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A Look at Solaris 10 and Sun's Dual Core Fire V40zby Kristopher Kubicki on June 29, 2005 4:00 PM EST
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New Changes to the V40z
The heart of the new V40z is, of course, the Opteron 875 processors. Since a single 2.6GHz Opteron draws the same power as a dual core 2.2GHz Opteron, the V40z doesn't seem to have too much difficulty with drop in compatibility. In theory at least, a dual core Opteron 875 should have the same power envelope as an Opteron 252 but provides an additional 50-80% performance boost. For more details on the Opteron 875, please check out our earlier article here. Although AMD has some background in 8-way server configurations, it is not nearly as extensive as that of Intel, Sun, IBM or HP. Putting eight cores in a 3U is a huge step forward for AMD (and Sun) and processor scaling is a colossal issue.
Additional cooling is not necessary for the dual core Opteron 875s because they have approximately the same TDP as Opteron 852s.
Our previous V40z (Quad Opteron 850) managed to draw 585 watts during peak operation - well within the capability of the redundant 760W power supplies. During peak operation the new V40z with quad Opteron 875s hit 615W during heavy load. This falls in line with AMD and Sun's claim concerning the power consumption.
Aside from the dual core processors, there have been some other changes to the V40z since our last analysis.
- The two Broadcom BCM5703 gigabit controllers in the previous V40z have been replaced with a single BCM5704.
- The 800MHz HyperTransport links have been upgraded to full 1GHz HyperTransport links.
- The Service Processor now supports IPMI 2.0.
- Support for 300GB hard drives has been added to the BIOS.
The new features of the V40z do come at a premium; the base quad dual core systems from Sun start around $38,995 direct from Sun. However, there are incentive programs (including a Xeon trade-in program) that can reduce this cost by up to 15% and other promos running on Sun's webpage. Third party retailers are also selling Sun system at lower prices, but unfortunately the third party retailers do not offer the same support packages.
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kbsartain - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - linkThe Database benchmarks are likely bottlenecked on storage. Attach a high-speed array with multiple disks, and the scaling would be much more linear vs. 2-way. Reply
ceefka - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - linkIt would be nice if other Opteron-builders would add to the test so we can get an idea of how well the Opteron is implemented.
I'd say webspace is best served with dualcore Opterons. 90% gain! Holy moly!
#23 I have worked as a temporary at Sun in The Netherlands in 1987 when they were about to release their 4/ series. Their 3/ machines were already considered top notch then. They offered workstations with an optical mouse that moved over a special gridpad and full color screens. That was really something special then. No AMD CPUs at that time.
To be perfectly honest as well, I also didn't know them before I worked there ;-) Reply
sprockkets - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - linkSuSE Linux Enterprise not enterprise enough for u? Reply
KristopherKubicki - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - linkhondaman: This is why we used SLES this time around instead of RH9. Unfortunately the previous single-core V40z tests were all done a few months ago when we had that machine.
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Xenoterranos - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - linkWow, I wish my company had a use for a system like that. I'd take a paycut just to be able to play with it for a while... damned fine enginering on both Sun and AMD's part. And to be prefectly honest, I never really payed Sun that much attention until they started using AMD procs. Everyone else needs to get with the program and give AMD the market share they deserve...oh wait...I'll stop there. Reply
slashbinslashbash - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - link#21: Read the comments and you'll find your answer.
Kristopher: Page 7, "Apache Benchmarks" text:
"It's also interesting to note the difference between Solaris 10 and SLES 9 here. As the threads increased, there was a wider gap between performance of the Solaris configuration and the SLES configuration in favor of Solaris."
The graph on that page shows the opposite, with SLES outperforming Solaris. Reply
finbarqs - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - linkwait why the xbox360/ps3 article taken down? Reply
hondaman - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - linkcan you swap suse with a real enterprise os like rhel? Reply
themelon - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - linkI guess I should have kept reading.
I have one of the v40's in my lab with 4 of the 875's. Very nice machine. Reply
Doormat - Thursday, June 30, 2005 - linkDoes anyone know if the v20zs were dual core-capable? I heard that if you negotiate with sun (go to sun's ebay sale for the v20z), you can get really good deals. I'd love to just get two 270s if/when the prices come down. Reply


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AN ELDERLY woman was targeted by thieves while out shopping in Andover.
At about 2.45pm on Saturday, 9 February, the victim was at her car in Tesco, in River Way, when she was distracted by a man speaking in a foreign language, asking for directions. While the victim was trying to speak to the man, the passenger door of her vehicle was opened and her credit card wallet was removed from her handbag.
A large amount of cash was then withdrawn from cash machines, using her card.
The man who distracted the victim is described as white, aged in his 40s, of average height, a medium build, fair complexion, clean shaven, good looking with big blue eyes. He is described as wearing an anorak, grey trousers and a scarf which is believed to be blue and white and believed to be Eastern European because of his accent.
Pc Lindsey Campbell said: "It is believed that the victim was watched while she was paying for her shopping inside the store and that the offenders managed to obtain her PIN. They were then able to use her cards to withdraw at least £1,000.
"I would urge anyone with any information about this incident to come forward and speak to us. Did you see anyone in the area matching the description?
"As always, I would appeal to members of the community to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the police immediately."
Anyone with information should contact Pc Campbell at Andover police station on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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Girl with Tics Bucks Doctors, Blames Lyme Disease
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(NEW YORK) — On Dec. 19, 2011, Lori Brownell, who was 17 at the time, shot a YouTube video of herself as she talked about the tics she'd developed weeks earlier. She twitched her body, fluttered her fingers and made noises in her throat as she described her fainting and seizing episodes.
