Finally Found One Negative
#46
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May we know what they are? The benefit of discussion on this forum is that other owners may have found "a way around" perceived problems. Certainly, no one has found a way to display outside temperature without pressing a button, but presumably that is not your only complaint.
Regards,
SaniDel
Regards,
SaniDel
I also love how the sensor on the door locks all doors as well as unlocks doors when car sense's keys.
Last edited by kellkat3; 04-10-11 at 12:30 PM.
#47
Thanks for sharing with us. I'll take a stab at one of your nitch's ... the headlights. The high beams are extremely bright ... I feel sorry for oncoming drivers if I forget to dim the lights. Because they are so bright, the GX 460 high beams have a very sharp "cut-off" ... the shape of the pattern the lights make on the road.
As a result, on a level, straight road the high beams don't shine "all the way" down the road! There is a distinct edge to the high beams, beyond which the road appears dark. I'm guessing that is to keep from blinding oncoming drivers before dimming the lights, i.e., switching to low beams.
There is a big difference between the GX 460 high beams and low beams. The former is "long and narrow with an edge" and the latter is "wide and low" but a lot dimmer. Our "work around" is to keep the fog light switch in the on position so we get that additional illumination, but only on low beams. That makes the difference even greater and we do a lot of switching between high and low beams, but there is always plenty of light.
How do the pivoting head lights work for you? We find they are a great advantage on low beams when maneuvering in the suburbs at night as the beams light up the road in the direction we are turning. It is deliberately asymmetrical ... they pivot more in one direction than in the other. We had this on our 2006 RX 400h, which we traded for our 2010 GX 460 ... we are glad that feature "made the trade"!
Regards,
SaniDel
P.S. Too bad the GX 460 doesn't have pop-up headlight washers like the RX did. It makes a big difference to the illumination if your headlights are dirty and it would be nice to be able to clean them while driving.
As a result, on a level, straight road the high beams don't shine "all the way" down the road! There is a distinct edge to the high beams, beyond which the road appears dark. I'm guessing that is to keep from blinding oncoming drivers before dimming the lights, i.e., switching to low beams.
There is a big difference between the GX 460 high beams and low beams. The former is "long and narrow with an edge" and the latter is "wide and low" but a lot dimmer. Our "work around" is to keep the fog light switch in the on position so we get that additional illumination, but only on low beams. That makes the difference even greater and we do a lot of switching between high and low beams, but there is always plenty of light.
How do the pivoting head lights work for you? We find they are a great advantage on low beams when maneuvering in the suburbs at night as the beams light up the road in the direction we are turning. It is deliberately asymmetrical ... they pivot more in one direction than in the other. We had this on our 2006 RX 400h, which we traded for our 2010 GX 460 ... we are glad that feature "made the trade"!
Regards,
SaniDel
P.S. Too bad the GX 460 doesn't have pop-up headlight washers like the RX did. It makes a big difference to the illumination if your headlights are dirty and it would be nice to be able to clean them while driving.
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Correct me if there already exists one but one of the most basic feature that I find missing is that there's no direct button on the front control panel to change the speed of the blower fan. There's one to turn the blower fan off but nothing to change the speed of the fan. Once has to go to the Climate menu of the ML/NV system and then adjust the speed even though it is one of the most basic functions. Instead of the FAN OFF, they could've made it a left press decrease and right press increase kinda button.
Also I think the nav is extremely unintuitive. My Garmin is much more efficiently designed. Say I find an address and want to save it. With Garmin, it prompts you to add the name when you save. Done. With Lexus, you have to save. THEN go BACK and find the entry to add the name. But no, you don't pick the entry and edit the name, you have to say address book, THEN EDIT, THEN FIND THE NAME. So I keep picking the entry and then realize, duh, I have to go back and click edit. Completely unintuitive. And say I want to find something in my address book that starts with a letter near the end of the alphabet, I have to scroll . . . down. .. . the . . . .address book. . . till. . . the. . . . end. No way to search address book, just sort by date or name.
Who designs these things????
Finally, my dh ordered weather tech liners for me AT CHRISTMAS and I still don't have them.
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http://www.lexus.com/models/GX/featu...e_monitor.html
Koz
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If you're out there listening Lexus, how could you do this, this is STUPID! This is also a problem with many Lexus.
Koz
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Yes, this is extremely annoying to me. The only way to change the blower without getting into the climate screen is to turn off or hit auto and lower the temp SO IT WILL BLOW YOUR FACE OFF. No in between.
Also I think the nav is extremely unintuitive. My Garmin is much more efficiently designed. Say I find an address and want to save it. With Garmin, it prompts you to add the name when you save. Done. With Lexus, you have to save. THEN go BACK and find the entry to add the name. But no, you don't pick the entry and edit the name, you have to say address book, THEN EDIT, THEN FIND THE NAME. So I keep picking the entry and then realize, duh, I have to go back and click edit. Completely unintuitive. And say I want to find something in my address book that starts with a letter near the end of the alphabet, I have to scroll . . . down. .. . the . . . .address book. . . till. . . the. . . . end. No way to search address book, just sort by date or name.
Who designs these things????
Finally, my dh ordered weather tech liners for me AT CHRISTMAS and I still don't have them.
Also I think the nav is extremely unintuitive. My Garmin is much more efficiently designed. Say I find an address and want to save it. With Garmin, it prompts you to add the name when you save. Done. With Lexus, you have to save. THEN go BACK and find the entry to add the name. But no, you don't pick the entry and edit the name, you have to say address book, THEN EDIT, THEN FIND THE NAME. So I keep picking the entry and then realize, duh, I have to go back and click edit. Completely unintuitive. And say I want to find something in my address book that starts with a letter near the end of the alphabet, I have to scroll . . . down. .. . the . . . .address book. . . till. . . the. . . . end. No way to search address book, just sort by date or name.
Who designs these things????
Finally, my dh ordered weather tech liners for me AT CHRISTMAS and I still don't have them.
Once you get used to the climate control system there is no need to change the fan speed. It will change automatically when the system determines it is needed.
Koz
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My knee has never hit the radio button. hmmm.
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Actually, my biggest negative on this car is I can't wear jeans or it will turn my ecru seats blue. And nothing gets it out, not even the $20 a bottle stuff from the dealer. And you can't find seat covers that work (I checked both lexus and aftermarket). I have to lay a towel on my seat when I wear certain pairs. How ghettol
#58
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5'6' and I sit pretty far back. mmmm just meant I didn't realize that might cause problems for some.
Actually, my biggest negative on this car is I can't wear jeans or it will turn my ecru seats blue. And nothing gets it out, not even the $20 a bottle stuff from the dealer. And you can't find seat covers that work (I checked both lexus and aftermarket). I have to lay a towel on my seat when I wear certain pairs. How ghettol
Actually, my biggest negative on this car is I can't wear jeans or it will turn my ecru seats blue. And nothing gets it out, not even the $20 a bottle stuff from the dealer. And you can't find seat covers that work (I checked both lexus and aftermarket). I have to lay a towel on my seat when I wear certain pairs. How ghettol
Koz
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Actually, my biggest negative on this car is I can't wear jeans or it will turn my ecru seats blue. And nothing gets it out, not even the $20 a bottle stuff from the dealer. And you can't find seat covers that work (I checked both lexus and aftermarket). I have to lay a towel on my seat when I wear certain pairs. How ghettol