first time driving my new IS at night, noticed something annoying

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02-07-11, 09:09 PM

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I saw the red line a week after I bought the car, and I was pretty impressed that they have that. The only thing I really hate, and I mean HATE is that our trunks don't have lights. At night when I'm trying to grab something, I can't see what's inside because there is no lighting from above or inside.

Pop your trunk open, stick your head in there and look up.

You gotta toggle the switch.

I found this out later too, so don't feel bad.

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02-07-11, 09:21 PM

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"Red ring of death"

It's appropriately named for both situations, I'd say.

Class action lawsuit I see against Microsoft and RROD lol!!

I had my old Xbox 360 repaired free recently because of that but I also but the new 360 slim too!

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02-07-11, 09:52 PM

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i dont see my red ring very often yellow is always on though

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02-07-11, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Micaiah

Pop your trunk open, stick your head in there and look up.

You gotta toggle the switch.

I found this out later too, so don't feel bad.

Holy ****! I just ran to my car and checked this out. Does this light toggled on always stay on (100% of time) or does it only turn on when I open my trunk?

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02-07-11, 10:18 PM

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I tried to shut it off by pushing on the yeehaw that the trunk thingy pushes on when you close it. The light did not shut off. So I just turn mine off with the toggle.

Glad you found it!

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02-07-11, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Micaiah

I tried to shut it off by pushing on the yeehaw that the trunk thingy pushes on when you close it. The light did not shut off. So I just turn mine off with the toggle.

Glad you found it!

You're saying the trunk light is on ALL the time? Hmmm... someone look through their ski pass while someone open and closes the trunk to make sure.

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02-07-11, 10:39 PM

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^^Guys and Gals... Light goes off when you close the trunk...

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02-07-11, 10:50 PM

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^ That's what I thought. BTW, the stock trunk light is not bright at all. Replace it with an LED.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...de-w-pics.html

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02-08-11, 12:23 AM

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I like the speedo ring a lot. When it goes on, I am reminded it's time to start watching the rear view mirror a little more. It's easy to get complacent at 75.

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02-08-11, 01:05 AM

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I set the orange ring to 90 ... I hated seeing it when cruising at 80 mph

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02-08-11, 01:39 AM

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mine already set at 60mph orange, and 100mph is red

it came like that so i like it, lolz......

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02-08-11, 08:10 AM

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i set mine as high as it will go. 100mph. as far as the nav screen if you go to display the nav screen settings are in there.

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02-08-11, 09:31 AM

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i see no orange ring even when i hit 100, dunno what limit the previous owner set it to! lol

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02-08-11, 09:41 AM

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i was thinking about setting it to 15 mph or 30 mph, since i want to see the ring more often. (my tank usually avg's 8-12 mph) yes, mpH, not mpG...dont even want to tell you what my MPG is...

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