"When I do this, there's this weird feeling that goes up and down my spinal column," she explained to the camera shortly before going into a fit of clapping.
"If anyone wants to talk about this or if anyone's starting it, I'll be willing to talk," she said, signing off on the video that would eventually get more than 250,000 hits.
She would soon make national news.
Within a few months, 18 high school girls and one boy in western New York came down with the same Tourette's syndrome-like symptoms as Brownell's, sparking a national media frenzy and a medical mystery. Although Brownell lives in Corinth, N.Y., she became lumped in with the majority of the tic-ing girls 250 miles away in Le Roy, because she'd driven through the town with a friend on her way to a softball game in Ohio.
As the Le Roy girls appeared on talk shows, one doctor suggested they had Pandas, a pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections. Another doctor suggested the tics were caused by the HPV vaccine Gardasil. Soon, famed environmental activist Erin Brockovich said she suspected groundwater contamination from a 40-year-old chemical spill caused the tics.
One by one, the theories were dismissed.
Fourteen of the 19 tic-ing patients sought treatment at Dent Neurologic Institute, where they were eventually diagnosed with mass psychogenic illness, a rare form of conversion disorder in which an emotional response to stress can manifest in physical symptoms, such as tics. They have all since recovered, their doctor, Dr. Jennifer McVige, told ABC News.
But not Brownell. Brownell's mother did not want to send her to Dent because it had diagnosed the other girls with conversion disorder — a diagnosis experts said patients often greet with denial.
Instead, Brownell and her mother say they believe "chronic" Lyme disease, a controversial diagnosis, caused Brownell's tics and may even have caused the Le Roy girls' tics, too.
But most doctors — and insurance providers — say there's no such thing as "chronic" Lyme disease, and that Lyme disease doesn't cause Tourette's syndrome-like tics.
"The short answer is you won't find that in medical texts," said Dr. William Schaffner, a former president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. "Since Lyme disease has been studied with enormous care and thoroughness, the literature on Lyme first described 35 or 40 years ago now fills half a room. Its clinical manifestations are extremely well known. I think this is an unlikely cause of this single girl's illness."
Still, Brownell has been on intravenous antibiotics to treat Lyme disease for nearly a year.
Conversion disorder is diagnosed by ruling out all physical causes for an ailment, and it's curable, said Dr. Elizabeth Bowman, a psychiatry professor at Indiana University who has treated 1,000 patients with psychogenic, nonepileptic seizures — a kind of conversion disorder — during her 20-year career.
But many patients react to the diagnosis with denial and ask for more tests.
"People don't like to hear that they have conversion disorder," Bowman said. "The thing with any mental illness is that they think it means they're quote 'crazy,' and they're not. They're stressed. They're hurt. Deep in your brain, a message is coming out that's like an SOS sent in the language of the body. It's encoded."
Although Brownell was honored with the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance's Courage Award this month, Schaffner said groups often peg symptoms to the wrong illness in an attempt to explain them.
"Then, when science doesn't bear out, it's very difficult for people to accept that," he said, adding that "chronic" Lyme disease was an example of this.
Schaffner, who heads Vanderbilt University's department of preventive medicine, said doctors at the Infectious Disease Association of America concluded that the bacterium that causes Lyme is killed off after a week or two of antibiotics. It doesn't linger and cause recurring or worsening symptoms.
"That syndrome doesn't exist," Schaffner said of "chronic" Lyme disease.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more research is being done on what it calls "post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome" rather than "chronic Lyme disease," because only some symptoms, rather than the bacterium, persist. Lingering symptoms include "fatigue, pain or joint and muscle aches," but they don't persist for more than a few months.
Although Brownell's doctor prescribed long-term intravenous antibiotics to be delivered through a semi-permanent opening in her arm called a PICC line, the CDC said studies have found that long-term antibiotics don't work any better than placebos. In fact, a 30-year-old woman, whose case was published in the Oxford Journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, died in 1999 from complications of a 27-month IV antibiotic regimen for an "unsubstantiated diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease."
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Our book, The Knockoff Economy, argues that in a lot of instances innovation and creativity can co-exist quite nicely with imitation — even when it takes the form of copyright piracy. But of course not everyone agrees with us. And lately the U.S. government has been pushing very hard to criminally prosecute copyright infringers. Back in January, the DOJ indicted the principals of Megaupload, a big filesharing service based in New Zealand and Hong Kong (the pic above is of Megaupload's Kim Dotcom speaking to the press after being released on bail). And in May 2011, the DOJ indicted U.K. student Richard O'Dwyer, who ran a search engine, TVShack.com, that provided links to pirated American TV programs and films. But in the end, these prosecutions will most likely do little to curb piracy. In fact, it's more likely they will come to represent the limits of criminal copyright enforcement.
Why? In the Megaupload case, a New Zealand High Court judge recently ruled that the search warrant used to seize assets and data from the Aukland home of Megaupload impresario Kim Dotcom was illegally obtained, and the materials wrongfully taken. And the colorful and articulate Kim Dotcom himself is quickly becoming a New Zealand folk hero, which threatens to complicate the DOJ's bid to have the New Zealand government extradite him to the U.S. Worse, even if the DOJ succeeds in bringing Kim Dotcom to the U.S., it's far from clear that they can convict him in federal court — as Stanford Law School criminal law specialist Jennifer Granick has pointed out, the government's theory of criminal liability in the Megaupload case has some real problems.
