sweetls

Another thing to take in to consideration is the Lexus brake pad shim kit. If you did the brakes or had an indi do it, it is possible the shim kit was not installed resulting in a popping sound while applying the brake. Just a thought.

Go to Lexls.com for some great DIY service tips and instructions to save yourself a bundle. I think the spark plug change guide will include the valve cover removal for you.

Ditto. No more will I go back to the audio shop for a $55 antenna, and, told to come back in 4 hours! It took me 10 minutes!

Did you need to remove or otherwise cripple anything on the car to go that fast, or is it completely stock? I thought there might be a limiter somewhere. Just curious.

Well next time you are going to give a car away look me up. Seriously though, with all due respect why not just go find a nice clean low milage Maxima, Camry or Accord? More common, cheaper, less to maintain, better on gas. I would go that way if as you stated, you just want something for a weekend/getaround car. I would also stop looking at the first gen Q45's if that is what you are also considering. Talk about potential maintenance headaches. Don't take my word for it. Just go to the NICOclub.com G50 forum and peruse that for a while. The early Q's are beautiful cars but if they were not maintained by a Infinity trained technician on a regular basis stay away. Add to that the fact that IF you buy a first gen Q you had better have a Q45 mechanic lined up before hand because you are going to be on a first name basis with him soon. I would love to own a 94-96 Q but I got scared off because of the potential recurring issues with the cars. That said any expensive luxury car is going to cost big bucks to keep in like new shape. That cost just keeps going up with the age of the car too. A 14 to 16 year old LS is going to cost you dearly in proper maintenance if you don't want to be left stranded on the side of the road. I think if you still only want a Q, LS, or BMW, for reliability purposes only I would stick to the LS. Right now on AutoTrader there are some super looking low milage first generation LS's for sale. Just MHO.

I thought I would try this thread one more time before I do something else. My steering column on my '92 no longer moves in and out. I do not have the tilt up and down problem. The column moves perfectly up and down. This is a extension, retraction issue. Surely there is someone here who has dealt with this before and fixed it. I would even be game to some how power the motor to get it extended then pull the plug on the whole thing so it stays where I set it. Some one must know where there is a switch, control box, a separate fuse, relay, etc.........to trouble shoot this. Again this is just for the extension/retraction function. Any help is greatly appreciated. :cries:

What kind of dealer sends someone out in a customers car to see how fast it will go? If I found out the dealer was out driving my car to see how fast it would go, I would flip. What if this person blew a tire or hit and killed someone? I know I will probably get flamed for this post but I see no benefit from a mechanic who know's what he or she is doing to take a customers car out to see how fast it goes. I would think that if this is a Lexus dealer situation the service manager would have this guy's head on a platter. Why.............lawyers lawyers lawyers lawyers!