Husky125

Made two trips to Cornwall from Hampshire and it always seems to start at around 5 hours and gets better the nearer home we get. Usually takes 3.75 to 4 hours, so take no notice of sat nav, but trying goggle maps next time

Exactly the same, given up !

My first Lexus and found the Reading dealership to be excellent, far better than two of the local Volvo dealers I have used. One reason for using Lexus Reading is that one of the above Volvo dealers are also a Lexus agent !

Not had any dealings with service department, but in for a recall so will see how things go.

Did a trip to Cornwall and when checking my driving noted that on the way back I reached 120 mph! Also find the Lexus sat nav gives journey times far in excess of actual times, but gradually corrects it self over the 200 miles. 

Many thanks, just noticed this while watching the American lady explain more settings on line.

On my 350h if you place it in P the doors are unlocked. If not I unlock the doors from the button on drivers armrest. Finding this a nuisance at the moment as just moving out of the parking bay is locking the doors leaving my wife tugging at the handle trying to get in.

Thanks for sharing your pictures, don't worry too much over fuel, mine at 650 miles is showing 45 mpg but yes I am an old ....

Off to Cornwall tomorrow, so 200 miles each way which should show a better average.

Nothing wrong with the xc60 but let me explain my experience. When I retired in 2010 we bought a new xc60 d5 manual , promised in March arrived in September with hardly any contact from the dealer. Worst car I have ever had,with software faults each month for the first 18 months, each software correction lead to another different fault. Then it settled down and was good from them on and in 2014 we had a new d4 manual , still with the five cylinder engine. This was trouble free so in 2017 we purchased the new model with the four cylinder motor in inscription pro spec, but still had to pay extra for tints,heated steering wheel and the Bliss pack and 360 camera. This was excellent, but after 4.5 years we decided to downsize and looked at the xc40, but at the time a lot of the safety features were being removed. The servicing dealer found my question over this amusing and treated my enquiry as a joke, so we found an xc40 at another dealer and was very disappointed in the car. This made us look around and after dismissing Honda CRV on the shape, RAV very good value, but my wife did not like it, so ended up with Lexus.

So the short answer is they are very good cars let down by the dealers who in this part of the world are all now just large chains and seem to follow Audi in the approach of "we will sell to you if and when we want to"

There are exceptions to this and I found the service department at Fawcetts in Newbury excellent, but it helped that the head mechanic was another off-road motorcyclist.

Collected my first ever Lexus on Thursday after 3 Volvo XC60,s  ,it being a 350h with premium plus pack along with a tow bar, in graphite with black seats. Started the search late September by looking at a few very low mileage old models at a local dealer until they increased their prices by £3000, so paid a visit to Lexus Reading. They explained what the new model would be like as far as they knew so early October put down a deposit, saw the left hander in December and test drove my first Lexus early February. Delivery went from January to March,then April 19th, but car arrived to them on 5th April. All communications have been by email, but Roger kept me informed all the time and hand over was very very good.

Have not done many miles since collection, but car is quieter than the demo and very smooth, very pleased with the car all round. For any none Lexus owners waiting for theirs, believe me it's worth the wait.

Many thanks, now just the wait.

New to this forum and have my first Lexus on order, now due March, but rather confused over spec. I have ordered a NX 350h with the premium plus pack which clearly states leather seats, is this correct?