jimmyvegas

Hello!

Initially, I too had the same exact problem where I pressed the AM/Sat button and only the AM buttons would cycle, and then sat1/sat2/sat3 displayed but only played a total of 12 channels.

I took it to lexus (6 months later) and found that it was never activated and the blonde in me (i have no blond streaks btw) thought it was due to the satellite signal not being good.

Sirius is horrible! They put the black triangular receiver on the passenger side on the front glass of the vehicle. The connection is not solid and almost always loses signal whether its a clear sky or cloudy one.

I found a lexus dealership with a coupon for installation, maybe your local lexus dealer can match or beat it.

Regards,

Ali

Lexus XM Radio installed: $699

http://www.lexusofconcord.com/MiscPage_2?s...801213120752137

lexus of concord, california

Actually, it's not Sirius, it's a bad install job. I'm very familiar with Sirius and XM both and have Sirius in my '08 GS350. I went with the aftermarket tuner mounted inside the center console lid and the antennae installed through the console up through the dash and through the sunroof. This is the 2nd GS I've had this system in (had a 2001 GS300) and both systems work flawlessly. You can't control it through the nav system but it really doesn't matter. You just program a preset on your FM tuner and you're good to go. Change the channels with the Sirius remote. So again, it's not Sirius. It's how it was installed.

JV

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The 07 GS350 is actually faster than the GS430, and all GS are pretty reliable. You can buy a extended warranty online for about 1700 bucks.

Yep, very big difference in the 2007 from the 2006.

JV

This has been discussed at great length on many different threads if you run a search... You'll be fine using regular.. but you will lose performance and probably would get worse fuel economy than if you had just gone with premium gas... the ecu retards the timing to accommodate lower octane fuels but you spend the money on a lexus.. why cheap out now... just play it safe and use 91+ octane...

Thanks. Did the search and found a lot of information. Appreciate the info.

JV

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I just bought my 2nd Lexus GS. My first, a 2001 GS300, which I put 120k miles on with very little problems, I ran regular unleaded in all the time. Manual and factory suggested premium. I said no after much research. Now, I have a new GS350 with the new 303HP engine and again, factory, manual and dealership recommend premium unleaded.

Do I REALLY need premium unleaded and do I risk damaging the car if I don't use it?

Thanks for the advice.

Cheers!

JV

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