Unusual Drive Shift Interface
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Unusual Drive Shift Interface
Is my better half the only one who thinks the 2023 Lexus drive interface is bizarre? I mean, over-and-down to go forward; over-and-up to in reverse (?), and push-to-park? Strangest UX I've seen in a car, and I've seen some strange ones. She could never get over the key in the floor of my SAAB Turbo. 
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Is my better half the only one who thinks the 2023 Lexus drive interface is bizarre? I mean, over-and-down to go forward; over-and-up to in reverse (?), and push-to-park? Strangest UX I've seen in a car, and I've seen some strange ones. She could never get over the key in the floor of my SAAB Turbo.
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Yeah, that is correct. Lots of fun quirks on that SAAB. That darn thing would have climbed a tree if the bark would have stayed on. Once the boosted turbo kicked in, it was like that scene in the movie 'Vanishing Point.
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The only thing I would have preferred is if Park was a position on the gear shifter. Weird mixed metaphor going on there now.
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Everybody seems to feel the need to reinvent the gear shift, no idea why that is. The Lexus interface actually comes from the Prius...
Its actually not bad once you get used to it. Up for reverse, down for drive, press the end to park. Makes parking lot maneuvers easy because its right there by your hands.
Don't get me wrong, i would prefer an ordinary old gearshift.
Its actually not bad once you get used to it. Up for reverse, down for drive, press the end to park. Makes parking lot maneuvers easy because its right there by your hands.
Don't get me wrong, i would prefer an ordinary old gearshift.
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