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  1. Zotto
    In this evenienze the right move is ti presa hard brake, brake are stronger than engine.
  2. Zotto
    So, while I well know how good is GS, what was wrong with Jag?
  3. Zotto
    I drive a GS300h and it's a wonderful car, and even if nowadays SUVs are more appreciated compared to sedans and I confess I thought to buy a RX, you will not be disappointed by GS, provided that you don't need all related to RX dimensions. For sure maintenance costs are lighter with GS.
  4. Zotto
    RX is faster, GS 300h has far better mpg.
  5. Zotto
    … and, bad news, badge is rather expensive, my dealer told me it costs more than 70 € ( I had a light repair work near badge and luckily it was not necessary a new one).
  6. Zotto
    Nothing to be worried. I understand you need infos having made the big jump from diesel , but hybrid (and more if Lexus) are very reliable. For sure they have no filters or turbines that can break like diesels ;-). The ordinary maintenance reduces to oil and filters, and being the eCVT substantially a differential gear with electric motors, it needs virtually no oil change, or after 100k miles.
  7. Zotto
    Right! I remembered something about, a bit more complicate but with great advantage to need no interfaces.
  8. Zotto
    How old is your battery? If it has the age of RX, may be it's time to change it. In hybrid cars 12V battery is necessary only to start ECUs, so it lasts much time, but even if it's not stressed by great current requests it gets old like all Pb batteries. To avoid problems, if you need to keep on light or radio or any other service in your RX my suggestion is to put engine ON, so to use Hybrid battery energy (and have your RX ready to go with engine warmed up), as after warming phase , in summer just few seconds, it will go off.
  9. Zotto
    Yes, you can change to standard 3 flashes to 5 or 7 using Techstream or Carista android app with proper OBD interface, or just ask your dealer 🙂
  10. Zotto
    Have you set your phone BT as "discoverable" by other devices?
  11. Zotto
    Actually I use a BT OBD interface with Android and it works fine, the difference in interfaces is in speed only.
  12. Zotto
    BT interfaces are more used than wifi, but settings in android apps have to be made anyway. I repeat, not only BT pairing that has to be made first, but in each obd app.
  13. Zotto
    have you set the proper wifi connection in app? Usually all OBD apps need configuration.
  14. Zotto
    Here the guys of Hybrid Assistant android app suggest some ones: http://hybridassistant.blogspot.com/p/obd.html
  15. Zotto
    Another issue is to have a compatible cell phone supporting DUN protocol. If it has not you can use (under Android) an app that creates the protocol, unluckily after test time you have to buy it on google market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluedun
  16. Zotto
    Sorry I don't know, may be a 5W-30 API SM or later, for sure you can read the right oil on car manual.
  17. Zotto
    The prescribed oil for IS300h is 0W-20, if someone uses different oils it could result in slight worsening of mpg and engine different noise, provided to have a good quality synthetic oil.
  18. Zotto
    I have a GS300h and Had before it a 2008 GS 450h, so I well know the difference. If you think that your RC 300h is sufficient for your driving style you can wait for ne ES 300h, if you really like driving FAST keeping a comfortable car 450h is really good, sometimes I still miss how at every speed GS 450h was able to give all the power I needed. If you are in doubt , find the way to test drive it.
  19. Zotto
    The point is that the are very different about power. If you like a really fast car GS450h is the choice, if you prefer a newer model wait for ES300h but don't expect the speed of 450h, counterbalanced by a big advantage on mpg and ownership costs.
  20. Zotto
    I agree, my GS 300h has also night vision pack with IR that is no more available with facelift GS, may be the only one here :)
  21. Zotto
    Why having more complicated and expensive pads when the sound from low pads is more effective? 🙂
  22. Zotto
    When pads are at minimum you can hear a hard noise coming from wear indicator mounted on pads that scratches disk. Of course, if during usual service pads need to be soon changed, they are substituted before that signal.
  23. Zotto
    I don't use spotify, so I don't know about the sound quality of broadcast, but if the audio settings are like in my GS 300h with Mark Levinson,, each sound source has separate tone settings (low-mid high), so be sure to have them properly set else all are "flat" by default and may be you don't like sound this way. About other internet radio sources, I find that Swiss radio (pop, jazz and classic) has an excellent quality, other reliable sources are Linn radio and Concertzender from Nederlands.
  24. Zotto
    Main commands are also available on buttons (and some are also by voice).
  25. Zotto
    Try a reset pressing the volume knob for some seconds.
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