Are these conditions normal???
12-16-09, 05:40 AM
#16
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Rider, if you post here, you should expect all kind of response, good or bad. I agree with the responses here, you are cooking your brakes and your rotor is warped. You need to replace the rotor or re-surface them, may I suggest some high performance rotors and pads.
12-16-09, 07:37 AM
#17
.... may not be relevant for driving outside tracks, but....a German car magazine tested the breaks of a one dozen cars a few years ago. 3GS was one of them.
The mag truly abused the cars in the test. For example accelerating hard to 115 mph and then breaking hard to a very slow speed and doing this for 10 times in a row without letting the breaks cool down at all in between. The 3GS was the only car which failed the test. They had a break failure and could not complete all the individual tests. The magazine suspected that they had faulty parts and replaced the pads, the rotors etc. A new test showed the same result. Break failure again. Corporate Lexus responded that they have no plans to change the configuration as the test had nothing to do with real life driving.
The 3GS OEM breaks are pretty decent, but they do seem to wear down and heat up quickly if raced hard.
The mag truly abused the cars in the test. For example accelerating hard to 115 mph and then breaking hard to a very slow speed and doing this for 10 times in a row without letting the breaks cool down at all in between. The 3GS was the only car which failed the test. They had a break failure and could not complete all the individual tests. The magazine suspected that they had faulty parts and replaced the pads, the rotors etc. A new test showed the same result. Break failure again. Corporate Lexus responded that they have no plans to change the configuration as the test had nothing to do with real life driving.
The 3GS OEM breaks are pretty decent, but they do seem to wear down and heat up quickly if raced hard.
12-16-09, 12:54 PM
#18
This is a public forum and we can all post...if you ask questions you are getting answers.....IT IS SIMPLE....you are toasting your brakes. Every other post you have goes something like....why is ouur gulf spec car weaker, what can i do to make this car faster, is it normal for the car to hesitate when puching it, brakes are warping, wht does car peel out, why does the car make so much noise when I am flooring it, can i get a new exhaust to make this go faster......on and on....so my first answer stands.....it was not meant to be disrespectful
12-16-09, 01:04 PM
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By the way Rider, in addition to my little GS... I have a sport bike and I'll smoke you in your race car any day without breaking a sweat. Perhaps you should get yourself one of those, too, it might help with hastening your removal from this forum the way it seems you'd use it. :P
I honestly can't tell if you're just trolling, or if you genuinely have no tact.
I honestly can't tell if you're just trolling, or if you genuinely have no tact.
12-16-09, 01:17 PM
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If you want more performance from brakes - upgrade them. GS is "luxury performance", but it's much more "luxury" then "performance". And knowing how people drive in Middle East, I can see why you would have the problem you describe just trying to keep up with the traffic 
12-16-09, 01:31 PM
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Where do I say that I made a panic stop?? I said, I just touched to brakes to slow down.. thats y I do not understand why my brakes had a flame-like smell and was making sounds. During the 4 months of owning this car, I probably made only 1 panic stop with my 3GS.
12-16-09, 01:35 PM
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By the way Rider, in addition to my little GS... I have a sport bike and I'll smoke you in your race car any day without breaking a sweat. Perhaps you should get yourself one of those, too, it might help with hastening your removal from this forum the way it seems you'd use it. :P
I honestly can't tell if you're just trolling, or if you genuinely have no tact.
I honestly can't tell if you're just trolling, or if you genuinely have no tact.
12-16-09, 05:12 PM
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To the OP:
Sounds like you need slotted/ vented rotors and some ceramic pads.
They are made to withstand more extreme conditions (heat, repeated stops, etc)
Good Luck with getting your brakes where they work as you seem to need them to.
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I do agree with most of the other posters on this topic that the GS is not made for this type of driving. It is more of a cross between a luxury car and a sport luxury car. I have slowed down quite a bit coming from an MB CL to the GS...
The CL was a bigger car- but that puppy liked to be driven hard!
Change in my driving style was not really planned- this car just likes to cruise- and that's OK....
Perhaps you should consider an IS-F to better suit your driving style?
Sounds like you need slotted/ vented rotors and some ceramic pads.
They are made to withstand more extreme conditions (heat, repeated stops, etc)
Good Luck with getting your brakes where they work as you seem to need them to.
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I do agree with most of the other posters on this topic that the GS is not made for this type of driving. It is more of a cross between a luxury car and a sport luxury car. I have slowed down quite a bit coming from an MB CL to the GS...
The CL was a bigger car- but that puppy liked to be driven hard!
Change in my driving style was not really planned- this car just likes to cruise- and that's OK....
Perhaps you should consider an IS-F to better suit your driving style?
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