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Lexus Self Parking Car Video and Review

Ezal — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:24:13 EST

But Lexus LS is nearly to its German rival....really near actually...

Ezal

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skullvarnish — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:24:56 EDT

What the hell is the point of spending $80,000 to get a car that does this. Probably doesn't even work. I've heard it's hard to parallel park, but is it that bad? And if the parking space has to be about 6 feet longer than the car, what's the point? You could easily do this yourself. MAYBE you should just buy a really short car. Wouldn't that work better? I don't really know much about cars, but even a retarded sea monkey could tell that the Lexus is crap. Buy a Chevy!

skullvarnish

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blanderswake — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:10:23 EDT

What I'd like to know is, why would someone trust an electronic system to park their car? Yeah, so it's "perfect" Japanese technology. Have you ever had a VCR or DVD player or video game that decided to do whatever it wanted? Ever had one not play a movie and not eject it because it just didn't feel like it? What happens when this effing POS decides it wants to mow down that Girl Scout troop on the sidewalk? The Japanese don't know the meaning of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" Anyone that buys a car like this is a lazy, stupid airhead who shouldn't be driving at all. By the way, try pulling the left front axle out of an '85 Corolla. There are not enough swear words in the English language for a job like that. How's that for Toyota's "perfect" technology. Be a guy. Buy a Chevy.

blanderswake

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atish — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:52:36 EDT

I know how to implement the parallel parking technology in a car w/o making the cost of the product like 80 grands.

Once you put parallel parking gear ON(A new one to be introduced in the system) another set of wheel will down which will rotate in 90 degree angle and it will release your original four wheels above ground...you can steer it go left or right...once done put the parking gear oN.

atish

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grandslam1 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:05:10 EDT

My wife and I just got back from 3 weeks of vacation in Paris France, Venice, Florence, Sienna, Rome, Naples, Sorrento, Amalfi, Positano, and Ravello Italy and you know what? The best and most frequented automobile there was the SMART car....check google for it. It's the latest European/Canadian import due in the US of A in 2009. Small well-developed and super-safe cockpit/passenger front AND side airbags are the key to safer driving....compact or no!

Still. I think our wonderful USA could benefit from the European technology of smaller, safer....yes...SMART cars...the wave of the future.. the Japanees carmakers had the right idea in the 70's but sluffed off onto making HUGE luxury sedans.

With the Euro at 1.30 per every US 1 buck....it would behoove us to pay attention to our ancestral Europe.....

grandslam1

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Dirk_Wilson — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:23:46 EDT

Don't generalize American's like that.
We're in the 21st century now and it's very, very cool to have neat stuff like this.

I am a very good parallel parker, but would like have that feature.

FYI: What is an American?
An American is anybody who has a dream.
Funny, walking down the street, you'll see a person from every Race & country in the world.

America...is not a country, it's a dream come true.

Dirk_Wilson

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ParkingPop — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:54:30 EST

ParkingPop

This parking system was designed for old lady (a type not a gender) drivers who have the cash to pay for something they shouldn't need. Hey, it would be cheaper to buy a Ford and hire a chauffeur.

ParkingPop

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Ezal — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:32:18 EST

Lexus LS460 design is nearly same as The New Camry (Asian Version).

Ezal

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cassyd — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:50:46 EST

The Ls 460 is an incredible car. I have had BMWs and Mercedes and found that the Lexus was
smoother and more dependable. The parking feature is not something I would consider. I have been most impressed with the service at the dealership.

cassyd

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luvmesomespd — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:19:16 EST

JiltedCitizen says:

Where is my car that will turn the wheels sideways and allow me to slide into very tight spots?

Please tell me when that one comes out?

luvmesomespd

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eire23 — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:21:18 EST

for the guy who is saying Americans are too lazy to shift gears and what not, and now to parallel park, lets not forget who makes this car, the JAPANESE. Blaming the Japanese' advacing technology on the laziness of Americans not only doesnt make much sense, it just shows your personal laziness in not researching the simple facts that this is not an American invention or an American product. So dont shut off your mind and jump on the "I Know Everything Thats Wrong With America Today" bandwagon...they are the most powerful country in the world and most envy their influence, power and wealth, so u can down talk as much as you want but realize that just because a car is Asian dosent make it "quality" and just becuase a car is european dosent make it "high performance" and just because a car is American, it doesnt make it crap. Its kind of funny, i wonder how the biggest car companies in the world got to be the biggest...Dont forget, finacially hurting or not, they are all American, so the Americans must be doing something right. The same goes for their country too.

