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First post I've seen going to two pages in one day, since I started reading a couple of months ago. I'm like Josh - my name is "Mud" and I've scratched my right front chrome rim once, and the left one twice! All in the first couple of weeks - once in a right hand end parking space, once in an ATM lane, and once trying to get close to a mailbox while turning to the right toward it. It's no excuse, but I used to drive a Solara, and I could actually SEE the front of the ****ing car, and tell exactly where the wheels were, but on the IS, all there is is a windshield, a little bit of hood, and then nothing! So, to remedy that situation, I had to HIT something with them to see where they put them. Found both of 'em! :chairshot:

Why do you say they "misquoted" the price? 1200 off the sticker is not that much; I got 1800 off (a bigger) sticker on my 350 in Fort Worth. Yeah, it was a 2006, but I'll bet anyone will sell you a car for 1200 off sticker, even on a 2007 - on the lot, or arriveing soon. Not that it's a bad deal for you, or anything like that, but the dealer's going to pretend it's better than it really is, to make you happier with it. Just my opinion, though! Also, the other dealer probably won't lose anything on the car you don't buy. NEVER feel sorry for a dealer; they make tons of money. So, what color are you getting?

Here is a new pic, chrome wheels and all... (attachment deleted) - here is a better picture of my gray one...

Yes, you are correct. I remember seeing that, too. So, I found it again. It's in the Nav tutorial, which you get to via the popup screen after clicking on a 'feature' (like the nav system). In the tutorial, under "How to" "change the covered area", it shows you can click 'Menu', 'DVD', 'covered area', and then scroll thru all 11 area maps, which show that Massachusetts is TOTALLY covered, but Texas has only 9 main areas which have detailed info (maybe 10% of the state). That probably means buildings, and phone numbers, etc., because it does have streets in small towns in it. I put my son's address in "my places", and it's in Whitefish, Montana (which needless to say, has no 'details'). It showed the right street, but was off by .3 mile on the location. So, areas like that, and where I live, must just use the main roads for routes. I guess the difference is the couple hundred bucks I paid for the MapSource program, and North American City Select maps for my Garmin. I still like the Lexus system, though, for all the fancy stuff. On short routes where I can see streets on the map that are not "on" the route, I can take them anyway, and on long routes, it won't make much difference. I'm just an anal-retentive programmer type, who has to know!

Thanks. That might come in handy sometimes!

I can't seem to find anything about the "6 second override" by using the search feature; can someone point me to a post, or explain what the override does and how to do it, please?

I got my 350 at Sewell Lexus in Ft. Worth, and they tinted my windows the day I bought it, without even my having to ask. I presume it's part of their normal setup on a new sale. Did most of you have to have it done separately?

When I was looking to buy, in April, I drove a TL in South Austin, and considered buying it, but then I drove a red 350 at LexusofAustin. That was the car! Oh, but they didn't have one, except the demo. Salesman (Steve) wasn't inclined to give me any price break on an ordered 350, so I called around and found a TP/blk one with a Luxury package at Sewell in Ft. Worth. Salesperson (Christiane) offered me 1800 off sticker. Drove up and bought it the next day. They spent all day prepping it, and helped me get my old 2000 Solara home (sold it later for 2200 more than they'd offered for it). Great sales/service, I'd say. I much prefer the rear-wheel drive vs. the FWD on the TL. Also, don't like the sound of the VTEC engine; when you goose it, it whines. The dealer was going to give me free tires for the life of the TL!! That was a pretty enticing offer. But, decided to get what I really liked. No complaints about the IS350!

Yes, the Lexus has some of those, but doesn't have 'local roads' or 'reduced turn' on it. It has others, like 'toll roads', 'seasonal roads' and a couple of other things. I would be willing to bet a nickle that users in large cities, like Houston, or Dallas, don't see this issue. i.e. I'd guess that Lexus has put more info into the mapping in large cities. I live in a town of about 50k population, which makes "her" favorite expression "...Guidance will not be provided in these areas". B)

Did you try the options to turn on interstates etc?? A few times I've just had to ignore her.. for some reason she was tring to take me from hartford to worcester via Springfield!!!! Even when I was north of Hartford on 84... she kept trying to get me to do a u turn and go back.... Like every girl.. after she realized she would not get her way... she shut up and guided me on north on 84!! :) I give her 3.5 out of 5 stars.... I love the Nav... BUT still needs some work.. Does the Acura have a build in traffic avoidance? Yes, I tried Interstates on and off, but it wasn't using any highway at the time, so I didn't see, or expect, a difference. I tried the forced recalculation of the route while I was using the street in question, but it won't give you the option of 'delete and recalculate' (or I forget what it is called) when you are closer than a couple of miles or so. I used that option later on a highway, with miles yet to go to a different dest, and it worked just fine. When setting the destination while driving on the street, it just says to proceed to the route and nav will start (showing a main road where it will start). I'm pretty sure the Lexus/CD/memory combo should have more space available than the Garmin handheld/Street software, so it must be that Garmin's programming, or mapping, was better than Lexus'.

The 3 routes offered by my IS350 nav system use only main roads. I live 3 miles from work, and there is a normal road/street going almost straight there, but the nav won't offer that route no matter what I do. There is enough info in the system to show and identify the street name, so why would it not use it? I also own a Garmin hand-held GPSmap76CS, which has no problem with normal streets, and routing. Anyone else notice their Lexus nav having that issue?

quote name='minderaser' date='Jul 31 2006, 09:47 PM' post='201854'] i would love some pics. i am gonna... Here is a new pic, chrome wheels and all... (attachment deleted) - here is a better picture of my gray one...

By 'silver', do you mean 'Tungsten Pearl' ? That's what I have (in a 350) and it looks sharp. I would highly recommend the chromed 18" wheels, though. It didn't look near as sharp when it had wheels the color of the car; the chrome made it! Sorry for trying to spend your money for ya. :cries: Don't have any good pics, but maybe I'll take some for you...

Well, I may be misunderstanding your "upwards", but to squirt, you pull the control "backwards", i.e. toward your chest, not "upwards". Upwards does what you state - just operates the wiper once. Hope that helps.