EnginePassion

======== Here is what one of my colleagues(he owns IS250) said about these shifters: "They are as useless as the Lexus statment that IS stands for Intelligent Sport or IS250AWD ouput is 204 hp or they compete with BMW." You may find a number of previous posts on these shifters.

Thanks.

Is wheel alignment covered under warranty?

This is issue has been discussed in this forum before. A friend of mine in Alberta, Canada who owns an IS told me that Lexus Canada offers one that costs CAD1,500.0. He himself did not install it. He says Lexus dealership says it took them 6 month to work this remote starter because of the car security system. I don't think you'd like to go to Alberta to have one installed in your IS.

Greg_hi, Click on the following link and open the PDF file the go to page 2. Ther you can see a pic of the Nav sytem screen. Click on Menue button, number 2 from left bottom. http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...ost&id=3769 That will take you to next screen where the buttom "Suspend Guidance" is there Click on the following link to see the Menu screen options.****on page 14**** http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...ost&id=3770 the "Suspend Guidance" is the top left button. Click on it and it'll display a message for several seconds then it says--in Jap. of course--the guidance is suspended. I recommend you download the English Manual from this site, color print it and I assume you can follow the pictures/illustrations.

Greg_hi, Click on the following link and open the PDF file the go to page 2. Ther you can see a pic of the Nav sytem screen. Click on Menue button, number 2 from left bottom. http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...ost&id=3769 That will take you to next screen where the buttom "Suspend Guidance" is there Click on the following link to see the Menu screen options http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...ost&id=3770 the "Suspend Guidance" is the top left button. Click on it and it'll display a message for several seconds then it says--in Jap. of course--the guidance is suspended. I recommend you download the English Manual from this site, color print it and I assume you can follow the pictures/illustrations.

it works either way in my IS250AWD

========== If you do search in this forum you will definetly find a thread on the topic; you may find how these people solved this problem.

================ I am afraid you have to purchase the whole Nav gadget, the drive as well as the DVD itself. I'd imagine the drive would not read English. The only people that may give you a real no-fee answer is the Japanese dealer you got your car from or may be Lexus Japan. Good luck.

What drives me cazrier is Lexus did not fix it in the newer models, I mean 07 and 08. So, this speaks volume. The other day my dealer service manager loaned me an 08 RX Hybrid with 8k miles and it's backseat was rattling like 1945 USSR military truck. I guess the new trend is you don't have to be perfect, sell, sell, sell. Another example is Microsoft. However, I wonder how could Lexus make money from this IS if in 4 year-while the car under warranty has to be in service once a month?

======================= I was told the same thing by my service manager; however, I think he's wrong. There is enough room for the extra inch. Just did not do it because I'm not going to spend any extra penny on this vehicle.

===== Thanks for the explaination. My cousin has Nissan Rogue (167 hp) and I drove a lot to compare it with my IS-although the Rogue has much more milage in it- and it was clear that it has more power and much faster than my IS.

A dyno graph of the mazzuri headers on a 250 is here: http://my.is/forums/f167/is250-350-headers...oup-buy-350501/ ===================== This Dyno exposes Lexus as it claims the IS250 produces 204hp @6500RPM but the Dyno shows the base produces 170 hp @6500. I'm not sure how Lexus justifies it or defend itself should a legal action is been taken? Any comments? Thanks in advance.

papaclaus: what kind of problems you've with your IS?

5 to 7 % or 7 to 10%, it still in the statiscal/analytical instrument error range which is 6 to 10%. So, gain may ===or may not== be zero.

Is the gain acheivable at 5200RPM? if you're going to drive at 3000RPM would you gain something and how much the gain would be?

How about painting what the car currently has with your favorite color. Provided you do it, like cleaning, sanding and using metalic paint/spray?

click on the folloing link and open the file, you need Adobe Acrobat or Reader, go to page 280 and you'll see how to do it yourself....That's if you don't have the Nav System Owner's Manual http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...ost&id=3770

This is how I would change miles to kilometers on my RX 330 2005 model navigation unit: Menu Setup Distance: change from miles to kilometers Touch OK Maybe this will work for your car...sorry I have no idea how force the reading to change from F to C. Unofortunately, this option/feature does not exist --at least--in my IS 250

I'll NOT post the link unless you change your attitude. :o

Try to do search through this forum and read about your IS issues. You're not alone. Try to work with your service manager--hopefully they're good and competent.

It's a drive for nav DVD. Then you've a player (NOT HD) for playing media (DVD/CD or just CD). May be in Japan they've different thing. The good thing is that you can play MP3 and WMA so you one CD can store 100 songs 70 MB each

None of the US market ISx50's have the HDD. However the JDM version of the IS has a 30G HDD but we are not talking about the Japanese market here. Regards, The HD is only for the Nav. you're not using to store or play music.

I don't think it solves but just improves it.