The DOJ faces even bigger difficulties in the O'Dwyer case. The U.K.'s Home Office has just ruled that it will not block O'Dwyer's extradition, but O'Dwyer will continue to pursue relief in the U.K. courts. And it's possible that he may prevail. His website did not host infringing content, but merely provided links, which is something that U.K. courts have already ruled is legal. O'Dwyer cannot properly be extradited to the U.S. for engaging on U.K. soil in an activity that is not a crime in the U.K. This is true especially because there are precious few links between O'Dwyer's conduct and the U.S. that would justify the DOJ's extraterritorial assertion of criminal jurisdiction. The sole link asserting in the U.S. indictment is that Verisign, the official registrar of all .com sites, is located in the U.S. Which would mean that the United States government is claiming worldwide criminal jurisdiction over intellectual property violations committed using any .com website. That's a pretty big claim. There just might be some pushback.
The broader point is this: criminal copyright enforcement is expensive and uncertain, and the difficulties are magnified enormously where, as in the Megaupload and O'Dwyer cases, the allegedly infringing conduct occurs abroad. For those reasons, the DOJ is unlikely ever to devote enough resources to criminal copyright prosecution to put a serious dent in the rate of copyright piracy. So it's time for people to start thinking about how creativity and innovation can thrive in a world where there is piracy — even if there's a lot of it. And that's what The Knockoff Economy is about.


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In its 2007 Report to Congress, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) calls Chinese espionage the top threat to U.S. technology.
"Chinese espionage activities in the United States are so extensive that they comprise the single greatest risk to the security of American technologies," states a USCC summary of the report.
Espionage, the report suggests, saves China the time and cost of researching and developing advanced technologies.
The final report is being printed and should be available online and in paper later this week, according to a USCC spokesperson. It elaborates on both positive and negative aspects of the United States' relationship with China.
In draft remarks prepared for the report's presentation to Congress, Carolyn Bartholomew, chairman of the USCC, cited good news in China's constructive engagement with North Korea, its assistance to U.N. peacekeeping forces in Sudan, and its leaders' acknowledgement of environmental problems.
But Bartholomew also pointed to problems in the Chinese government's control of the IT, telecommunications, shipping, civil aviation, and steel industries; its failure to live up to its WTO obligations; its investments in countries that violate human rights; and its control of media and information distribution.
Some U.S. companies, according to Bartholomew, are contributing to these issues. "Unfortunately, some U.S. technology companies have cooperated with and contributed to the Chinese government's censorship and propaganda systems by supplying hardware and software," said Bartholomew.
The Commission also expressed concern about China's increasingly capable military and its ability to destroy satellites and to wage cyber attacks against U.S. computer networks. Organized attacks on U.S. networks have been widely reported since 2005, following a coordinated assault that appears to have started in 2003, dubbed "Titan Rain." American security experts blame the campaign on hackers backed by the Chinese military.
The report recommends, among other steps, that Congress assess U.S. anti-espionage efforts and that additional funding is made available, if necessary, to support export control enforcement and counterintelligence efforts, "specifically those tasked with detecting and preventing illicit technology transfers to China and Chinese state-sponsored industrial espionage operations."
It also calls for more money, if deemed necessary by Congress, to support military, intelligence, and homeland security programs that monitor and protect critical U.S. computer networks and cyber-defense systems.


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Belly Band holsters for the Big Belly man
This may be a stupid question, but is a belly band holster a good option for people with big bellies? Does any of our more portly members have an experience trying them and have brands they could recommend?
At first thought it seems like a really bad idea for overweight, but being overweight also means my back will hurt from time to time. The idea of the belly holster for big people came from the fact that I have had to wear similar looking devices as a back brace for a bad back. Obviously different things for different uses, but similar enough to make me wonder
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I used to carry in a belly band. My waist size at that time was about 40-42. (I'm back at 38). Anyway I never found it comfortable. In order not to let the band slide around, it has to be cinched down fairly tight. That's not a big deal for an hour or two if out walking. But you wear one all day for 10 - 12 hours and it can get very uncomfortable to say the least.
Right now I carry in strong side OWB belt holster, or a Kramer T-shirt holster. Very comfortable all day and about as concealed as possible. The downside is that you can not draw the gun fast with the Kramer T shirt.
After many years of carrying a handgun both professionally and personally, I have come up with two things that are right for me.
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I use a belly band and have no issues with it whatsoever. Some observations:
- It seems to be meant to carry IWB, not high up around the middle of the belly.
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- At one point, someone said it is not comfortable in the summer and will make you sweat. I wear a t-shirt year 'round with the belly band over it. The t-shirt (heavier cotton) absorbs the majority of any sweat and I don't find it uncomfortable at all.
- Makes it easy to do your business in the bathroom. Ergo, you don't have the holster clipped to your belt and have to figure out how to deal with it in a public bathroom.
- Not very expensive. If you get one and decide you don't like it, you haven't broken the bank in the attempt compared to other holsters.
- In the vein of economical, you won't have to match it to a carry belt for even more money.
Carrying IWB is, in my opinion, the best way to carry for me. YMMV but I prefer the belly band over anything else I've used.
