Originally Posted by cflutist

LOL, Great idea Anita, but Websailor can be stubborn at times. I've already lost the battle about him wearing blue jeans in the car (and you will bet that I'm going to put another coat of Leather Master Protection Cream on his driver's seat before our road trip in 10 days - btw which is his birthday gift.)

Raylor4, another good tip. Thanks. I'll look for it at Home Depot.

This car is only 2 months old tomorrow and the carpet on the driver's side is already soiled

p.s. I try not to step on the "LEXUS RX" lettering on the floor mat when I ride as a passenger, of course it is light gray also and is just
asking to be soiled. Why is the lettering not in black?

Originally Posted by PeteInGilr

I think part of the dirty carpet problem came from a major redesign of the floor mats after the 2010 fatal crash involving an off duty CHP Officer and his family who were in a 2009 (?) Lexus ES350, a loaner from the dealer. Not sure if they every came to a concrete conclusion but everyone agreed it was unintended acceleration.

So in order to eliminate the mats interfering with the accelerator they shrunk them considerably.

I'm already seeing dirt spots just in front of the accelerator of my 6 week old RX.

Lately I've gotten into a routine of having my vehicles professionally detailed once a year. No matter how bad your car is, it will come back looking better than brand new. April/May seems to be a good time after the rains have stopped.

Originally Posted by kgbagent1

My annoyances so far:

(1) No place to lay a cell phone, although many features of the RX require one. The bin inside the console is too small to comfortably fit a larger phone (HTC One).
(2) No sunglasses holder.
(3) When listening to SAT radio, you cannot change the channel with the Remote Touch unless the channel you want is preset. You must lean over towards the passenger side and use the chrome **** that is hard to grab.
(4) The clock should be accessible on the nav screen.
(5) Lexus Enform is quirky, to say the least. Sometimes launching the app on your phone and going through the Info/Apps to get to something like Pandora produces an error stating you need to be logged into Enform on your phone--even though you already are. grrrrr
(7) Although the ride is super comfortable, small bumps like expansion joints or potholes are surprisingly jarring. My 4Runner soaks up bumps MUCH more smoothly. And yes...I have the Michelins.
(8) And my favorite: from weather forecast screen, WHY OH WHY doesn't it just default to your current location (or wherever your cursor is on the map)? Instead it makes you scroll through all US cities to find your city.
(9) The Comfort Package includes heated seats but not the heated steering wheel. Absurd.

Originally Posted by kitlz

Please tell me you have all weather mats in your RXh. No shoe has ever touched the carpet in my 450h.

Originally Posted by coachlkg

My used 2013 RX 350 has black carpet AND black Lexus all weather mats. I sold the all weathers on Ebay for $81. I have had zero trouble keeping my black carpet mats clean.

Originally Posted by cflutist

Very light gray carpet that shows dirt from the driver's shoes on the foot rest near the parking break and very dark gray (almost black) mats that show all of the road debris tracked in by both of us.
I took shipping tape to it on Saturday to get tiny leaves and bits of grass off. Even found some of Websailor's gray hairs.
Trying to keep this car clean but it is a losing battle.
Partial OCD Anita

Originally Posted by cflutist

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However, just bought a pack of 36 microfiber cloths from Costco for $14.99. I figure that we can use some for the window (with Sprayway) and others for the Leather Master Protection Cream, and some to even dry the car if we ever wash it.

Originally Posted by kitlz

Now if you took tweezers to pluck the leaves and grass out of the carpet, I'd say you're way beyond OCD, LOL! Tape is pretty ingenious. Lexus needs to install a vacuum in the middle console to make our lives easier