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http://video.kenblockracing.com/flash/smal...&autoplay=0

The 1-2 shift is designed to shift at a higher RPM until the engine coolant is warm. It than should shift at a lower RPM. If it still continues shifting at this higher RPM after warmup, than something is not right. Maybe the shift linkage needs a slight adjustment.

As taken out of the Owners Manual: Breaking in your new Lexus To extend the life of the vehicle, the following precautions are recommended to observe: For the first 200 miles (300 km): Avoid sudden stops. For the first 600 miles (1000 km): • Do not drive at extremely high speeds. • Avoid sudden acceleration. • Do not drive continuously in the low gears. • Do not drive at a constant speed for extended periods.

Ultra350: I have to agree with the other posts about the price that they're asking. It does seem kinda high, so maybe you should try to re-negotiate the price.

There should be absolutely NO road noises, or for that matter, NO noises at all from the panoramic roof.....and I've owned my '07 ES since May '06. I was happy to hear that they're still selling '07's for such a high price. Welcome to the club, and good luck with your new car. Post some pictures when you get a chance. :)

As I was trying to say is, when an automobile model is engineered by a reputable manufacturer. there are certain "ideal" parameters that are used. I think they consider this whether it's a, "focused performance car", or a plain old family car. I wasn't saying that you couldn't use parts that weren't designed for a particular type of vehicle, but when I buy a car like a Lexus, I trust the engineers know what they're trying to achieve, much more than me, so I just leave things stock. In my day I've done plenty of modifications to increase performance, but there's definitely tradeoffs.....if you get my drift. ;)

Maybe somebody can answer this!! If the Lexus company has certain parameters when designing an automobile, such as wheel offsets, than why would you want to get another set of rims which are not considered a perfect fit?? There's more than just a "bolt pattern" that fits........it's the proper geometry that's important. <_<

Sorry to say, the camera has no heating mechanism. :(

I don't think so.......but I might be wrong?

