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Just interested in other people's experience now the cold has arrived. I've just measured brim to brim 48mpg which is a huge drop from a few months ago where I was comfortably averaging over 60 (real mpg, not display.)

I'm just guessing you might be a Spanish speaker, so try this manual http://manualespurdy.cisdigital.com/Lexus/LS460L-LS460/rm2462s/MANUAL.HTM/rm2462s/index2.html If it does not work, try one of those listed here http://manualespurdy.cisdigital.com/Lexus/ (just click trough until you get to index2.html files, that opens the manual)

You would probably be best to look at the Lexus Owners Club - https://lexusownersclub.com

Take quick look at the drivers door pin switch as the lights are supposed to stay on until the drivers door is opened, if the car can't "see" the door open via the switch then the lights will stay on. Pop the switch off and make sure its clean, dry and free of corrosion.

Hi, that’s right fuel economy is seriously affected by the change of the weather: cold, wind, rain all works again the hybrid system and it’s normal to get that numbers, I am doing exactly the same, and I also drive with winter tyres which makes the efficiency even worse. Sometimes I wonder if there is any point to have a hybrid car if you live in northern countries where winters are really cold and long , Siberia or Norway or in Iceland ?! Maybe still better than just a petrol or diesel but not much of a benefit like in hot climates.

Same here, and in city driving my warmth loving wife is able to get it as low as 45mpg by running the heater constantly and thus the engine!

Hi, The purple lines on my map were becoming annoying and they were much thicker than the roads. I’m sure others are familiar with this but none of my BMWs had these. Turns out the lines are recent routes called called Breadcrumbs. To remove them go to Setup, Navigation, Map. Go to near the end of the settings and set Save Recent Route to Off.

Wet braking results for 225/45R17 tyres (auto bild 2019): Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetric 5: 28,8m Falken Azenis FK510: 29,0m Michelin Pilot Sport 4: 29,6m Nokia wetproof: 29,7m Continental Premium Contact: 29,9m Bridgestone Turanza T005: 30,9m Dunlop Sportmax RT2: 31,4m

Well temperatures here in Portugal don't get much colder than 7-10 except on the highest mountains. In Lisbon I might get lower than that 5 to 10 days a year. At the time of the accident was around 15 and the tyres were warm from several km on the highway. I agree with you that tyre tests are almost every time biased, at least because some manufacturer borrowed the test track. On top of that they concentrate too much on handling and cornering when most of us don't take our cars not even close to the limit. On the other hand the wet and dry braking should be the most important characteristic as it is the one we common drivers need in an emergency to avoid an accident. I couldn't have done more than brake (going to my right lane could make me crash with other passing cars), and simply didn't got enough grip. Another thing that we often miss in the tests is the comparison between tyres of different models from the same manufacturer (eg. Goodyear efficient grip performance Vs eagle assym5, Michelin primacy 4 vs Pilot sport 4)

Tyres reviews done by journalists and associations like AA RAC and ADAC are very often not true or correct, manufacturers are probably paying them to make a false claims and promote their product. Best to get info about tyres is from car owners, the true reviews are those that have positive and some negative reviews too, no all people like same things. Tyre review guy is doing a good job and has very informative and entertaining videos but very often his comparison is all about performance that almost no one will really ever need in normal day to day driving, but on his website there are some reviews from car owners that may help a lot choosing your next set of tyres. For the Toyota’s Oem Falkens, don’t forget they are summer tyres and in temperatures below 10-7C or less they are loosing a lot of their grip, they can even become dangerous as more summer tyres will. I have seen them on a New Corolla in the showroom and they where soft on touch but temperature inside building was at least 15+ C. First and most important rule buying a new tyres is to chose the correct tyres according to the season, then anything else. Regards

Sorry to put a dampener on this discussion, but didn't someone in the States get crushed to death only a few days ago when someone remotely started the Lexus he was looking at, intending to buy? As an ex driving instructor I always told my pupils never to leave a car unattended with the engine running.

That looks very like rat or squirrel nibbling!

This is a strange one indeed, I can’t think of any obvious reason why on earth someone would do something like that!!! Other than they didn’t realise the removable panel in place to change the pollen filter and thought they’d have to drill out a panel to replace it!! Must be Ex bank robbers. Imagine them attempting to change a fuel filter built in !!! Unless they were using that space to stash their illegal substances...gosh..who knows hey!

How did you read out those codes, with a Code Reader or via the OBD11 socket ? As detailed in those SRS pdfs 05/ page 425 section 5, you should be able to Reset it via the OBD11... Otherwise you need someone with a suitable Code Reader that can clear the codes, probably a Toyota dealer. Interesting that B0108 seems to say its the passenger airbag or associate wiring etc, so why not keep it in there and present it to your Toyota dealer to suggest it could be as a result of their work on that airbag.