Originally Posted by HondaDrive

Is the power sun shade standard on the ES?

Originally Posted by Txwingz

I can pretty much mirror your comment. My wife picked up her new ES350 10 days ago. We left on a trip two days later and now we're back home with about 1200 miles on the car already. We went from a 2009 IS250 to the ES350. Totally different animal but that is what we were looking for. The IS was fun to drive ... very responsive and a real road hugger. But my wife wanted something a bit smoother, a bit larger, and more comfortable. The ES350 is all that. It is extremely comfortable and has lots of leg room both in front and back. Seats are adjustable so many ways that there is just no way you can't find a position you would like. Sound system is great as is pretty much everything else. Now, the CONS in my opinion.

The Navi system is a joke in my opinion. I have a Garmin Zumo GPS that I've had for a while, using it in various vehicles and my motorcycle. It costs about 1/4 what the Nav system in the Lexus costs and it's funtionality is orders of magnitude greater. When we left on the trip, I plowed through the book figuring out things and figured that while the wife was driving, I'd play with it and figure things out. Problem is, while you're moving you really can do very little. If there's a way to turn that "feature" off, I'd sure like to know how. The system is not intuitive at all and doesn't seem to be very current. We were trying to wind our way around to an Olive Garden that has been there for several years. I stopped so that I could do a search, put in Olive Garden and the closest it came up with was 50 miles away. I mean, that's a bit old.

I'm still learning and hopefully I've missed something and it's better then what I've experienced but if not, I am extremely disappointed that I spent that much money for the system. I could just as easily have used my Zumo in the 350. Also, in the IS there was an accessory audio jack that you could use to plug in any MP3 player. Not there on this one. But, there is a USB connection. But, when I tried my MP3 player, it didn't recognize it. The USB works because it charges the player but won't recognize any of the files on it. It will play tunes from a USB memory stick.

Hopefully this forum will help me out as I move forward and learn more about the new car.

Originally Posted by zhivuyatut

No, it is not. As an afterthought, it is quite useless option too.
One can always get a good quality tint, that would serve the same purpose.

Originally Posted by HondaDrive

I specifically sought the ES without the navigation system. I think it looks nice in the car but not worth the extra money in my opinion. I have navigation in my Toyota Highlander but only because that was the only way I could get the car in silver There was apparently a shortage of silver Limited Highlanders last year. Anyway, the navigation is almost useless because as you mentioned, you have to be stopped to use it. I guess that is a safety feature but there has got to be a better way. I might at some point buy a smaller GPS but for now I will get directions the old fashioned way: Mapquest

Originally Posted by LexBob2

IMO the sunshade is one of those nice to haves - Not really a need to have. More often than not I forget to use it.

Originally Posted by racingt

I'm 6'4" and find that Im not cramped at all in my ES. lgb0250, are you sure you're using all of the seat adjustments correctly, including the one that raises and lowers the seats?!

Originally Posted by Art3

I'm a bit baffled by several of the posts re headroom. I'm 6'5", and I agree with racingt: there's room, plus an inch or two. In fact, I sat in every model at the dealership and found that the ES had the most headroom. Admittedly, this wasn't scientific, and I didn't spend a whole lot of time fiddling and measuring; but I came away believing that the ES was the best fit for us tall folks.