Today, my NX is one year old (well, from an ownership perspective not counting delivery time from factory which is only 2 hr drive from me). Wow, time flies! 14000km / 8600mi. Just had the official 1 yr oil change done at the dealer. Would have preferred to do it myself but to maintain a relationship just in case some odd future situation might require the dealer to be an advocate for me knowing I'm a "regular" customer. Maybe a bit naive, but that's my strategy. That was its 3rd oil change, I did my own break-in one plus a second at about 9000km. Nice to once again barely see clean oil on the dipstick (given its clarity), I was a bit surprised how dirty the oil was after just 5000km (3000mi) since last one. However, their oil change dude did manage to leave the interior a bit dirty. 2 min of cleanup on my part but still, disappointed. Sigh...
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In any case, I continue to have zero issues with the car. The run flats have >6mm depth left (about 8/32" for our fraction loving friends to the south) and wearing perfectly even. I rarely notice the noise they make, not sure if they are getting quieter with age, I'm getting used to it, or simply during winter the windows aren't down very often. Ride and handling with them is still decent enough and at this rate it seems I might get a couple more years out of them. I know RFTs have a rep for quick wear. I actually went to look up some of the specs on this tire and the Bridgestone web site doesn't even list this particular tire in the 20" size anymore. Strange. Highly unlikely I will get the same tire (I'm a huge fan of Michelin), but I have some time to ponder, I plan to get my money's worth out of them one way or another.

Brakes, fronts at 10mm, backs at 9mm. Pretty good for a non-hybrid I think. I'm usually comfortable taking brakes down low as I keep an eye on them myself and of course monitor their general feel and performance, so hoping for a good few more years from them. They still feel great, as they should at this point. I often do my own brake jobs but by the time they need doing I'll be an old retired dude, we'll see how much energy I have left then

Zero chips, dents, scratches in body, although the windshield has 1 very minor pit just below the camera. I only noticed it just last week standing on my little stool cleaning the front windshield after a wash, what looked like a tiny grain of sand, nope, sigh, first official exterior damage. Hopefully it won't get as bad as the 2nd brand new car I ever had, a 1989 Firebird. The windshield was so sloped no rock could ever crack it, but after 7 yrs with it the windshield felt like 200 grit sandpaper from all the pits.

Some times when washing or generally caring for it, I ponder how long it will last. Stil planning to keep in 10 to 15 years, but occasionally ponder the notion I might just keep it 20+ years if fate approves. I'm not prone to swapping cars that frequently and this is now my 13th "daily driver" after almost 45 yrs of driving. I had times where I leased and swapped because I easily become bored with cars after 3 yrs but more recently I've started to take joy in having older cars well cared for still looking and running great. Its a different kind of special. Let see what it can do. I know some/many of you are familiar with the CarCareNut YT guy. I love his series on his 600,000mile Lexus. I share much of his attitude, the love of a great car and can still be great after 20 yrs and the appreciation of a very stock setup.

So far so good, 5% of the way there.

 

Thanks for sharing your one year ownership experience with very comprehensive thoughts. I’m approaching my 6 month’s ownership with my 24-NX350h and I agree with you on the car having no issues or problems whatsoever. Not to give up my age but I’m relatively a young man in CA and learnt the hard way of owning cars. Though this is third car and I’m appreciating the fact that the Lexus/Toyota vehicles are so tuned for reliability. I don’t wanna trash talk about my previous mustang how it’s drinks gas like water before the l Lexus but I used to enjoy the driving experience. But now since I’m getting close to settle with family and stuff like that, I hope I made the right choice of entering Lexus ownership.

