Nauticalx

I was looking at some pics of 3GS' for sale and was wondering where the laser cruise is located on these cars. Is there a way of telling if a non-hybrid 3GS has laser from pics of the front? I know that the hybrid units have the glass or plastic "shield" Lexus symbol in front. Is this a characteristic of hybrid or is this where the laser cruise is similar to the LS?

lucasb7

On a non-hybrid Lexus, a plastic shield over the front "L" emblem indicates that the vehicle has radar cruise control and pre-collision. Also on the interior you will see a little plastic tab hanging down from the right hand side of the steering wheel as seen in picture 2.

(But a non Hybrid won't have the blue glow, just the plastic)

lucasb7

And the steering wheel...

(It looks the same even though this is an ES in this pic)

Nauticalx

Awesome....thanks!

thomastan

I was playing with this crusie laser thingy the other night...didn't really understand. Can anyone explain to me how this work and what happen if you with the tab on the steering wheel?

lucasb7

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but, it will display RADAR READY, then you hit the tab to get the desired spacing between the car in front of you. This will display in the center speedo screen as rings, the fewer the closer. Then you set your speed and the car will keep you spaced out.

Hope that helps, haven't used it in a while...

thomastan

ahhh...sounds like a good option. I guess i have it than because i turn my cruise on and i see this radar ready thing and i freak out thinking i have a radar built in...LMAO...anyways i mess around with it but didn't really figure it out because too much traffic afterward. Thanks Lucas for the info.

flipside909

Actually, the 3GS had Radar Cruise, not Laser Cruise. Laser was the older technology used on the 3rd generation LS.

RADAR READY will come on as soon as you activate the main Cruise Control on switch. Once you have set your desired speed, you can pull on the RADAR tab to set the distance you want to set between you and the vehicle in front. There are 3 settings. The closest setting allows 2 seconds or roughly 3 car lengths of distance in front of you. If you toggle up or down on the main Cruise Control switch, it will jump up or down in incraments of 5MPH. It maxes out at 88mph.

What is nice about this feature is it works very well in dense fog. I don't recommend you drive out in 0 visibility and try this but if you're cruising on the freeway and it's dark, the system will keep a safe distance between you and the vehicle or object in front of you. It will apply the brakes as necessary and resume your desired cruising speed once there are no obstacles in front.

thomastan

Cool...thanks flipside !!!

Nauticalx

I think I definitely want a 3GS (07 350 RWD) with Radar Cruise, any idea on what percentage of 07 350's were made with radar cruise?

lucasb7

The percentage of GS350s made with radar cruise is very small, from person experience I would say it is about 1 to 10 if not worse. On the other hand, if you find an 07 450h, it is a very very high likelihood that you will find one with radar cruise, most in that time frame came FULLY LOADED. I believe that the 430 is somewhere in between too.

whlkev

agree with above post, probably less than 1% if i were to guess, it's already rare on the 460 and 450h too

considers it being a $2850 option, no thanks, totally useless to me

LexFather

On the 06-07 models non radar cruise emblem grills were regular size and GS's equipped with the radar had grill emblems the size of small children Its clearly bigger.

The plastic cover as someone stated is also the dead giveaway.