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I probably had more than that, I am in the habit of rolling down the windows and listen to the radio while I work in the garage but the 400H has an undersized battery. I traded the 400H for a 450H and it has a bigger batter which is located in the trunk. The battery in the GS450H did go dead right after I got the car but it was due to a defective battery. The battery was replaced back in July or Aug of 08 and I haven't had a problem since even though the car sits in the driveway for a week or longer. To give you an idea how little I use the car. I got the car mid June of 08, the car has made 4 (nine hundred mile each way) round trips between SC an NY plus a few one hundred mile trips between Long Island and Stamford CT which total somewhere around 4,000 miles. I hace a little over 5,000 miles on the car since June so between June and now I have only put on a bit over 1,000 miles on the car. If I only put on about 150 miles a month the car sits in the drive way a lot but even with such little usage the batter does not run down after sitting for a week or more without being used

A little off topic but before I moved to SC I lived on Long Island and about 10 years ago I leased a new Mercedes E320 convertable from Rallye. If they run the Lexus service department half as well as they ran the Mercedes would still be great. I can't say a negetive thing about the way I was treated at Rallye

This is not normal, but could be simply a depleted 12V battery. If you were working on it for several hours or drained the battery with a short, then you will see this kind of behavior due to low voltage. Try to jump start it. It is normal, I had a RX400H that would always go dead the RX400H has (in my opinion)an undersized battery. I now have a GS450H and they seemed to have put in a biger battery in the GS

I have always started right out with every car I have owned, the whole warm up thing really does an enging more harm than good. Even if you do eake the time to warm up you engine you still ned to drive slowly to allow the rest of the moving parts in the drive train to warm up. Sitting and allowing the engine to idle not only is a waste of gas it may also cause the engine oil to wear out sooner.

I have never heard of this tip before until I came across it the other day, It seems so obvoius I feel stupid for not thinking of it before I read it. The ICE will always rund the first few minutes at start up to get the fluids up to temp. So it makes sense to try to run the battery down as low as possible before parking it for the night. It is better to try to drop to battery only speeds when you are near home to run it down because if you return home with a full battery the next morning ICE will be running at start up without adding much to the hybrid battery

Yes, actually there is.... So as to not discomfort you with a RUSH of still cold airflow most systems will not activate the blower motor until the coolant temperature rises to ~130F.... UNLESS you use the defrost/defog/demist mode. But at the same time most systems will allow you to over-ride the "delay" but turning the blower speed up manually.... Additionally many systems will activate immediately if you set the temperatrue to MAXIMUM. But then this latter procedure will REALLY be discomforting as you will get the HIGHEST blower speed and COLD airflow ASAP. One does wonder why, along with the adoption of the electric compressor, another $10 wasn't spent to put in a refrigerant flow reversing valve and have a HEAT PUMP. I know I am just a girl, but the extra ten buck would not change the laws of physics would it? The ac draws heat from the cabin and vents it outside via the expansion of a liquid into a gas (refrigerant). So you are saying that if we reverse it and pull heat out of the ambient air and put it into the cabin we would get warmer? Aren't they both the same temperature when you start you car in the morning? Tell me how this would work. I'm interested. BTW my 99 corvette 'vert has a HUD and it is great for keeping an eye on your speed while being followed by cops. I can't imagine why they follow me. LOL! My lex is to keep the miles down on the 'vette. They get pretty worthless when the reach 50,000 miles. Trying to keep her mint! My Corvette had way more than 50,000 miles when I bought it and it seems to be going up in value. By the way I had a 98 and a 96 Vette but I had to get rid of one to make room for the 62 I bought so I got rid of the 98, I happen to like the C4 body more than the C5 body style

In addition, if you have access to 110v extention cord near your parking, get a block heater. BOOM. Heat, right now. We keep ours on a timer so it only turns on a few hours before we're up-an-attum. It (along with blocking the grill) keeps our winter mpg up higher too. My car heat comes up fast enough for my needs but if you aren't happy with the delay other than a heated garage a plug in heater is your only / best option

I noticed a problem with the fog lights also. Mine work as they were intended to work, but in my opinion they should work independently of the headlights, the lexus fog lights aren't real fog lights. Real fog lights are located lower to the ground. Regular lights reflect off the fog and are ineffective, but properly designed light are aimed below the fog layer and are able to provide better visibility in fog. Having them at the same height as the headlights is poor design, having the headlights on at the same time is plain stupid

No sure I understand your problem. If you want to pre-set a station to 88.0, just tune to that station and press a pre-set key of your choice until it beeps. The problem is that I can tune it to stations with only odd numbers like 88.1 88.3 88.5 etc. thats because in USA they use only odd numbers for radio stations so the tuners doesnt stop at 88.0 88.2 etc. I am wondering if there is a way to program it differently. My guess is that it would be something that would require a trip to the dealer.

