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Old 04-09-24, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Striker223
I used it once in my A8s just to see, it works but it's not as quick or precise as me just doing it.
Same here when I had my LS460. It took so long I just took over and parked myself never to use it again. If anyone is around waiting for you to park they will get so frustrated.
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Old 04-10-24, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Carfan94
I remember that was a pretty big deal back in 2006.

The feature was pretty half baked and difficult to use and it didn’t even do all the work. It would just back into the parking space and stop (parallel space). The driver still had to put the car to drive and drive forward to complete the maneuver. Most owners never used the feature more than once and the option was dropped In 2012.
Thanks for the info. In that series of post/replies, I saw a post about a Chinese car. A couple drove by a parking space, stopped, left the car. And the car parked itself. Not sure if it's real because it looked like a screen recording. But that would be a more useful feature.
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Old 04-10-24, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by patgilm
Same here when I had my LS460. It took so long I just took over and parked myself never to use it again. If anyone is around waiting for you to park they will get so frustrated.
Haha... I've never tried on my X5. Is it any better on your X7? Speaking of frustration... a guy posted his daughter had his M3 summon to her and at some points it got confused, turned on emergency light and stopped in the middle. People were honking everywhere.
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Old 04-10-24, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 1111GS
Haha... I've never tried on my X5. Is it any better on your X7? Speaking of frustration... a guy posted his daughter had his M3 summon to her and at some points it got confused, turned on emergency light and stopped in the middle. People were honking everywhere.
Only thing I’ve tried with the X7 is using the backup feature out of my garage where it reverses the car in the same path as I pulled in. I’ve used it a few times and it is quick to use but it is just so easy to back out of my garage that it doesn’t make sense for me to do it. My wife on the other hand backed out once and hit the side mirror on the side of the garage and cracked the housing a little and of course didn’t tell me but of course I noticed right away, luckily it was cheap to fix. Maybe I should have her use it…always.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Dealer wants MSRP and the broker is 13% off!

Dealer seems to be totally uninterested in selling me a car

Have found that to be the case with a lot of these DC area dealers. Even though some of the local dealers work with the same brokers! So odd.
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Old 04-11-24, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
Last two cars. I paid thru a broker. So easy. Everyone else wanted full MSRP. T

You need a 2025 Lexus
‘21-‘22 LC500 convertible. Let the first owner take the depreciation hit.

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Old 04-11-24, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
‘21-‘22 LC500 convertible. Let the first owner take the depreciation hit.
What year LC has 360 camera?
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Old 04-11-24, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BayeauxLex
What year LC has 360 camera?
Not sure actually…
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Old 04-11-24, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
‘21-‘22 LC500 convertible. Let the first owner take the depreciation hit.
I kinda like new cars. But I get why some buy used.

Originally Posted by BayeauxLex
What year LC has 360 camera?
what? Doesn’t have if?
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Old 04-11-24, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by pbm317
Have found that to be the case with a lot of these DC area dealers. Even though some of the local dealers work with the same brokers! So odd.
Yep, I have noticed the same thing!
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
I kinda like new cars. But I get why some buy used.
The hard thing for me is knowing that it's only new for one day. Then it's just like any other slightly used car.

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Originally Posted by FrankReynoldsCPA
The hard thing for me is knowing that it's only new for one day. Then it's just like any other slightly used car.
And 40% more expensive lol!
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Old 04-11-24, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by FrankReynoldsCPA
The hard thing for me is knowing that it's only new for one day. Then it's just like any other slightly used car.
I know everyone knows this, but I still hear my now departed stepfather saying in his southern twang...."It loses $xxxxx the second you drive it off the lot" which is absolutely true. Is it worth the new car smell? I mean the Denali was a '22 with 24k and it smells new still.

And still they always bought new cars, lol. I never have and never will.

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It may be used, but it’s used exclusively by me. I don’t regret the amount over used cars I spend one bit. No interest in a used car.
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Originally Posted by AJT123
I know everyone knows this, but I still hear my now departed stepfather saying in his southern twang...."It loses $xxxxx the second you drive it off the lot" which is absolutely true. Is it worth the new car smell? I mean the Denali was a '22 with 24k and it smells new still.

And still they always bought new cars, lol. I never have and never will.
I have also heard a saying that when you buy something used, you’re buying someone else’s problem.

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It may be used, but it’s used exclusively by me. I don’t regret the amount over used cars I spend one bit. No interest in a used car.
Same here. I just like knowing that I owned it since the first day and nobody has ever owned it but me. I like buying new cars as well.

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