Paul29bit

Yes and I already thought of that but unfortunately it made no difference.

Loved that. He was running larger than stock tyres on the 21" rims which is very interesting and he also mentioned that it was at 500HP, so it must have been mapped.

I have not been able to locate it at all. It is very slight and honestly I don't notice it as much any more but it is still there.

When I bought my car from Lexus Hedge End they also fitted the tracker with Geo fencing for me so like others here I can track it and also Geo Fence when I park somewhere or even at home.

Congratulations on your purchase and that is quite the colour.

Congratulations, and I am certain you will love the LC. I am a relative newcomer and have had mine just around a month, but every time it growls into life I smile from ear to ear.

I don't think so but I might try putting the wing up before I set off the next time and then it will be up at the lower speeds. Good idea.

One very happy owner of an LC500 Sport+ here but I have a question. Has anyone else experienced any wind noise, especially a high pitched whistle from the drivers side and (I think) just behind my head around the window? This starts with any speed above around 35mph. I have checked, cleaned and carefully lubricated the door seals, which do not look damaged or mis formed in any way. The window seals perfectly well and does not allow any water in and I can't see anything unusual about the trim along the top of the door or even the door itself. Slightly opening the window while driving does not stop the whistle and further opening the window just drowns out the sound out. Has anyone else experienced this and is there a know issue or a fix?

If want to use the BBR MX5 for normal driving sometimes without the need to drink fuel all the time then I suggest the Turbo is the way to go. The supercharged BBR is a glorious thing but it is always thirsty even when you are just driving normally. Also the turbo conversion packs a real punch when you want to act stupid.

If what you want is the drama and theatre of performance without the silly high speeds, and you enjoy driving and especially a bit of rallying, then I can recommend something like a BBR MX5. I can guarantee it will make you smile within 10 seconds of passing 4000rpm followed shortly by the concentration removing the grin. They are a lot of fun. I recently managed to melt the BBR hub caps and they fell out of the wheels after she cooled down. Turbo vents a little too close to the front drivers side wheel and the additional focused braking did the rest. I should add I don't intend to drive the LC like that and really for me it will become my daily driver for to and from the office and going to clients.

A small but hopefully useful update. I had the suitable weather on Saturday to properly clean and inspect my car. I had noticed quite a lot of hologram's on the paintwork, especially the bonnet. Not unusual on any car these days and to be honest most so called detailers are quite bad at not only removing them but in some cases causing them. I wanted to correct the paint to perfection and then proper seal it with a ceramic for the autumn and winter months. So early on Saturday morning I started to prep the car for some correction. It took me from 8:30am to around 8pm with only a 15 minute pause for lunch and two coffee breaks to help keep the energy levels up. In the end I am very pleased with the quality of the paint on the LC, it is actually quite soft when compared to Mercedes paint but it was also great for getting a lot of gloss out of. The end results were better than I even thought for the 1st proper correction, I honestly thought it would take another go in the spring to correct the swirls and holograms, but honestly it is near perfection already. I have added pictures to show the depth of gloss achieved and I am happy to explain the full procedure if anyone is interested.

Yes they are and thank you again, I had waited so long and passed on several private sales.

These photos were taken during the trip home from the Lexus dealership in Hedge End to Northern Ireland. The car is not clean and indeed needs some proper detailing, once I get some time. Better pictures will follow in the coming weeks.

