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(Real Tech News)   Lexus IS has secret cheat code in the car's computer system that enables massive peel-outs   (realtechnews.com) divider line
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36374 clicks; posted to Main » and Fandom » on 18 Nov 2005 at 3:37 PM (17 years ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Gahbrone
2005-11-18 2:23:18 PM  
mercedes has a button to turn it off.
 
vliam
2005-11-18 2:25:42 PM  
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start.

/obvious
 
Gnaget
2005-11-18 2:27:50 PM  
See, we need to go back to the days of good easter eggs. Remember the old flight sim game and DOOM style game in Office 97?
 
Abudiwa
2005-11-18 2:29:57 PM  
select, start.
 
Abudiwa
2005-11-18 2:30:45 PM  
wait a minute... how many farkers have a lexus?

when do i get mine?
 
EvilEgg [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2005-11-18 2:31:23 PM  
yeah, but what is the one that gives me unlimited lives and all the weapons?
 
AliceHill
2005-11-18 2:32:17 PM  
I know the TiVo one by heart: Select, Play, Select, 3, 0, Select = 30 second skip button enabled!
 
dodgrile
2005-11-18 2:32:54 PM  
Abudiwa: wait a minute... how many farkers have a lexus?

We all do. Alongside a lifetimes supply of alcohol and hookers. Didn't you get the email?
 
jchance
2005-11-18 2:33:47 PM  
BMW has a well known button that says "Launch" beside the shifter in their faster cars. $10 bucks says an M5 or M6 in launch mode will smoke a lexus in cheat mode.
 
buried_alive
2005-11-18 2:33:47 PM  
Abudiwa: wait a minute... how many farkers have a lexus?

I do.
 
ZAZ [TotalFark]
2005-11-18 2:33:50 PM  
Some European BMWs have a similar feature.
 
Pooter
2005-11-18 2:33:51 PM  
My car has buttons that make the windows go up and down. So there.
 
EvilEgg [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2005-11-18 2:35:12 PM  
Abudiwa: wait a minute... how many farkers have a lexus?

when do i get mine?

It comes with your invite to UltraF+++++++++---Carrier Lost---+++
 
dodgrile
2005-11-18 2:36:42 PM  
Pooter: My car has buttons that make the windows go up and down. So there.

Mine did. Until this afternoon, when a bloke in a white van thought it - and me - would make a good accordian impression.
 
the_gospel_of_thomas
2005-11-18 2:41:01 PM  
vliam "Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start. /obvious"


I thought you would type a 'tilda' and then "Elvis" in the car's command line to go into 'God mode.'

/I want to get a H2, and install an aftermarket BFG. :D
 
JaggedArrow
2005-11-18 2:41:14 PM  
well mine has a hood that rattles when idle
fa show
/c!vic
 
KyngNothing
2005-11-18 2:44:34 PM  
Abudiwa: select, start.


Only for a 2 player game, his was correct for a single player game
 
Senor Dingdong
2005-11-18 2:47:15 PM  
I wonder if this will work on my 1989 LS 400?
 
Shadowspawn
2005-11-18 2:47:26 PM  
http://www.excelerate.com.au/downloads/drewie/BOBO.wmv

it's what i thought of.
 
abuttino
2005-11-18 2:49:07 PM  
You know you are a video game nerd when you call main car computer mods a "cheat code"..
 
Abudiwa
2005-11-18 2:51:38 PM  
Shadowspawn
it's what i thought of.

That. Was. Awesome.
 
Shadowspawn
2005-11-18 2:53:05 PM  
heh yea it is.

i can't wait for my next rental in the texas heat.

you see that shot where he was able to do 3 360's?
 
Mordant
2005-11-18 2:59:36 PM  
I have a device under my hood that enables a similar effect, I just have to press the gas pedal to activate it.
 
Juansmith
2005-11-18 3:04:35 PM  
Okay, I'm gonna have to call shenanigans on this.

This sounds a lot like those crosswalk button "cheat codes" that were the stuff of urban legends some years back.

Either that, or it activates the self-destruct.

Either way, it should make for some jolly good fun.
 
Foaming
2005-11-18 3:06:38 PM  
ZAZ: Some European BMWs have a similar feature.

I vaguely remember seeing something about US versions of the M3 having it too.
 
BooBoo23
2005-11-18 3:13:59 PM  
Shadowspawn: it's what i thought of.

That's cool as hell.
 
South Carolina BigFish
2005-11-18 3:15:41 PM  
I have one of those in my F150. Its called a super chip!
 
Dihnekis
2005-11-18 3:18:41 PM  
Shadowspawn: http://www.excelerate.com.au/downloads/drewie/BOBO.wmv

That shiat is crazy.
 
