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Impressions of a new owner--thoughts welcome

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Old 08-11-15, 05:27 PM
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Thanks very much for the tip. I'll tell you, to drive this car is to love it, IMO. The ride, the handling and the power are superb. I've never had a car of this quality.
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I actually think touch screen feature was left out on purpose due to the location of our navigation screen.

I've mentioned these on another thread.

- I wish our audio displayed album art (for MP3s) and tag information in foreign languages.
- Dynamic guide for the back up camera (meaning the lines turn as you turn the steering wheel)
- All around (or some call it top) view camera so you can see the entire surrounding of the vehicle.

*** However, I wouldn't mind NOT having any of the above for 50+ HP.
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It does display album art for MP3s when connected via USB. The 2015 also has dynamic turn lines for the backup camera.
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Originally Posted by damtachoa
I'm telling you the truth about Ford. My sister bought Ford Escape and drove it for 70K miles in her life. The big problem came right on. The car shut down during freeway driving almost cost her life. It shut down not only once, but many. So stay away from Ford.
Yea i had a ford that would shutdown and pull to the sholder when it started raining.
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I had a Ford that went crazy and shot up a post office too.
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Originally Posted by Bratmdo
I guess you just get used to having a digital clock. It's the least of the electronic shortcomings, but the analog clock to me is more of a design element than an actual way to see how late for work you really are
Previous gen Lexuses were derided for having "the same digital clock you can find in a corolla". you can never win it seems
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Originally Posted by SW15LS
It does display album art for MP3s when connected via USB. The 2015 also has dynamic turn lines for the backup camera.
I have a 2014 so there might be some features added in later model years. I use a USB stick with MP3 files and doesn't show any album arts.

I'm glad they added the dynamic turn lines for 2015. This won't be a decision making factor but I was hoping this (plus others) would be added by the time GS-F comes out.
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Originally Posted by wangster79
I have a 2014 so there might be some features added in later model years. I use a USB stick with MP3 files and doesn't show any album arts.
My 2013 showed album art when connected to my iPhone via USB. Its a feature that you can turn on and off, perhaps yours is turned off.
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Originally Posted by SW15LS
My 2013 showed album art when connected to my iPhone via USB. Its a feature that you can turn on and off, perhaps yours is turned off.
Album art shows up fine for iTunes, which I'm sure you're referring to. Using a memory stick has not shown album art on the GS and ES for 2013 and 2014 model years. I was told that the 2015's now show it, but I haven't seen it for myself.
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