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Replying to: dewey (Jun 29, 2009 10:41 am) BTW - Brought the Infiniti in for service and my keyless entry key fob device was low on battery power. I'm not even sure how I check this on the GL450 or LS460L. I now realize what that battery signal on the dash means when I turn on the G. In the past I noticed it but never really looked long or hard enough to see that it was giving you a battery charge level on the keyless entry key fob. If that battery dies on you can you still get in the car? and if you do can you start it with that key fob in the ignition? These are little details I never thought about or read up on, nor were they pointed out by Infiniti, Lexus or MB dealers on car delivery. |
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Replying to: ljflx (Jul 01, 2009 10:57 am) I can answer this! Just yesterday, my wife was locked out of her Lexus after the battery in her key fob died. Fortunately, she was only a mile from home, & the 2nd fob still worked. She took delivery of the car in September, 2006, so the battery lasted for a couple of months shy of 3 years. Her Lexus dealer charged $10 to replace the battery.
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Replying to: jimbres (Jul 01, 2009 12:34 pm) The Infiniti dealer in here in San Diego pointed this fact when I was out test driving M. I am surprised that lexus does not have this feature. I am not a luddite... but sometime too much technology is not good (IMHO) Sanjay
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Replying to: sanjaysdca (Jul 01, 2009 3:25 pm) I find it hard to believe that any maufacturer would rely solely on the remote fob to unlock the car. Neither safe nor smart. |
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Replying to: sanjaysdca (Jul 01, 2009 3:25 pm) Our salesman demonstrated this procedure when we took delivery, but I had forgotten all about it. |
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Will wonders never cease? Per a new auto motor und sport report, Toyota has entered into talks with Daimler – the parent company of Mercedes-Benz – about a potential partnership. The tie-up would reportedly see Toyota producing its own versions of Mercedes’ A- and B-Class vehicles on its MC platform and could even include the co-development of the automakers’ flagship models – the Lexus LS and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. ToyBenz Interesting...high quality M-B's? Regards, OW
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Replying to: circlew (Jul 01, 2009 10:09 am) With prices up almost 100% at the peak from the low... a 10%, 12%, 15%, or even a 20% decline is just a normal retreat. Nothing like the "bottom falling out" or "going off a cliff". We've already discussed this. It is going to take a major crash in prices to get my attention. I think it is entirely possible that we are already entering into a whole new world economy anyway. Unfortuntately, the old rules might not work like we think they should. BTW, I saw another white new generation Prius today, on the Pacific Coast Highway, right here in Malibu. (Saw a Rolls Royce as well... ha... there is some serious money here in this town.) Anyway, the Prius looks much better than the previous generation it replaces. (The Prius owner probably has more money than the Rolls owner... LOL.) TM
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Replying to: ljflx (Jul 01, 2009 10:57 am) Sign of the times. I think many of us have higher or different priorities now. I certainly do. Shifted priorities can take a fair share of the wind out of the sail when it comes to lusting for a machine that will cost a lot of green to acquire, operate, and maintain. Len, hope you are having a great summer! TM
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Replying to: tagman (Jul 01, 2009 8:11 pm) I did not like the previous 2 generations of the Prius but the new one is much better to look at. Needs a bit better design flow AFAIC, however. Somehow, this lends to the near future of Government Motors....  and this a stark contrast and begs of the Bernie Madoff era.   Regards, OW |
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Replying to: ljflx (Jul 01, 2009 10:57 am) I've actually found that I'm much more interested in cars now than I have been in years. As I mentioned earlier, there was a time were I just wanted a comfortable, reliable car, and I didn't really care about mid-cycle updates or the next big thing. My LS400 really wasn't that different from my last W140 Benz other than it actually worked properly. There were no advanced communication and control systems that separated the brands, and even the styling of the full size luxury cars at the time was basically the same. The Lexus had much better ergonomics than the Germans, and it was probably the first to start the audiophile sound system ball rolling with the Nakamichi setup. That was enough. Now though, were on the cusp of a major shift in how cars are designed, as big as the change from the '60s to the '70s. This time though it will be a positive change. Instead of pathetic, dying muscle cars with emissions choked 7 litre V8s producing less than 200hp, we're going to see radically lightened cars made of aluminum and composite materials, with powerful engines using all of the variable timing, direct injection, and sequential turbo charging tricks. The normally aspirated V8s, V10,s and V12s will give way to turbo and supercharged (or both as in some VWs) 4 and 6 cylinder engines, hopefully with HCCI technology sooner rather than later. Eventually the ICE will disappear completely, but before that happens, there's going to be some great cars.
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