Interesting, I never thought of it as live pause. Does it work like that? I always treated it as a quick way to mute the radio when going through the drive-thru, lol.

 

Ahhh...another year over year difference Lexus throws us in mid-generation...Anyway, I guess it might be useful to those who listen to the radio (especially ball games) and get a lot of incoming calls...I'm 99% of the time stream or SAT...

 

The system automatically caches up to 15mins of live radio when interrupted and resumes automatically when the interruption ends. You have to go thru three steps (menu, radio, options) to get to the Rev/Pause/Live/FF control buttons...if you change stations or source or turn the audio system off it dumps the cache...

 

Agreed... the self park feature on my 2007 is pretty much worthless. If I try it wile backing up on a sligh hill, the car stops and errors out, that is IF it lines up correctly and sees the actual spot... Every once and a while...it's lined up correctly and works ok...but, it's rare.

Too bad too, as it was a feature I really wanted...

 

Damn near the AFS. Never notice it. I only notice my knee sometimes turns AFS OFF. I dont think I go around any roundabouts that are round enough.

 

another one of the best features, when seat belt on, hit hold button and coming to lights don't worry about keeping foot on brake
worthless if you do 100% highway

if you do a mixed driving like most a great feature

 

I'm about 95% sure that the IDS software can adjust the "auto return to NAV" feature. I was just looking at it the other day and it can definitely be adjusted to keep the latest screen you are on.

 

Oh my, I have not found anything yet.

 

Have never seen this up, I'm an excellent driver, back and forth in the driveway.

My 02 LS430 Ultra had the radar cruise and I loved it. I was disappointed when I got my 08 LS600hL and the system is not as good. As mentioned earlier it loses the car in front in curves. Other than that it works well.

 

There is a theory that the Auto-Hold contributes to Brake Actuator Failure. Unsure of validity, but it's something to consider. For me, the "inconvenience" of having to hold the brake at lights is outweighed by the chance it might contribute to a $2500 repair.

 

When is the last time the "soft close" doors features were used? As in people specifically close the door neeearrly all the way, and let it close by itself?

 

This happens to me about 1-2 times per week. Usually it's when I have my hands full (e.g. groceries). It's nice not having to re-grab the door handle and possibly bang the bags of groceries into the car. First world problems are just the worst

 

or closed by kids...
but definitely not a common issue for most adult usage!

 

I don't close my door forcefully, in any car I've owned. The amount of force I use as alwasys been sufficient for Hondas/Toyotas. Sometimes I'm on an incline or in a hurry and didn't give it enough push. In those instances it is nice not to worry about and know the car will take care of it for me. When I'm in a rush I'm already past the trunk by the time I realize the door isn't fully closed. The soft-close doors save me from going back to close the door fully.

I did need to teach/warn our daughter about the soft-close doors in case she tries to put her fingers in the gap and pull the door open. Would hate for the soft-close doors to shut on her precious fingers.

 

I actually use the soft close doors all the time. Its such a tightly sealed car that its common for a door not to shut all the way in my experience.