I found that feature very annoying when I first got my RX. I got the RX in NY a few days before I drove to the house I bought in TX to spend winters . I didn't have the time to read he owner's multi volume set of books I got with the car. A few days after I got the car I packed it full with a bunch of stuff and headed off the TX house to spend the winter. So when the lights came on and the display got dim I had a hard time seeing my map display and had no choice but to start pushing and turning controls while i drove to make the display viewable. There wasn't a safe lace to pull over to do it. I got the display back to day mode by turning the dash lights to full on but created another problem, the darn dash lights are too bright. The more I use the NAV the more I hate it, I have a built in factory NAV but find it necessary to keep my Garmin on the dash because the Lexus unit is pure poo poo. Not only is it annoying to not be able to use the NAV while the car is moving, the maps aren't all that good. Last year I sold both my NY house and TX house and moved to Anderson SC and I depend on the NAV unit to find my way around. I can't count the times I programed the Lexus to go to an address and discovered the Lexus took me miles out of the way because the streets that took me on the shortest route did not exist on the Lexus map. I now use the Garmin map exclusively but it ticks me off that I paid extra for a NAV unit that is inferior to an aftermarket on and I am forced to have a NAV on the dash partially blocking my vision. The funny thing is I am now on my second Lexus so I knew the limitations of the NAV when I switched from the RX400H to the GS450H but I still wound up with another Lexus because the Lexus is probably one of the best cars I have ever owned. If I had the choice to do it over I would get the NAV again because of the camera, and the cool display for the hybrid battery. But when the lease runs out I may look at other makes to find one with a NAV that works when the car is moving and also one that isn't missing a lot of streets. The new car market is very competitive, if Lexus can't give the customer what they want they will lose sales to companies that are able to give us what we want By the way these streets are not new developments, they have been around for years so they should be in the data base. Congratulations on the Lexus they make a great car and I am sure you will love it, I just wish they made a NAV equal to the standards of the car. PS I did buy a lock pick for the RX, but I am not going to spend more money on the GS to be able to use something I already paid for

I just traded My 07 RX for an 08 GS and it has a blue "L" Front and back. I was told that all the hybrids have the blue"L" but that may just be the GGS and not the RX hybrids. PS I was told they are very expensive to replace, and that they are a target of young thieves

It is in the upper right coner of the spare tire storage area. lift up the rear cover to the tool tire compartment. and you should have no problem finding it. When you upgrade to the new version you won't be able to use the NAV while the car is moving.

Lockpick has nothing to do with Ipod connectivity. It just let's you enter a new Nav destination and use the cellphone via bluetooth (not sure if that is for all models and generations) while the vehicle is moving. 2006 RX has Gen. 4 Nav. You do not need lockpick to use a bluetooth cell phone. As long as you dial the number from the cell, or use the voice dial the cell will work fine while the car is moving. The lock pick I had still required you to stop the car to dial usig the NAV screen First, Lockpick DOES have something to do w/ Ipod connectivity. The ULTIMATE LOCKPICK can TURN ON YOUR VIDEO AND AUDIO INPUTS for use with Video iPOD without the need for adapters. Second, You DO need lockpick to use a bluetooth cell phone ... IF you want to dial your entry right off the MFD, while in motion. That's the main thing of greatness with the lockpick ... you don't HAVE to reach for your phone, and then read tiney buttons on the phone to dial (while watching traffic), or scroll thru the phone's database on who to dial. The Lexus' MFD screen is WAY easier to read for dialing ... both screen buttons, and data base saved phone books. In fact, if you have the older Lexus that lets you bring up map inputs via entering through the maintenance screen, there really IS no reason you'd want a lockpick, except for the phone entry on the fly. My cell phone has voice dial and I just assumed most cells do, if I want to make a call I just say, Mom, Joe, Mary, Pizza ect. I guess if your cell doesn't have voice dial the lock pick would come in handy. Then lock pick I had / have does not do anything for the phone, it didn't matter to me because I hand no use for it

Lockpick has nothing to do with Ipod connectivity. It just let's you enter a new Nav destination and use the cellphone via bluetooth (not sure if that is for all models and generations) while the vehicle is moving. 2006 RX has Gen. 4 Nav. You do not need lockpick to use a bluetooth cell phone. As long as you dial the number from the cell, or use the voice dial the cell will work fine while the car is moving. The lock pick I had still required you to stop the car to dial usig the NAV screen