eire23

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papagym — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:02:45 EST

Just an enlightment,in the early 1900's another car manufacture had the same "idea". Only instead of self parking it had four(4) independent smaller wheels that were lowered at (90degrees) of the area.

papagym

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knwldgesekr — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:53:37 EST

This parking assist is just another thing that poor drivers need.The same one's that don't use signals when they cut people off while slicing thru 3 lanes of traffic! Fix the driving tests not the car. This is one more thing that will cost a mint to fix if there ever became a problem with it. Lexus is "near" perfect not totally perfect, after all these cars do not have "life-time" warrenties (misspelled i know grammer man).

If I'm not misstaken that is more likely the antenna for the cell phone and/or GPS on top of the car.

As for the grammer bashing, this is the internet not english class..I bet you don't text every word and sentence perfect.. nd if u do ur butthole is toooo tight..give it a break.

And for my contridictory comment.... living in places like Germany (which i did for 3 yrs) would make you wish for this because of the horrible parking situations on the tight, narrow streets in allot of places. So I'm sure it could be useful in some cases. And like someone pointed out.. its the nah nah boo boo see what my car can do and yours can't!

knwldgesekr

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grippermf — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:55:27 EST

its easy just live in the country i never have to worry parking my 4x4.if your in my spot i push your prius out of the way.

grippermf

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maddkin — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:42:26 EDT

The parking spot must be 6.5 feet longer than the car. I think there was once a spot that big reported in New York sometime in the mid seventies.

This is a system for parallel parking on the back streets of rural suburbs.

maddkin

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puffboy — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:21:52 EDT

Pssst...hey you...yeah, you.
(opens trenchcoat)
You wanna buy a watch signore?

puffboy

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fotoflame — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:28:37 EDT

"If the spot is more than 6.5 feet longer than the car itself, the car enters Advanced Parking Guidance System mode. This is where the magic happens."

Umm. okay. That's not very useful. I expect that myself and most other city drivers can park with that much spare room in their sleep. If the system could fit the car into a truly challenging spot with ease, that would be useful.

fotoflame

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comment — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:29:59 EDT

yeah! it's cool tech though, but it will make lazy peoples even lazier.
And what's "next drive your car without even touching anything".

comment

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hilly — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:51:10 EDT

Can anyone out there help me? I'm using the Sat Nav on my new lexus for the first time and cannot understand the icons at all! I've just about worked out the "traffic jam ahead" icon - but the rest are a mystery!!

hilly

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Revondan2000 — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:44:30 EDT

People are just scared that Lexus is a better, more reliable, and way more affordable car than a benz or bimma. Lexus is heading to the top, believe that.

Revondan2000

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Revondan2000 — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:36:50 EDT

Thank you Destardi. People speak nowadays with a lot of ignorance. I live in New York and parallel parking is one the parking methods that most new yorkers have to do. This is an awesome feature because still a lot of people can't do it. I'm sure if this feature was in a benz or bimma they won't say anything, and they will go tell their friends that "the new benz has a great feature no other car has" and they dream of having this car. I own a lexus, and I'm not speaking because of that but the negativity you get from people about Lexus is just sad. I say to them all go rent one and drive then talk your nonscence.

Revondan2000

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Retarded — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:24:02 EDT

Need more of these in Houston Tx

Retarded

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littleyeo88 — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:33:36 EDT

After owning a lexus rx300 i understand that there is no way possible that this system would fail. its japanese not american, in other words its quality not crap. and last time i checked when i was in england or chicago i found it somewhat hard to park in a parking spot which is about the same size as my car, i figgure that this will allow me to do this, o yea reversing into a regular parking spot where it is perfectly matched on either side of the car, probably wil save a few dings in the doors which i'm almost cirtain people one here wouldnt like to have on their 80 grand car. and last but not least on the highway where most americans unfortunently for some reason or another seem to turn off and drive like crap, so for ur car not to get crashed or this 80 grand car not to then i think this is a good system.

littleyeo88

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fiesal — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:45:54 EDT

perfect.........

fiesal

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Destardi — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:09:45 EDT

...too much plastic in a Lexus? Um, too much plastic in EVERY modern car? Yea.

