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Old 03-17-11, 08:32 PM
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What is that slot for on the side of the sun visors that's facing the window when you pull it down? it's on both the driver's and passenger's..
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i put my card keys in there for my gate.great for parking tickets as well.
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Ditto on using it for parking tickets.
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Isn't it for the stereo when ever there is road noise it automatically increases the volume???
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Card holder. (Possibly even Business cards)

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Originally Posted by Bigrahizzl
Isn't it for the stereo when ever there is road noise it automatically increases the volume???
Our cars do that? For real?
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^^^Mine doesn't do that . But I also have a base model without ML. I'm not sure if the higher trim level cars are equipped with that.

I DO have those slots though. I always thought they had something to do with the sliding vanity mirror .
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Originally Posted by Micaiah
Our cars do that? For real?
yea, i dont know if its the visor or the center dome that catches road noise but yes it does that i forgot what its called thou. Go in the sound setting and theres an option to turn it off or on
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I use it for business cards
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Originally Posted by Bigrahizzl
yea, i dont know if its the visor or the center dome that catches road noise but yes it does that i forgot what its called thou. Go in the sound setting and theres an option to turn it off or on
It's called ASL I think, it's in the audio menu if you have navi, I don't know if normal system has it or not. But it gets louder with speed.
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Oh get OUT!! For real! That's cool, I didn't know the car does that, thanks!
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Originally Posted by Micaiah
Oh get OUT!! For real! That's cool, I didn't know the car does that, thanks!
hahaha. stop it. u makking me laugh ... i put my parking tags for school or work in there..
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ASL is a pretty standard feature across the board. Even base model Corollas have it.

All 2IS models have it. Models without Nav have an ASL button, however the sunvisors have zero to do with it.

Lexus calls the slots [business] card holders.

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asl has something to do with the stereo deck itself i think. I thought they designed the visors to reduce wind noise when the windows are down. I saw one of those 3d lexus videos on the website when i bought my car
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Yes, the visors are designed to absorb noise from the windshield, etc. One of the first designed to do that, though it has little to do with the card holder. Haha.

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