Hidden Features

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by retrosmiths

This is more of a general life hack: If you live in a hot place and the inside of your car gets really warm (too warm for you to get in comfortably) and you want to quickly cool it down, here's what you do:

1. Make sure all doors and windows are closed.

2. Fully open a window on one side of the car.

3. Repeatedly fully open and close a door that is opposite (and diagonal if 4-doors) of the open window.

This will force air to circulate inside the car, cooling things down much quicker than say turning the AC on full blast and waiting for 5-10 minutes before getting in.

Alternatively, get one of those expensive tints (3M Crystalline, Suntek CXP) and you won't have to worry too much about this. Also, it's not just the darkness of the tint that determines the amount of heat rejection. I have the 70% Crystalline (medium light) and it performs way better than my brother's super dark limo tint.

Late reply, that open close door technique works wonders after doing donuts and burnouts if the car gets filled with smoke, you see people doing it at drag strips

[AzFranz]

Originally Posted by Tien0227

I guess BS...my ES300 Lexus's was on the left/driver's side. Not so jdm? :eek:

Originally Posted by chaoskaze

Whay year is that? You know they dont have lexus in japan till like late 2000, 2010 right? They were sold as toyotas before that.

Though Lexus didn't enter Japan until the second decade of the millennium the ES300 was sold as a Windom in Japan. LS as a Celsior, GS as an Aristo, the SC was a Soarer, and of course we can't forget the IS infamous for those shitty ass lights, the Altezza. Of course you could get it in Japan with a 2.0 Turbo. The original Soarer was never sold in the US...model years prior to 90' which is a '91 in the US.

Lived in japan for 10 years so my knowledge and info is firsthand. I don't know everything, but I haven't memorized the JDM sites converted from Japanese to Engrish to be my source.

Originally Posted by AzFranz

Also, prior to the triangle the fuel hose depicted the side of the vehicle that the filler cap was on. Or so they say...My '99 Tacoma says it's on the right side by this theorem and it's on the left. So, really you just have to remember.

I never said it was true or accurate or an absolute, I said predominately, and or so they say. I even mentioned on my own Tacoma it wasn't that way.

Originally Posted by TnRen41

My mother in laws Ford Mustang gas filler cap is on the passengers side does this make it jdm . Not being sarcastic, I thought Ford was motown made.

I think I just figured out the issue with society. Everyone reads what they want to and argues that point.

[wbradley]

Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

If you buy the carista app for $20 and an elm 327 OBDII Bluetooth dongle you can actually disable that crap along with, DRLs, the passenger seatbelt chime etc. I did it to a friends car, it works surprisingly well and is worth the $20 and doesn't void the warranty

Just checked, Carista is free at the Play Store

[Lischynski]

Originally Posted by wbradley

Just checked, Carista is free at the Play Store

Check a bit closer. To customize the features he mentioned, you must pay $20 within the app. Still seems worth it!

[ST185RC]

Originally Posted by Ammunition

Drove me crazy the other day seeing the worker at the gas station do this to my car instead of putting it in the hanger.

It's illegal to pump your own gas here - biggest BS law ever, my mom had a $62 bill from Toyota once for her 4Runner because she had to get the engine checked when the maintenance light went on because the idiot at the gas station didn't tighten the cap enough.

Because this:



Yup, it takes only a few strands of pubes to ruin a pot of soup for the rest of us.

[wbradley]

Originally Posted by Lischynski

Check a bit closer. To customize the features he mentioned, you must pay $20 within the app. Still seems worth it!

Downloaded the free app. Since I am sitting at my desk at work, cant link to OBD2 in car right now.

What are the paid features for the FR-S? Just wondering if it's worth it?

[carma143]

Originally Posted by ST185RC

Because this:



Yup, it takes only a few strands of pubes to ruin a pot of soup for the rest of us.

Is that a worker using gas to "clean" the car and putting it on the owner's bill?

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by wbradley

Just checked, Carista is free at the Play Store

I did it on impulse for a friend, the app is free but for the customization mode and not CEL troubleshooting you have to pay $20 it's totally worth it for the settings you can easily turn off

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by wbradley

Downloaded the free app. Since I am sitting at my desk at work, cant link to OBD2 in car right now.

What are the paid features for the FR-S? Just wondering if it's worth it?

I'll try and remember, it was like seat belt ding disabling, a bunch of other safety beeps and buzzers, auto lock on exit disabl/enable, how long the lights stay on, how the defroster works (like when it turns on with a/c), Daytime running light on/off, how sensitive things will turn on at, stuff like that. Keep in mind this will work for most if not all scion, lexus, toyota, vw, audi and soon bmw vehicles, it's a one time payment for customization on those vehicles and all future ones I joined the beta group just to be able to send debug info in on my corolla so they can perfect that one too.

