the 2013 ES/LS got rear cross traffic with the BSM, and a few 2013 toyota's have them too.

makes no sense as to why they would omit them from the GS, which is a higher model than the ES.

 

i might be wrong, but the new IS also has it right? if so, i say look for future facelift. just like the 8 speed in the new is350. this is quite similar to the 06 gs

 

There are many more features missing on the GS that other lower models have it: power trunk (ES), power folding mirror (RX, Sienna), backup steering line (Sienna), LED headlight (IS), LCD odometer (IS), auto high beam (ES)

Lot of folks will get angry when the '14 GS come out with some of those missing features.

 

I wouldn't say angry but I do miss the power folding mirrors I had on my '08 GS.
I don't care about the rest.
Don't know what a back up steering line is,though.The GS does have lines.

 

oh ok, so just controlled evolution.

im sure the 14 model will add some of those features.

 

You know I was thinking just that the other day, why don't we have rear cross traffic monitoring. We have those big ole "butterfly headrests" and it is difficult to see behind you at times

My wife was at the wheel and she simply backed out using the rear view screen. A car came zooming by and she had to brake hard. You know my wife still looks like one of those Captain Scarlett Spectrum Angel babes, I also think the Mysteron dude was driving the car we almost hit. We need cross traffic monitoring





BTW - didn't Captain Scarlett use to drive the SPV backwards looking at a TV screen. What a man!

 

most likely Lexus will add it to the 2014 model... my LS has it. these options are overrated... how many times will you really use 80% of the options in your car. the GS F Sport i had was fully loaded, but found myself not using the majority of the options. RCT i never use but it was part of the back up camera thingamajiggy. i never pull into a spot... i always back in, something about not having turn turn my head around and then having to turn it back and forth and applying the brake every time i see or think i see a car coming, that just irks my nerves... so i always back in. the one thing i can say about the RCT is that it has a wide range.

 

Yes, he did.

Between Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, Stingray, and of course UFO and Space:1999, Gerry Anderson was way ahead of his time! I cannot tell you the hours I spent watching those shows!

 

Sadly the true man passed away late last year. But they pulled out Lady Penelope's Rolls-Royce for the cortege.

 

luxury cars are all about the extra. if we talk about necessities then this is definitely the wrong site

 

i totally agree...

 

Never heard of capt scarlett or the others. What generation was that?

 

Captain Scarlet was a British marionette based kids series created by Gerry Anderson in the late 60's, about the same time Star Trek was making its initial run . Explorers on Mars inadvertently destroy a Mysteron outpost. The Mysterons, bent on revenge, attack earth and of course come in conflict with Spectrum. Spectrum is an altruistic global police force that "live" on Cloud Base. Through Captain Scalet's violent encounters with the Myterons he becomes immortal and so starts the basic premise of the show. His arch enemy was Captain Black.

There were plenty of these shows, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stringray and of course Thunderbirds (Lady Penelope). In the seventies there was the adult oriented and racy UFO and Space 1999.

Like Star Trek some of the technology used by these swashbuckling puppets is in common use today. I am sure many a Lexus engineer spent time watching Captain Scarlet and were inspired to put the large screen in the GS. The only issue is that we are limited in our backward driving skills because we are mere mortals, so we do need cross traffic monitoring more then LKA.

 

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