Lexus Night View System
#1
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Lexus Night View System
Have any of you ordered Lexus Night View with your Luxury Package GS?
I had a chance to try it out a few weeks ago and found it to be a cool novel feature. Is it worth the $2,200 MSRP premium? It all depends on where you live. Rural areas, yes...if you live in an urban or suburban area thats well lit, no.
If you select the Lexus Night View system, you cannot package Lane Keep Assist (LKA) with it because the LNV and LKA systems use the same camera mount location in the top part of the windshield. You can't have both, just one or the other.
I had a chance to try it out a few weeks ago and found it to be a cool novel feature. Is it worth the $2,200 MSRP premium? It all depends on where you live. Rural areas, yes...if you live in an urban or suburban area thats well lit, no.
If you select the Lexus Night View system, you cannot package Lane Keep Assist (LKA) with it because the LNV and LKA systems use the same camera mount location in the top part of the windshield. You can't have both, just one or the other.
#4
Too high. Cool though. Cadillac had it a few years ago and charged $2,000 dollars and could not sell enough to keep it as an option.
Last edited by rlj4246; 05-29-12 at 02:21 AM.
#5
Price aside. Between the night view and the LKA, I rather have the night view. It's a true technology where as LKA is more of a gimmick(keep the car in the marked lane). This will be helpful to spot deer on the road(?)
#6
One gimmick to far for me Iam afraid, plus you will only see the deer if your looking at the screen, and I don’t think I will come across to many deer’s driving in London. .lol
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#8
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Nightview and HUD are still infant technologies but they are priced as full features.
They both suffer from not offering complete experience. Nightview will shine only when they make the whole windshield highlight warm blooded creatures. Looking at the relatively small screen is not the way to go. I would say previous gen LX had better implementation.
HUD is the exact same thing. Windshields should act as a screen for augmented reality with building highlighting, dynamic navigation, etc.
They both suffer from not offering complete experience. Nightview will shine only when they make the whole windshield highlight warm blooded creatures. Looking at the relatively small screen is not the way to go. I would say previous gen LX had better implementation.
HUD is the exact same thing. Windshields should act as a screen for augmented reality with building highlighting, dynamic navigation, etc.
#9
HUD has been around for 10 yrs. I know of. Had three corvettes going back to 02 and they all had HUD. I included it on my ordered GS350 after a demo in one that had it. some will love it and some will love it. No right or wrong. Just opinions.
#10
I tried the HUD briefly in a friend's corvette, and thought it was a gimmick, far less interesting than it sounds. In the GS, I find it very useful. I'm far more aware of my speed with it than with the speedometer, for example. I couldn't tell you whether this is because I'm used to it now or whether the GS version somehow looks/works better than the corvette version.
As for the night vision, I think it's a cool idea. I just can't imagine how useful it would be, since you'll be watching the road, not the screen off to one side. I guess on a long dark straight road, it would be useful, since you would not have to pay close attention to curves, and could keep the screen in your peripheral vision.
As for the night vision, I think it's a cool idea. I just can't imagine how useful it would be, since you'll be watching the road, not the screen off to one side. I guess on a long dark straight road, it would be useful, since you would not have to pay close attention to curves, and could keep the screen in your peripheral vision.
#12
Nightview and HUD are still infant technologies but they are priced as full features.
They both suffer from not offering complete experience. Nightview will shine only when they make the whole windshield highlight warm blooded creatures. Looking at the relatively small screen is not the way to go. I would say previous gen LX had better implementation.
HUD is the exact same thing. Windshields should act as a screen for augmented reality with building highlighting, dynamic navigation, etc.
They both suffer from not offering complete experience. Nightview will shine only when they make the whole windshield highlight warm blooded creatures. Looking at the relatively small screen is not the way to go. I would say previous gen LX had better implementation.
HUD is the exact same thing. Windshields should act as a screen for augmented reality with building highlighting, dynamic navigation, etc.
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