Alexander the o.k.

I can think of another one:

Wow. Thank You Holly!

Er, I mean Thank You, Matthew.

;)

Dents? What dents? Just needs a wash....

Communistic

New service station coming soon to location near you!

If you don't find it, call a lex service dept. I'm sure they'd be glad tell you, or fax it to you.

Good luck

Call some junk yards.

Seriously. I'd try to find out what the year range is as well, meaning --can you use any year 2nd gen part, or only 96.

That may open things up a bit for you. Keep in mind that they do change color schemes year to year.

It could be that 96's and 99's are close enough, or the same scheme etc.

Here's what they were in June

Pump prices here have thankfully dropped to:

I'll post what they have been recently, a little later.

Yet another version

Chances are, that if this had been a Lexus, it would have been dinged within an hour of deployment.

Garlic

Lots of Garlic.

Damn

More dollars than cents.

My pleasure, but no guarantee's, mate. Please do post your resolution once you have solved it, so others may benefit.

One came down my street last week. At 25mph, it sounded like a go cart.

Pretty noisy for a brand new 1/2 a car. Dealerships around here want around $24,000 for one with a few options.

For a whole car that would equate to $48,000!

Ever come out of the grocery store, and see a shopping cart headed for your door panel in slo-mo?

Murphy's Law of Dings says that you will be far enough away when you first spot it, that you will arrive .5 seconds after it hits, no matter how fast you run.

Grrrrhhh.

Wait. An old Toyota Camry is not "soccer-mom-ish" ? ;)

Don't worry, you are definitely headed in the right direction with the RX300. And it's just human nature to want to customize your new possessions.

Spend that energy giving it the best wax job you can. That will help you 'own' it, and it'll look great.

Welcome to LOC, and pass on the spinners. Too ghetto.

Whoa. I guess we've we've reached the logical end? Could there really be anything beyond that? We could take a look inside one tho. How 'bout this--

Me likey.

Except that the steering wheel is on the wrong side ;)

I have an 1995 LS400. Recently when I went to go to start the car, when I hear this grunting sound when the AC kicks in. I also notice the AC button starts flashing, then I don't get any cooling. Is this a problem with a relay, low coolant or God forbid my compressor?

Low refrigerant will cause the compressor to go into 'save itself' mode. The refrigerant is what carries oil to the compressor. Not enough refrigerant =Not enough oil= burnt compressor.

Find the leak, repair it, and recharge.

High and low side pressure will tend to equalize with unit off after 5 minutes or so. All that says is that your system is not completely open to atmosphere. You need to check low side with compressor running. It should be in the 25-35psi range for cooling to occur.

Sounds like:

1 moisture/air in system. Google: Dry-Pak and Cryo-Silane. Have your tech purchase both and install them. You need an EPA 609 cert. to buy yourself.

moisture is deadly to any ac system.

2 leak in system - google: cliplight to seal it.

Wild shot here.

Try disconnecting the negative battery cable for a minute or so. This MIGHT reset the nav ecu.

Might....

Let us know.