ES First Impressions.
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ES First Impressions.
Our new ES350 is Sunlit Green. Premium And Mark Levinson Packages. Picked it up last Friday. Traded a 2016 ES which was very good but this new one is better. First Impressions, a little overwhelming because it is totally new. Starting to learn all of the new stuff. Issues. Printing on all of the dash buttons is small and hard to read. My wife, who has vision problems will have a hard time learning this car. All the navigation buttons are now on the steering wheel, not good, especially at night when they are unreadable. The stalk was better.
Still, this is the best driving experience of any car I have ever owned. The quiet and lack of vibration has to be experienced to be believed. The ML audio system is awesome, big if, if your source material is high quality. But even spoken word is perfection.
Trunk is a little bigger, kick opener works well after you understand is that all you need to do is a quick little kick under the rear bumper.
Cruis control will now take you to a dead stop and then start if you push the Res button. Lane tracing is different and maybe improved. In the absence of lane markers, car will now lock on to the vehicle in front and follow. Just hope he knows where he is going. Also steering assist will attempt to keep you in the middle of the lane, even on curves. Took my hands off the wheel in a turn and the car made the turn but I got warnings and alerts. Not Recommended!
The electronics are definitely improved. Much better. Apple CarPlay is wonderful. Set your destination in Maps or with Siri or Waze, plug it in and the full functional app appears on the screen. Switching over SiriusXM from old to new car took about a minute on the SiriusXM website.
Still, this is the best driving experience of any car I have ever owned. The quiet and lack of vibration has to be experienced to be believed. The ML audio system is awesome, big if, if your source material is high quality. But even spoken word is perfection.
Trunk is a little bigger, kick opener works well after you understand is that all you need to do is a quick little kick under the rear bumper.
Cruis control will now take you to a dead stop and then start if you push the Res button. Lane tracing is different and maybe improved. In the absence of lane markers, car will now lock on to the vehicle in front and follow. Just hope he knows where he is going. Also steering assist will attempt to keep you in the middle of the lane, even on curves. Took my hands off the wheel in a turn and the car made the turn but I got warnings and alerts. Not Recommended!
The electronics are definitely improved. Much better. Apple CarPlay is wonderful. Set your destination in Maps or with Siri or Waze, plug it in and the full functional app appears on the screen. Switching over SiriusXM from old to new car took about a minute on the SiriusXM website.
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