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View Poll Results: What feature do people *most* wow over?
Ventilated/heated seats
19
14.84%
Paddle shifters
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6.25%
Navigation
17
13.28%
Mark Levinson
12
9.38%
Back up camera
56
43.75%
Other (specify)
16
12.50%
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What feature do people most wow over..?

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Old 05-10-06, 02:52 PM
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First most people really like the push button start and then they really like the nav... Not sure how to vote.
Old 05-10-06, 03:26 PM
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Nothing like flying down the highway with a music video playing on the Nav screen.

Close second would be push button and door handle keyless entry.
Old 05-10-06, 03:34 PM
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Smart key access...
Old 05-10-06, 04:07 PM
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Actually the only thing that has gotten a very satisfying perplexed look from my girlfriend was the push-button start. As in, "Where do you put the key?" *perplexed look* And I go, "There is no key." oooooooooooooh.
Old 05-10-06, 04:24 PM
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All of the above and more, including power and style
Old 05-10-06, 04:29 PM
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yes sure everything in the new is350 makes people go wow. Being from hawaii we don't have the nav or the back up camera, however the small things make people go wow. Like the mirrors that go up and down when you reverse into a stall. That usually makes it much more convenient and some like the wow about it. Also the ventilated seats.
Old 05-10-06, 05:18 PM
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Yea the seats for some reason but personally I go for the 300hp. Backing up is pretty tough not having the camera on mine. The vis out the back is poor. On the road, who looks back anyway, huh?
Old 05-10-06, 05:43 PM
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No one has mentioned the scuff plates yet.
Old 05-10-06, 05:43 PM
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You know I totally forgot about the smart key in the poll...

My friends usually gawk when i walk up to the car and it opens. When I show it off I walk away from the car and make them try it...and then I open it and there like wtf?
Old 05-10-06, 05:59 PM
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You only need to be as far as the end of the front door :P I usually just step aside and lean on my hood, shaking my head at them as they try to open the door.
Old 05-10-06, 07:42 PM
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Of the choices out there, I voted back up camera. I think I got the most "wow's" from the overall automation of the car, like "how did the car know to light up the puddle lights on the side mirrors when you walked up to the car?"

I also get a lot of wow's from the smart key system. Everybody wonders how you can open the car without a key, or how it starts without one.
Old 05-10-06, 07:47 PM
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My friend tonight in the car who saw it for the first time gawked over the gear postion indicator...isnt this standard on most cars???
Old 05-10-06, 07:49 PM
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Radar Cruise is the coolest, none of the other features you list are very unique or interesting.
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Originally Posted by TimboIS
Radar Cruise is the coolest, none of the other features you list are very unique or interesting.
Radar Cruise is really rare...your lucky.
Old 05-10-06, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by TimboIS
Radar Cruise is the coolest, none of the other features you list are very unique or interesting.
this is true. coming from an LS and with the wife having an RX I just dont see any wow factor with the gadgets. back-up camera. wow people must be driving some bad cars or they are just scrubs to be saying wow about that or navigation. what I hear about ALL the time to the point that people I dont know compliment me about it is the looks. was at costco the other day and one of the carriage jockeys just couldnt stop talking about how 'hot' the car looked. but he is right. my car does look hot. thats about the only wow factor on this car. its not a bad thing to say that either. however my main enjoyment comes from driving it. man thats great.


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