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Auto Folding Mirrors

Old 09-24-07, 12:52 PM
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Default Auto Folding Mirrors

Does anyone know if the new gs have the auto folding side mirrors? if so, does it automaticly fold when you turn off the engine, and if it doesnt, is there a way you can hack that?.
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umm, can't remember for sure, but i believe the mirror folding is not automatic, you have to press the button manually?

(which if it's still the case, i think it's pretty silly)
Old 09-24-07, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by brianvan1
Does anyone know if the new gs have the auto folding side mirrors? if so, does it automaticly fold when you turn off the engine, and if it doesnt, is there a way you can hack that?.
The GS does have folding mirrors, but they are manual. You have to use a crank, kinda like my bay window in my kitchen. Yu have to roll them out. Old school if you ask me.
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Originally Posted by Jace7
The GS does have folding mirrors, but they are manual. You have to use a crank, kinda like my bay window in my kitchen. Yu have to roll them out. Old school if you ask me.
Very dangerous to do so for the passenger side while in-motion; however, Lexus nanny engineers disabled the ability to fold/un-fold the mirror while in-motion so no worries!
Old 09-24-07, 04:28 PM
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really? I folded mines while driving.
Old 09-24-07, 05:24 PM
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my 06 gs430 has a button to have them tilt in....works great in car washes too.
Old 09-24-07, 08:22 PM
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yeah my 07 gs350 has a button to fold the mirrors in...i'll be better if it auto folded every time i parked
Old 09-24-07, 10:56 PM
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Mine swing in and out like elephant ears while driving...
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i think its a shortcoming in the gs that it dont have this feature, even the ES has it!
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Wiat the ES would auto fold when you turn the engine off? Oh now I'm more mad.
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Originally Posted by starstreak
Wiat the ES would auto fold when you turn the engine off? Oh now I'm more mad.
I don't think the ES has auto-fold mirrors. It does have the auto-dimming and auto- reverse tilt. As far as I know, the outside mirrors only fold manually.
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Wait, the ES has mirrors?! The GS doesn't, what's up with that?!?!
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only mercedes s class has auto fold mirror(automaticly fold once the engine is shuts off), i think.
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Originally Posted by brianvan1
only mercedes s class has auto fold mirror(automaticly fold once the engine is shuts off), i think.
add the ls460 to that list........

and i think quite a few more cars out there can do this, 3 series, 5 series, c class and e class (i am pretty sure about 3 series)

i can never understand why this is so much of a trouble for lexus, especially when they have the button already. the ls460 folds automatically....

not to mention this feature is sooo old school in a lot of other countries
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Originally Posted by rominl
add the ls460 to that list........

and i think quite a few more cars out there can do this, 3 series, 5 series, c class and e class (i am pretty sure about 3 series)

i can never understand why this is so much of a trouble for lexus, especially when they have the button already. the ls460 folds automatically....

not to mention this feature is sooo old school in a lot of other countries
I've never seen any of the 3/5/C/E locally with the mirrors folded while parked...

This feature's old school in a lot of other countries because they have to parallel park on the side of narrow streets. That and there are just so much stupid liability in the US. Same reason they don't have guidelines on the back-up camera in 3GS.

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