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Old 12-20-09, 01:10 PM
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Hello everybody!

I am new to the forums, and almost new to the Lexus as well.
I've been driving a 2005 GS300 for about two month. After it I fell in love with Lexus and bought mine, a 2007 GS450h.
I love the car, the power, the style, etc, so everything I needed, I found in it.

Only have two problems: the interior is not the biggest, and cannot switch off TRC....

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Attila
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Old 12-20-09, 01:12 PM
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some more pics
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Old 12-20-09, 01:13 PM
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Hi!

I think it looks fine the way it is, but prepared for the whole board to tell you to lower it and put bigger wheels on.

The only thing I'm going to tell you to change on the car is easy... get it tinted, even just a little bit!

You're in Florida yet your car's odometer is in km?
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Lexus makes the most beautiful white colour....
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loooks sick nice
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Alhough we have snow now, I cannot completely switch off the TRC! It automatically switches on when reaching 20km/h...

Anybody knows the key, how to switch it off???
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Originally Posted by BinaryJay
Hi!

I think it looks fine the way it is, but prepared for the whole board to tell you to lower it and put bigger wheels on.

The only thing I'm going to tell you to change on the car is easy... get it tinted, even just a little bit!

You're in Florida yet your car's odometer is in km?
Thanks!

I am not in Florida. I'm hungarian, live in Budapest, Hungary, Europe..

When registering, the form requested US data, so I filled a Florida address.... now I changed it....
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congrats.. she's a beauty!
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Congrats and welcome!
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welcome to CL and congrats on the 450h!
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Originally Posted by stefanati
Alhough we have snow now, I cannot completely switch off the TRC! It automatically switches on when reaching 20km/h...

Anybody knows the key, how to switch it off???
You can switch it off manually, using the complicated way. On the 09's, we can switch TRC and VSC with a 3 sec click of a button. I dont know if the 07 cars or the 450h itself have this option.

Some people without the option i Mentioned above use this method:
1. Make sure the car is in Park and the parking brake is disengaged before you start the car.
2. Start the engine.
3. Engage the parking brake.
4. Fully depress the brake pedal and then release.
5. Fully depress the brake pedal and then release.
6. Disengage the parking brake.
7. Fully depress and hold down the brake pedal.
8. Engage the parking brake, the disengage it (while holding down the brake pedal).
9. Engage the parking brake, the disengage it (while holding down the brake pedal).
10. Release the brake pedal.
11. Engage the parking brake.
12. Fully depress the brake pedal and then release.
13. Fully depress the brake pedal and then release.

P.S THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS A CONTRIBUTION OF THE MEMBER (SGT) IN THE TIPS/DIY THREAD.
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Congrats on getting the new ride and welcome to 3GS ownership. I see you got the GFM color. It's a cool color, almost like having 3 cars cause it changes from gray to light blue-ish to white-ish.
The GS definitely needs to be lowered and rimmed to fully attain the right look.
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Welcome to the club and nice ride
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Welcome to CL.. nice looking GS... Hey bring some of that snow over here in FL..
Old 12-20-09, 06:13 PM
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congrats on the new ride! i agree, the white simply looks gorgeous compared to the other white cars. dont know how they make the color "pop", but it does.


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