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Sludge won't work.....too thick. Gimpy, I'm trying to think of alternate uses for your sludge whilst we wait on your class action litigation.
Not the sludge, the tire...
The only thing that hurt more than the scratch is the Lexus dealership quote of $800 to $1000 to fix it. They claim it's a very tricky match (mineral green-opal) and will take several days. Local touch up shop wants $250 and only several hours to repair. I have not checked my insurance coverage for vandalism yet.
Should I go with the Lexus paint shop to get an exact match on the doors? Anyone have this miserable experience, and if so, how did you solve it? Thanks.
I still have the 2001 ES300 LOANER.
Take all the time ya need,They did their own oil sample.
All the cookies and bottled Arrowhead Water during my Operation LexusCon were pretty sweet too. )
My dealer was Lexus of Valencia.
Tarik
But, something is better than nothing I guess.
Rolling On The....
confused and intrigued TC
Rolling On The Floor Laughing Biting In Carpet.
I read that in a German forum the other day, and knew instantly that it would help me distinguish the know-it-alls from the genuinely honest ones...!
Off to Switzerland tomorrow, hoping to make it there and back... Tarik
Oh yea, and if you do rent a Smart, you better come back with some pictures! Especially of the giant Smart dispensing machine .
Drew
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Does anyone know if the 2001 RX w/HID has the same height sensors (potentiometers) as on the front and rear of the 2000 GS to adjust HID for non-level loading?
My 996 has hi-low HID and I'm wondering if I can add a resistor between the high beam circuit and one of these sensors so the HID adjusts upward on high beam like my 996. Probably will try it out on the GS this weekend and if it works....
Does it help you any to know I'm a chick who drives a black Silversport? We love that prissy add on stuff. So there.
When I picked up my 996 in Germany this summer the rep gave me a gift of a key fob, had my wife not been along I would have probably tried to stuff it down his throat. I can't say what level of gift would really suffice in this case, probably none at all would be best, just courteous treatment.
"People who drive Lexii don't care "how" it works," (exactly why I'm in here saying all this stuff) "just that it works when needed."
My point exactly, in the case of 99 & 00 RX AWD, IT DOESN'T !!!!
Maybe some of you, maybe even most of you, don't want to hear about the shortcomings of the Lexus product line, but I'll still keep trying to get through to those that do care.
Now pardon me while I go off and look up the word "prissy" and then try to interpolate it into your sentence.
"We love that prissy add-on stuff."
Does it help you any to know that my RX is also monotone, but burnished gold.
As in: "We love that prissy (excessively proper) add-on stuff."
Don't take me too seriously here.
So there !!
I resent the fact that the bumpers are so easily scrached. What ever happened to bumper guards or rubber strips? Is this a planned strategy by the car manufacturers?
Does anyone know of any after market bumper guards or rubber strips that would provide some protection and not spoil the appearance and fall short of making the vehicle look like it is on a safari?
This should get you started:
http://store.yahoo.com/rodi/pac25515.html
http://store.yahoo.com/rodi/pac25500.html
http://store.yahoo.com/rodi/pac2550series.html
Have you hired that attorney yet?
It occurs to me that if gimpyrx can drum up enough support for a class action for a sludge case with very weak legs you might be successful with one over being deceived about the true nature of 99 & 00 RX AWD.
Since the RX's of those vintage already have ABS, upgrading them to Trac (and VSC) should be relatively inexpensive.
I could care less about pre '01 AWD Rex's, that's not what I own. The information I have says that the '01 is full-time 4WD. All I care about whether that is true or not. I'll let you worry about other things since you are so good at it.
Lexus corporate is working on a response/explanation for me. The customer service folks admitted that they were not a technical resource and kicked it to corporate. The ETA I was given for a response was EOB today. When I know I'll be sure to share with others and try to be helpful. What a concept, huh?
Something I would hardly ever use, people who try to use too many big words probably do so to feel self-important.
Have you ever seen me dispute that the 01 is full-time AWD? I do wonder if the addition of Trac is really satisfactory to make it "full-time" AWD, my own experience indicates otherwise. But if Trac operates as the factory says it does then I wouldn't dispute the 01 RX AWD argument.
I assume you have seen my posts regarding enquiries to Lexus. If you have a better contact then what you might want to pursue is the question regarding the 99 and 00 RXs.
The only instance I had to test TRAC was on a muddy road and it was my impression that it quit on me fairly quickly and turned on the diagnostic light. The diagnostic light seemed to go out if I drove the straight and narrow for about 100 yds. It seemed to have "re-armed" itself at that point, maybe it took some time to replenish the hydraulic accumulator?
A viscous clutch doesn't "slip" if the front to rear roadbed traction isn't disparate. So what Lexus says is logically correct, "under normal conditions engine torque is delivered EQUALLY to both front and rear."
But, didn't most of us buy these vehicles for their performance in ABNORMAL condition?
I just went back and looked at post #3098. Tony what SUV do you own?
I have learned quite a bit from this forum - thanks to everyone who posted.
Question: Our sales person was suggesting we use regular gas. The User manual recommemends premium while not requiring it. What are user's experience on this - do most folks use premium. I thought I would start off with premium gas for a few thousand miles and maybe try out regular later on. Any advise?
BTW, congratulation on your new RX300
Pete
Is replacement of the belt under warranty?
How much of a deal is to replace it (seems like a large back plastic panel has to be removed)?
Will dealer be able to put panel back, so it still looks like new?
Details. My 3-years old put a belt around himself and then released it, choking himself. I tried to release a tension in orede to pull more belt out, but I had no room to go: the belt was too tight around his belly. Belt woundn't give up, so I had to cut it.
Does anyone know if the tension lock sensitivity can be adjusted? Would it be safe to make it a little less sensitive?
The Chrysler has an over-running clutch in-line with the rear drive shaft so that in a heavy braking situation the rear wheels can/may turn faster than the front. The Chrysler also has a "dog-clutch" around the over-running clutch so the vehicle can still route torque to the rear when in reverse.
Why the difference?
I was told by an industry expert that the T&C has a higher "pre-load" on the viscous clutch so the "latent" coupling front to rear would be much greater than the RX. Without the over-running clutch the T&C drive train might be damaged in severe braking situations. With less pre-load on the viscous clutch, the RX's rear wheels could easily over-run the front during heavy braking with no adverse affect to the drive train.
Conclusion..
The Chrysler T&C has a better AWD system than does the RX!
No doubt that is also why my 2001 RX would not apply very much torque to the rear wheels with the fronts elevated, a lower pre-load, less native or latent torque to the rear.
Yestarday I only got 21.7 between Portland and Seattle and regularly get about 17 on the city.
I have checked the tire pressure. Is there anything else I should check? Thanks in advance
Steve
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