My new (to me) Lexus IS 300h

[_Nathan_]

sleepera6 said:

Over a mixed journey, it's close to 50mpg - great since there's a smooth 2.5 V6 PETROL under the bonnet

It's 2.5 4 cylinder IIRC

[anonymous-user]

_Nathan_ said:

sleepera6 said:

Over a mixed journey, it's close to 50mpg - great since there's a smooth 2.5 V6 PETROL under the bonnet

It's 2.5 4 cylinder IIRC

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!


Every day is a school day!!

[Croutons]

sleepera6 said:

£16,000 from Cargiant.
Haven't serviced this car yet, unneeded for now.
I too was going to buy the RX450h before I purchased this.
Dealers are first class, Cargiant was a pleasure too.

Thanks. I think they look great, and even with the small boot space loss with the extra batteries, it might just work... Shame they are saloon only, I'd be all over a 3-series size estate!

[anonymous-user]

Croutons said:

sleepera6 said:

£16,000 from Cargiant.
Haven't serviced this car yet, unneeded for now.
I too was going to buy the RX450h before I purchased this.
Dealers are first class, Cargiant was a pleasure too.

Thanks. I think they look great, and even with the small boot space loss with the extra batteries, it might just work... Shame they are saloon only, I'd be all over a 3-series size estate!

I haven't had a problem with the boot although my wife and me have had several SUV's and MPV's before. Find it is it enough to swallow school run stuff and shopping.
Agree with you about the estates though. Although our 320 boot was ste, the X TYPE we had was wonderful, massive boot with split tailgate

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Today I said goodbye to The Tank, which leaves me with one Lexus, this one.
I sold The Tank for only £880, far far too cheap. Needed 4 tyres, tax, mot, cambelt. And my insurance paid out £2000 for repairs to it, so I am happy.

Anyway, the IS has broken 30,000 miles with no issues. The heated windscreen and windows are awesome in this weather.

[anonymous-user]

50,000 miles and still going strong. Woeful in the snow. Treated to some Pilot Sport 4s all round and a Lexus service.

Seat sagging a little bit now...... anyone know how to clean peforated leather?

[anonymous-user]

I use Gliptone liquid leather on mine. Use less water than normally. scrub with a soft brush and it comes up lovely.

[Martyn76]

sleepera6 said:

50,000 miles and still going strong. Woeful in the snow. Treated to some Pilot Sport 4s all round and a Lexus service.

Seat sagging a little bit now...... anyone know how to clean peforated leather?

Hiya

I'm interested in one of these to replace my trusty 330d, what sort of mpg are you getting and what type of driving are you doing? Anything you wished you had know before hand?

[anonymous-user]

Martyn76 said:

sleepera6 said:

50,000 miles and still going strong. Woeful in the snow. Treated to some Pilot Sport 4s all round and a Lexus service.

Seat sagging a little bit now...... anyone know how to clean peforated leather?

Hiya

I'm interested in one of these to replace my trusty 330d, what sort of mpg are you getting and what type of driving are you doing? Anything you wished you had know before hand?

I wish I’d known that the EV mode was not completely EV as the car is obsessed with kicking in the 2.5 - under 20mph is only when it’s pure EV.

MPG is in the 40s but I use it for motorway trips rather than city driving which not suitable really (CVT gearbox leaves the 2.5 always at high revs) If you commute around town and don’t rarely go over 20/30 then this is for you. If you want to drive in to London this is perfect rather than sitting on the sweaty, dated and slow Bakerloo line. Around town it’s pure EV so you’re going to see an extremely high MPG. Really I bought it because it’s quiet and luxurious rather than high MPG.

[anonymous-user]

Small update, 50000 mile barrier cracked, still as good as new , Lexus dealerships excellent as ever