John Adams

Bob, just tried the satnav and everything is working fine with no spinning icon or anything else. Whether or not I have had the update is another question.

Malc, you're probably right but it bugs me to see a small dent or indeed stone chips so I won't rest until it's done. Probably OCD. I've always kept my cars in good condition and this is the first one I've had damage on -including a curbed alloy a week after getting it. Ironic really being the first car I've ever sent back.

Thanks Alistair

Thanks Duggie. Not sure if it is easily accessible as it is on the top of the wing and I'm not sure how they would get at it. I'll see if I can find some company near to me to have a look.

I went into the garage yesterday and a caught a broom which was leaning against the garage wall. It fell and the top of the broom handle hit the offside wing. It was a very light tough yet it has left a dent in the wing. I didn't realise the metal was so thin. It's only a small dent about 15mm across but enough to notice. Does anyone have any experience of using a dent removal company? If I was part exchanging the car like I usually do I wouldn't bother. But this is the first car I have luckily bought on a PCP and given the price drop and negative equity it will be going back. I'm conscious that Lexus might want to try and make some money out so I probably will have to get it done some time. Any comments would be appreciated.

I have to say I don't think the interior looks "cheap". However as I have said before I am not impressed with the seats which in my opinion should be leather at this price point like most of the competitors.

Just renewed my insurance with Saga. Gone up to £621 from £520 last year. Bizarrely the excess has reduced to £200 from £600 last year so reasonably happy.

I think it is £160 for all ev's however old they are.. Also, any ev's bought from 1st April over 40k will pay the "luxury" car tax for the first time.

I wouldn't bank on a Labour Government not raising taxes on ev's. They have got to get money from somewhere and my long experiences of Labour in power suggests they are very good at finding more inventive ways of taxing you. My DB pension is proof of that!

My advice for any rattle or noise coming from a new car is to take it back to the dealer. They are usually very good at sorting it out. I hate any rattles and the few I have had have been sorted very fast by the dealer.

With regards the ML system, all my previous cars sounded great with it. With the RZ it is definitely not up to the standard/quality of previous cars. Don't know why, perhaps they have downgraded it so save money.

Get it back to the dealer. I had repeated problems from new with clicking and not locking in place and had to keep taking the cable in/out to get it to work. It was a right faff. At first, the dealer said there was not a problem but months later admitted they had problems with their demo cars. To cut a very long story short, they eventually changed the socket and I haven't had a problem since. The fact that it took 7 months to acknowledge the problem and fix it is the most annoying thing.

I was told by Lexus CS in February that all the problems with the app will be rectified "shortly". I wont hold my breath.

I suppose I will now have to get used to my overpriced Takumi's price dropping even further when these new models come out. What a fool I was for buying this car last year!

Lexus is the luxury arm of Toyota and they obviously want to keep Lexus cars serviced by Lexus dealers. Probably makes sense to them to keep them separate.

My software update was done in early February as well as other work. Along with Bob, we were pushing Lexus for this update since last year and I am very pleased with the result which has significantly improved the range. I have the Takumi and have had no issues -touch wood- and I hope it stays that way.

I used to have My RX serviced at a local Toyota dealer 10 miles away rather than travel to the Lexus dealer 100 miles away. However when I tried to get my NX serviced just over a year ago they told me they could no longer do it as it was no longer Lexus policy

All I can say is I have done plenty of long trips in my RZ since the update and haven't had a problem. Sure, I have to stop every couple of hours to charge but I also have to stop for a cuppa and the loo so 30-40 minutes is not a problem. Each to his own but I am sold on ev's but not the way Lexus introduced the RZ. My next car will definitely be an ev, but not a Lexus

Well, from my point of view that is easy. An increasing number of councils across the Country are either making it difficult for non ev's to drive in city or town centres or banning them all together. I expect this to get worse once Miliband is in charge. In my local city, they want all non ev's to park out of town ( 4 miles away) and catch the bus in which for me at my age, I don't want to lug shopping back on a bus. I would rather park in the centre. As from, next January this will be compulsory. Whether we like it or not I am sure the next Government will make it more difficult and expensive to drive non ev's because we have to save the world from our less than 1% emissions. So for me it's a no brainer and to be honest, it will make my life easier and to me ev's to me are nicer to drive. Before I get shot down, it's my opinion and others will disagree. My disagreement with Lexus is nothing to do with depreciation just that they shouldn't have sold the car without the updates and all the other problems I have had.

Bob, I keep mine in eco drive mode all the time and the ac/heating still works but in reduced mode. I went into normal mode yesterday to try it which is a rare occurrence for me and the range dropped by 7 miles (142 showing before I switched) but I did notice the aircon got a bit cooler as it was a hot day. Switching back to eco mode and the range went back up

Just looked at mine and it is the same as yours. Can't say that I have ever noticed and having had the car for almost a year can't say it has caused any problems. I will though mention it to the stealer next time I go in.

My experience of owning many new Lexus cars for over 25 years is that the dealers always set the pressures too high . So if you have recently bought the car that is the likely reason. My recent RZ purchase the tyres were about 10psi over pressure. That fits in with all the cars I have bought

Bob, with regards to regen, I've been using regen from day one but haven't really looked into it to see what -if any- difference it makes. I think it must improve things at slower speed because you can see the energy going back into the battery. I only use it around town now because I have seen a lot of You Tube videos where people suggest it is better to coast if you can because as they say it uses more energy to get back up to speed if you use it to slow down from higher speeds. As I say, I don't really know but I do use it around town. Perhaps others on here will have a better view of this.

Just to confirm what @wivenhoe has said, they have stopped the update for cars with the HUD due to a serious software problem. Not sure when it will be reinstated. I have no problems with my update which shows a significant improvement particularly to range. Charging mine to 100% with current temperatures is now showing 212 miles which is fairly accurate. 3.4miles/kwh is easily obtainable even at steady -60mph- speeds on the motorway. A significant improvement to what we originally had.

Hi Paul, just to answer a few points. Since the software update I have seen a significant increase in range. Over the weekend I just completed a 410 mile round trip mostly motorways. Travelling at 70mph with ac on and an outside temp of 17-18 deg I averaged a total for the journey of 3.3miles/kwh. On a 80 mile stint between services stations it did an exceptional 3.7mile/kwh. As a long term critic of the RZ, I have to say I am more than pleased with this. I had no range anxiety and no problems the 2 times I stopped. Have to say I have never experienced any high pitch noise at motorway speeds. Indeed it is very quiet at 70mph. I have though switched off the acoustic noise or whatever you call it which probably helps. The various bongs were annoying at first but you get used to them and I don't really notice anymore. Finally, if it needs new tyres at 6000 miles it has obviously had a hard life. Mines done 5500 and the tyres are in excellent conditions and I would expect at least 15000 if I were to keep it.