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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 08:14 PM
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I like his stuff, I will watch that!
Old Jul 24, 2024 | 08:21 PM
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Got to use my windshield wipers for the first time lol, MUCH improved over the S560 which I always had issues with. Smooth and quiet, they work great.

Another new trick to the magic vision wipers is if you hold down the washer button while stopped it will spray washer fluid on the glass and let it sit there for like 15 seconds for an “intensive” clean…


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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by swajames
The Stupidest Pickup Ever Made™ is up 78% YoY
it didn't start shipping until november '23 and then obviously in tiny numbers. Stupidest Statistic Ever™
Old Jul 24, 2024 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
it didn't start shipping until november '23 and then obviously in tiny numbers. Stupidest Statistic Ever™
Started shipping in 22 not 23
Old Jul 24, 2024 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
https://youtu.be/iseJ4SX2934?si=As0lmzLrUVhP8qRF

This is one of the best reviews I’ve ever seen. This car literally got to him

”it’s a mad world, unjustifiable”
Light as a feather, low to the ground, and 400hp.
What could possibly go wrong.

I have to stay far away from cars like this because it could trigger another mid-life crisis and push all my crazy buttons. Lol

I'm playing it safe with my RX330. Lol
Old Jul 24, 2024 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
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Another new trick to the magic vision wipers is if you hold down the washer button while stopped it will spray washer fluid on the glass and let it sit there for like 15 seconds for an “intensive” clean…

https://youtu.be/YY4qD0bMZcM?si=eCbwBurcTr_EwvKB
That's also a good move to keep the glass itself from getting abraded. Many systems, when you hit the wash-button, start the wipers moving before the windshield is actually covered in fluid...meaning that the wiper-blades can briefly wipe over dry grit and dirt on the glass, abrading it.

That's why I rarely if ever use my built-in washers.....I either use the hand-held squeegee-blade and fluid in the gas stations, or clean and dry the windshield myself with a bucket, wet sponge and towel.
Old Jul 24, 2024 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Maybe they are trying to teach you a little patience.

I'll admit, though, that sometimes it can be taken to extreme.
Not their job or their right to teach me patience. It's their responsibility to drive safely and correctly.

What do you think happens when the on-ramp ends and a car traveling 25-30 mph has to merge onto a highway where the traffic is moving at 65-70 mph?

Do suppose the kind of person that drives 25 all the way down an on-ramp is likely to accelerate quickly once they're in a lane of travel on the freeway? No. They're going to back up the on-ramp with people waiting to merge, and then they'll pull out onto the freeway going 30-40 mph slower than the cars coming up behind them, causing the first lane or two of traffic to have to grind to a halt as people work their way around the absolutely inexcusable intrusion.

There's nothing worse than a self-righteous slow driver.
Old Jul 24, 2024 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
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I have to stay far away from cars like this because it could trigger another mid-life crisis and push all my crazy buttons. Lol
Well…be careful friend

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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by FrankReynoldsCPA
Not their job or their right to teach me patience. It's their responsibility to drive safely and correctly.
I come to Club Lexus to learn patience everyday.
Working toward my phd in patience. Haha
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be careful friend. That Porsche is $750,000
Ok, in that case I am 100% safe. Lol
$750k is madness, I'll take two.

Hey, a man can dream. Lol
Old Jul 24, 2024 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
I come to Club Lexus to learn patience everyday.
Working toward my phd in patience.
Good point, Margate. I learned patience many years ago. Served me very well in life, in many ways.....not the least being in dealing (as you point out) with many negative comments here in Car Chat.


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I wanted and still probably want an IS500 but I bought my Civic because it was a financial no brainer. It’s ok. It’s not *****in. I am probably getting payed off in the next year, so I plan to bring my AE86 home and I have a friend who I met from CL and I am not a good wrench. So maybe a clean one owner Civic and an AE will be good for a while.
Old Jul 25, 2024 | 01:55 AM
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Folks I’ve pruned a few posts, this is not EV chat. Please drop that argument that has been well covered by the same people previously elsewhere
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Thank you Dave.

Originally Posted by mmarshall
That's also a good move to keep the glass itself from getting abraded. Many systems, when you hit the wash-button, start the wipers moving before the windshield is actually covered in fluid...meaning that the wiper-blades can briefly wipe over dry grit and dirt on the glass, abrading it.

That's why I rarely if ever use my built-in washers.....I either use the hand-held squeegee-blade and fluid in the gas stations, or clean and dry the windshield myself with a bucket, wet sponge and towel.
Not an issue with these wipers, they spray the glass right ahead of the wiper whichever direction the wipers are swiping, so the wipers never touch the glass dry.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Not an issue with these wipers, they spray the glass right ahead of the wiper whichever direction the wipers are swiping, so the wipers never touch the glass dry.
same as my lc! best. wipers. ever. (for me)
Old Jul 25, 2024 | 07:38 AM
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Same on my cars. The windshields get sprayed ahead of the wiper blades.



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