Holy crap, the new Lexus LS 460 can park itself!

[zoiks]

I saw a review on this. The reviewer thought the technology was premature. It takes a long time to program the settings in the car to do the parallel parking and plus it requires 6.5 ft? If you had 6.5ft to work with, you wouldn't need a damn car to park itself.

 

[atybimf]

Originally posted by: cherrytwist
I smell lawsuits.

"...but the car was parking itself when it hit you."

QFT

 

[AdamK47]

Lazy

 

[compnovice]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Can't some BMW's do this?

Negative. Honestly I'd be a little surprised to see this feature on a BMW - it seems inconsistent with their emphasis on the driving experience. I would have thought Mercedes would innovate this, just as they have innovated a ton of other driver aids and safety features.

meh...Japan has more Asian women drivers than Germany...

 

[eLiu]

6.5 feet longer is HUGE. With that much space, you don't even really need to reverse into the spot... good lord.

 

[krunchykrome]

That car is soo hot. I heard on the radio this morning that it can do a 0-60 in 4.2, which is extremely fast for a car of that size.

 

[OpenThirdEye]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Can't some BMW's do this?

Negative. Honestly I'd be a little surprised to see this feature on a BMW - it seems inconsistent with their emphasis on the driving experience. I would have thought Mercedes would innovate this, just as they have innovated a ton of other driver aids and safety features.

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Actually...BMW was showing off a concept of this back in July.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
The target must be 6.5 feet longer than the car.

Haha, if you cant hit that in a parallel park situation, you suck at driving.

hah, man if you cant park with 4 feet (2' on front and rear), thats pretty sad.

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
The target must be 6.5 feet longer than the car.

Haha, if you cant hit that in a parallel park situation, you suck at driving.

Actually, that is pretty tight.
Next time you park, check the spacing and see if there is more than 3 feet in front and abck.

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: Oblivionaire

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: MulLa
Does that mean in 10 years time parking will no longer be a requirement in license tests?!

When I got my license I didn't have to park my car.

That fake ID you found inside of a cracker jack box doesn't count as a license.

I didn't have to either. Drove through some cones, which "simulated" parrallel parking, but the cones are much easier to do.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
That car is soo hot. I heard on the radio this morning that it can do a 0-60 in 4.2, which is extremely fast for a car of that size.

I find that very hard to believe. Lexus says 5.4 seconds. That's still quick, but 4.2 would make it quicker than an M5. No way.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
That car is soo hot. I heard on the radio this morning that it can do a 0-60 in 4.2, which is extremely fast for a car of that size.

I find that very hard to believe. Lexus says 5.4 seconds. That's still quick, but 4.2 would make it quicker than an M5. No way.

Maybe I heard wrong, or maybe the radio guy didnt know what he was talking about.

5.4 is still fast though for a boat of a car like the LS.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Jeezus look at the length of that car and all that backseat room!

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
The target must be 6.5 feet longer than the car.

Haha, if you cant hit that in a parallel park situation, you suck at driving.

Actually, that is pretty tight.
Next time you park, check the spacing and see if there is more than 3 feet in front and abck.

yeap. thats what i was going to say.

6.5 feet is not a lot of room. just over 3 ft on each side.

 

[Oblivionaire]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers

Originally posted by: Oblivionaire

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: MulLa
Does that mean in 10 years time parking will no longer be a requirement in license tests?!

When I got my license I didn't have to park my car.

That fake ID you found inside of a cracker jack box doesn't count as a license.

I didn't have to either. Drove through some cones, which "simulated" parrallel parking, but the cones are much easier to do.

You lucky bastards. I had to parallel park between 2 real cars. The upside is I can parellel park today with my eyes closed. Oh and I call shens on the spatially disoriented dingbat that claims he parallel parked between 2 cars with 8 inches of total space between him and the other 2 cars. That's only 4 inches front and 4 inches in the rear, no way you can do that unless your wheels turn perpendicular. Even then some people would probably hit something.