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No they havent. They actually come up to full brightness faster.

Here's one landslide that was dropping rocks onto cars minutes before I got there.

a group of us did that this weekend in a variety of sports cars. floods..landslides...you name it, we drove through it! it was still fun, but I hope the weather is better for you!

I was just looking through redbook to see how, historically, resale would compare for the IS250 v IS350 using a 2003 IS200 and IS300. surprisingly, although there was $10k difference in the new price, the difference today is $2k. interesting. That leads me to believe that the resale value of the IS250 will not be adversely affected by the introduction of the IS350. if anything, the IS350 will do worse in both $ and %age terms.

another car I own had a recall recently...and it's 15 years old! amazed me.

I need to learn how to read! Active Cruise ControlIn addition to conventional cruise control, the IS 350 Sports Luxury model features a vehicle-to-vehicle distance monitoring technology known as Active Cruise Control (ACC).8 Just enter your preferred cruising speed using the touch controls on the steering wheel and the IS 350 maintains this speed until the radar detects another vehicle in your path. ACC then reduces your speed accordingly, automatically applying the brakes if needed.

according to the lexus website in Melbourne driveaway for an IS350SL $89,484.70 IS250SL $84,234.70 I can't find any mention of radar cruise on the 350...surely it would have it.

have you seen how much Mercedes charges just for a different donk??? hooley dooley!

Yep just checked the contract - had 3yrs/60k service so this was the last freebie. Bonus!!!

I noticed the same damn thing!! Why weren't they smart enough to do it like that in the first place?

cost?I just paid $600 for it.

Definitely. I wasn't complaining...just commenting. Still exactly the same to drive...really nice.

oh...i forgot....the headlights...oh my god...the headlights!

What a funny coincidence. I also just took my sports luxury in for service tpday and got a basic IS as a loaner. BOY OH BOY do I miss all the gadgets that I'm already taking for granted. Rear cam, GPS, sensor wipers and radar cruise control were the main ones. Funny how I'm already taking things for granted that 10 years ago we hadn't even thought of!

and sadly, already out of date!

Maybe things are different in other states. Clearly if E10 becomes 91 octane (in Melbourne shell E10 is 94 octane), then the goal posts change. HOWEVER, as it is, we're getting the correct octane rating out of E10 at a savings of 13 cents per litre over the 95 octane fuel and even though some note a loss in efficiency, my tests with freeway driving showed totally NO difference. Maybe the best reason for not boring us with your calculations is because they're wrong and/or they don't apply to our cars which require 95 octane fuel, not 91.

You can certainly use it without problems. It says so quite specifically in the usual places on the net....I've used it and found no difference in performance or fuel consumption. (fuel consumpion on freeway..never tested urban..too many variables)

Mine certainly doesn't do that. Sounds very odd to me. Try closing the windows above 160kph :)

well, the other day I was going from Toorak to Ringwood. satnav decided the default route would be toorak rd onto monash onto eastlink (tolls) and then off at canterbury rd. 35km and 33 mins it said. option 2 was via Kew and eastern freeway (more tolls) 28km and 36 mins The last option was straight up Toorak Rd onto Springvale and along Canterbury Rd. 22km. 25 mins. Now if anyone can make logic of that, the please explain it to me! :)

So right. In the Navigation setup, you can change the average travelling speed on suburban roads, major roads and freeways. Changing the default values may give you more appropriate route choices. Although, we all know that the average speed on different "major roads" can vary widely between 23 and 80 km/h ... Herein lies the real problem. Someday, all sat navs will use statistical averages of travel time for major roads at given times of day, to determine more appropriate routes for the desired time of day for travel. I know that Intelematics (providers of SUNA) are working on this. (I'm not sure if this can be retrofitted into current model Lexus DVD systems, but here's hoping.) For now, though, all we can do is tweak three numbers ... well, I have a number of satnavs....the others aren't even nearly as ridiculous as some of the routes chosen by my lexus. anyway....it's easy enough to check them before you move, so no big deal. was just an eye opener the first time i noticed.

Has anyone else noticed the ridiculous routes you'll get as default? I find it's imperative to check all routes and manually choose.

Impossible. Lexus' don't have issues. You obviously just don't know how to use it. Just sell it and buy a BMW.....they're luxurious and 100% faultless. *cough*

Just got it. it STILL doesn't have all the westgate upgrades, which makes me wonder what else it doesn't have.

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try it...it can't hurt