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Old 08-11-11, 08:48 AM
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Default Two things are dreadful on my LS600hL

Two things on my 2007 LS600hL are absolutely dreadful, and I'm wondering if they've been improved (on any LS model) in recent years.

1. The voice recognition system.

2. The self parking system (it rarely finds a spot it likes).

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100% agree
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1. i heard gen6 is better, but still i don't count on it
2. it's just a gimmick, period
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the lag when punching in letters for addresses and POIs is ridiculously annoying too. fml
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the voice recognition is a joke on my 460 as well. Its just easier to punch it in manually. I dont think anyone uses the voice command
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IT is the same one used in my 2007 IS250 and I often called it "Stupid" while talking commands to it. That made my wife and kid laugh though.

2010 RX Voice command is much better but not perfect though.
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The first time I got frustrated with the voice commands on the 2004 GX, I was so ticked off that I hit the button and told it to f*** off. The response: "turning audio system off".

The system on the '10 LX is actually remarkably good, at least relatively.
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Originally Posted by caha14
The first time I got frustrated with the voice commands on the 2004 GX, I was so ticked off that I hit the button and told it to f*** off. The response: "turning audio system off".

The system on the '10 LX is actually remarkably good, at least relatively.
Wow, how intelligent! She detected OFF, no idea what a Lexus shall do with cmd f***

Is there a complete command list available? I mean not the one you get in help menu.
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Originally Posted by cheez80
the lag when punching in letters for addresses and POIs is ridiculously annoying too. fml
Not sure if you have this option on your version, but in my older ver this problem can be addressed by entering the city first (if you know it). Much faster because it isn't refining as large a list with each letter
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The only thing I dont like is the AWD setup. I like in california and i want to run 285's on the back....
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Originally Posted by LXurious
The only thing I dont like is the AWD setup. I like in california and i want to run 285's on the back....
been talked about a lot of times. you can run staggered setup on awd...
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Originally Posted by LXurious
The only thing I dont like is the AWD setup. I like in california and i want to run 285's on the back....
245/35/21 and 285/30/21 hankook v12 evos will work perfectly
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For a daily driver it wont affect the trans?? And is that the only tire brand or are u saying because you run that currently?
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Originally Posted by LXurious
For a daily driver it wont affect the trans?? And is that the only tire brand or are u saying because you run that currently?
no it won't. awd works by detecting slip, and what's slip? that's different in rotations. so as long as front and rear overall diameters are close to each other, the system won't detect anything.

no, any brands are ok, just choose the tires carefully
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Originally Posted by LXurious
For a daily driver it wont affect the trans?? And is that the only tire brand or are u saying because you run that currently?
the diameter is the same front and rear for those tires


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