Well, if you're never driven a Lexus I can understand why you'd make a generic comment...man, after having all kinds of makes, my toyota is the best car I've ever owned. It's a 2001 solara, with 125,000 miles on it..and I can never tell if I started it up after I pump gas...it runs sooo freakin smooth, it's unbelievable. I've driven the hell out of this thing, and as far as "plastic," I can promise you one thing..there isn't a creak, a rattle, or a pop in the entire vehicle. It takes bumps like a Cadillac, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I appreciate/respect American brands, but, nuh-uh..no other car, even a honda, has held up like this toyota.

Destardi

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HughWische — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:35:08 EDT

I'd rather see all of this done with a 1969 Chevelle, too much plastic in a Lexus...

HughWische

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shawnson — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:24:20 EDT

The GPS antenna is probably in the dashboard facing through the front window. That's where it is in the Prius.

shawnson

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rainfever — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:21:36 EDT

no matter which way you look at it, its effing cool.

rainfever

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WinduSucks — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:45:00 EDT

I haven't heard of another factory stereo that can rip mp3s to a hard drive, but I know there was another aftermarket unit that would actually take care of the ripping for you.

Either way, that's a cool feature... as long as it looks up artist/album/track information and you have the ability to upgrade the hard drive for you massive mp3 collection.

WinduSucks

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HeD — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:45:15 EDT

I just use my bumpers for parking assist. That is why they call them "bumpers", isn't it?

HeD

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MountainDrew — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:37:20 EDT

"The tire pressure monitoring receiver sits on the roof, checking all 5 tires, yes, even the full-sized spare."

Isn't that the GPS antenna?

MountainDrew

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jeffj-nj — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:15:19 EDT

Geraldaut says:

First Americans stop changing gears themselves, and now braking, parking... what next? If you take out the fun of all the driving, why are you so reluctant to advancing public transport, trains etc...?

You're kidding, right? I mean, duh!

You can't flaunt a train ticket or bus token. If everyone uses the same form of transportation, how ever will we be able to tell who is better than everyone else?

Clearly, you do not understand our culture.

/posting from a 7.3 jigga-hertz computer. Boo-ya.

jeffj-nj

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MosH8ed — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:24:53 EDT

To mtopper:

then=than, but looking at your previous posts I can safely claim that you're not an expert on the subject of grammar either.

MosH8ed

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mrhammerstein — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:13:57 EDT

Perfect! Now all I need is $80k to buy this car. How do I tell my wife it has nothing to do with her bad parking and just that it's a cool car?

mrhammerstein

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MosH8ed — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:09:10 EDT

To mtopper:

What I posted is grammatically correct. Perhaps you should reread it slowly, sucka!

MosH8ed

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WMeredith — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:06:58 EDT

Yikes, I don't want people who can't drive and park driving and parking around me.

WMeredith

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mtopper — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:48:49 EDT

To BillyC_808

like grammar?

mtopper

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TheZodiac — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:45:10 EDT

Great, something else to break that you will need a specialist to fix.

You have to be one really stupid motherfucker to need a parking assistant.

Have your wife stand out there and let you know how much room you have left before you slap your bumper into the car behind you.

Works for me.

TheZodiac

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MosH8ed — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:37:50 EDT

If someone is having problems parking their midsized sedan, then I really don't think they should be driving to begin with.

Also, why is it so hard for some people to parallel park? I watched some lady the other day make 3 attempts at trying to parallel park her Ford Focus into a spot 1.5 times longer then her car before becoming frustrated and leaving to find another spot... but I'm sure people like her can navigate the hell through their cell phone/ipod while speeding through school zones with no problem!

We shouldn't have to rely on machines to compensate for our incompetence pertaining to simple tasks... like parking.

MosH8ed

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rainfever — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:30:14 EDT

"The car is so quiet, they had to redesign motors in the windows and locks because they were intrusive for the first."

Yeah dont really get what your saying "for the first"....

rainfever

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JiltedCitizen — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:29:51 EDT

Where is my car that will turn the wheels sideways and allow me to slide into very tight spots?

JiltedCitizen

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Geraldaut — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:23:54 EDT

First Americans stop changing gears themselves, and now breaking, parking... what next? If you take out the fun of all the driving, why are you so reluctant to advancing public transport, trains etc...?

Geraldaut

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Absinth. — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:33:29 EDT

Lexus, making bad drivers worse

Absinth.

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UnreaL — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:46:01 EDT

The video doesn't work for me ATM, but this parking system sounds just like the one which has been part of Japanese version Prius for several years now ...

UnreaL