I changed my attitude towards driving this vehicle for the way it is designed for. Accordingly started observing some interesting numbers in terms of mileage. I posted a thread on my experience trying to hypermile Nx350h and I’m currently tracking the latest progress with FUELLY. Will share the results soon. No kidding the MPG numbers are hard to believe. Overall, so far so good and hoping to live with my current Lexus for many more years to come. I’m a little pro-technology guy and hopefully I won’t come across a BEV that can lure me into ditching ICE or hybrids in the coming years 🤞

 

Nice feedback. Thanks. In regards of oil being “dirty” after 3000 miles. I believe it was just dark. It is typical for oil in engine with turbo to become dark quickly due to high turbo temperature. If you are interested, here is an article about previous generation. It is still valid, though. https://mag.lexus.co.uk/lexus-nx-200...ine-in-detail/

 

Happy Birthday one year old NX! I share many of your 'traits' Droid13. I've been following The Car Care Nut and his adventures with his 600,000 mile LS with enthusiasm and admiration. I would love to have his capabilities and his knowledge of cars. My wife always rolls her eyes when I'm watching him. She thinks I'm '**** retentive' with my approach to cars in general. I'm always letting her know not to scratch the dash with her purse as she squishes it into the footwell, keep her fingers off the windows and now the piano black interior! Once upon a time I loved to do all my work on my cars and motorbikes myself! Bought a 1974 Honda MT250 trial bike when I was 14 (1980). Then next came a 1982 Honda XL500 and then a 1982 Honda Sabre V4 750 liquid cooled shaft driven. 1974 Ford Capri II, 1982 Datsun 510, 1982 Honda Prelude (wife's car but I loved driving it!), 1984 Accord, 1985 Mazda 323 GT Turbo Sedan, 1993 MazdaMX6, 1997 Acura EL, 2001 Sienna, 2004 Sienna, 1995 Accord, 2009 Murano, 2012 Altima (still own, our son drives it) and now 2022 NX350h.
So far with 29,000 kms since we took possession of our 350h Executive on November 17, 2022, I have one small chip on my hood and just noticed a new one on the lower front black plastic trim. I had someone door ding my car several weeks back when we had very high winds and I was seeing RED with anger that someone would be so inconsiderate. $320 later I had it repaired with paintless dent removal process. Last week I picked up some take out soup for us and put it in the back for the drive home. I could smell the soup all the way home. Well, that's because the cardboard container had been crushed on the bottom and since it was put in a paper bag it leaked out and down into the lower area of the trunk, all the way down thru the carpeted interior soaking into the sound insulation and puddling up on the steel floor. I had to pull apart all the plastic bits to get it all mopped up. The black plastic all weather mat failed to do its job as the soup rested right on the ribs on the mat that allow it to bend/flex so you can lift it up and back to access the latch to open up the false floor. Those ribs acted like eavestroughs and channeled the soup to both sides of the car and down below as there isn't any rib on the end to capture and prevent spillage rolling off the sides of it. Anhoo cleaned it all up.

I use winter tires and have only about 18,000 kms on the RFT's and they're not showing much signs of wear either. I've had a few issues though, replaced battery recently, gas door flap had stopped working, drivers side mirror was shaking, wireless charger not functioning well, and drivers side BSM is lighting up when nothing is there. All fixed with no issues except waiting for new BSM module that is still on back order. I'm glad that this is a Lexus and am impressed at how our dealer has been handling our concerns. We really like the car and it's good gas mileage too. I only hope all the tech will last over time, we bought an extended warranty from Lexus just in case so we'll see how it holds up as it ages over the years. Our last car was a 2009 Murano that we bought new and had 395,000 kms on it before the 'rusties' destroyed the steel engine cradle subframe rendering it unsafe to drive. It didn't burn oil at all and everything for the most part still worked on it. I hope we can keep this Lexus that long too!

 

Congrats on the 1 year old birthday. I am coming to my 2 year very soon.

 

Had some very good smiles reading your reply. I too would like to be at the CCN's level. My wife too rolls her eyes often about how I treat my cars exactly like you described. Just this Saturday we went out for some errands, we usually take her Forester for these kind of things but I wanted to take the NX out instead and have a bit of a fun drive. The downside for her, she can't go anywhere without stopping a Timmie's first for her fix but I wouldn't stop because they overfill the cups often causing them to splash the console and also she gets frustrated trying to drink her tea while I'm "having a fun drive". LOL. She had to wait until later in the errands once I was satisfied with the drive, slightly grumpy. She has to put up with it because I do all the maintenance on her Forester as well.