I have an old lock pick that I removed from the 07 RX400H that was traded in for the GS450H. The only thing it does is allows you to use the NAV, it does not do anything with the phone or radio. If you want it I will sell it cheap. PS the lock pick works but not that well. It give you a few seconds (10 to 20 seconds) to input info, then it blanks out for a few seconds, until it comes on and repeats the cycle over and over till you get all the info entered

Try this company http://www.prestigioussociety.com/pdfs/DVD...de_pamphlet.pdf I have heard it works well and will be buying one in the near future

My HiHy not only has this, but reports the actual pressure for all 5 tires. And to the OP, I had the same exact thing happen....spare tire low. Both my 96 & 98 Corvette gave the pressure readout in all tires, I a not sure about the spare in the 96 but the 98 Vette does not have a spare, Chevy got rid of the spare in 97 to cut down on weight.The pressure light went off when I made my last trip to NY a week ago. I thought I picked up a nail but air tires read 30.5 PSI so I assumed they just lost pressure due to the colder NY temp. I added air to all four tires and the light went off and has stayed off for the past week. The spare read 50 psi and I wasn't sure if this was correct so I left it alone. I love this car but I do have a complaint, the gosh darn think is smooth and quite (much more than my 07 RX400H I traded in) that I tend to speed. The speed limit on most of the roads between NY & SC is 70 but I wound up creeping up over 85 and it really didn't feel like I was going that fast. The GS450H really accelerates very quickly. I was doing 70 in the left lane and I didn't see the cop cars blue lights till he was right behind me because the window was partly blocked. I nailed it to the floor so I could get out of the way to let the cop pass. The hybrid electric and the ICE kicked in together and the car flew past a car and large truck. I didn't look at the speedometer but I have no doubt I was well over 100 MPH in seconds. I didn't know who was more shocked how fast the car was, me, or the cop behind me.

I have the factory NAV in my 08 GS450H and the RX400H it replaced. From What I have been reading regarding all the problems you would all be better off buying a Garmin 7500 street pilot for about $1,000 and putting it on the dashboard. The factory NAV is never used, but the backup camera and other display that come with the factory NAV make it worth while having, But buying a Garmin 7500 will solve your problem in the time it takes to plug it into the dash, I do a lot of driving between NY & SC and also drove a lot between NY and TX in the past. The Garmin beats the Lexus unit in performance and it will be cheaper and require less work than switching the Lexus to work in Europe

And... your point is......................................................????????????????????????????? Sorry... I had one (1) glass of Chenin Blanc too much.................... :D I don't drink but I have woke up the next morning and read what I wrote the last night in another thread reguarding stickers and emblems and regretted my choice of words and felt it necessary to make an apology. You may find yourself in the same situation tomorrow

Are you saying the 400h can't have Nav w/out having a backup camera? Or do you mean you PERSONALLY wouldn't be w/out both. After all, the MFD is installed regardless of Nav. All the backup camera needs is the MFD. The Nav & backup camera are completely independent, so you COULD have one w/out the other. Yep, the Garmin simply tells you, "off route .... recalculating" when you go the wrong way. Garmin makes dozens of different units if you are comparing the lexus to a less expensive Garmin it isn't a fair comparison. It's like saying a Chevy Corvette isn't fast because you drove a Chevy Colbalt that was slow.If you haven't used the Garmin 7500 you really haven't seen how many more things a GPS unit is capability of doing. The Garmin 7500 is better than the Lexus and maybe the best GPS on the market. It has a built in MP# player that I like to use to listen to old time radio shows on long trips. It has a built in XM radio that gives traffic weather, and stock reports. It has a better database that shows more stores and businesses than the Lexus, and most of the streets in Anderson SC that show up on the Garmin are missing on the Lexus GPS.. Even though it is better than the Lexus I still would want the factory unit for the additional display features. PS AS crazy as it may seem to have a remote control for a GPS, I have found that the Garmin Remote control comes in handy because it allows me to use the unit without reaching over to touch the dashboard. But on the other hand the Lexus blanks out most of the features while the car is moving.

