT edges the Golf around town and on B roads. The Golf slightly edges the CT on motorway. But the fuel for the CT is cheaper if course.
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Thanks. I bought the full set of three from LexusPartsDirect for £31.50 delivered.
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At that price it's a no brainer.
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£19.51 for just the driver's side rubber. I bought the full wiper set (front and rear) for £31 including delivery.
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It looks like I have Hybrid Wipers produced by ‘Blades’. From what I can see you can cut the rubber to suit and they can be bought for around £4 a pop online. But it’s not easy to know for sure you are getting the right part. My service isn’t due until September and my drivers and rear blades need replacing now. I think I’ll just get the full set from Lexus Parts Direct.
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Hi All. Has anyone gone down the route of replacing just the rubbers on their wipers? If so can you advise on where you bought them from? LexusPartsDirect sell a kit but it's for the complete wipers which appear to be different to what's already fitted. The Rubber inserts just slide in and out. Thanks in advance.
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I had an IS300h shortly after getting my CT which was back with the dealer. Lovely car to drive and very quiet when pushed hard unlike the CT. Just not quite good enough on fuel for me to consider one unfortunately as in every other way it's better than the CT in my opinion.
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It's definitely situational. Our school run is a 28 mile round trip through town and across rolling countryside with lots of hills. On a cold winters morning I'll get about 53mpg. But on a warm summers afternoon with no A/C I'll get high 60s every time. The best I've managed is 72mpg on the same route which I've also managed on a trip back from Poole to Wiltshire (2 adults, 2 kids onboard). I can usually get 60+mpg on a long motorway trip especially with 50mph stretches included. My car currently shows 72.3mpg as being my highest achieved. I've driven it in Eco mode since getting it 18 months ago. I've just recently bewitched back to normal mode.
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Very nice car that. Is it brand new?
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I'll be interested in hearing how you get on with the UX and how it compares to the CT. All the best.
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Thanks for this. I do actually like the UX in the right colour and right spec. Just a little bit too expensive for me still. We test drop a Toyota CH-R for my wife which I think has the same hybrid system but it was a 1.8. We averaged 68mpg on the 25 minute test drive. Nice car that.
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I read one long term test where they swapped the tyres out for Coss Climates and they said it transformed the car. Much quieter, better fuel economy and comfort. I have these on my CT and they're a great tyre without doubt. I would swap back.
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Thanks for this. It’s pretty much in keeping with everything I’ve read and watched. It’s probably the perfect car for my use case. Short journeys with occasional long motorway trips. But my biggest concern would be reliability as that’s why I bought a Lexus. The Hybrid system is well established with Lexus/Toyota but very new to VW. From what I gather if you drive the Golf in hybrid mode it will use battery until only 3 miles of range is left and then revert to traditional mild hybrid in the same way that Lexus drive. So on a 30 mile round trip of country roads with a bit of regen braking it will probably start using the engine when I’m on my way back and close to home. A video I just watched stated on a 30 trip he got 108 mpg when starting with a fully charged battery. That’s good enough for me. Im in no rush. I love my CT for many reasons so I’m in no real need of having to get anything else. But I do like the spec on the GTE Advance.
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That's my point John. I've already read and watched loads. I just wanted to know if any Lexus owners had driven one so I could hear their thoughts.
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Point taken...I just wanted the thoughts of a fellow Lexus owner. It's a shame Lexus don't do Phevs.
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Has anyone on here driven a VW Golf GTE? I’ve been looking closely at these online and they look like they might be a very decent replacement for my current CT200h. 28 mile round trip for school run could be pretty much done on electric only at the cost of just over £1. Loads of tech in the highly specced Advance model. All the benefits of an electric car when driven locally with no range anxiety for longer trips when it can be used just like a traditional hybrid. 200HP too and up to 80mph on just electric. The trouble is I really do like my CT and like owning a Lexus.
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Was reading a long term road test of a VW Golf GTE (phev). They complained about the road noise and swapped out the Bridgestones for a set of Cross Climates. They said it transformed the car. Which is exactly what they did to mine. They were also able to get up a hill in the snow where an AWD was stuck at the bottom on summer tyres.
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Perfect excuse for someone to buy a set of Cross Climates.
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Personally I wouldn't recommend you spend any of your own time trying to troubleshoot an issue with what is effectively a brand new car. Hand it over to Lexus and let them sort it. All the best.
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I've been driving for 30 years in the UK. The examples I gave above all happened in the space of 6 years. The tyres I removed from my CT were Yokohamas on the front and Nexen on the rear. I also didn't say you criticised my choice. And as for why these are your favourite threads that also is lost on me. You also appear to drive an RC which is a completely different type of car to a CT. You may not wish to take the small compromise in summer performance. I on the other hand need a car that is safe to drive all year round from very early in the morning to very late at night, on motorways, country lanes, around town and on A and B roads. A car that I can leave in an airport carpark in the middle of winter for a week at a time and know I've got a good chance of getting out of the carpark when I collect it. All-season tyres may not suit you, but they are exactly what I need.
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Linas did you read the test? The results aren't something I'd take with a pinch of salt. We can disagree on this that's fine. I've made my choice based on personal experience and a fair bit of research. I've hit a roundabout at 0330 in the morning in a light dusting of snow. I've been unable to get off a drive and out of a road due to snow. I've held up 15 cars from getting into a carpark. Yes this was all in BMW but once when I was stuck in snow a friend of mine had to tow me out of a carpark. He goaded me by performing doughnuts in his own car when mine couldn't move an inch. What car was he driving? A BMW with winter tyres. Also bare in mind that the Cross Climates were developed from a summer tyre.
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Winter tyres and all-season tyres are an entirely different proposition to snow tyres. This is not about snow. Have a look at the results I've linked. And that isn't the only information available online. I'm speaking from first hand experience. And Im from the South East and now live in the South West. To suggest the cut off for summer tyres is -1 Deg c is wide of the mark and contradicts all if the data available.
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