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Parking Assist Should Have Had!

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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 09:07 AM
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Default Parking Assist Should Have Had!

It would have made allot sense if there were a couple sensors on the front spoiler (low) to prevent contact when parking. The front sensors are, pretty much, useless! The only one that is useful is the center rear.

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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 09:17 AM
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I second that... The option is called "Parking Assist" & the front sensors are not really doing a good job at assisting while parking! the only time those sensors beep is when people cross the street in font of my at a traffic light or when I get too close the HUGE car in front of me utterly pointless!! I say Lexus should have installed a front view camera... that would assist paranoid people like me in parking
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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Couldn't agree more!!! I love the back but the front is pointless!
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:43 PM
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we knew this back in 2005 when a few of us hit the curb while parking. thankfully in my area, there's a lot of parking involving slanted/diagonal parking or parking up against a high wall (as in parking garage). It works fine there and I am getting a lot of use out of PA from the front although I do agree it could be better. My home garage I use it everyday to pull in close enough to close down the back.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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Nice, glad I didnt get those then! I thought it was a little pointless when I saw there was nothing in the front center. Plus there was the backup camera so nothing more was needed on the back...
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