I am not familiar with the unit you mentioned, but I did have and older Garmin that I gave to my cousin when I got the 7500 and the 7500 is far better that the other Garmin I had, it also has the same screen size as the Lexus NAV. I have never had a problem with the 7500 not giving advance notice, and the Garmin has an auto zoom feature the zooms in for more detail when you are getting near a turn. The Garmin also gives better voice instructions, it will say turn right at terry road instead of turn right at next street. Again I think it is worth while to get the factory NAV but the Garmin and the factory NAV together are nice to have. If I had to choose just one I am not sure which one I would get

I owned a 2007 RX400H with the NAV and it was a POS compaired to the Garmin 7500 I own. The Garmin is a far better system, however I would recommend getting the Lexus NAV for the energey display and the back up camera. The GPS fuctions will blank out almost all of the functions while the car is moving which makes it useless for finding and calling ahead to reserve a motel . On long trips I keep the Garmin on the dashboard, but around town and short trips the Lexus is OK. One feature that the Garmin has that should be included in the Lexus is a traffic jam aleart. The Garmin gives you the option of setting it to automatically re-route you around traffic jams or just let you know there is a problem and let you decide if you want to continue on the route. There have been many time when I asked both the Lexus and Garmin to find a detour route. In some locations the Lexus couldn’t do it but the Garmin did. You will regret not getting the Lexus NAV even with the limited capability, but spending and extra $1,000 for the Garmin will give you the best of both systems PS don't expect good MPGs till you get at least 5,000 miles on it and learn to drive the hybrid to take full advantage of the hybrid system. Just before I got rid of my RX I was getting between 30 and 33 mpg.

I have no idea what you mean by look for, and prices can vary in different parts of the country. IS there a big demand for hybrids in FL, what about demand? Do you want to keep the car after three years or dump it for a newer one? I like to change cars often so I lease, I dumped my RX after less than 2 years on a three year lease because I wanted a GS. I really loved the RX hybrid, I just wanted a change to something else. But if you plan on keeping the car and buying it after the lease ends you can’t just consider payments you also have to consider buy back cost. Low payments with a high buy back will cost more in the long run if you keep it but is irrelevant if you aren’t keeping it. I have made a bit of a miscalculation with the GS 450 H because I was positive I was going to dump it after the lease but after owning it a few months I like it so much I may keep it. By the way do not think that I got rid of the RX so quickly because it wasn’t a good car, it was one of the best cars I ever owned, I just didn’t want or need an SUV anymore.

That came off as a little smug, maybe it is an age thing to get smug. I think HyBruce WANTS the emblem, as I do, the new blue "L" doesn't mean anything to most people...not the point....HyBruce, I believe, was not asking whether to take everything off but maybe a solution to the "ugly" emblem. I love emblems. It's my car and we don't all like the same thing, thank goodness. I gave him a solution instead of a lecture. OK, so you don't care to ornament your cars and don't need for anyone to know what you drive....goodie for you. Now I hope that HyBruce will add the logotype that I put on the back of my car. I don't like the RX350 and I will do anything to set my 400h apart from the gas version. I've driven the RX350 and it's NOTHING like my 400h except in looks. I tried to be respectful in my reply, I hope I didn't come off as disrespectful. I just don't like smugness. Rey You are right and I did come across the wrong way and I thought an apology was due and I gave one. I could have just deleted the whole post but people may have assumed I said something worst and deleated it. I was wrong and the way it came across in written form was worst than I meant it to come across. I am sorry if I offended anyone, that was not what I intended

I got back home about 2:30 PM Monday. The range and mileage is amazing. I was averaging 60 MPH or better. In order to do it I was keeping it between 70 and 73. I got a high of 30 MPG and a low of 28 MPG computer read out ( didn't do a paper and pencil for an actual reading yet but I will) I left late Fri morning, got to NY Sat early afternoon, Left NY 8:30 AM Sun. With only two gas stops going north and 3 gas stops south with 160 miles range left in the tank. I have made this trip about a dozen times with the RX and never got all the bars green, but with the GS I got them all lit a few times on long down hill runs both north and southbound. I never activated the XM radio for the free trial till last Monday because I didn't think it was worth the money. But my mother is a but Mets fan and it was great for her to be able to hear the game (the reason for the trip was to bring her down for a visit) I may wind up keeping XM after the free trial. The puppy is only a little over 3 months old but was well behaved on the trip. He stayed in the crate on the way up and sat on my mothers lap on the way back. The day I got the GS I had already planned on dumping the GS when the lease ended, but I love this car so much I may wind up keeping it. I am not knocking the RX in any way, it was a great car and if I still needed an SUV with 4 wheel drive I would still have it,, but the GS is a lot more comfortable and quite. The cooled seats are great but I noticed they weren’t working very well on the way back. Till I noticed the dogs paw had moved the control to the heat position. I still hate the Lexus GPS with a passion. It annoys me that I have a NAV unit in my car and I have to stick a Garmin on my dashboard, and to top it off the darn Garmin kept falling off because of lack of room due to the angle of the windshield. The Garmin allowed me to find motels ahead and call them with my cell phone to find out if they allowed dogs. That ability to use the GSP while moving was a big time saver and made finding a place to stay a lot easier. There were no problems with the car, battery related or otherwise