My friend just leased a 2009 Lincoln MKS. Interestingly, there is a "privacy mode" where, if he answers his cell phone with the button on the steering wheel, it can be enabled to route the calls to the phone (private) as the default mode. There is some way to change this to having a speakerphone call be the default mode.

Is this a function of the car or the phone? Do our Lexi have this? Does your new state-of-the-art GS have this? I'd LOVE to have my phone in some sort of mode where I can answer it one way for broadcast and one way for private. Without having to jigger the "to phone" button so that the passenger gets insulted because you are purposely routing a default-public call to private.

And if Lincoln has this and Lexus does not, I am surprised because usually this is the sort of detail that Lexus thinks of first.

 

My ancient k750i had this option...under handfree you can choose to the handsfree anwer mode to be "in phone" or "in handsfree." So I would say this is up to your phone to support.

 

If you pick it up from the phone, it's answered through the phone even though it's still paired via bluetooth. That's how it is with the iPhone 3G.