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erad98 Posts: 23My '03 LS 430 started to have squealing brakes about 2 weeks ago without any noticeable fade. Suddenly stopped today. Anyone else experience this? I have an appointment with the dealer (extended warranty) but I'm not sure now if I should waste my time...
muchogusto Posts: 5Just purchased a 2005 LS430 and I am finding the drivers front seat very uncomfortable. I don't know who the previous owner was, but it seems like the middle part of the seat was overstressed and sinks down more than the passenger seat. I am tall and have to splay my legs out, and since the bolsters are overly firm, they dig into my legs and are very painful. It gets worse the longer I sit in it. It is like sitting in a vise with the jaws closing slowly on the hips as I sink further into the seat.If the bottom would not deflect downward as much as it does, the seat would be fine. Brought to Lexus of Wilmington and a 5'7" service advisor jumped in and out and said it was fine. Nothing wrong. Got the Service Director involved and he said nothing was wrong and he couldn't do anything. I want to contact Lexus Customer Service but wanted to get suggestions on how to approach this with them from this group. Any suggestions on best strategy for serving up this issue to them? Any others have problems with their seat? Is there any recourse beyond the Customer Service group?
Sounds like others have not had much success in dealing with Lexus Customer Service
producer97 Posts: 6I have a 2005 ls and I agree with you about the seats. I also bought mine used with 35K miles and I find that the seats are not good for long drives. My back starts hurting after 1+ hours of driving. My 05 Taurus had more comfortable seats. I also dislike how long it takes for the seats to warm up. The seat heaters take 7-10 minutes to warm up. That's crap if you ask me. My body naturally warms up the leather faster than the seat heater. I am definitely disappointed with the seats. You can try extended the bottom out, which will provide more support for the thighs but then I think it looses support for other parts of the body, like the back. I also hate the steering, which is all wobbly and takes a lot of effort to keep straight, even after numerous trips to the dealer. Not a happy Lexus owner.
Mr. Muchogusto:
1 - everything you wrote is TRUE . on the 2001-2006 LS430
model , it seems to me , that there are two outsources for seats . ( that is a guess ) why a guess ? because some Ls430's have seats that fit my butt perfect , and some hurt
as you described . I tried swapping seats from car to car when the car was brand new with zero miles , foam rubber material on the seat , etc.
2 - the way to know if your LS430 has the wacko seats ,
is place your fist between the seat bottom and seat back . if your fist goes through from front to back , you have the dud . the seat bottom and seat back should be so tight they rub together with NO space between them . LEXUS even alloed
for ZERO tolerance , because there is a whitish colored strip of cloth sewn into the seat back and seat bottom where the two pieces meet and rub as they are adjusted and
give during driving ( operating ) conditions .
FIX : there are 4 bolts that hold the seat to the chasis floor . 2 in front , 2 in back .
remove the 2 bolts in back ( move the drivers seat all the way forward , so you can work , place several "o ring" metal washers ( spacers ) on the male bolt coming up from the floor , place the seat on the two bolts in the rear , place the nuts on the bolts and torque the bolts .
now the rear of the seat is higher than it was before , and your posterior is more level with the anterior .
simply put , you place yourself on a level playing field .
DISCLAIMER : i have had dealer service people tell me that void's the warranty .
i do not own any LS430's anymore . I removed the o ring washers before trading or selling the cars . it is the next guy's problem now .
NOTE : the seats made by this outsource for lexus are great if you are 6' 5 " , and weigh 350 lbs , and carry lead in your pants .
for the average 5' 8" person , they can make you feel like you have a serious bladder infection knawing away at your lower back .
Further Disclaimer : the above is not a scientific endeavor. it was strictly done for MY comfort . whether it is true or not true remains to be proven .
mitchell rowe
I had an 02 LS430 - and experienced the seat phenomenon mentioned above in that one. I never really got comfortable in that car - and was disappointed. I guess, it had the "crappy seats" in that one. Then one day, I happened to drive a new 05, with Air Conditioned seats, and noticed that the seat was much, much better than my 02 was. Based mostly upon that one fact, I traded my 02 for the 05 and have been pretty happy with the seat in this one. They do take longer to warm and cool than others, because they use a different device than just a heat coil for heat, due to the cooling function. I can live with it. While I admit, a Mercedes seat is better, as is a Volvo, and a Ford Explorer - it is satisfactory. I believe, after test driving the 06, the new seats are much better. Perhaps they checked out a Volvo seat to copy finally, instead of the seat from a 59 Jaguar sedan....
It's a bit disappointing that the finest car on earth, has a crummy seat, isn't it?
Mr. Banker : As mentioned earlier , I believe the genius's
in Japan use two sources for the LS seats from 2001-2006 .
It's pot luck which one a customer is blessed with. the "pain" didn't show itself to sensitive person's for 300 to 800 miles ?
In re : to your comments about seats in "other" brands , vs. LS seats through 2005 :
I am extremely happy with the seat in my LS 460 SWB .
it is flat , conforms to the proper seat bottom length , and it is very wide at the same time , accomodating my butt . additionally , the seat back and seat bottom , actually fit together in all settings ( amazing ) .
whoever is building the 2007 seat , has heard the call from the american car buyers .
air / heat - seats : yes ... it is a different system of heating , as was my 2006 LS . However the 2007 LS 460 SWB that i own heats up in seconds ( i like it - we've had very cold temperatures here lately ) .
mitchell rowe
rennybosch Posts: 329Hi Mitchell,
Does your reference to 2001-2006 models imply that the 2007 seats are more comfortable than the previous ones? That would be really good news for me, because I have found the seats in both my 2001 and 2004 LS430's somewhat uncomfortable too. Not as bad as some previous posters indicated, but definitely below par.
implying that the 07 is better. On my test drive of an 07, I felt they were definitely superior to my 05, which is infinitely superior to my 02. Odd that so many of us suddenly confess that the seats in the LS are sub par.... My Ford Explorers have had the most comfortable seats I've even had - it's a shame my Lexi have not. Perhaps now - they finally have that right.
famwald Posts: 114"You can try extended the bottom out, which will provide more support for the thighs but then I think it looses support for other parts of the body..."
