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#11 of 1743 Coin Holder and ECU program updated today by chitung Dec 11, 2003 (11:42 pm)
Toyota might thought that Lexus buyers are rich and having only bill/check/credit card. Coins are thrown into charity box. Coin holder should be only exist in economy car. Just kidding. The only place I can think of is the door handle slot where you your fingers place while closing the door.   My car was built in Japan Aug 03 and I just had ECU program updated today. The shifting is improving quite significantly from 2nd to 3rd. Overall, it's quite satisfying.   The only annoying thing left for me to solve is the engine noise. I am going to buy some sound deadening material to suppress sound coming into cabin. The reason the engine noise is excessive is the INTAKE MANIFOLD IS MADE OF PLASTIC/FIBER for this model. It is used to be made of cast aluminum which reduced the combustion noise significantly.
#12 of 1743 Coin holder by scodiana Dec 11, 2003 (11:45 pm)
I saw something online that's a coin holder that's shaped to fit into the cup holder.   I wish I could remember where I saw it.   My breakwater blue RX was finally delivered today (a three week wait for it to be moved from Washington State to the Bay Area). I put my coins on end into that slim holder in the center console - between the two smaller containers and the large one.   Sheri
#13 of 1743 Engine noise? by ukulele2 Dec 12, 2003 (4:45 am)
Do everyone agree that the RX330 engine is noisier than the one in RX300? I'd be dissapointed to find that out.
#14 of 1743 Coin holder by myk_a Dec 12, 2003 (6:22 am)
Maybe they thought that most, if not all Lexus RX330 owners would have EZ-Pass (or some variation thereof)? Since I have one, I don't need the coin holder. Sure beats falling in line when going through tolls!
#15 of 1743 Coin holder by scodiana Dec 12, 2003 (8:47 am)
We have FasTrak here in the Bay Area, which I use. But I need change for parking meters (Berkeley, Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco)!
#16 of 1743 Engine Noise by chitung Dec 13, 2003 (9:02 am)
ukulele2, The engine noise more way more than RX300. In RX300, when you park at red light, you'll won't or barly hear the engine noise. In RX330, you'll hear it all. Like I said before in some message, the intake manifold of RX330 is made of plastic/fiberglass instead of cast aluminum in the case of RX330. However, once you have ECU update, engine does not rev as much as before and the noise level while driving/shifting is lower to a barely tolerable level. Once you live with it for 5000+ miles, you'll get use to it.
#17 of 1743 coin holder by rparis Dec 13, 2003 (10:08 am)
It is surprising Lexus would not have a compartment for coins as they did in previous vehicles. Very surprising!
#18 of 1743 Engine noise by ukulele2 Dec 13, 2003 (6:50 pm)
Chitung,      Thank you for the information. It's odd to find out that the new RX is noisier. But do you find that the performance is better even though there's only like a 10 horsepower increase? Also, what makes you go for the 2004 model if it's inferior than the old one? Thanks for your info.
#19 of 1743 Engine Noise by JBaumgart Dec 13, 2003 (8:38 pm)
Maybe the engine in our RX330 is quieter than normal, or maybe it's just that my hearing has gotten worse, but I do not perceive the RX330 as being "noisy" at all. Granted, we've always had fairly sporty cars, but the engine in ours doesn't make much noise at all, and is almost too sedate-sounding for my tastes.
#20 of 1743 Engine Noise by chitung Dec 14, 2003 (10:03 pm)
Ukulele2, The performance is definitely better compare to RX330. Merging onto highway is nothing, but you can hear the engine works rather hard. Reasons that I bought my RX330 over RX300: - 3.3L vs. 3.0L - Not having a wimpy look like to old one - Back-up camera - Rain-sensing windshield wiper - really cool - Updated Nav. system - Nicer interior - All up/down automatic windows - Power lift gate - Self-levelizing HID headlight - 18" wheel - make it look good - My wife likes it - this is the most important   If you can wait for model 2005, it'll be great because Toyota might resolve all noise, clunking, and Technical Service Bulletin issue at the time. Remember, Toyota tries to plug every single hold in their product quality.   JBaumgart, If you lived in suburban area, you'd hear the engine noise more clearly every night you drove home. If you live in New York, the engine noise will be almost unaudible due to other noise. Replies to this message: legendman (May 22, 2005 12:43 am) condado (Jun 05, 2005 7:51 am) legendman (Jun 06, 2005 1:10 am) and 5 more...

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