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not bad at all!! I've done 240, but not in a lexus! they must have a bit of grunt.

Lap times??

I know I'd be interested in that sort of software upgrade! I doubt it has anything to do with ver15, of course. Isn't Ver16 due out soon?

was it parked at the time? I had that happen to me a couple of months ago. Bent my car like a banana....and it was only run into by a car! Total write off. :(

exactly right.

sounds like attention seeking to me. what on earth would stop him turning off the igntion? just doesn't make sense to me.

Today I found out that the sensitivity has 5 settings, the most sensitive still only brings on the lights when it's quite dark....and...the delay has two settings. one for 0.1 seconds and the other is 1 second. not much of a delay.

ahh...maybe the year model is the answer then. thanks. 09 Prestige car seems to use the gear box to slow down although I dont think there is any break application purely engine/compression breaking. yeah I've looked into it a bit more. they do what even a basic corolla does...if you're travelling downhill and the speed is increasing it'll change down to use engine braking, but not actually use the brakes. tick one to Prius I suppose.

FCC ID: HYQ14AAB IC: 1551A-14AAB DENSO looks like aussie and US the same.

ahh...maybe the year model is the answer then. thanks.

I've done a search, but can't find this discussed anywhere. I drove a series III Prius today with radar cruise control. I noticed that it actually brakes if, for example, you go down a hill which would increase the speed. I have a 2006 IS250 SL. The radar cruise certainly brakes quite hard if necessary to match the speed of the car in front, but if there's no car in front and you're travelling downhill, the speed will increase unchecked. Has the Prius just got a better system, or is there's something up with mine?

So can someone please confirm that there's no 'cheat' to adjust the delay with the auto lights on and that I definitely have to go to the dealer? It's no big deal, they don't charge anything for doing it, but it would be handy if I could do it myself.

Oh yeah....btw...i fixed it. got the top of a pump toothpaste tube. cut it down to about 10mm. gave it a VERY light spray with some matt black paint. it's pretty much invisible and it fixed the problem. lights come on at a proper time now.

you can put in a delay up to 5 seconds. incidentally, only the parking lights would have come on.

I just drove into my garage and it was dark enough to bring on the parking lights only. I put a small sheet of translucent white plastic over the sensor and the lights came on immediately. Backed out of the garage and the lights turned off. I might be on to something! If it works (i.e. brings on the lights earlier) I can trim it and I suspect it will be hardly noticeable.

I've just been told by a guy with a Soarer that there might be a fix. I'll go see him today.

yes. 7l/100km. I'm impressed with that.

I got 41mpg from my IS250 sports luxury on a drive from Melbourne to Geelong and back today. DOes that surprise anyone? it certainly surprised me. I just got it last week.

Not sure what setting mine are on, but I do notice under some bridges it changes in intensity. I think in lowish light the parkers must come on, and as it gets darker in the tunnel, I then see the whiter xenons do their rollup initiation thing and come on. So I think the headlights dont just automatically come on, a lower light parker engages first before the full headlights. Anyone else notice this? Regards I've noticed it. Parkers definitely come on in marginal light conditions. coming on under bridges is annoying, but as well as sensitivity, you can adjust the delay. my car is dark greay...it now on full sensitivity and it STILL isn't coming on early enough. street lights and lights of other cars are on much earlier. i still need to change the delay too to stop the bridge thing. Anyone have any answers? Peter