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Race Condition

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    2007 IS 250

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  1. This is why I never even look at 0-60 specs when looking at a car. Of course, it helps that I'm a girl. It seems like guys tend to obsess more over that.
  2. This was actually discussed a few weeks / months ago. The seats' fans suck up air from the footwell, so if you're not directing some of your AC at your feet the seats are just going to push that warm stuffy air to your butt and back. Try setting the AC to put more air towards your feet and see if you can tell a difference.
  3. I really wanted this color because it's got such a pearlescent beauty, but I saw a few-days-unwashed one on the dealer lot and could really see all the dust and pollen. So I took their only desert sage instead - it's a unique color and I've only seen one other one in the Bay Area so far. Plus, that dark a car + black leather = stifling in the summer. :)
  4. Yeah, if you're not doing mostly highway driving, your mileage is going to be a lot lower. When I'm doing city driving I get around 18mpg.
  5. I average about 28-30mpg on a tank. I, too, make an effort to drive with a light foot so that might partly explain why. Also, ECT power mode seems to reduce mileage a bit.
  6. Funny, "it doesn't sound like a Civic with pooty pipes" was one of the car's selling points for me. :whistles:
  7. I always heard it was because cars don't have any, uh, protrusions.
  8. The brakes on my IS250 are very, very grabby. At first I hated it, but now I love it. I have to be real gentle for normal stopping, but for "omg a cat darted out into the road" the car'll stop on a dime. I can't decide whether I want to take advantage of this or not.
  9. After looking at that picture, I have to say that whether or not your airbags deployed should be the least of your worries. Were you in the car at the time? Did you walk away? That's what's important, especially since the owner's manual specifies that rear-end collisions are designed not to deploy the airbags.
  10. When I got my 250 the dealer informed me that the rear tires are slightly bigger than the front tires so you can't put them on the front wheels. This may or may not be true, definitely check with your dealer before attempting it.
  11. In ECT power mode, the problem all but disappears. I wonder if they had to make the normal transmission a little "looser" so they could get more mpg or whatever out of it.
  12. Personally I doubt it since they just got a redesign for '06.
  13. And I'm actually a little afraid of using the manual mode, because I'm still breaking it in and the "gear indicator" display mode shows that the automatic's already in 5th gear at 30mph. If I get adventurous I'll try it out and see if it changes anything.
  14. I wouldn't be surprised. Our garage door opener was new with the building in 1978.
  15. I guess I lucked out - the girl who sold me my car set all that up for me. She showed me how - hold the remote next to the mirror, hold down the homelink button and then hold down the remote button. It'll start flashing slowly, and then when it flashes quickly it's done. It took us a couple of tries, though.
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