got a g90! (updates)
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From: Virginia/D.C. suburbs
yes i wrote 'much better', maybe i wasn't clear enough but it's absolutely fine now once the tires have warmed. 
the cold tire issue is exacerbated for me i think by the fact that i'm 1 mile from the divided highway which has a 65mph limit so have VERY little warm up before zooming off down the highway. it's also VERY minor, and very temporary.
the cold tire issue is exacerbated for me i think by the fact that i'm 1 mile from the divided highway which has a 65mph limit so have VERY little warm up before zooming off down the highway. it's also VERY minor, and very temporary.
Like I explained above, real tire/wheel problems from the factory are pretty unusual today. Much more common today, particularly with large alloy wheels and low-profile tires that provide very little impact-protection, is damage to them from crap-roads, bumps, and potholes.
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two other 'surprise' features that have really impressed me with the g90:
1) with the genesis phone app i can look up any point of interest or place on a map and if it's somewhere i want to go once i'm in the car, or may in the future, i can "send" the destination to the car. when i get in the car, i hit the 'connect' button on the dash and it shows destinations i've sent to the car, press the button and the nav directs me there. i used it last night to go to a particular parking lot next to a stadium - worked perfectly and eliminated the stress of the mad traffic (eagles concert!).
2) the car has a 'jukebox' feature which is 64GB of storage (as far as i can tell) to store your own music on, and is used as a 'dvr' for sirius radio. the latter has an additional feature i find awesome (i'm sure it's buried in the insanely huge manual than even i couldn't bothered to read all of
)... it took me a while to realize it was happening - if you hit mute (steering wheel button) or you get a phone call while listening to sirius channel when you unmute or the phonecall ends, the sirius continues RIGHT FROM WHERE IT LEFT OFF, that is, you don't miss anything. this is great if you're listening to a news or other talk show and are into it, then get a phonecall. after the call, you haven't missed anything! of course you can forward/rewind/pause/jump-to-live as well. my jeep did the dvr thing but not automatically with calls, etc., and i THINK my g90 does it on ALL sirius channels you've preset continuously. i may have some of this wrong, but it works seamlessly and conveniently and transparently which is what luxury to me is.
1) with the genesis phone app i can look up any point of interest or place on a map and if it's somewhere i want to go once i'm in the car, or may in the future, i can "send" the destination to the car. when i get in the car, i hit the 'connect' button on the dash and it shows destinations i've sent to the car, press the button and the nav directs me there. i used it last night to go to a particular parking lot next to a stadium - worked perfectly and eliminated the stress of the mad traffic (eagles concert!).
2) the car has a 'jukebox' feature which is 64GB of storage (as far as i can tell) to store your own music on, and is used as a 'dvr' for sirius radio. the latter has an additional feature i find awesome (i'm sure it's buried in the insanely huge manual than even i couldn't bothered to read all of
)... it took me a while to realize it was happening - if you hit mute (steering wheel button) or you get a phone call while listening to sirius channel when you unmute or the phonecall ends, the sirius continues RIGHT FROM WHERE IT LEFT OFF, that is, you don't miss anything. this is great if you're listening to a news or other talk show and are into it, then get a phonecall. after the call, you haven't missed anything! of course you can forward/rewind/pause/jump-to-live as well. my jeep did the dvr thing but not automatically with calls, etc., and i THINK my g90 does it on ALL sirius channels you've preset continuously. i may have some of this wrong, but it works seamlessly and conveniently and transparently which is what luxury to me is.
