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Dunno, as a cash buyer it wasn't a factor for me at least.

If you qualify, Motorfinity have some good discounts on many Lexus models https://www.motorfinity.uk/car-manufacturer/lexus/

Quite. We just got a UXe takumi with the bigger battery 6 months old £26k ish, Bolton Lexus who were ace.

David , you say the RX is much more comfortable than the NX, could you expand a bit on why the RX is ahead, the reviews I've seen seem to say the NX is fine other than the raucous engine when accelerating hard. Thanks

David , you say the RX is much more comfortable than the NX, could you expand a bit on why the RX is ahead, the reviews I've seen seem to say the NX is fine other than the raucous engine when accelerating hard. Thanks

Adam, I've had a CX5 diesel for 3 years, nice interior as you say, sport nav + not missing anything imo. Cheap to run ( 50 mpg) and insure, the only issue I've had is oil dilution where message comes up when fuel has diluted the oil and the oil level is too high. Had it twice and can't identify any particular driving style that would have contributed. It's apparently quite common, but touch wood no issues in 8 months or so. Just needs an oil change and all is good again. Though as you may know all diesels can suffer form various egr dpf etc issues particularly if they get a lot of short drives. Not had any issues personally though. Mazda CX 60 - I'm on the facebook CX- 60 forum and I can only say that unless the brand new cars have improved compared to initial launch I would steer very, very clear.

Just bought a UXe from them, first class service and good to hear the service dept is on the ball too. Unfortunately we are 70 miles away from Bolton so will try our luck with Chester when the time comes.

I think you may be wise to think twice about EV's, we certainly are. Considering a UXe as post retirement car to do short trips around town, so no big trips where the Chademo charger would stumble. UX 300e Takumi 2023 with 6k miles latest spec bigger battery. £26900 at main dealer which on the face of it seems a massive bargain compared to list, yet Lexus are now chopping about £7k off this model to generate sales I guess. So pre purchase we plugged the car details into WBAC to get a "true" value of the car. £18500 was the answer, and I assume the recent price drop from Lexus can only depress values in the future even more. We all know we loose money buying a car but this seems beyond funny. That said they are nice and if keeping the car 10 years it maybe wouldn't matter so much... Good luck with your purchase decisions.

Thanks Paul and your probably right, the attractions of the brand are mostly still intact, though the customer focused approach does seem to have slipped of late.

Having been considering buying an RX the canbus fiasco has certainly put me off the brand, I was interested in one recently as the alternatives have different potential issues particularly as a long term ownership prospect . So, autotrader has a Lexus RX 450h 2022 premium pack, 10k miles at a main dealers at around £37500, tried the part ex trade in price estimator for that car, looking at a hypothetical PX to an RZ, Asking price £55K, again at Lexus main dealer, their best trade in price that they would offer £28500! So simply buying the car I'd loose £9k as I drove off the forecourt. Makes you think.

Thanks I'll give them a try

Lets hope AF do a discount you might well need one given the RX450 is in the premier league of nicked cars. I have been looking at the RX to replace my Mazda CX5, plugged the numbers into LV my current insurer, £1650 per year please Sir ! Err that's £1200 more than the CX5, no points, over 60 and live in a very rural area. No RX for me ☹️

Well done to you both !

Whats the service history on the car please Stewart ? Thanks

Ignore above. Thanks Ed useful info particularly the width bit, i have a few narrow lanes to get through so that may well influence things. I took Vasileios suggestion about Lexus Bolton, they have their ex showroom RX available going to do some numbers on a PCP, 5 figure discount plus 2% ish interest could be very interesting, I could dump the remaining cash into my pension, and pay off the final payment in 3 years when I pack it all in with a bit of my lump sum.