O.K. Not that anyone gives a damn about what I think about the great issues of the day, but here anyway is my news junkie analysis of the campaign and the election, and why it turned out the way it did. I’ve done a lot of thinking about this last year or two, which seems a lot longer than that, and thought I would put my conclusions out for your consideration and comments. (Besides, I like to bloviate.) John McCain started with a tremendous liability, that of being the Republican standard bearer at a time when the current administration’s popularity was just about as low as it could go. His opponents jumped all over his self professed support of George Bush, and although in many ways he was trying to separate himself from many of Bush’s policies, he never did make a significant break with Bush’s economic and foreign policies. The fact that Bush personally probably had little to do with the meltdown didn’t mean much, as people were economically scared, and the Democrat’s effort to paint McCain with Bush’s colors resonated with those who believe that the administration of the moment is responsible for anything good and anything bad that happens. Coupled with the economic burden he had to bear, whether legitimate or not, was a war which has become very unpopular among a majority of Americans. John McCain, admirably true to his principles, refused to deviate from what he thought was right, even if those views were not that of a majority of Americans. That hurt him. His selection of Sarah Palin, according to just about all relevant polls, also hurt him. Her selection did enormously energize the traditional Republican base, made up of strong social conservatives and evangelicals. But those people were going to vote for him anyway. The large attendance and exuberance at Palin rallies notwithstanding, Palin only seemed to attract to McCain, besides those already in his camp, a number of disaffected conservatives who were grumbling about McCain because of his lack of real partisan conservative credentials, and, as before, I believe that at the end they would have also voted for McCain anyway because voting for anyone as liberal as Barrack Obama would have been anathema to them. Remember, the disaffected Republicans were so because they didn’t think that McCain was conservative enough. Conventional wisdom is that besides trying to solidify the traditional conservative base, the Palin selection was also intended to attract the millions of women who had voted for Hillary Clinton, thinking that it was Hillary’s gender rather than her politics that had engendered her support. A significant number of Hillary supporters, though, never did switch to the McCain/Palin ticket. After the initial burst of energy due to the Palin selection, and after a couple of unfortunate interviews with Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric, polls consistently showed that Palin’s influence was actually negative, i.e. she was repelling more voters than she was attracting. Thus, at this juncture in the campaign, John McCain, still ahead in the polls, found that his campaign had provided a great deal of energy to people who were in his camp to begin with, and overtures to centrist Democrats and independents were mostly ineffective. Then came the fiscal meltdown. Many pundits have opined that it would have been extraordinarily difficult for anyone carrying the banner of the party in executive power with an enormously unpopular President, to win an election in such difficult times. Barrack Obama’s campaign kept pounding home the alleged connection between McCain and Bush, and that did seem to resonate with voters. People did want a change in the way Washington was doing business, but McCain never did articulate any significantly new economic policies that would differ from George Bush’s. His intent to continue Bush’s tax policy was heavily criticized by Obama, and those who were already predisposed to vote for the Democrat thus remained in the Obama tent and McCain was unable to attract very many of them. The expressed social policies of each candidate was somewhat of a wash, although there remains a majority of Americans opposed to the repeal of Roe v. Wade. While social conservatives felt strongly reassured by McCain’s strong anti-choice stance, and that of his strongly conservative running mate, remember that these are people who almost surely would have voted for John McCain anyway. So in this area, McCain was unable to attract enough moderate Democrats and independents to his side. (I don’t believe that there was ever any thought by the McCain camp that they would be able to gain the support of strongly left leaning liberals.) Another important issue was the war in Iraq. One thinks of an analogous situation faced by Lyndon Johnson. At a time when he would have been the obvious candidate for a second term, the country was vociferously tired of the war in Vietnam. Then, as now, this “war fatigue” affected the electorate and Johnson, consummate politician that he was, sensed that there was no way he would be able to overcome that great weight, and he declined to run. John McCain had similar baggage. If questioned about them individually, most Americans would have said they agreed most of McCain’s positions at the time he made them. Most Americans were in favor of the war at the beginning, as was McCain. Most Americans later were extremely disaffected by the way the war was being prosecuted, as was John McCain. Most Americans also approved of the successes of the Iraqi surge, something strongly pressed by John McCain. But during the time of the campaign, most, or certainly a great many Americans had been convinced that the war was wrong from its inception, and that a plan to end it needed to be initiated. Obama pounded that message home at every occasion (at least until the financial crisis) and his message was accepted by more people than accepted McCain’s views. As was the case with most issues, McCain, probably unfairly, was associated in the minds of millions of voters with a war with which they were now vehemently against. So John McCain and Sarah Palin were on the back side of the power curve, so to speak. They were associated with the party of a very unpopular President, held the social views of a minority of the population, were associated with an unpopular war, and were struggling with an economic disaster which for good reason or not, was being blamed by many on the incumbent party. The only way to overcome all of that would be by waging an outstanding campaign. Barrack Obama was able to put together what has been recognized by most knowledgeable observers as perhaps the most effective campaign structure in the country’s history. In most areas he had perhaps three times the number of paid campaign workers and volunteers than did John McCain. In some important venues, where the McCain campaign had two or three campaign headquarters, Obama had thirty. All this, of course, because Obama had been able to raise a huge amount of money and could afford it. And if the reports from campaign professionals from both sides can be believed, Obama’s campaign was also far more disciplined, remaining always on message and avoiding virtually any gaffes. Barrack Obama’s rhetorical skills are well known, and he was apparently able to overcome the great deficit he had in experience, compared to McCain, with the force of his words. Successful leaders always have had the ability to arouse and excite their constituents, and I don’t think that anyone would argue that Obama’s speechmaking ability was and is on a level with some of the greatest orators in our history. The fact that Obama was even able to mount a campaign initially with not much more capital than that of his rousing convention speech from 2004 is evidence in and of itself. So John McCain, facing an uphill battle, had the misfortune to have to compete with such an effective and emotion eliciting speaker. It wasn’t much of a contest as John McCain himself alluded to in the latter stages of the campaign. Finally, it was the nature of the campaigning itself. Perhaps in an attempt to deflect some of the effect of Obama’s oratory, the McCain campaign switched to almost 100% continuous negative attack ads. That kind of campaigning is sometimes effective as was illustrated by the Bush campaigns, particularly the one in 2004. But it didn’t seem to hit a nerve in 2008. The difference in energy late in the campaigns, between McCain’s and Obama’s events was telling. Much of John McCain’s (and Sarah Palin’s) comments against Obama’s positions resulted in boos and jeering, while Obama’s positive and upbeat speeches resulted in great cheering. I think that energy created a reservoir of excited good will that bode well at the polls. Remember, these comments are not meant to be critical, but merely an observation of two kinds of campaigning, both of which can be and have been successful at different times and in different campaigns. Perhaps, in these times when people generally are nervous about the economy and uncertain about the wisdom of our policies in the war in Iraq and against terrorism, this was the time for upbeat enthusiasm rather than critical statements by the politicians. I argue that it was, and that the turn toward negative campaigning by McCain in the last month or two of his campaign, and the continually upbeat tenor of Obama’s campaign resonated with the voters. Whether any Republican would have been able to win in these times, with such an inordinately unpopular incumbent, is an interesting question. But the combination of events over which he had no control, an arguably less than optimum choice of a running mate, and a less effective campaign strategy doomed John McCain’s efforts.