I too had my share of bikes, started with a 76 Honda XL100, 78 Yamaha XT250, 80 Suzuki GS400, 82 Honda Nighthawk 750 in my teen years (seems every 2 yrs I needed more power, MORE POWER). I still bare the scars of the XT250. Barely 15 I decided I wanted to see how fast I could stop with just the front brakes. At 80kph hit the brakes hard, bike folded away underneath me. Next thing I remember was looking up at the sky. Well, I thought, I guess I should get up and see the damage. I did not realize I was still sliding on my back down the gravel road I was on at significant speed. So as I went to stand up I started tumbling so fast like a rag doll. Good lesson, never had a tumble on the street bikes I moved up to after that, even though I was still a bit crazy. After that I graduated to flying small single engine aircraft for my early 20s. I was indeed crazy when it came to driving motorcycles and flying. I used to try barrel rolls and spins on what are normally fairly stable Cessna 172s. Still remember how, fly really slow and hold the stick back until it stalls out and drops, then hit the throttle and the engine torque caused the whole thing to spin nose straight down quickly, watching the ground spin. I grew up near military air bases, my dad was RCAF (but not a pilot). I used to park myself off the end of the runway and watch F104 and F101 fighters do their thing., Even had the misfortune of seeing two CT 114 jets clip during a low pass formation flying and see one auger into the runway in a huge explosion, pilot could not eject. One part of the aircraft that came off during the collision fell just 10M from where I was watching with my nose to the airport fence, but I guess I was still hooked. I even had applied to become a military pilot myself, but at some point changed my mind to become a commercial pilot instead, got halfway thru the commercial training and then just ended up getting too comfortable behind a desk building software instead being safe, new wife and kids arriving and all. My crazy days came to an end. I look back on those days and still amaze myself that I lived.

Ah, the Datsun 510, my father had one when I was very young, my older sister ended up with it. They also had a B210 for a while, my other older sister ended up with that one. I learned to drive on my father's 1976 GMC Jimmy with a manual before getting my first cars, a 71 Dodge Dart, a 70 Toyota Corona, and then a 72 Pontiac Ventura. Excellent learning experiences all of them (as extremely well used POSs with not so much life left by the time I got them).

My life story, lol.

 

LOL Droid13, I had a best friend in high school who dropped out of engineering in university to become a pilot. Use to go up with him once he got his ratings to fly solo. Filled up a lot barf bags back then let me tell you! I could never get use to it, spins and dives and stalls. He went on to fly for commercial freight carriers all over the world. T boned a young girl's Fiero with my '82 Sabre coming home from college. Wedged the front wheel in front of her right front tire wheel well as she turned in front of me to enter a gas station. Did a 360 roll and landed on my back on her hood. Awoke to hear her screaming in her car 'did I kill him!' I didn't have scratch on me, but managed to get my insurance to repair my bike back to new, even replaced my old rusty exhaust pipes! Had to get rid of my Sabre when my, now wife, and I were dating. She was scared to death whenever I took her for a ride .I learned to drive stick on my uncle's '72 Dodge Tradesman, it had a 3 on the tree.

 

My wife's 24 NX350h (Cloudburst/black interior) just hits 7.1K miles and will be one YO on 4/23/24. Had its 1st oil change at 1K miles, then 5K miles on my dime. 10K miles oil change will be on Lexus's dime.
Not a single issue so far except a flat tire, a nail right in the middle of the right rear tire at ~6K miles. Fortunately America's tire was able to patch it, so issue after that.

No ding, dent or chip whatsoever. She gets to park right in the middle of the garage, my 17 ES350 and son's 08 RX350 gets the driveway treatment .
Monthly hand wash only and spray wax right after. Did a clay bar, Klasse All-In-One and High Gloss Sealant right after I brought her home11 months ago, will do another one when reach 1 YO (except clay bar which was no picnic on my arm/elbow

No mods except mud guards and 3M Crystalline tint all around (including clear windshield) except the rear hatch window.