Hi everyone -- my first post.
I have 1100 miles on my RX450 and I really like the thing. After driving two BMW X5s and a Benz ML over 8 years, the Lexus is like a dream.
No matter how the Germans try to sport up their SUVs, the machines are still SUVs. IMHO their main mission is to 1) haul people and things 2) go in snow.
I appreciate the Lexus approach of providing decent electronics and enough road feel to not be completely numb. It is not a sports car and isn't trying to be a sports car. Wisdom itself.
At first I thought locking out the phone and nav features while moving were a defect, but when the controls came back when I stopped it became clear that this was by design. And yes, it is annoying.
I am really thinking about having the after market module placed that ends this nonsense, but I'll live with it for a while and
see how it goes. I'm not eager to pull the dash on a brand new machine.
I'm averaging 28.5-29 MPG in my day to day driving, up from 18 MPG on the X5, and I'm burning midgrade Shell.
Have to wait a few more weeks to see how it does in snow.
And yes, I miss my Garmin, but I'm getting onto the Lexus Nav. I'm finding it more different than defective, but from some of the posts there may be trouble ahead as I use it more. We'll see.
With any luck they'll listen to the complaints and have a software fix before long, and hopefully before I spring for the module.
Anyway, I like the 450 quite a lot and plan to run the wheels off the thing.