It can be done with illegal modificatiions(cutting certain wires), but if anything happens and you need to have Lexus service, they won't honor the factory warranty.

Exactly!

What if . . . . Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin, what if things were switched around?.....think about it. Would the country's collective point of view be different? Ponder the following: · What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, including a three month old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter? · What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review? · What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class? · What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a divorcee? · What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after a severe disfiguring car accident, when she no longer measured up to his standards? · What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair while he was still married? · What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization? · What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard? · What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five? (The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s.) · What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker? · What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter? · What if Obama was a war hero, but who also had military experience that included discipline problems and a record of crashing three planes besides the one in which he was shot down? · What if Obama was the one who was known to display publicly, on many occasions, a serious anger management problem? · What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from beer distribution? · What if the Obamas had adopted a white child? You could easily add to this list. If the questions above reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are? That is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference. Educational Background: Barack Obama: · Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations. Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna !Removed! Laude Joseph Biden: · University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science. Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.) vs. John McCain: · United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899 Sarah Palin: · Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester, North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study, University of Idaho - 2 semesters – journalism, Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester, University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism Education isn't everything, but this is about the two highest offices in the land as well as our standing in the world. You make the call.

Have the battery load tested. I'll bet it's just a bad battery. :)

Sorry, I took it the wrong way.....I mixed up aren't and are.

I'm sorry to disagree.....both Bose and JBL also manufacture amplifiers. Also, the ML system was designed to use the drivers(speakers) that were originally installed, not aftermarket! The reason being, the equalization curves on the head amp are designed to complement the complete operation of this system within the cabin of the car model that it was designed to work in. Aftermarket speakers will generally have different characteristics thereby eliminating the flat frequency response(peaky).

I think you have that backwards. FM modulators work better in areas that have less FM stations. Reason being, you get less cross channel interference on the station you use to tune.

It's considered a safety feature. I suggest you leave it alone since it really is no big deal. IMO

This is Hysterical. :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y5O5tjOENM

I think the change to timing chains started in 2006 on some models. I know that the ES350's changed in 2007.

Not anymore.....they switched to timing chains. ;)

The seat extender is a nice added feature in the UL models. I leave mine in the fully extended mode most of the time, but on long drives I sometimes re-adjust it to increase my comfort. This feature is also controlled when you have the seat memory set.

Sorry to tell you, but the answer is NO to all your questions. Unless of course you know some electronic genius that can figure out a way of doing this. I guess you have to re-enter all your info, one at a time. I feel your pain, since I just upgraded my portable Garmin Nuvi to a newer model, and I had the same predicament. I also asked my Lexus dealer if they could take all my info out of '03 ES and transfer it to my '07 ES, and again the answer was a resounding NO.

Treo 700P Transfer Process: Lexus: From Telephone Menu: Select: Settings Select: Phonebook Select: Transfer Data Select: Group Hold your Treo 700p and perform the next set of procedures From the Telephone: Select: Contacts Touch the space to the left of the Category Drop-Down for additional Drop-Down selections Select: Record Select: Send Category It will send whatever Category is selected in your Contacts listing. (Including All) This will allow you to set up the vehicle Groupings as the are on your phone. Transfer should take 5 to 20 seconds depending on number of records transferred.