ITA with you about the seats. We, too, have an '05 LS430.
I'm tall and find that extending the bottom out (forward) makes the seat even more uncomfortable in that "sitting" area, as if the padding has been compressed in a car with 200k mi. on it. Feels like I'm sitting on a wooden bleacher. Ugh.
Seat heaters in front really do take forever to warm up. I think it is because they "blow" instead of radiate. My Volvos were much faster (well duh- they're from Sweden), but the LS is faster than our old '98 Toyota Avalon was.
Mr. Bosch :
Direct Answer : YES . the driver's seat in the 2007 LS460
( i have full time knowledge of the SWB only ) , is
Lexus can do it . THe seat in the "original" gs300 + GS400
were superb for the average size person .
the GS , as you know , came out as a 1998 model .
REPETITIVE : the seat in the 2007 LS460 is flat , wide , and the seat bottom meets the seat back tightly at any position , even with the seat bottom extended or retracted . there is nothing in the seat back that hits the "nerve" in the lower back , that signals "pain" , and
causes language either thought or spoken sending the seats to an early demise in the graveyard of car parts in one's mind .
Not all LS430 seats have this insanity . I believe Lexus used two outsources , and one of the sources thought americans were 6' 5" tall , weighed 350 pounds , and ate Micky D's all day while driving , to add another 40 pounds .
These are unscientific Opinions only . The opinions expressed here are from Personal experience , and there has been no survey to back up these statements .
mitchell rowe
I have the same problem with my 2001 LS 430 trunk struts. I have called and visited 5 different auto parts stores and the struts are only available through the dealer. The trunk lid has fell on my head numerous times. It is indeed a safety issue and not of Lexus quality. The trunk struts/shocks are labeled as "1FE28 W676". Let me know if you have found any aftermarket alternatives. I do not want to buy new ones from Lexus if they are only going to fail again in a short time.
If you are experiencing the same problem w/the trunk struts/shocks, I want to encourage others to respond to the message posted by "slexy1" (Msg. #8044)or this message, to voice your concerns to your local Lexus dealer, and finally to contact Lexus by the 800 number for customer care.
Maybe we can get some positive responses if we all complain together.
Matthew Manning
Thanks for the post and backup of my (and some Lexus Master Mechanics that I know) contention that the weak trunk struts are a known safety problem that has been reported on the NHTS web site. I sent you a copy of my e-mail that I just sent "Lexus Customer Satisfaction" (to email@example.com). I basically found out from the dealer I bought the car at in 10/00 that the part number for those trunk struts was changed from ending in "30" to "31" sometime after 2001. Lexus keeps the reasons for these changes a secret even from their dealers, so I could not find out "why" for the change. But, I'm requesting that Lexus Corporate allow my dealer to install the "31" trunk struts, as I'm fairly sure that the new ones have been "beefed up". Good Luck.
I have a 2002 LS and also experienced the trunck lid falling on my head. About a month ago I had the struts replaced under my extended warranty, so far I have noticed a definite marked improvement. Of course a month is not a long time, so the jury is still out. I don't know if the replacemt struts are "31" or not. Would it be easy to tell if the struts are indeed "31"?
Yes, "cneuman", it would indeed be easy. Just call your dealer and ask someone to look at their records of the part # used. But, I can pretty much tell you (from what my parts manager told me) that you do have the part number ending in "31", since from 2001 to 2006 that part number is all that any Lexus dealer is using to replace whatever was on the trunk lid from the factory. Lexus doesn't even let the dealers know the date of the change in part number, so it could be any time between 2001 and 2006.
Lexus Corp. is not giving the dealers any info as to why the change in part #. I think they want it that way, since Lexus can always say that "It was just due to a change in vendor-supplier". That way, Lexus never has to admit that there was a problem to begin with, and therefore avoids the possibility of any public "recall" happening. But, don't get me wrong, I don't know what the real reason is, and I still love Lexus as my number one brand of car (I have two of them). I just don't think that Lexus has handled this particular situation with the consumer's best interest at heart, and that is not up to the kind of Lexus quality standards that I am used to (my opinion).
I just got back from my local Lexus dealer where I bought my 2001 LS 430. The service and parts managers along with everyone working there are very nice and helpful (Park Place Lexus of Grapevine, Tx.) This matter is over their heads, as the problem lies with Lexus Corporate, IMO.
Here is some VERY INTERESTING NEWS! A nice new car salesman showed me the trunk mechanism on the brand new 2007 LS 460, and "lo and behold" Lexus Corporate decided to stop using struts to hold up the trunk lid, and go back to the same type of mechanism that was used in my 1990 Lexus LS 400! For lack of specific terminology, I'll call it a "swing-arm with counter balance" mechanism. That might not be accurate, but the point is that for SIX YEARS (2001 TO 2006) Lexus used struts. This tells me a lot that for their newest flagship model they went back to the same basic type of mechanism Lexus used 17 YEARS AGO!
I could be wrong, but this appears to be more "circumstantial evidence" that Lexus is very aware of the problem of weak struts, and/or the problem of even stronger replacement struts (# 31's) wearing out over time. My 17 year old 1990 trunk mechanism is still working perfectly after all these years!
After I found out about how much less trunk space the LS 460 can have vs. the LS 430, I had to blog about that, and the fact that Lexus no longer uses trunk "struts" to hold up the trunk lid. I wonder why?
Great job!
I recently had my '01 LS 430 serviced. It has 103,000 miles on it. The timing belt service has not been done yet. They recommended that I get the following things done:
60k Timing Belt Service $1,500
Transmission Flush $190
Fuel Induction Flush $160
New front and rear brakes $700
I am wondering if I could get the same things done at a Toyota dealership for much less $$$$.