Flew over to Southport early Saturday morning to be picked up at the airport by Lexus of Hedge End. They were very through in both preparing my car and also detailing, cleaning and making sure it was perfect. Got the ECU and NAV updated as well as new rears and a service. They also fitted a Cat5 tracker for me with three years service. The car is as close to perfect as I could have hoped for. The 1st 200miles I took it easy and just let the big girl cruise up towards Wales but once we were over the bridge we took what I will call a 'spirited' drive to Port Talbot sea front for a leg stretch and an icecream. The car never missed a beat and never disappointed. You guys already know all of this of course. What else can I say but wow. I have been privileged enough to own and drive quite a few performance cars over the years and what I wanted from the LC was not another Porsche but something that I could use and enjoy on any given work day in quiet elegance but then also use in anger when the notion grabbed me. That is exactly what the LC is, a true Jackal and Hyde car in the best way possible. For 350 miles across England and Wales it averaged 35.2MPG, driving on mostly motorway at around 70-80mph. Impressive indeed, once in Sport+ mode that number tumbled but every £1 spent on fuel delivered £2 in fun. The ferry from Fishguard to Rosslair took us overnight and at 6am on Sunday morning I started the 4hour run to home in Armagh Northern Ireland. I have about 500miles on the car so far and it is something very special. Many cars offer performance and even tight handling, but very few offer a sense of occasion like the LC. I don't have any decent photos yet and as well I want to properly clean and detail the car myself, but when I do I will try and get some good photos, not that you other owners need them, because you are all experiencing exactly the same thing that I am.

Just for some clarity (although it most likely does not matter for each individual) my previous insurer and still the insurer of my other family cars is Hastings Direct, the insurer I found for the LC to be best cover/value (not actually the least expensive) was Admiral. Both prices were similar and within £30 of each other but for some reason Hastings basically withdrew their offer.

Well my tale took a twist this morning when I went back to my insurers to 'turn on' the cover as I am expecting to go collect the car on Saturday. They said that they would need to refresh the cover and when they did, guess what, they could no longer offer me cover for the LC. I won't bore you all with the 1 hour conversation across many apparently senior tele operators but in the end I had to just accept this. I have multicar insurance with them on other cars. Not impressed at all and so I had to go to finemesomebloodyinsurance.com and start the normal search for the LC. I did get a quote which was fairly good from another company and so until renewal time I will just keep the LC separate. I have no clue why they basically lied to get out of insuring it but it was fairly obvious that they were using excuses to skate around whatever issue they had. Could it have been the Can Bus issue?

I can now add my 2p worth to this thread. I got the 2017 LC500 Sport + with ML and HUD insured fully comp with protected bonus for 7k miles a year for both me as main driver and my spouse as named driver for around £530 for the year. No tracker or other such nonsense. I have full NCB, clean licence and I am 52.

Guys, can I ask for some advice please. Should I be discussing the current Lexus Car Theft issue with the dealer before collection my new car? Indeed should they already have this sorted?

I will most likely be going from Fishguard to Rosslair. I have done this journey before a few years ago bringing a Jaguar XKR back from England. I am looking forward to spending some time driving the car back.

I would prefer not to say specifically but I believe I have got a particularly clean car, with low milage and would appear to have been very well looked after. A weekend only car. With that in mind I have agreed to pay more than I wanted to but if the car is as good as the pictures suggest then I don't mind. All this has to be confirmed once I actually get to see the car in person.

Malc I have not actually seen the car in person but it is being serviced and detailed for me at the minute. Buying from Lexus UK through their dealer in Lexus Hedge End who were recommended to me on this forum (and who so far have been really good). I got an underneath and tour video from them which all looked as expected and they took about a half hour with a good camera and sent me images as I requested and as they walked around and in the car. All very helpful when you can't actually be there in person. So I have reserved and paid the deposit and I plan on travelling this week all being well. Very excited to actually see it in person. I forgot to mention the interior is Dark Rose which although was not my 1st choice, I had to admit it worked better with the Smokey Granite paintwork. The weekend before I was invited to the Porsche special event in Belfast which had a lot of lovely cars and honestly nothing really turned my head in the same way. In the past I have been fortunate to own a few Porches and even the new 992 wasn't doing it for me. So all being well, I should be able to report back within a week.

I have secured a car guys 🙂 2018 LC500 Sport+, ML and HUD Smokey Granite Mica 27k I hope to be able to fly over to UK and drive home later next week or early the following week.

Erm yes, not for me I don't think. I do have a new option which I am planning to go and see. Fingers crossed.

I am waiting on seeing a car that is just coming in at a dealer I had looking for me. Can I ask if any members here have the LC500 in Smoky Granite Mica and would you have any photos of that colour?

Glad to hear it. I still have not found a car for sale yet. There appears to be only 4 in the UK around the 50k mark.