Do you leave your headlights and wipers on "Auto"?
#16
manual guy here. like to turn my lights on/off myself. wipers...i only use the int. cycle....even with all of our rain. drivers that use their wipers here in triple speed crack me up....usually a white knuckle driver....leaning all the way up to the winshield to see.
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I don't use the auto headlight feature. For one, the headlights don't turn on when raining during daylight (headlights are required to be on by law in CA when raining). I also prefer to have my headlights on earlier than sunset.
For the windsheild wipers, I will turn them to auto when it's raining. It's pretty convenient.
For the windsheild wipers, I will turn them to auto when it's raining. It's pretty convenient.
#21
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i too leave the windshield wipers on off due to the dreaded rainbow mark on the windshield at inevitably the wrong time. but in the rare instance that i drive my car when its raining.....i put em in auto.
and the lights......i leave them off too. i regularly drive with my headlights and fogs on when its a little muggy or gloomy out and in the early night time or late morning. i like the way it looks. unfortunately Lexus made it virtually impossible to rig the fogs to come on with just the parking lights!!
so in a nutshell......manual wipers.....manual lights.
and the lights......i leave them off too. i regularly drive with my headlights and fogs on when its a little muggy or gloomy out and in the early night time or late morning. i like the way it looks. unfortunately Lexus made it virtually impossible to rig the fogs to come on with just the parking lights!!
so in a nutshell......manual wipers.....manual lights.
#22
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as for the lights staying on after you get out of the car...if you press lock twice on the remote it locks the car and turns the lights off. that's how I always do it. I rarely ever use the button on the door handle to lock the doors.
#23
what rainbow mark are you speaking of? is this related to the rain sensor? I'm never really sure how the rain sensor works because sometimes it works fine and others not. I leave everything on auto.
as for the lights staying on after you get out of the car...if you press lock twice on the remote it locks the car and turns the lights off. that's how I always do it. I rarely ever use the button on the door handle to lock the doors.
as for the lights staying on after you get out of the car...if you press lock twice on the remote it locks the car and turns the lights off. that's how I always do it. I rarely ever use the button on the door handle to lock the doors.
#24
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what rainbow mark are you speaking of? is this related to the rain sensor?
as for the lights staying on after you get out of the car...if you press lock twice on the remote it locks the car and turns the lights off. that's how I always do it. I rarely ever use the button on the door handle to lock the doors.
as for the lights staying on after you get out of the car...if you press lock twice on the remote it locks the car and turns the lights off. that's how I always do it. I rarely ever use the button on the door handle to lock the doors.
and i never use the door handle locking button either. i always press the key fob twice just like you said.
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i don't know but i am not a big fan of the lexus rain sensors, at least here in cali. both my ls460l and gs350 when put in auto it's disastrous at times, wipers coming on when there isn't really enough rain to "warrant" it (and yes, i put it to least sensitive already).
#26
I leave both items on Auto. I figure the DRLs provide enough visibility for others to see the car in dawn/dusk times. I find that the headlights come on just a bit before I actually need them to be able to see better. Although I leave the wipers on Auto, I sometimes have to flip them on manually in a light rain or mist. I've found the best results in leaving them in the Most Sensitive position, but they don't work perfectly.
#27
Sometimes I'll leave the headlights on AUTO but I too sometimes prefer my lights to go on earlier at night or stay on later in the morning.
I don't mind the AUTO sensitivity of the headlights as much as I do the wipers. I find that they sometimes wipe too quickly for the conditions or wipe too slowly for the conditions (adjusting the sensitivity doesn't do much to help). If it's a light drizzle, I will usually turn it off and use the MIST function --if I have to, multiple times a minute (having it wipe at a constant slow wipe is overkill). If it's heavier rain then I will leave it at AUTO since it will wipe at a constant slow speed (unless it's really raining hard in which case I don't mind it going into warp speed wiping mode).
And climate control is always OFF for me in the summer unless I want the A/C on. (In the winter it's always ON, naturally. )
I don't mind the AUTO sensitivity of the headlights as much as I do the wipers. I find that they sometimes wipe too quickly for the conditions or wipe too slowly for the conditions (adjusting the sensitivity doesn't do much to help). If it's a light drizzle, I will usually turn it off and use the MIST function --if I have to, multiple times a minute (having it wipe at a constant slow wipe is overkill). If it's heavier rain then I will leave it at AUTO since it will wipe at a constant slow speed (unless it's really raining hard in which case I don't mind it going into warp speed wiping mode).
And climate control is always OFF for me in the summer unless I want the A/C on. (In the winter it's always ON, naturally. )
#28
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First, I had same feeling that I need to turn the light off. I solved my problem by clicking lock twice (turn the headlight off right away) on my remote. If it doesn't turn off right away, then you could program it to do so, I think.
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Not sure about reducing life expectancy though it seems like the logical way to interpret it. The manual of my 07 Infiniti G35 specifically recommends to leave the automatic lights on and that turning them on or off would reduce their life expectancy. I have not really checked this on the Lexus 3G...
#30
I live in Florida.
I leave the wipers on AUTO, if it rains the wipers run, if not they dont. Sometimes the mist is so light I have to manually activate them, but rarely.
This is my first car with auto wipers and it is amazing!!! An even better advance than when intermittent wipers were introduced.
As for the headlights, I only use the AUTO feature if I am on a trip. My problem is I have a garage as part of my house and if the headlights are set to AUTO they will come on when I pull into the garage even if it is bright & sunny out. Then the car leaves them on for 30 seconds after turn off. Definately too much wear & tear for me. I hardly ever drive at night, so the only time the lights are on is driving in the rain (required by law - no help from the AUTO function).
I leave the wipers on AUTO, if it rains the wipers run, if not they dont. Sometimes the mist is so light I have to manually activate them, but rarely.
This is my first car with auto wipers and it is amazing!!! An even better advance than when intermittent wipers were introduced.
As for the headlights, I only use the AUTO feature if I am on a trip. My problem is I have a garage as part of my house and if the headlights are set to AUTO they will come on when I pull into the garage even if it is bright & sunny out. Then the car leaves them on for 30 seconds after turn off. Definately too much wear & tear for me. I hardly ever drive at night, so the only time the lights are on is driving in the rain (required by law - no help from the AUTO function).