Do any of you use a Toyota dealership for your Lexus LS? I had a Toyota dealer do the timing belt service on my 99 LX 470 as it is practically identical to the Toyota Land Cruiser.
Regarding the brakes, would it be safe to buy the Lexus pads, shims, and fits and have a brake shop or Toyota put them on?
THANKS in advance!
I hope that $1,500 Timing Belt Service incudes an new water pump!
Fuel Induction Flush would especially be a good idea if you live in an area of the US that has 10% Ethanol at all the gas stations like mine do. Ethanol can clean the fuel lines of gunk that gets caught in your fuel filter (which may need changing too)
I swear by these ceramic brake pads on TireRack by Akebono ProAct at $74 a pair (available now for front and rear). They are long lasting, don't squeak, dissapate heat for better braking under heat stress, and I think cost less than the dealer pads. I also think that Akebono does the OEM ceramic brake pads for Toyota that cost more.
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/results.jsp?autoMake=Lexus&autoModel=LS430&autoYe- ar=2001&autoModClar=
I would get a second opinion from a Lexus Independent Service and Repair shop in your neck of the woods before I did anything. But, I used to use a Toyota dealership to get my 2001 LS 430 serviced, since they used to send me discount coupons for the 30K, 45K, etc. major service intervals that represented big saving over the local Lexus dealerships. Just call the Toyota Service Mgr. and ask him if he would agree that all that work needs to be done (don't say who told you that it was reccommended to be done), if he would do the work, and at what price would he do it all for.
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jfz Posts: 45Lexus of Fort Wayne posts a cost of $490 for timing belt and serpentine belt service. FWIW
afiber2 Posts: 8jfz,
Lexus of Fort Wayne also quoted me the $490 figure for a timing belt & serpentine belt change. I have an appointment next week for this with my '01s 75000 mile service. Amazing what some other dealerships charge.
Northwest IN
You are soo right about the differences in what different dealers charge. I've noticed from my experience with dealers in Ca., N.Y., and Texas that it definitely has something to do with the amount of "other dealer owners" competition within a short drive of where that dealer is located. The more the competition, even from good Independent Lexus Service & Repair shops, the lower the prices tend to be, IMO.
I have been in touch with a manager of the California Online BBB (since Lexus National Headquarters is located in Torrance, Ca.), and it appears (not so sure yet!) that "Lexus is willing to work with the customer to repair his vehicle, if desired." My request was to have those new replacement trunk strut part numbers (ending in "31") installed on my car at no charge.
Here is my new blog post with more details:
Here is what I just sent the NHTSA:
"I just had my trunk struts replaced after Lexus National Headquarters told me 2 1/2 weeks ago that they were willing to work with me. My dealer said they never contacted him to give him the go ahead to do the "no charge" work, so I had to call Lexus HQ's again and complain.
I now am convinced after seeing my trunk lid go up on its own, once it is past the "half way point" in opening, that the replacement trunk struts that have a part # ending in "31" are definitely improved over the old ones (ending in "30") that came on my car in 10/2000 (even though Lexus HQ's has put it in writing to me that they have not changed or improved those trunk struts). My wife agrees that they are improved, and that Lexus has done a "Quiet Fix"! The Lexus mechanic (4 + years with Lexus) who just installed my new struts said that they have been improved over time!
I have my old trunk struts now, and I am willing to mail them to you, once you e-mail me back letting me know that I am not wasting my time and money. Please have your engineers evaluate these old "30's" (taking into account age usage) vs. the new "31's".
I know the NHTSA is very busy, but there are a lot of 2001/2002/2003 or more LS 430 owners who are paying out of their own pockets ($469.64) for replacement struts, since there are no aftermarket ones available. Some owners may not be able to afford replacements and are leaving their trunk lids a safety problem!"
I will be blogging on this eventually, but I wanted to get the word out to "lexuslx", "cneuman", and anyone else with the old (vs. new replacement ones) trunk strut safety problem. But, keep in mind that all struts wear out over time, so only time will tell how long these new stuts will be safe. My gut tells me that they will at least last longer than the ones that came on my car.
For those interested in my last blog post on this (before I do an updated one), here it is:
"NHTSA LS 430 Trunk Strut Investigation"
ok guys here is my situation and i am in dire need of some help, I totally understand that lexus is an expensive car peroid. I just got a 93 ls 400 and it needed inspected, well I take it to my shop i usually go to and they fix everything for inspection but it fails the emissions test, now my shop cant fix that since they dont have teh software to plug into it, so I take it to a Dealer to have them work on it and so far they have changed my spark plugs, wires, pulled the exhaust and im at $670, and now they want to do a compression test on the engine, I am new to owning a lexus so any help would be great, well the car like i said wont pass emission and feels like there is very little power when you step on the gas, I am just lost here, what could be causing this and why does it seem like they are just takin my money for this car, I mean cant they find out whats wrong with it so they dont have to keep guessing on whats wrong, please help!!!!
wwest Posts: 10,706Insofar as rate of acceleration the early LSes at 248HP were not stellar performers. Put on a lot of miles, say 150,000, and the torque converter is getting a little tired.
I think you're being "jacked" around on the emissions fix but I don't have any answer otherwise.
The Los Angeles, Ca. online BBB: http://www.labbb.org/BBBWeb/Forms/Complaint/ComplaintInformationPage.aspx?sm= was a big help. I recommend them to anyone who is not getting satisfaction through the dealers or the Lexus Customer Satisfaction 800#. But, to be fair with Lexus HQ's, make sure you have a legitimate situation (as I believed).
