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Self-Parking Lexus!
This new Lexus LS parks itself! Kind of a worthless option in my opinion.
Here's the demo video... Click on "View Demo" on the right side of the page. http://www.lexus.com/models/LS/features/exterior/advanced_parking_guidance_system.html?
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Current Stable: 01 ML55 AMG 92 500E (a few mods) 87 300E (lots of mods) 00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck 68 18' Donzi Marine 06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!) PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320 |
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Are you kidding me? If this really works, it will be invaluable. From my office window overlooking a busy city street, I see dozens of parallel parking attempts per day. About 15% of the pilots in question perform a competent job. The rest?
Parking a mile away from the curb - 19% Kerbing at least one $400 alloy rim - 10% Climbing at least one wheel up on top of the curb - 7% Tapping the car behind lightly - 11% A good old all-American plowing into the car behind - 6% The classic Starsky and Hutch Cut Off The Running Drug Dealer With The Torino nose-in/ass-out position - 13% The dreaded bumper-corner-to-bumper-corner scrape - 5% The Attempt, taking 10 minutes, then the Give-Up-and-Move-On (a SUV favorite) - 10% Nipping the parking meter pole - 4% The world of parallel parking isn't pretty. |
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Anybody who doesn't know how to parallel park, doesn't deserve a drivers license.
Of course there is the occasional idiot that pulls up too far.... That always burns my A$$ Now, This is how you do it!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFdbraK06E
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Current Stable: 01 ML55 AMG 92 500E (a few mods) 87 300E (lots of mods) 00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck 68 18' Donzi Marine 06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!) PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320 |
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Ditto, that is cool as hell. |
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Living in Madrid, Spain in the mid nineties, I witnessed the the true art of parallel parking. A brand new BMW 850 turns up trying to fit in a spot to small, no problem: going back and forward pushing both cars 'till there is enough space for his $100K car!
BTW. in many European cities it's against parking regulations to use your parking brake for this reason.
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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue). |
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IIRC, when I took my driving test back in the 80s one part of the test involved parallel parking. If you touched the curb or [obviously] one of the parked cars, you failed automatically. Have standards and driving skill slipped so far that there is now a need for a car that parallel parks itself?
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BMW doing the same thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nGyXiOfzI&NR Toyota Prius as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXoLUfYpjeg Who came up with the original idea? I can't believe the Japanese did. Alex |
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my wife could use one of those. she got a ticket yesterday for having the rear wheel on the curb. in front of our house!. $25 nice fund raiser for the city.
in her defense, we are loosing reverse in her car, and the curbs here are really tiny.
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The real question is how much more will insurance rates be for these cars when improrper use/ system failures cause more fender benders.
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The Lexus almost needs two parking spots to pull this off.
BTW. I worked on the US introduction campaign, there is also a hybrid version coming. The ones I saw were still prototypes, they looked a little cheap inside.
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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue). |
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It was standard practice in NYC in the mid 80's, before as well I am certain.
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-Marty 1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible (Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one) Reading your M103 duty cycle: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831799-post13.html http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831807-post14.html |
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That car will sell well in Vancouver. I used to love to watch people try and park down town. Any long time resident of that city will know what I mean. Should sell well anywhere along the pacific rim
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