Any wandering from gusty winds with Sandy hitting?
10-29-12, 03:45 PM
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Any wandering from gusty winds with Sandy hitting?
I am feeling the gusty winds pushing my car left and right on the highway at times requiring me to use 2 hands to hold my GS F-sport in the lane. It did not ever do this before with the regular 19 inch wheels and tires that much. But again, I have my winter sets on right now and not sure if that is part of the problem. Can anyone chime in on how they felt today on the highway from the midwest to the eastern seaboard? The wind gusts were up to 30 mph for me.
10-29-12, 04:21 PM
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I'd love to answer your question Rexus, but I live in southern NJ and am presently getting smacked by Sandy. I can say my GS is safe and sound and not moving at all in the parking lot next door to my house. Plus there's a state of emergency in the try state area which means no driving except for essential personnel. Maybe/hopefully someone else can answer your question.
10-29-12, 05:16 PM
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REX we are getting 90 mph winds here in N.Y. my car is safe in the garage. glad you got home safe. it is ridiculous here. went out the front door to see sparks and pops from the power lines around the corner. some parts of BK and QNS are getting hit hard. downed trees major flooding downed power lines. i'm staying my *** in the house. stay off the highways REX.
10-29-12, 06:15 PM
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Lexus Test Driver
REX we are getting 90 mph winds here in N.Y. my car is safe in the garage. glad you got home safe. it is ridiculous here. went out the front door to see sparks and pops from the power lines around the corner. some parts of BK and QNS are getting hit hard. downed trees major flooding downed power lines. i'm staying my *** in the house. stay off the highways REX.
We're all praying for you guys out East. Post some pics, if you can see out the window.
10-29-12, 07:36 PM
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. this is around the corner from my house.http://www.flickr.com/photos/76804690@N05/8137159099/http://www.flickr.com/photos/76804690@N05/8137159099/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/76804690@N05/, on Flickr
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/76804690@N05/8137156887/http://www.flickr.com/photos/76804690@N05/8137156887/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/76804690@N05/, on Flick
i kept hearing the creaking sounds from the stress of the trees leaning on power lines lines and also the trees themselves creaking. when i heard that i ran my *** back in the house. you owe me a beer Vasili
cars are literally under water (the whole car) and there is no East River Drive it's totally under water.
10-29-12, 08:09 PM
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Lexus Test Driver
went out for you Vasili to get some pics. this is around the corner from my house.
i kept hearing the creaking sounds from the stress of the trees leaning on power lines lines and also the trees themselves creaking. when i heard that i ran my *** back in the house. you owe me a beer Vasili cars are literally under water (the whole car) and there is no East River Drive it's totally under water.
. this is around the corner from my house.i kept hearing the creaking sounds from the stress of the trees leaning on power lines lines and also the trees themselves creaking. when i heard that i ran my *** back in the house. you owe me a beer Vasili
cars are literally under water (the whole car) and there is no East River Drive it's totally under water.I didn't mean for you to risk your life. Out the window pics would have been sufficient.
For this, I owe you a case of beer, dude! I'm glad your GS is safe and sound. Wow.
So, I guess you won't be going to work tomorrow? At least, you still have electricity, right?
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10-29-12, 08:25 PM
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10-29-12, 09:02 PM
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Haha shiet, same here cant handle anything harder then OJ. I got tipsy off eating some rum and Raisin ice cream no kidding. Back on topic, my car is stable today with strong winds. Put it on sport+ it will stiffen the suspension and that should help.
10-29-12, 09:30 PM
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Lexus Test Driver
Good times. Opryland hotel is pretty amazing. Should have brought my own pillow though.
Not looking forward to flying tomorrow. We will have high winds and I hate airplanes. The other day was my first flight in 12 years. I'm getting too old for this crap.
Oh, apologies to Rexus300 for high jacking the thread.
10-29-12, 10:17 PM
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No problem. Sobe it is. Good to hear the family's fine. Same here. It's almost 11:30 and I still can't sleep. These damn hotel beds and pillows suck. We go home tomorrow. Nashville has been fun, but I'm ready to go home. We met Dave Ramsey today and we were on his syndicated radio show.
Good times. Opryland hotel is pretty amazing. Should have brought my own pillow though.
Not looking forward to flying tomorrow. We will have high winds and I hate airplanes. The other day was my first flight in 12 years. I'm getting too old for this crap.
Oh, apologies to Rexus300 for high jacking the thread.
Good times. Opryland hotel is pretty amazing. Should have brought my own pillow though.
Not looking forward to flying tomorrow. We will have high winds and I hate airplanes. The other day was my first flight in 12 years. I'm getting too old for this crap.
Oh, apologies to Rexus300 for high jacking the thread.
Stay safe, all of you up in the North east. Good luck!
10-29-12, 10:20 PM
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I am feeling the gusty winds pushing my car left and right on the highway at times requiring me to use 2 hands to hold my GS F-sport in the lane. It did not ever do this before with the regular 19 inch wheels and tires that much. But again, I have my winter sets on right now and not sure if that is part of the problem. Can anyone chime in on how they felt today on the highway from the midwest to the eastern seaboard? The wind gusts were up to 30 mph for me.
10-29-12, 11:16 PM
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My prayers go out to all those in the States currently experiencing Sandy.
Stay safe guys......
Stay safe guys......
10-30-12, 05:52 AM
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Damn, that's a pretty big tree to be uprooted like that and literally buried into the cement. I have family up in BK and I know that they got it really bad also. Now onto my wind story.
Going across Alligator Ally this weekend here in south florida, I got HUGE gusts. It was a constant adjustment/correction of the wheel the whole time. It also didn't help that at times I switched into Sport+ and pushed her up to 140-150ish to hear the newly installed Magnaflow custom exhaust screaming~ Yes, I know speeding is frowned upon and this is why I got the Solo S3 and NO ONE was around or in front of me at these times. And yes, I did say 140-150ish as around that point I was drag limited by the 10-20mph headwind. The reason why I say this is because it was still pushing at that point. Unlike Audi, I think Lexus actually achieves the max mph stated on the speedo. It's not overally exaggerated, unlike the "other guys" that state 180MPH on a 4cyl Turbo that weighs nearly 2 tons...
Going across Alligator Ally this weekend here in south florida, I got HUGE gusts. It was a constant adjustment/correction of the wheel the whole time. It also didn't help that at times I switched into Sport+ and pushed her up to 140-150ish to hear the newly installed Magnaflow custom exhaust screaming
~ Yes, I know speeding is frowned upon and this is why I got the Solo S3 and NO ONE was around or in front of me at these times. And yes, I did say 140-150ish as around that point I was drag limited by the 10-20mph headwind. The reason why I say this is because it was still pushing at that point. Unlike Audi, I think Lexus actually achieves the max mph stated on the speedo. It's not overally exaggerated, unlike the "other guys" that state 180MPH on a 4cyl Turbo that weighs nearly 2 tons...