Lexus LC500 - Talk me out of one?
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interstellar said:
andy43 said:
ABMA said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
That’s one of the best contrast combinations on the LC.
Well done sir.
Local dealer demo was green over tan - it's an epic combo, really metallic-ey in the sun.
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andy43 said:
Yeah it was the wrong wheel drive I was getting at.
There are actually two settings for the slidey tiltey access thing - ‘fuller bodied’ and ‘I think we’ll have to remove the bedroom wall to get the crane in’. I’m managing with fuller bodied so far…
I'm still getting to grips with the settings, and don't (yet) need the seat to slide back too. The user-interface is pretty poor but I gather from other owners that you soon get used to it. My daily is a BMW and the touch screen in that is miles better than this. There are actually two settings for the slidey tiltey access thing - ‘fuller bodied’ and ‘I think we’ll have to remove the bedroom wall to get the crane in’. I’m managing with fuller bodied so far…
CharlesdeGaulle said:
andy43 said:
Yeah it was the wrong wheel drive I was getting at.
There are actually two settings for the slidey tiltey access thing - ‘fuller bodied’ and ‘I think we’ll have to remove the bedroom wall to get the crane in’. I’m managing with fuller bodied so far…
I'm still getting to grips with the settings, and don't (yet) need the seat to slide back too. The user-interface is pretty poor but I gather from other owners that you soon get used to it. My daily is a BMW and the touch screen in that is miles better than this. There are actually two settings for the slidey tiltey access thing - ‘fuller bodied’ and ‘I think we’ll have to remove the bedroom wall to get the crane in’. I’m managing with fuller bodied so far…
Plus point is climate concierge - set and forget, then just alter the temp to suit and it’ll add seat or wheel heating or cooling etc as it thinks best. Works very well.
TeaVR said:
I hardly ever use the touch pad.
I have a theory that in the UK, it's more difficult to use as most people are right handed.
And it’s the same in Japan - they’re a RHD market too.I have a theory that in the UK, it's more difficult to use as most people are right handed.
2024 model will get a glued on touchscreen at (imho) the expense of dash design.
Only thing that slightly annoys me is no seat heating/cooling physical switches but I suppose the climate concierge removes the need for seat controls 99% of the time.
2024 Throttlehouse review here. They get it. Nobody gives a crap about the infotainment 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HPszF7iwYw&ab...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HPszF7iwYw&ab...
andy43 said:
2024 Throttlehouse review here. They get it. Nobody gives a crap about the infotainment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HPszF7iwYw&ab...
Can you not get Apple car play on it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HPszF7iwYw&ab...
interstellar said:
andy43 said:
2024 Throttlehouse review here. They get it. Nobody gives a crap about the infotainment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HPszF7iwYw&ab...
Can you not get Apple car play on it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HPszF7iwYw&ab...
andy43 said:
lornemalvo said:
Be aware that the LC. like other models, is vulnerable to theft within 1-2 minutes via the canbus access at the wheelarch. Having said that, it seems that Lexus themselves aren't averse to a bit of theft, going on the parts prices quoted in this thread.
The first nicked uk LC was only stolen recently and then recovered from a shipping container last week bound for Dubai.Mine has a tracker fitted - most Lexus probably do for the insurers - for £100 extra iirc it has an immobiliser included. No fob, no theft.
What bugs me is the likely damage an attempted theft would cause so I’m looking at adding either a cat 2 immobiliser or a 2-1 canbus alarm upgrade. Something that is visible in some way - led or immobiliser touchpoint on the dash.
Parts prices - yeah they’re probably expensive, but with a ten year warranty I’m hoping to avoid the parts department for another few years…
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