Our 350's First Road Trip
07-18-06, 02:15 PM
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Was that your silver parked next to my black at church Sunday morning? I saw a white one at the intersection of Ross and Waterman the other day. We all notice each other!
I haven't been back to the dealer since my purchase. I have been waiting for the Sirius Satellite radio installation kit to become available. According to the thread on this board I may be waiting a long time.
I haven't been back to the dealer since my purchase. I have been waiting for the Sirius Satellite radio installation kit to become available. According to the thread on this board I may be waiting a long time.
07-19-06, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Lyn06
Was that your silver parked next to my black at church Sunday morning? I saw a white one at the intersection of Ross and Waterman the other day. We all notice each other!
I haven't been back to the dealer since my purchase. I have been waiting for the Sirius Satellite radio installation kit to become available. According to the thread on this board I may be waiting a long time.
I haven't been back to the dealer since my purchase. I have been waiting for the Sirius Satellite radio installation kit to become available. According to the thread on this board I may be waiting a long time.
I installed the XM tuner in our car a couple of weeks ago and it works great. I saw in the other forum that you had mentioned that the dealer said that there would be a module of some sort installed at the head unit for XM. That is not true. All the connections are done in the trunk area. And it is easily done. Don't pay the extra cost to have the dealer install it.
07-19-06, 01:31 PM
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Yes, we go to St. Mary's too.
The dealer is going to install the satellite radio at no charge. That was part of the deal since we didn't get a great deal on the purchase price. Do you have the UL package? I do and I want to make sure the Satellite radio is through the NAV screen and not a little add on box on the dash. I've never had Satellite before so I'm not sure how it works.
The dealer is going to install the satellite radio at no charge. That was part of the deal since we didn't get a great deal on the purchase price. Do you have the UL package? I do and I want to make sure the Satellite radio is through the NAV screen and not a little add on box on the dash. I've never had Satellite before so I'm not sure how it works.
07-20-06, 01:54 PM
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Where off to San Fran
Well fellow Lexus ES350 owners we are off to San Francisco in the morning, wish us luck. 
I will let you all know how the trip goes. I just need luck in dealing with 3 kids all the way up there. I figure we will have to make more pit stops than usual to keep them from attacking each other.
I will let you all know how the trip goes. I just need luck in dealing with 3 kids all the way up there. I figure we will have to make more pit stops than usual to keep them from attacking each other.
07-31-06, 01:12 PM
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Back from SF
We had a safe trip to San Francisco. Our ES drove like a dream. I don't think I'll ever purchase another vehicle without NAV system. That worked like a charm. I loved the most was the gas mileage. We averaged 27 mpg. Oh and we got to open it up on the flat straight roads. We got it up to 120 then backed off after thinking to myself, "What the hell am I doing?" It was steady and smooth. It had plenty of power left in it but didn't want to risk the cargo on board no more than I already have.
07-31-06, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 07ES350
We had a safe trip to San Francisco. Our ES drove like a dream. I don't think I'll ever purchase another vehicle without NAV system. That worked like a charm. I loved the most was the gas mileage. We averaged 27 mpg. Oh and we got to open it up on the flat straight roads. We got it up to 120 then backed off after thinking to myself, "What the hell am I doing?" It was steady and smooth. It had plenty of power left in it but didn't want to risk the cargo on board no more than I already have.
Glad to see you are safe and back from SF. Hope you had fun!! Just 1 question, You did 120mph with 3 kids in the car?
08-01-06, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by dshahs420
Glad to see you are safe and back from SF. Hope you had fun!! Just 1 question, You did 120mph with 3 kids in the car?
Needless to say but that will never happen again.
08-01-06, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by dshahs420
Glad to see you are safe and back from SF. Hope you had fun!! Just 1 question, You did 120mph with 3 kids in the car?
Originally Posted by 07ES350
Yeah, I know, that's why I backed off as soon as I realized what the heck I was doing.
08-01-06, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 07ES350
I was just thinking the same thing 
Not that they could have kept up with you at that speed
08-01-06, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Lexucan
Except one thing was missing - no paparazzi following you with video cameras.
Not that they could have kept up with you at that speed
Not that they could have kept up with you at that speed
08-01-06, 03:59 PM
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sad story..........
The only reason i questioned you was because of this thread. I happened to read this thread first and then read your thread. It is a very sad story and everyone please keep this family in your prayers at a very difficult time in their lives. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=228914
08-09-06, 09:04 PM
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We only have 1800 miles on the car so I guess this will be something of a shake down cruise too. We'll be driving from Reno, NV. to Seattle, WA. which is 12 hours non stop except for gas and quick meals. I'm really looking forward to seeing the gas mileage usage during this all freeway road trip.
For those of you that sorta watch the MPG usage, did you notice any increases in MPG as the engine got a few thousand miles on it? I've never noticed any difference in my Avalon.
For those of you that sorta watch the MPG usage, did you notice any increases in MPG as the engine got a few thousand miles on it? I've never noticed any difference in my Avalon.