While Lexus Corporate denies improvement of the engineering of the LS 430 trunk struts (more "gas force pressure"), my wife and I both agree that the old struts never lifted the trunk lid on its own, once past the half way point of being 100% raised. In fact, my wife said that she always had to lift the heavy (for her) trunk lid all the way up right from the beginning with the old struts (ANYONE HERE THAT HAS A 2001/2 LS 430 REMEMBER IF THEIR ORIGINAL "TRUNK LID LIFT" EXPERIENCE WAS SIMILAR TO OURS?) I must admit, that I did find it interesting that the seasoned Lexus mechanic who installed the replacement trunk struts said that they (the sturts) have improved over time.
While I am appreciative of my free replacement struts, I told the NHTSA: "There are a lot of 2001/2002/2003 or more LS 430 owners who are paying out of their own pockets ($469.64 Dealer Price) for replacement struts, since there are no aftermarket ones available. Some owners may not be able to afford replacements and are leaving their trunk lids a safety problem!"
I'm hoping that if the NHTSA investigation doesn't warrant a "recall", then at the very least Lexus will do a "SPECIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN" with letters sent to all Lexus car owners that have trunk (and hood) struts like the ones originally put on my 2001 LS 430.
For more details, see "Lexus Customer Satisfaction - A Vehicle For Brand Building?"
I agree with "wwest": "I think you're being "jacked" around on the emissions." But, I wanted to add that your local "shop" does not represent all Independent Lexus Service & Repair shops. Many do have all the equipment needed to figure out why your car is failing the emissions test. These reputable independents owned and/or operated by former "Lexus Certified Master Mechanics" would probably charge you less money, overall, than dealers would.
One suggestion: Before you buy any previously owned vehicle, take it to a reputable independent shop, or a dealer and have it thoroughly checked out. While you would have to pay for this, it might save you a lot of money in the long run.
i def appreciate the advise guys, and I am going to have a fit about all these dumb tests they keep doing and is costing me over $1000, to be honest the car was given to me for free so I can complain about that, but I just had no idea what I was getting myself into, is there anywhere I can find these little independant shops? Everywhere I tried to take the car was like, oh Lexus no dont work on them. Again thanks guys....any other help is much appreciated
Try the Verizon Online Smart Pages using "Lexus Service & Repair", but they don't make themselves easily findable. Try your local Chamber of Commerce web site and e-mail them where you can find one.
Of course, you could always give away on chat rooms the town that you live in and maybe someone already knows of a good one there. Good Luck.


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On the night of August 20, 1863, proslavery guerrillas from Missouri set off to attack the antislavery stronghold of Lawrence, Kansas, burning it to the ground and killing at least 150 people.
As I console Mary, they are setting the house ablaze. Thank you Lord that my Grosvenor was not here! via: @abbymorse1863 #QR1863
— Mary Carpenter (@mcarpenter1863) August 21, 2013
Quantrill's Raid of Lawrence, now 150 years old, is being reenacted on Twitter using letters and witness accounts from Lawrence townspeople of the time, as well as Union soldiers, and proslavery leader William Quantrill.
The Twitter reenactment is sponsored by the Kansas Humanities Council along with Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area. Follow the action under the hashtag #qr1863 or follow this Twitter list.
Farmer west of town supplied me with trousers and boots. Loyal free state farmers contribute well to the cause. #QR1863 #wishtheyfitbetter
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text: Former AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen's new project called REVAMP entered the studio earlier today (Sunday, January 3) to begin recording its debut album for a tentative May release. Jansen says, "Drummer Koen Herfst is in Germany now with [guitarist/producer] Waldemar Sorychta to record the drums. I will go there soon as well."A short audio sample of the song "Head Up High" from REVAMP is available for streaming using the audio player below. After the breakup of AFTER FOREVER, Jansen decided she wanted to start over and present a new band to the public as soon as possible. To accomplish this, she joined forces with two additional songwriters to first compose, then record an album. A live band is soon to be formed after the CD's completion, which will get her back on stage where she belongs. The first composer to join this new collaboration was found when Waldemar Sorychta (GRIP INC., ENEMY OF THE SUN) contacted her to inquire about her current activities and potential future cooperation. Being a fan of GRIP INC., Floor was honored by the possibility of working with Waldemar. Sorychta's unique style, combined with his experience as songwriter/producer, made Jansen's dream come closer to reality. The second composer was found in AFTER FOREVER colleague Joost van den Broek. Asking Joost to join seemed logical because of his great keyboards and arrangements, and therefore his potentially valuable contribution. Despite his busy schedule, he wanted to join and get started immediately. With him on board, the songwriting team was complete! The REVAMP sound is described as "a unique blend of the personal style listeners will recognize from these musicians." For more information, visit the band's web site. "Head Up High" pre-production audio sample:


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UnitCom Inc. will be retailing their new 14-inch "LesanceNB S3431/L" in Japan on 24 March, at an unbeatable price of 59,980 yen (approximately US$730). The LesanceNB S3431/L measures 19mm thin and boasts seven-second rapid recovery from sleep mode. To commemorate this sale, there will be a special campaign: Pre-orders will be given exclusives such as a value pack containing a router and web camera at low prices, and purchase-with-purchase offer of OFfice Personal 2010 at a low price
The LesanceNB S3431/L is equipped with Intel Core i5-2467M (1.60GHz with built-in video capabilities), Intel HM65 Express Chipset, 4GB memory, 64GB SSD+500 GB hybrid HDD, 14-inch wide LCD display (1,366 × 768), and is preinstalled with Windows 7 Home Premium OS (SP1, can select 32bit or 64bit). The Ultrabook also comes with an SD / Memory Stick card reader, three USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, mini D-Sub15 pin, IEEE LAN 802.11b/g/n, 1.3-megapixel web camera, and voice input/output. It weighs 1.64kg and the Lithium-ion battery offers about five hours of usage.
