Don C

Good heavens. How much of my 50k did that cost! 😉

You mean if you’ve forgotten there’s somebody in the back? You are right that a lot of features are added based on fairly low incidence. Electric parking brakes will become mandatory as a result of cars with not fully applied handbrakes running away?

Same.

You can disable that rear seat warning in the settings. Don’t fully understand the point of it 🤔

Are you talking about parking sensors?

Sorry, should say auto parking 🙄

Mine usually leaves a message on the dash if it’s not happy about something. Not experienced the close to wall syndrome, is that on Takumis with out parking?

Thanks Ken, glad you like it. You might find there are occasions when it will force the engine to run because it has sensed that the particulate filter needs to be purged. These were once diesel only problems but these very clean petrols have them now. A salesman told me they refer to the audible noise generator as “the voice of angels”! Mine is very quiet but I like it that way because I work unsociable hours and the Yaris woke the neighbours up. I think they thought some ghost had appeared in the middle of the night! Don’t get me started with British Gas, I’m just going through a “challenging situation” with a boiler install. I hope you have better luck with the juice division.

Not too far from you. It’s a nice road to drive between Charlesworth and Little Hayfield. It’s called Monks Road and the views from the top are spectacular. If you continue another five miles or so to Chapel en le Frith, be sure to call for a brew.

It’s a dealer only option to program 👍

Or don’t really be concerned about people opening windows and certainly don’t insult them or the owner of the car for doing it. The guy wants to know if it’s possible to do it, not whether they should banish people from opening the opening windows. Do what you want in your own car.

No rattles or squeaks to report!

The lighter colours are much easier to keep clean than the dark. I’ve had stone leather in Mazdas and Rich Cream in my last NX and the beauty of them is you can see the dirt. Magic erasers and leather wipes sort it out easy.

The brochure didn’t do the interior colours justice but having seen them I think that would be superb.

How are you getting on with it Ken?

Academic now but if you contact Bridgestone they’ll refund you the difference of wear. Eg, if you still have 5 out of 8mm, they’ll refund 5/8 of the cost against new Bridgestone’s.

The camera with fisheye lens is right under the emblem. That’s grey is part of the grill.

I could log into it and my name came up in big colourful galactic explosion on the dash but then when I connected wirelessly to Apple CarPlay it kicked me out. I’ve got a 100mm lead that I use now and leave it connected. It still charges wirelessly but I’ve not tried reconnecting to my profile. I’m not that bothered.

I can work out where the value comes from, I didn’t realise you were using hypothetical sales figures. Talking down doesn’t make you right.

If circumstances were different, you’d wait a week while your car came off stock at Portbury or Burnaston.

Not sure where 20000 orders come from but it doesn’t matter whether it’s a new car, new house or new kitchen, if you’re having it made to order, you’re going to have to stump up a deposit and that doesn’t matter if they can give you an expected delivery date or not. Lexus or any other manufacturer are sticking their neck out for hundreds of millions until the customer pays for what they’re building. As for my being smug because mines arrived, I planned mine to lose the least on mine by selling it when it’s value was high and bought a Yaris in the interim on which I made a profit and there’s nothing to stop anybody doing the same thing. Every single person that put their deposit on a new NX, knew the risk at the time of ordering and any of them can get a full refund if they fancy their chances with another high spec brand. If Lexus have already started building they stand to lose far more than £500. Nobody is held at gunpoint.

It is. Might call and see a specialist to see what they can offer in terms of another finish 👍

Nice one. I knew it should doable but couldn’t work it out.

What’s your point. The owners have no alternative because global car production is in the same boat. That earthquake and chip shortages effect every car, tv and washing machine. Furthermore, you don’t know how long each car will take, they’re all different. Some people want to jump on the BBC doom wagon. It’s old news, we know about it.

For goodness sake, don’t knock a mirror off, it’s got all the usual gadgets, motors, heaters, cameras, dimmers, swivels etc but it’s also got sonic detection. Definitely an insurance job if one of those goes south.