Tickedon

Apologies, got you confused with the thread starter GThorpe who has the 8gb drive! A slow transfer back to the drive probably indicates you have a slow flash drive. Performance varies greatly and also ensure you use the fastest USB ports on your computer (not all USB ports are created equally).

This isn't true - it entirely depends how it is hardwired in. There are parts of the circuit which are kept live all the time, and parts that aren't. I have a Lexus-installed Dashcam in my car - it doesn't get power when the engine isn't on. The nextbase camera has a battery to support parking mode (which doesn't continuously record, only recording when triggered).

As it's only an 8GB flash drive... do you not have a smartphone (iPhone or Android) that the music could be loaded onto? In terms of the issue... it's really the usual suggestions: check a different flash drive to see if it's a problem with the drive; and ideally try connecting a phone via USB cable to see if it connects (eliminating problems with the Lexus USB A port). I would also double check that the 8GB drive is formatted correctly (per instructions shared by others, above). Do note that formatting a drive wipes the contents - so ensure you've copied your music onto your PC first, so you can then copy it back across! Otherwise, I would try loading on only a few music files at a time - it may be long file names or special characters (anything other than letters and numbers) are causing a problem.

Agreed. Also worth noting the view changes depending on whether you are reversing / moving forward. My problem is that I'm now so used to the 360 cameras and view on my NX, it's a chore when I have to just rely on parking sensors. I'm slightly worried I'll have lost the ability to reverse and park, relying only on mirrors, without any sensors at all...

Indeed. If someone applied for a normal job and lied on their cv, it's a criminal offence called fraud. For some reason, the Chancellor doesn't think it applies to her...

Welcome to the world of EU mandated safety aids. I’m afraid any new car will also come with similar.

Unsafe? It’s designed to stop someone stealing your untethered type 2 cable by keeping the cable locked into your car. It is actually a very sensible anti-theft measure. The vast majority of 7kw-22kw public chargers do not have a tethered cable.

Year to date, there have been 4722 LBX registered out of 13950 Lexus cars in total (so just over one third). An impressive feat given they only really started coming through from March. ObViously sales will be a different matter (and would feed through into new registrations eventually), but. I’d be surprised if it was 50%+ of sales…

The only consistent for me is popcorn. 🍿🍿 🍿 Popcorn to watch otherwise sensible people losing their heads at another nation’s democratic election results. Popcorn for those claiming only “cis, white, straight, non-disabled men” are safe under Trump (huge Trump gains amongst women, Hispanics, blacks etc. all ignored in their blinkered reality, and where 1 in 5 LGBT voters voted Trump too) and yes, popcorn for the next 4 years, as a Trump is rather unpredictable. More people in the USA thought he was a better President than the other option, and for many, sadly, tolerance of people having different views has sadly disappeared. That lack of tolerance, losers consent, acceptance that people have different views - this poses a far greater danger to our society than Trump ever would (and yes that applies to Trump & and his supporters in 2020 too!).

The problem is the few weeks that passed since purchase before it was noticed and raised - there is no evidence that it was there at point of purchase or something that the customer damaged in the few weeks they owned it. When purchasing my car, I went through everything on the dealers premises, and also took plenty of photos. I spotted a couple of issues which were rectified - would have been much more difficult once I’d driven away! That said, I would push for a better resolution -p than living with it - even offering to go 50/50 on a repair (at cost - not retail) given fault is difficult to confirm.

I’ve had mine sat unused for three weeks, no issues at all on return. Have also had it sat unused for 1-2 weeks at a time, again no issues. It isn’t a worry I have with my NX 450h+ (my partner’s Toyota Yaris is however a whole other question). If you are worried, get a USB power bank that doubles as an emergency starter and keep it in the car.

Figures sound about right. Lexus has a calculator on their website to give suggested range… Motorway driving in an EV is one of the least efficient for the motors and battery usage - essentially the opposite of diesel and ICE where you’d expect your best MPG.

Well you’re on a Lexus forum and a good part of the current Lexus range are PHEVs with co2/km around 25g - so very much under 50g and thus the opposite of irrelevant. We all know you have disdain for any car built after circa 1980, but for once it may be worthwhile seeing the bigger picture…

The wireless hardware is already there as it supports wireless CarPlay. It’s just a matter of a software update, if Lexus choose to do so. I would personally wait for the AAWireless Two dongle to be available in the UK

I guess you missed all the BIK changes - huge increases for EVs and also PHEVs in future years: As always, need to dive into the budget detail to see what’s really going on.