How's your heater?
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How's your heater?
I had tacked this onto the end of another thread but only got one reply 
>Originally Posted by Jetfire
>The heater in the IS is awesome. heats up in a minute or so from >the garage. everyone who rides in my car is impressed by the heater.
Hmm - mine takes at least 5 minutes/4 miles @45-50 MPH in 30-40 degree weather just to start getting warm. And the temp gauge won't approach the middle of the dial for another few miles. Do I have a thermostat problem? I've also heard using high octane gas will cause slow engine warming too; can someone verify? BTW, the seat heaters work very well!
'09 250 RWD, using 93 octane all the time
>Originally Posted by Jetfire
>The heater in the IS is awesome. heats up in a minute or so from >the garage. everyone who rides in my car is impressed by the heater.
Hmm - mine takes at least 5 minutes/4 miles @45-50 MPH in 30-40 degree weather just to start getting warm. And the temp gauge won't approach the middle of the dial for another few miles. Do I have a thermostat problem? I've also heard using high octane gas will cause slow engine warming too; can someone verify? BTW, the seat heaters work very well!
'09 250 RWD, using 93 octane all the time
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It prooved to be so that Lexus cars (and Toyotas are rumored too) heat up significantly longer than many others. It takes some good time for the engine to heat and for the heater to start blowing warm air. You need to have some really cold winters to feel that.
Concerning seat ventilator, from my experience it blows exactly same air that is blowing through the car vent system, and if you're running cold A/C the seat ventilators should be blowing cold A/C air
Concerning seat ventilator, from my experience it blows exactly same air that is blowing through the car vent system, and if you're running cold A/C the seat ventilators should be blowing cold A/C air
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