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Two Flint-based GM plants honored by EPA for energy efficiency
Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:43:47 GMT —
Today General Motors announced that two Flint automotive plants met an energy reduction challenge set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
The challenge was called the Energy Star Challenge for Industry. In order to meet the challenge, the manufacturing plant needs to reduce the energy used in production by at least 10 percent within five years.
The equivalent electricity of what 2,897 homes use annually was eliminated by Flint Assembly.
Flint Engine, the other winner, eliminated the equivalent of what 2,554 homes use annually.
â??Creativity and energy management go hand-in-hand at GM,â?? said Tim Lee, executive vice president of Global Manufacturing. â??Weâ??ve been consistently cutting energy use and emissions each year. Environmental responsibility â?? and its corresponding business benefits â?? continues to be an everyday driver within our facilities.â??
The energy reductions at the plants was not just about reducing the amount of carbon dioxide that enters the atmosphere. It was also about cost reductions.
Flint Assembly reduced their energy costs annually by more than $2.9 million while Flint Engine saved $2.3 million in energy costs annually.
Reducing the costs meant making changes at the plants. Replacing light bulbs with high efficiency lighting, exchanging a water-based boiler to an electric one, and developing, in-house, a way to turn off the plant's chillers remotely all contributed to the millions of dollars in savings the plants experienced.
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I've been wearing braces for 18 months now, I have a protruding upper jaw and a crowding in the lower jaw. Im starting to notice that my cheeks are getting hollow and that my lower jaw is getting narrower. Can braces push my jaws back? Or it's all in my head as the doctor says?
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Can Braces Make the Lower Jaw Narrower When There Are Extractions?
Think of your upper jaw as a garage and your lower jaw as a car. If your upper jaw (the garage) is underdeveloped then the lower jaw (car) won't fit into the garage. In order to make the lower jaw (car) fit into an undersized upper jaw (garage) you either have to build a bigger garage or get a smaller car.
Your orthodontist has chosen to get a smaller car (extracting teeth). RARELY is the upper jaw the problem when speaking of overjet. Unfortunately, overjet is corrected WAY too frequently by extracting teeth to create space to pull the upper teeth back to mesh with the lower teeth. This type of treatment yields nice straight teeth but does nothing to correct the undersized garage and the car that won't fit into that garage.
Of course the face will change when you move teeth. The face overlays the teeth. I'm not sure why some dentists/orthodontists still believe that a face doesn't change when you move teeth. There have been numerous studies done on identical twins where one twin had extraction orthodontics and the other twin had non-extraction orthodontics and at the end of the treatment they no longer look like twins at all. And guess which twin is more attractive?
Straight teeth alone can NEVER be the only consideration when moving teeth. You only see a person's teeth when they smile but you always see their face. I would much rather give a patient with a beautiful face and crooked teeth than a less beautiful face with straight teeth. The good news though is that a patient can have both a beautiful face and straight teeth if treatment is done with facial aesthetics in mind from the beginning of treatment.
If your lower jaw is retruded your facial beauty is already compromised. To retract the upper teeth in order to match the lower teeth only accentuates that aesthetic compromise because your lips and lower face will also be retracted along with your teeth while your nose and upper face stay in place. In short, your nose gets bigger, your chin remains retruded and weak, your lips become less prominent, your dental arches are narrow (narrow smile with black voids in the corners of your mouth), your TMJ can be adversely affected as well as your airway because of the over retruded lower jaw.
I hope this long-winded answer isn't overwhelming but I feel so badly for patients who HAD NO IDEA about this stuff and just trusted the advise of their orthodontist. If your orthodontist is suggesting extractions before treatment make sure you get consultations from three other dentists/orthodontists who agree. Once you extract teeth it is extremely difficult and costly to undo and MOST cases can be treated without extracting teeth.
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Just because something theoretically CAN do something does not mean it WILL. It would help to have photographs to see what you see and offer input.
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Braces and Effects on the Face
Extraction of teeth can help in solving a protrusion, when the front teeth are too far forward. With the help of the extraction, the front teeth can be retracted or brought back. It is unusual for cheeks to appear hallow as you have noticed. That would imply that the upper and lower jaw is being constricted in the posterior (where your molars are), which is not something we see. Also keep in mind, that your soft tissue (lips, cheeks) do not move in a 1:1 ratio of how much the teeth move. The amount of soft tissue change depends on the ethnicity of the person, or what type of soft tissue it is. So if your top teeth move back 1mm, your upper lip will not move back 1mm, it will be less.
Braces alone cannot "push jaws back".
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Wondering how best to enjoy the warm weather after a very cold and long winter? Nothing beats the feeling of dropping the top of a sporty convertible to experience a beautiful spring day. When you add stunning good lucks and awesome performance, it just makes the experience that much better.
To that end, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible may be the perfect top-down tanning machine. Completely redesigned for 2014, the designers of the new Corvette hit the ball out of the park. Sharing aggressively beautiful body lines with its coupe sibling, the Corvette convertible offers everything you can ask for in a sports car: great looks, a functional yet comfortable cockpit and tremendous performance. Though still identifiable as a Corvette, the new styling is not just modern, but futuristic, with sharply creased lines, a long hood, short rear and menacing front fascia.
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