The moving tachometer thingy in my ISes I've owned over the years is arguably just a gimmick and does nothing useful. However, I still love it.

 

Well, isn't that the topic of this thread in the first place LOL....what different posters here consider useless or not? Not all of us have the same priorities or habits behind the wheel......I tend to be somewhat old-school when it comes to a number of electronic features.

 

Nope. Love my Auto HVAC. Never use the dual feature though. Always keep them synced together. Love rain sensing wipers too, best feature ever.

 

Dual climate zones and sunroofs, i have 2 cars with both and previous cars never used, sunroofs in Australia why it's always hot cheers.

 

Quad climate control is quite nice IMO

 

well...

 

sunroofs, touch screens, re-invented shifters, hud, wireless charging

100%!!!! I wish my GS-F had this.

 

Wireless charging is a great idea. But never works well. Charges too slowly and phone gets too hot!

I’ve seen complaints about them not working in the summer and I can see why.

 

Power rear sunshade is a godsend if you have the sun behind your back and have a lot of reflective piano black plastic + glossy infotainment screen. Which unfortunately applies to most new cars.

 

The outside mirror tilt down when reversing can be useful to see curbs and tricycles when backing.
Only Lexus with the memory position feature does this mirror dipping maneuver.
1) When in reverse, select "R" and move the mirror controls to see down and out as needed. Repeat for "L".
2) When either "R" or "L" is selected and you are in Reverse, both mirrors will move to the dipped location.
2a) If the mirror selector is Not showing L or R, the dipping feature is defeated, and the mirrors don't move down.
While there are three (3) memory positions for the mirrors/seat/steering wheel going forward, there is only one (1) position for all drivers in reverse.
Note: Lexi older than about 2010 did not have customizable mirror dipping. When enabled, the mirrors just moved straight down 4 or 5 degrees from
the memorized going forward position.

 

I don't see how buttons are "complex" for shifters. Stupid and annoying sure, but not complex.

 

Not a useless feature anyway. Just poorly designed.

We are talking an about features you never actually use like fog lights.

 

I'm sad they removed this from the new IS! It was useless but cool!

 

Useless is OK if it's cool. Lol

I wanna see what you're talking about, pic please someone.

And btw, my rear wiper is also useless too.
Even with a new blade it doesn't do anything. Lol

 

The physical tachometer ring is motorized and can move back and forth to provide two different views. One has a central tachometer and small area where some information can be displayer, and in the other view, the tachometer is shoved to the right, making room for a larger information display on the left.




A video I made:

You could just... I don't know, have a bigger screen, or have a constant multi-information display like in the F models. But, this is cooler! Also, the LFA had roughly the same thing: