I never had BSM, but your experience made me think of how useful it may (or may not) be. How many times does it alert you such that you begin to ignore it after a while? What about when you're in traffic with no intentions of changing lane and the system is always on alert. How intrusive is it (audibly/visually) In the end, is it more of a nuisance than help?

 

Not sure how it works on Lexus, but other cars, it just lights up the indicator on the side mirrors to let you know someone is there. If you engage your turn signal to change lanes and someone is in your blind spot, then there is usually an audible alert as well.

 

Not sure how useful BSD is but I'm more interested in rear cross traffic alert. Many situations where two SUVs parked next to me and can't see much when backing out.

 

No audible alert for the BSM portion, just the flashing signal in the mirrors. The rear cross traffic will emit an audible beeping similar to the park assist.

 

On the S80 there was no audible warning, just a light.

To be fair, this wasn't annoying really (and passengers often remarked upon it), so to have it once was quite fun. The only irritance was when the camera got blocked, in which case the light flickered on and off annoyingly.

For all that, it is utterly pointless! Also, it's slightly confusing when you get into another car which has indicators on the side mirrors (where the BSM system was on the Volvo).

Me, I certainly wouldn't pay for it. If it happened to come on a pre-registered model (which was how I got it on the last one), that would be a bonus, but I wouldn't order it.

 

The car I test drove has BSM. I find its a bit annoying when I drove on the busy highway. It lights up all the time with a orange BSM text in the mirror. It would be better if its just a dot in the bottom corner of the mirror. I wouldn't pay extra for that.

 

Remember:

Military discount: $750
Previous IS owner: $1000 (traded my 2011 IS350 AWD) Your entitled for the $1000 rebate!!!! Make sure you ask!

 

Any discounts for senior citizens or owners of competing vehicles? How about AAA? I'm trying to find ways to work it fella's

 

Not sure what's going on with F-Sport pkg price differences for RWD. One of my local dealer has higher price for Fsport. Both come with BSD so it's not the reason like Joe Z said. I also thought they all come with wheel locks and cargo net but this dealer is adding these as extras.


Retail Total
Vehicle Base Model ..........................:$ 39465.00 $ 39465.00
Blind Spot Monitor with Rear Cross-Traffic Al 600.00
Auto-Dimming exterior mirrors ..............
F SPORT Package: ........................... 3620.00
Exterior: F SPORT front bumper & spindle gril
LED Headlamps (low & high beam), 18" F SPORT
5-Spoke Wheels, FR 225/40R18 RR 255/35R18, Su
Tires ......................................
Interior: TFT instrument cluster, Heated fron
F SPORT seats, Perforated leather steering wh
shift ****, Black headliner, Aluminum Pedals
Performance: Adaptive Variable Suspension & S
S+ Mode ....................................
Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS), Includes 400.00
power tilt/telescoping steering column .....
Navigation System/Mark Levinson Premium Audio 3225.00
Audio- 5.1 Surround, 15-Speakers, 835 Watts,
Navigation- Backup Camera, Remote Touch Inter
Lexus Enform with App Suite, Destination Assi
eDestination (includes 1-year trial subscript
Lexus Insider, Voice Command, HD Radio with
real-time traffic and weather ..............
Cargo Net .................................. 64.00
Wheel Locks ................................ 73.00
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Total Accessories ...........................: $ 7982.00 $ 7982.00
Destination Charge ..........................: $ 895.00

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Total .......................................: $ 48342.00

 

I'm convinced that Lexus accidentally mis-priced the F-sport package on some of the very first cars they sent out for demos. At my local dealer, I went to test drive a 350 f sport RWD with ML, BSM, and VGRS... Sticker was $47,700. I came back a few days later for a second look, and the exact same car (they only have one demo avail), had a sticker for $48,200. The F-sport package was correctly priced at the higher amount...$3620. I didn't ask, but I assumed they updated the sticker after catching the mistake.

 

Bummer I was hoping lower price were correct.

 

Anyone have a extra +1 for the drive event? I already ordered my car and can really use the 1K off.

Please let me know, would greatly appreciate it. PM to discuss details, thanks!

 

Cargo net, wheel locks, and key fob pouches are part of the accessory package that all dealers seem to add on.