Thanks, but I've read many threads on it. Was just a simple yes/no question as to the meaning of the term.

 

TL;DR - The car toes OUT during braking and cornering, which causes the inner tire wear.

 

There we go, thanks!

 

To elaborate on this a bit...

My dealership service department decided to get creative with my car (with my consent obviously) and change the alignment slightly to mitigate inner tire wear. They essentially gave me a slight adjustment toe-in. I think it's too early in my tires to tell if that's working. I checked the inner wear recently but it still seemed uniform. Only about 6 months and 5000 miles on the tires so far. (Sorry I didn't take a picture but sue me )

 

The only mitigation there is is to zero out the front toe. It will help during static driving. But dynamic change will still take place at the same rate/degree. It's just your static wear (driving normally down the street) will be mitigated as most factory alignments on sport/luxury cars call for toe-in. Usually a tenth of a degree.

 

I just had my regulator valve and hose R&R'd after a "factory tech" test drove my car and experienced the surging.
They replaced the regulator with the same part number (25819-0W010) and the hose with part number (25760-36051). I am not sure if the hose is a revised part, but they referenced the bulletin released in September 2017.

 

That's the thing w/ entering into the big boy german turbo arena. and entering into more tech/goodies in general. you have to pay to play. mo parts, mo tech, mo problems

Y'all want them fancy competition so your car can do good in motor trend mags and instagram posts showing off cool car features, well there is a cost. lol

There was something nice about simpler cars in simpler times. something very charming about driving an old car. i miss my 1987 E30 3 series manual with 247,000 trouble free miles when i sold it. fully mechanical and everything presents itself for you in the engine bay.

 

No one mentioned motor trend, Instagram and showing off features.

 

Thats the reason Performance EVs will dominate this segment in the future. Relative to a turbo BMW, the Model 3 Performance is dirt cheap to run. No scheduled maintenance, electricity is dirt cheap, brakes usually last past 100k miles, super reliable drivetrain (batteries last 300k miles), and its stupid fast for $50k range (you'll completely annihilate the current M3...i know ). The tires will go at 20k miles like any other performance car though.

 

Wrong. The problem with your "big boys" at Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen, etc. is not simply that they put in more tech, but that they implement it poorly with parts that don't last and systems that break down. Argue whether or not Lexus is "behind" in technology, but they have not near the problems. Why? Because they don't use cheap plastic, over-engineered tolerances, and over-implemented processing on every conceivable system.

I had a 2004 Z4 and it was generally reliable. My mechanic said that was about it for German cars, because since then they have put in so much tech and used cheaper and cheaper parts that you're only asking for trouble if you buy one. Yet somehow companies like Toyota and Honda are able to do so and maintain quality AND longevity. Why? Because they don't use cheap quality parts, put in unnecessary tech "just cuz they can", and actually put their systems through thorough long-term testing.

 

I added F Sport gauge cluster to the list

 

There is literally only one that broke. Perspective please.

 

Probably still valuable to document how much it costs to fix/where to get parts if it does break. I'd say it's valid info, but it would be good to state that it's a rare issue.

 

patience, grasshoppa. patience.

even when the car was new, all the automotive journalists commented.. cool feature but this is certainly going to break in a few years. didn't exactly take a psychic. a ribbon cable can only flex so many times.

relax, I drive a Lexus too. no need to get tribal. cars are just things that inevitably break. nice to have a data point on the things that do break

 

I just don't think it will ever be an issue because nobody moved it after their first week of ownership. In the 5 years i had my car, i've maybe moved it 20-30 times and most of that was in the first month of ownership