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Your least used GS features.

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Old 01-15-11, 07:23 AM
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Default Your least used GS features.

I must have been dreaming about it. The first thing I thought of when I woke up this morning was the sun shade on my GS. Honestly, it must have been at least 6 months since it had even crossed my mind that it existed. I can't remember the last time I used it. I think the only times I've ever had it up were to test that it works, and to try to figure out if it was the cause of a rattle.

Coming in a close second on the features that may as well not exist on my car, would be the headlight cleaners.

I'm going to be shocked if a sun shade is on the next gen.
Old 01-15-11, 07:47 AM
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The cassette player......lol.
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^ I have some that you can borrow

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Cassette player and headlight nozzles. I think the sunshade will be very useful with a baby.
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Valet lock & Cassette. My wife uses the sun shade frequently and did so in her IS as well.
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hmm... I did use my cassette last year. I still have a cassette right there, just not push in.

I did use the ABS and the traction control last winter. It was icy.

I think the headlight washer is really useless but it's there. I don't want to use it and avoid to use it if I could but sometimes my headlight is ON when I spray my windshield.

I did use my spare tire when my tire blew.

I do use my highbeam. Just to make the road super bright letting kids know a car is coming so they won't run out between two parked cars. I do drive slow in neighborhood but I can't stop within a micro second.

I do use the shade. and sunglasses.

The one feature I never never use would be the airbag. Hope it works when I need it.

What can I say, I FULLY use my car. Well, it had been sitting in the drive way for a whole week.
Old 01-15-11, 09:21 AM
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The cassette player and the headlight washers are 2 features I have never used. The headlight washers I avoid because I don't want washer fluid running all over my nicely waxed hood.
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Originally Posted by worker
The one feature I never never use would be the airbag. Hope it works when I need it.
You may not have used up the airbag, but the Supplemental Restraint System is active whenever you drive - so you are using it.
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Originally Posted by 1STLXS
The cassette player......lol.
hahaha this has to be the winner!
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The windshield wipers! LOL
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Originally Posted by batman75
The cassette player .
haha yeah
Old 01-15-11, 10:30 AM
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Radar cruise, I always switch off, I don't like it. It's clever, but doesn't anticipate as well as a human.
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Originally Posted by worker
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I think the headlight washer is really useless but it's there. I don't want to use it and avoid to use it if I could but sometimes my headlight is ON when I spray my windshield....
If I have to use my windshield wipers at night, I usually turn off my headlights momentarily to avoid the headlight washers, LOL, this concurrent ON design sounds so stupid by Lexus.
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The cassette player and the voice control, the car just does not understand me
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^ agree... that voice control is very useless.


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