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by ST185RC

Because this:



Yup, it takes only a few strands of pubes to ruin a pot of soup for the rest of us.

wtf? Is she washing down the windshield with gas

[chaoskaze]

Oh wow.....can i say only in Murcia? lol

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

That seems Russian

[travisb]

I just installed Carista to see what features are available for our cars. I have nothing to do with the app and I just want to share what I've found so far.
The app is free, but these features cost $20 to enable. It can also show CEL/ABS codes and clear them, and check to see if the each component of the car is ready for emissions testing.

* = default setting

1. Doors / Windows / Remote
    A. Blink turn signals when locking/unlocking with remote
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    B. Beep when locking/unlocking with remote
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    C. Volume of beep when locking/unlocking with remote
        1. 1
        2. 2
        3. 3
        4. 4
        5. 5*
        6. 6
        7. Max
    D. Warn when door can't be locked with remote because it's open
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    E. Panic function on remote
        1. Enabled*
        2. Disabled
    F. Open trunk lid with remote
        1. Single Click
        2. Double Click
        3. Long Press*
        4. Very Long Press
        5. Disabled
    G. Re-lock doors automatically if you unlock, but don't open a door
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    H. Re-lock doors automatically if you unlock, but don't open a door within...
        1. 30 Seconds
        2. 60 Seconds*
        3. 120 Seconds
    I. Unlock doors via remote
        1. Driver's door on 1st press, all on 2nd*
        2. All doors on 1st press

2. Instruments / Display / Dings
    A. Key-in-ignition ding sound
        1. Slow*
        2. Medium
        3. Fast
    B. Ding when headlights are left on
        1. Yes*
        2. No

3. Lights
    A. Daytime running lights
        1. On*
        2. Off
    B. Coming-home lights duration
        1. Off
        2. 30 Seconds*
        3. 60 Seconds
        4. 90 Seconds
    C. Auto headlights activation threshold
        1. Darkest
        2. Darker
        3. Normal*
        4. Lighter
        5. Lightest
    D. Dim interior lights after...
        1. 7 Seconds
        2. 15 Seconds*
        3. 30 Seconds
    E. Turn on interior lights when you shut off engine
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    F. Turn on interior lights when you unlock doors
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    G. Interior light control
        1. Enabled*
        2. Disabled

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by travisb

I just installed Carista to see what features are available for our cars. I have nothing to do with the app and I just want to share what I've found so far.
The app is free, but these features cost $20 to enable. It can also show CEL/ABS codes and clear them, and check to see if the each component of the car is ready for emissions testing.

* = default setting

1. Doors / Windows / Remote
    A. Blink turn signals when locking/unlocking with remote
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    B. Beep when locking/unlocking with remote
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    C. Volume of beep when locking/unlocking with remote
        1. 1
        2. 2
        3. 3
        4. 4
        5. 5*
        6. 6
        7. Max
    D. Warn when door can't be locked with remote because it's open
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    E. Panic function on remote
        1. Enabled*
        2. Disabled
    F. Open trunk lid with remote
        1. Single Click
        2. Double Click
        3. Long Press*
        4. Very Long Press
        5. Disabled
    G. Re-lock doors automatically if you unlock, but don't open a door
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    H. Re-lock doors automatically if you unlock, but don't open a door within...
        1. 30 Seconds
        2. 60 Seconds*
        3. 120 Seconds
    I. Unlock doors via remote
        1. Driver's door on 1st press, all on 2nd*
        2. All doors on 1st press

2. Instruments / Display / Dings
    A. Key-in-ignition ding sound
        1. Slow*
        2. Medium
        3. Fast
    B. Ding when headlights are left on
        1. Yes*
        2. No

3. Lights
    A. Daytime running lights
        1. On*
        2. Off
    B. Coming-home lights duration
        1. Off
        2. 30 Seconds*
        3. 60 Seconds
        4. 90 Seconds
    C. Auto headlights activation threshold
        1. Darkest
        2. Darker
        3. Normal*
        4. Lighter
        5. Lightest
    D. Dim interior lights after...
        1. 7 Seconds
        2. 15 Seconds*
        3. 30 Seconds
    E. Turn on interior lights when you shut off engine
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    F. Turn on interior lights when you unlock doors
        1. Yes*
        2. No
    G. Interior light control
        1. Enabled*
        2. Disabled

Yup that seems like most if not all I saw I was really only after shutting off the DRLs