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Old 11-10-06, 01:43 PM
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Red face Funny LS460 self-park video

http://www.fquick.com/videos/viewvideo.php?id=520
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Old 11-10-06, 01:49 PM
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LOL..how did you find this?

When any car can drive itself up to the corner store to pick up coffee I ran out of, I am there and buying it. Until then, they are just wow factors and useless.
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Old 11-10-06, 03:40 PM
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HAHA so much for intuitiveness....looks just about as frustrating as iDrive lol.
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Old 11-10-06, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ES350Bob
LOL..how did you find this?

When any car can drive itself up to the corner store to pick up coffee I ran out of, I am there and buying it. Until then, they are just wow factors and useless.
it is useful when you cant park for whatever reason - for instance, I find it very hard to park my Rav4 in some tight spots when it is pitch black.

And I know that my wife could never in the world parallel park car such as LS.
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Old 11-10-06, 03:55 PM
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I can't wait to be sitting in a parking lot behind someone tryingto use this feature.
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Old 11-10-06, 04:08 PM
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I can't wait to be sitting in a parking lot behind someone tryingto use this feature.
it might be better than that same somone trying to learn how to park on her own, next to your car...

:-)
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Old 11-10-06, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
it might be better than that same somone trying to learn how to park on her own, next to your car...

:-)

The system did hit that minivan in the movie....or at least I thought it was a minivan.
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Old 11-10-06, 04:14 PM
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I think the system was designed to parellel park (parking head to tail bewteen 2 cars next to the sidewalk) not these conventional supermarket/mall/structure parking spaces. If you can't drive into these normal parking spaces you don't deserve to drive period.
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Old 11-10-06, 04:16 PM
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imagine doing this when having a driver license test.. " huh, wait sir, I think I should touch this button, and huh, wait, maybe this one... no no no, not yet, my car is not in a good mood today..."
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Old 11-10-06, 04:19 PM
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these guys are stupid

u have to keep your foot on the brake lightly for the guidance to work

if they cant read the manual, they dont deserve this car
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Old 11-10-06, 04:23 PM
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Hah, if you think that's good, then you should've seen the tech at the dyno shop I went to a couple of weeks ago sitting in the driver's seat for about 3 minutes solid trying to figure out how to start my IS350...

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hahah sweet.

Lexus should come out with a motion picture about just how too work the self-park feature
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Q: "Why is it doing that?"

A: "It hates Fords, that's why."

ROFLMAO!!!
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hahah that was classic! Thanks for sharing that..needed it after a long day.
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Originally Posted by spwolf
it is useful when you cant park for whatever reason - for instance, I find it very hard to park my Rav4 in some tight spots when it is pitch black.

And I know that my wife could never in the world parallel park car such as LS.
I respect your dedication to all things Toyota and Lexus but this is one of the most worthless features ever. It doesn't do it by itself. It will let you hit vehicles. And it's too slow to be used in anything but an open field.

Oh and guys, this is a repost - video was posted in LS460 forum I think.
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