Epsilon
2005-11-18 3:29:00 PM  
I remember the good old days. I had a black Camaro Berlinetta with a 400 small block and a massive 4 barrel carb, and I didn't need to mess with some funky computer to lay rubber.

Now they've got all these fancy 4 cylinders with fuel injection and dual overhead cams. These kids today wouldn't know how to tune a carburetor if they had to. Hhmmph.
 
Epsilon
2005-11-18 3:33:02 PM  
Sorry, that should have been fancy 4 cylinders and fuel injection and dual overhead cams. I don't know of a 4 cylinder in a car with DOC.
 
queenin
2005-11-18 3:41:11 PM  
Big deal. My 86' LeBaron can do the same thing.

AND it looks pink at certain times of the day.

rock on.
 
trueaustinite
2005-11-18 3:43:15 PM  
Is this the shiatty little Lexus that's like 30 grand?

/who cares?
 
mama's_tasty_foods
2005-11-18 3:43:57 PM  
Awesome; anytime you are ready to spend 3 to 5 hundred bucks on new tires, enter the cheat code and peel away!
 
GatorBate
2005-11-18 3:44:16 PM  
An Acura RSX-Type S 4cyl. DOHC
 
redbo
2005-11-18 3:45:14 PM  
...justin bailey?
 
spleef420
2005-11-18 3:45:26 PM  
Epsilon: I don't know of a 4 cylinder in a car with DOC.

1974 Alfa Romeo Spider...4 cylinder, DOHC, mechanical fuel injection, NO computer...smoked a riced-out '06 Eclipse off the line.
 
Zed
2005-11-18 3:45:32 PM  
"Some European BMWs have a similar feature."

I think you are thinking of launch control. Sounds like this lexus thing just turns off traction control (don't know why there isn't just a button that does this like every other car).
 
ScottMpls
2005-11-18 3:45:36 PM  
Considering how "locked down" the Japanese makers like Lexus and Infiniti keep their cars' stability/control systems, I'd be surprised if some noob doesn't end up farking themselves up or their car.

/Drives an S4
 
zfalcon
2005-11-18 3:45:47 PM  
Epsilon
Sorry, that should have been fancy 4 cylinders and fuel injection and dual overhead cams. I don't know of a 4 cylinder in a car with DOC.

A bunch of 4 cylinders have FI and DOHC:
Toyota Corolla S, Toyota Celica, Honda Civic SI, Acura Integra/RSX, etc...
 
acaciaavenue
2005-11-18 3:45:53 PM  
Front-wheel burn outs? Almost impressive as burnouts on gravel and ice!

/DRTFA
 
gyro42
2005-11-18 3:46:07 PM  
Thats no cheat, the owners maunal(which no one ever reads) tells you all of that stuff. there wouldn't be a light for it if it was an easter egg. alot of cars have that in a button for getting out of snow and stuff.
 
KingSizeLite
2005-11-18 3:47:46 PM  
It's not a cheat code or easter egg. Mechanics need to do this in order to diagnose driveability complaints.
 
Lord of Allusions
2005-11-18 3:47:50 PM  
Psst...Don't push the big red button that says, "Do Not Push" on the Lexus IS. Totally an ejector seat. I shiat you not.
 
Turfshoe
2005-11-18 3:48:19 PM  
Lexus has some funky codes to program things.

Their codes to program a new key is about ten steps where you feel like you are pushing every damn button in the car.

I am pretty sure my IS300 has a traction control off button.
 
osufarker
2005-11-18 3:48:51 PM  
Tons of 4cyl have DOHC. I think more do now than don't. Hell even a ford focus has DOHC if you have the 2.0L Zetec Engine.
 
nerfball
2005-11-18 3:49:37 PM  
massive peel-outs!?!?!? what the hell has happened to fark? next someone will post a story about how to sneak a beer out of the house when mommy and daddy are not looking!
 
nytmare
2005-11-18 3:49:43 PM  
I don't know of a 4 cylinder in a car with DOC.

GM Quad 4
 
sat1va
2005-11-18 3:51:20 PM  
My buddy's Lexus IS 300 (early 2000's model year) has a traction control button allowing him to peel out.

I couldn't tell from the article if this was just for automatic transmissions (somewhat implied). Or perhaps there's a difference between Canadian and American models, as his traction control appears to be intended for winter driving.
 
gnosis301
2005-11-18 3:51:21 PM  
Shadowspawn

The solution to the war on terror. Give all Arabs dragstrips and Lexus. . .es (Lexi?)
 
348
2005-11-18 3:52:30 PM  
Epsilon:

hat should have been fancy 4 cylinders and fuel injection and dual overhead cams. I don't know of a 4 cylinder in a car with DOC.

My POS 97 neon has 4 cylinders and a DOHC.
 
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