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Why when im doing 80mph?

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Old 03-28-10, 04:38 PM
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Just got an IS250. I noticed when I was driving on the highway yesterday and hit a steady speed of 80mph the yellow LEDS on my spedometer lit up. I havent gotten a chance to read through the whole manual yet. But is this normal?
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definitely get that checked out
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Read the manual, its an adjustable feature of the car.
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it's a setting that you have to go off when you reach your desired max speed. there is a setting for RPM's as well. read your manual. there should be a button on the dash to the left of your steering wheel. one circle button in the middle and a button on each side. check it out.
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the car has become self-aware...
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I adjusted the yellow ring to 90... The red ring is always at 100...
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yellow at 60 since i find my self driving that fast on the streets and 120 for red. since you dont want to get pulled over doing 120 on the freeway,
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thanks guys just found it in the manual. im still learning all the little features of the car
Old 03-28-10, 09:52 PM
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I set mines at 70 so I know when I'm speedin
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welcome the the club...Someone has reported the same b4..
Hope you got the manual to read and readjust that warning...!
Old 03-29-10, 04:38 AM
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Originally Posted by allst4r
yellow at 60 since i find my self driving that fast on the streets and 120 for red. since you dont want to get pulled over doing 120 on the freeway,
Huh? The red one isn't adjustable, it's fixed at 100MPH.
Old 03-29-10, 10:26 AM
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I just turned mine off. It gets annoying.
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^^
What he said. It was distracting me when I'm doing 130-135MPH. But I left the RPM warning on. It's my shift light. Lol.
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Set them at 88mph and the car will activate the flux capacitor. As it accelerates, several rails around the body of the car glow blue and a wormhole generator on top of the car makes a wormhole in front of the car. Surrounded by large sparks, the whole car vanishes in a flash of blue light seconds later, leaving a pair of fire trails behind. (Time Travel Mode)
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^^^^hahaha

mines off. i usually do about 75-80 everywhere. gotta love socal open traffic when ur doing 80 and people are passing you while eatin, on the phone, or doing make up.


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