OFFICIAL: New for 2007 GX Updates
#31
You must be looking at the LX since the 07 GX still has the nav buttons in the same place. The audio/cassette faceplate has changed a bit. There is now a button for AM/SAT. But it will be for the XM radio option. I'm kind of glad I have an 06 GX with Sirius satellite radio since I bet with the new generation 5 navigation system on the 07 GX, the 05-06 Sirius satellite kit will not work. So if you wanted satellite radio, and wanted a factory approved kit from Lexus, you would have to get the XM.
I hope Lexus gets this straightened out in the future otherwise my next vehicle will not be a Lexus. I only want Sirius satellite radio.
#32
You must be looking at the LX since the 07 GX still has the nav buttons in the same place. The audio/cassette faceplate has changed a bit. There is now a button for AM/SAT. But it will be for the XM radio option. I'm kind of glad I have an 06 GX with Sirius satellite radio since I bet with the new generation 5 navigation system on the 07 GX, the 05-06 Sirius satellite kit will not work. So if you wanted satellite radio, and wanted a factory approved kit from Lexus, you would have to get the XM.
I hope Lexus gets this straightened out in the future otherwise my next vehicle will not be a Lexus. I only want Sirius satellite radio.
I hope Lexus gets this straightened out in the future otherwise my next vehicle will not be a Lexus. I only want Sirius satellite radio.
http://www.lexus.com/models/gx/interior.html#voicenav
I looked at the Tutorial Nav photo, wishful thinking I guess.
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#33
Tell me about it! It is very frustrating. It reminds me of the keyboard on the original Apple II back in 1979 or so - the reset button was right near the return key, you couldn't save most things until you were done, and...
#34
You must be looking at the LX since the 07 GX still has the nav buttons in the same place. The audio/cassette faceplate has changed a bit. There is now a button for AM/SAT. But it will be for the XM radio option. I'm kind of glad I have an 06 GX with Sirius satellite radio since I bet with the new generation 5 navigation system on the 07 GX, the 05-06 Sirius satellite kit will not work. So if you wanted satellite radio, and wanted a factory approved kit from Lexus, you would have to get the XM.
I hope Lexus gets this straightened out in the future otherwise my next vehicle will not be a Lexus. I only want Sirius satellite radio.
I hope Lexus gets this straightened out in the future otherwise my next vehicle will not be a Lexus. I only want Sirius satellite radio.
#35
I totally agree about the Sirius installation. I bought a loaded 2006 GX 2 months ago or so and told my salesman that I did not want XM, only Sirius. He had to get a reputable aftermarket installer put Sirius nonintegrated in for me because "Lexus would not sell the dealership a Sirius installation kit." Lexus must understand from our feedback that if they want customers spending $60K on a vehicle they must offer the choice of satellite radio providers the way Infiniti does with its QX large SUV. It's about choices and fairness. Was your Sirius installed integrated via the AM button thru the navigation system or did you have to have it done aftermarket?
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Guys, there is no HID option because Lexus won't allow it on a vehicle that height and above (LX), not because they haven't gotten around to it, they consider it unsafe. And yeah, i know that BMW, Caddy, etc. have it, but this was Lexus' decision.
#39
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I bet you they might conveniently decide it's not so unsafe when redesign time comes around.
Or maybe they'll just go straight to LED headlamps? That would be cool. I don't see how it would be any safer... but...
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Whatcha wanna bet when it gets redesigned it'll have them standard or at least available? Same with the replacement for the LX.
I bet you they might conveniently decide it's not so unsafe when redesign time comes around.
I bet you they might conveniently decide it's not so unsafe when redesign time comes around.
#41
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HID has been optional on the ES since even before the 2002 redesign, but not yet been made standard.
#42
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You guys are making way too big of a deal over HID, its only light bulbs, who cares. If you want HID, go buy a pair for $300. Personally, I think they look nice and they are brighter on normal days. They dont perform too well in the rain and they do bother other drivers more than halogens.
#43
It didn't stop me from buying my GX, but it is a disappointment... both of my other vehicles (BMWs) have HIDs, and I like driving at night with them much better...
Actually, its more than just bulbs, if done properly... the BMW HIDs have a self-leveling mechanism to minimize the effect on other drivers and with the HIDs, you automatically get headlight washers ( IIRC, a European requirement... dirt / ice refracts the HIDs too much, I've read, so they require headlight washers in Europe if you are running HIDs... thus, BMW packages HIDs with their Cold Weather Package which includes the headlight washers...) Without levelers and washers, you are much more likely to blind an oncoming vehicle when you "upgrade" to HID bulbs... it's these bulbs that are probably causing most of the complaints...
Actually, its more than just bulbs, if done properly... the BMW HIDs have a self-leveling mechanism to minimize the effect on other drivers and with the HIDs, you automatically get headlight washers ( IIRC, a European requirement... dirt / ice refracts the HIDs too much, I've read, so they require headlight washers in Europe if you are running HIDs... thus, BMW packages HIDs with their Cold Weather Package which includes the headlight washers...) Without levelers and washers, you are much more likely to blind an oncoming vehicle when you "upgrade" to HID bulbs... it's these bulbs that are probably causing most of the complaints...
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Whatcha wanna bet when it gets redesigned it'll have them standard or at least available? Same with the replacement for the LX.
I bet you they might conveniently decide it's not so unsafe when redesign time comes around.
Or maybe they'll just go straight to LED headlamps? That would be cool. I don't see how it would be any safer... but...
I bet you they might conveniently decide it's not so unsafe when redesign time comes around.
Or maybe they'll just go straight to LED headlamps? That would be cool. I don't see how it would be any safer... but...
It didn't stop me from a getting the gx either.
It's the fact that lexus saying it's unsafe is pretty lame.
How can the rx have it-it is higher than a regular car right?
How can they say it's unsafe when other bigger suvs out there carry them-navigator, escalades, range.....??? I don't get blinded by them when I'm in my gs either.
As a matter of fact, I sometimes get blinded by some cars with the hids like the SL-their xenons are intense!
I just wanted to put in my input-it's no big deal to me either.