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Old 07-21-05, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by josemi
I'm watching the 10th photo and I see a handbrake, not the foot "handbrake"!!!

Do they put a real handbrake in the model for Europe? Or only for manual transmission?Or do they change their mind, and put a real handbrake for all?

The foot parking brake is a big no-no for European market, I think. I am grad they put a handbrake.
It's coupled with the manual transmission only. No they didn't change their mind. The handbrake was seen in the IS220d shown at the Geneva show as well, where the new IS made its debut.
Old 07-21-05, 09:47 AM
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i dont see any pictures of the car with spoiler?

i wish there's some pictures of IS with a trunk lid.
Old 07-21-05, 10:10 AM
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wat is that red circular light on the tach?.....is it like an indication that the redline is approaching?
Old 07-21-05, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by lexus_x_2
But if you want to nitpick, i hate the idea of the tach being on the right and speedo on the left. It's not conventional Toyota/Lexus placement for these guages.
Augh, the Volkswagen ones drive me nuts. They're both in increments of 10's (their tach is 10x100 instead of 1x1000), so it's really easy to get them confused when you look down.
Old 07-21-05, 02:16 PM
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Are they still 'Optitron' gauges? Forgive my ignorance.
Old 07-21-05, 02:18 PM
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By the glowing needles and numbers, yes.
Old 07-21-05, 07:37 PM
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The rear lights are LEDs. Not sure if the turn signals are. In the GS, the brake lights are LEDs but not the turn signals.
Old 07-21-05, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX


The rear lights are LEDs. Not sure if the turn signals are. In the GS, the brake lights are LEDs but not the turn signals.
how do you know?

i don't think they look LED at all
Old 07-22-05, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by LEXUS FAN!
how do you know?

i don't think they look LED at all
Ummmm .... look back on the pic I posted .... this one:



Those look clearly to be LED lights, Lexus promised LED lights, and some people still have doubts ... I guess you can never please some people
Old 07-25-05, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by flipside909
Man...they're taking these photos near where I live. The NAV suggests they took pics at the Kellogg Interchange in Pomona...right by Cal Poly Pomona.
hey.. that's right next to where i live too! blast.
Old 07-26-05, 04:57 PM
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looks like a pontiac from some angles
Old 07-26-05, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TRDFantasy
Ummmm .... look back on the pic I posted .... this one:



Those look clearly to be LED lights, Lexus promised LED lights, and some people still have doubts ... I guess you can never please some people
look at this...it does not look like LED at all
it is a very HQ picture of the rear taillights

http://www.netcarshow.com/Lexus/2006-IS350/1f_img.html

you could see the large bulbs
Old 07-26-05, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by nsg1000
looks like a pontiac from some angles
Blasphemy.
Old 07-28-05, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by LEXUS FAN!
look at this...it does not look like LED at all
it is a very HQ picture of the rear taillights

http://www.netcarshow.com/Lexus/2006-IS350/1f_img.html

you could see the large bulbs
Maybe this a more convincing pic of the LEDs.

Old 07-28-05, 07:11 PM
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Could it be the supposedly built-in shift indicator as mentioned in the Edmunds review?

Originally Posted by Phillip31
wat is that red circular light on the tach?.....is it like an indication that the redline is approaching?


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