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    2006 IS350 Sport/Nav/ML - Smokey Granite

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  1. Probably a much better solution than some of the others. While waiting in the lounge at my local dealer the other day, I heard some service reps talking about some guy that had the sensors all installed on the spare tire of his RX - only they were all mounted on the inside of the wheel, making the spare completely unuseable!
  2. Just took a long weekend trip to the coast. Got back home to my regular gas station with an estimated 4 miles showing on the range meter (with average trip mileage at 27.8 MPG). Car only took 14.95 gallons. Looks like we're all getting the exact same data. Definitely a bit over-conservative, but I'd rather have it that way than too optomistic.
  3. Check out the detailing forum ;) Aha! another inductee into the Lexus detailing fanatics forum. Why is it that the IS seems to move people to really want to start detailing. Must be cause the darn thing is just so pretty...
  4. As a followup - Took the car in for regular service, and asked them to attach the front plate holder and license plate (which they are required to do by law in CA). When I came back to pick up the car, they had done a darn good job of fixing the damage to the bumber too. Don't know what they did, but they got rid of the rubber smears (something I was not able to do), and the gouges are no longer sharp and much less noticeable. Funny thing is, the Lexus dealer never said a word about it.
  5. Bartkat's answer to the same question is here: http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...st&p=215056
  6. I don't have much to add to this post, I just thought it was funny that the forum program bleeped you when you switched the F and the T in "shift"
  7. I agree 100%, you must try a DVD-A if you haven't. DVD-A may be on it's way out, but the ML sound system really rocks with it. I would only add Fleetwood Mac - Rumors to the list of DVD-A's if you want to try one out. It's an awesome example.
  8. If you wear polarized glasses, the windows will appear to have an ill-defined checkerboard pattern in certain lighting angles. I've noticed this on other vehicles as well. Even sometimes if you don't have polarized lenses, you can see the "checkerboard" in the back window in very low-angle light (saw it last evening while drying the car).
  9. When my dad and I re-painted my first car (an ancient and stodgy Oldsmobile Cutlass), I sprayed the inside of the door panels (and any other normally unexposed areas I could find) with a special sound-deadening paint-like product. I know you can find the stuff at auto paint stores, but it wouldn't surpirse me if they also had it at regular auto-parts stores. Also, there used to be a spray-on clear coat with a "bumpy" surface for rock protection on lower panels, you might also ask about that. Of course this was before all the strict VOC regulations, so hopefully these types of products are still around.
  10. Now that would be a handy thing to know how to do. I would appreciate knowing the exact steps for that one.
  11. Yesterday on the way home, my baby was assaulted by a flying foot-long piece of tire tread at freeway speeds. The errant tire tread struck the front bumper just to the right of the license plate. While the plastic bumper cover is not cracked, there are smears of rubber and gouges in the plastic (probably from the steel belts). I think the rubber will just buff out, but I don't know what to do about the gouges. As it stands now, I think that the pushed up part of the plastic gouges would completely destroy a foam pad if I tried to polish. I know the gouges are there to stay, but anyone have any ideas how I can "safely" remove the raised portions so I can polish the rest (have PC 7424) without difficulty? Or perhaps just choose an old pad and shred it? My wife thinks that I would have exploded when I saw the damage, but I'm really secretly glad that the tire didn't hit any sheet metal.
  12. Yep. If you don't put in park before you shut down, than your acc is still on. That's the way some people get around having to hit the start button again to keep their radio playing. However, you gotta remember to shut down before leaving the car. I've only done it a couple times, by accident and caught it right away, but I can see where one could forget. I'm pretty sure I've done this before, and I remember that the car makes some strange alert sounds when I open the door.
  13. But...my ecowater system is not hooked up to any of my outside faucets or irrigation system only the whole house sediment filter is...I have it set up so before any water goes to the eco system it is pre filtered...but if all you are concerned with is washing the car than that is fine...but for the same amount of money or even less you can filter all of the water for your whole house...and no it will not make that much difference but it keeps the sediment out of your pipes...and your water...the key is the filter cartridge that you put in it anyway... After you see how much stuff is picked up with the filter you may want to get a whole house filter anyway! :D Well, for my purposes, this isn't a filter system, but a water softener. The whole house filter may be great for particulate matter, but it's not going to pull out the ionized calcium and magnesium like a water softerner will. For hard water, you need to replace the calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions (which won't precipitate). For that you need the water softerner filter with the little beads. The beads get charged with sodium ions, and then exchange them for the Mg and Ca ions as the water passes through. Over time, the beads end up with all only Mg and Ca and need to be recharged. Recharging is easy - just soak the filter in salt water. The life of the little water softer filter is only about 90 gallons between recharges, so for a whole house, you'd be looking at a life cycle of only a few busy hours. Why not get a whole house water softener? Well, we have one, but it's piped to only supply the inside of the house (why spend $$ on softening water for irrigation?)
  14. About equal to the flow without the filter. I didn't notice a pressure decline at all (which means if there is one, it was pretty slight). Yeah, the housing was probably a bit over priced, but this the water softening cartidge is the only one I was realling interested in ($16), and I wanted to make sure they were compatible. The sediment and carbon is pretty much overkill for this purpose. The only other one I found with any ease was at Autogeek.com, but it looks like it's from the same manufacturer, and it cost more. http://www.autogeek.net/clinhofi.html Considering the hundreds (and hundreds more) I've spent on various other detailing items over the years, this one seemed like a reasonable investment.
  15. A few weeks ago, I purchased an in-line water softener for use in washing my IS. We have really hard water in my area, and I've had some instances of spotting (especially the time when I took too long using the blower). I also had difficulty getting and keeping good suds, despite using a very good car soap. So, I hit on the idea of searching the web for a small water softener that would work for washing the car. Clearly I'm not the first person to think of this, because before long, I found such a filter that was specifically designed for use with garden hoses. I don't know what genius decided that garden hose thread needed to be different than coarse pipe thread, but it is. Anyway, this is what I got via the mail... http://www.pwgazette.com/gardenhosefilters.htm http://www.pwgazette.com/softeningcartridge.htm Does it work? Yes, it does. Its darn easy to install, and it worked pretty well. The difference was instant, and very obvious. The suds in my wash bucket were almost out of control (a welcomed change, and an indication of just how much concentrate I was having to use before). Even the wheel cleaner was sudsing up, which I didn't know it was supposed to do. When it came to drying, the car dried pretty much like it always did, except this time, no spots. Is it worth the $50? For me it was (alleviating the frustraation of water spots no matter how careful I was is worth more that that). I don't know how long the cartridge will last before needing a re-charge, but it seems easy enough, and cheap to boot. This may not be for everyone, especially if you have good water. It isn't a panecea, and won't make your car dry itself like that Mr.Clean thing is supposed to, but if you've got hard water, it might be worth looking in to. Disclaimer - I'm not affiliated with the people what made this product. There may be better and/or cheaper products out there, I'm just relating my personal experience with this one.
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