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couple of updates...
the lexicon audio system is AMAZING. i love the sound quality. the jeep's was the best i'd had prior to this but this is on another level.
it remembers volume setting for EACH SOURCE which is nice, due to differences in the sources and just whatever each person wants
the car turns down the climate fan speed when making or receiving a phone call so the fan noise doesn't interfere
the google button on the rear view mirror rocks for finding any destination!
i've driven with regular unleaded since i got it since that's what the dealer told me it takes, but as hoovey corrected me, genesis recommends premium. so last fill-up i put in premium. feels the same.
the car complains (dings) now and then that my hands aren't on the wheel when they are - it seems overly sensitive. i'll tell the dealer this when they come get it for the first free scheduled maintenance
there's a DVD player in the 'roof' of the glove box (!) - you push up and the drive slot lowers. it will play a movie on the large 12" screen if in park (looks great!), or it plays the audio part when driving.
i have about 2200 mi. on it now.
the lexicon audio system is AMAZING. i love the sound quality. the jeep's was the best i'd had prior to this but this is on another level.
it remembers volume setting for EACH SOURCE which is nice, due to differences in the sources and just whatever each person wants
the car turns down the climate fan speed when making or receiving a phone call so the fan noise doesn't interfere
the google button on the rear view mirror rocks for finding any destination!
i've driven with regular unleaded since i got it since that's what the dealer told me it takes, but as hoovey corrected me, genesis recommends premium. so last fill-up i put in premium. feels the same.
the car complains (dings) now and then that my hands aren't on the wheel when they are - it seems overly sensitive. i'll tell the dealer this when they come get it for the first free scheduled maintenance
there's a DVD player in the 'roof' of the glove box (!) - you push up and the drive slot lowers. it will play a movie on the large 12" screen if in park (looks great!), or it plays the audio part when driving.
i have about 2200 mi. on it now.
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From: ON/NY
couple of updates...
the lexicon audio system is AMAZING. i love the sound quality. the jeep's was the best i'd had prior to this but this is on another level.
it remembers volume setting for EACH SOURCE which is nice, due to differences in the sources and just whatever each person wants
the car turns down the climate fan speed when making or receiving a phone call so the fan noise doesn't interfere
the google button on the rear view mirror rocks for finding any destination!
i've driven with regular unleaded since i got it since that's what the dealer told me it takes, but as hoovey corrected me, genesis recommends premium. so last fill-up i put in premium. feels the same.
the car complains (dings) now and then that my hands aren't on the wheel when they are - it seems overly sensitive. i'll tell the dealer this when they come get it for the first free scheduled maintenance
there's a DVD player in the 'roof' of the glove box (!) - you push up and the drive slot lowers. it will play a movie on the large 12" screen if in park (looks great!), or it plays the audio part when driving.
i have about 2200 mi. on it now.
the lexicon audio system is AMAZING. i love the sound quality. the jeep's was the best i'd had prior to this but this is on another level.
it remembers volume setting for EACH SOURCE which is nice, due to differences in the sources and just whatever each person wants
the car turns down the climate fan speed when making or receiving a phone call so the fan noise doesn't interfere
the google button on the rear view mirror rocks for finding any destination!
i've driven with regular unleaded since i got it since that's what the dealer told me it takes, but as hoovey corrected me, genesis recommends premium. so last fill-up i put in premium. feels the same.
the car complains (dings) now and then that my hands aren't on the wheel when they are - it seems overly sensitive. i'll tell the dealer this when they come get it for the first free scheduled maintenance
there's a DVD player in the 'roof' of the glove box (!) - you push up and the drive slot lowers. it will play a movie on the large 12" screen if in park (looks great!), or it plays the audio part when driving.
i have about 2200 mi. on it now.
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From: Virginia/D.C. suburbs
......Better than the LS460's Mark Levinson? The ML is probably the best system I've heard to date. I don't remember the G90 I sampled having the Lexicon system....but I could be wrong on that.
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From: Virginia/D.C. suburbs
It's been several years since I listened to a LS Mark-Levinson. Perhaps the latest units are not quite the same quality. The last one I heard though, would knock your socks off. It had a 14-speaker-surround-system inside.
re: car audio in general, what i like is balance... the jeep had the big harman kardon (19 speakers i think!) but the 3 band eq hardly affected the subwoofer at all (likely parametric eq with roll off not really touching low freqs) and so it was always 'boomy'. i don't find a system that is all 'boom, boom, boom' very impressive.
the lexicon seems really well balanced and clean.
the lexicon seems really well balanced and clean.
