The Lexus LS 460 L Super Rich Guy Sedan

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Parallel parks itself. Requires 6.5 feet of extra space to do so, which an urban human driver would certainly not, but still. Loaded with enough tech to impress the military 20 years ago.

― joggin' with the devil (kenan), Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:07 (nineteen years ago)

Also:

"It has the world's first 8-speed transmission, which uses fewer moving parts than the old 6-speed, in about the same space. I thought a car with 8 gears would flip through them like playing cards, but they were geared fairly tall to take advantage of the grunty 4.6-liter, 380-horsepower V8 engine. By the way, the pair gets the car up to 60mph in 5.4 seconds."

― joggin' with the devil (kenan), Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:07 (nineteen years ago)

Eco-friendly? Sorry.

― joggin' with the devil (kenan), Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

The hybrid version will be out soon. I'm not making that up.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:32 (nineteen years ago)

i hope they have seriously seriously idiot-proofed the parallel parking thing.

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:35 (nineteen years ago)

For comedic reasons I hope they haven't.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:46 (nineteen years ago)

I assume the same devices that detect the proximity of other cars would also make it stop within a certain proximity.

― joggin' with the devil (kenan), Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

Does Lexus offer cash if your car fucks up and smashes cars and/or people during the autopark?

― Portable Dorkness (Dick Butkus), Thursday, 26 October 2006 03:19 (nineteen years ago)

Or maybe this is the only brand new car you can buy which is uninsurable.

― Portable Dorkness (Dick Butkus), Thursday, 26 October 2006 03:19 (nineteen years ago)

they should have a herky-jerky parallel park setting so the whole world doesn't have to know you're a pussy that has to have a robot do yr parking for you.

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 26 October 2006 03:21 (nineteen years ago)

OR an awesome high speed flip the car around turn right into the parallel parking setting so the whole world can know yr robot's badass.

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 26 October 2006 03:23 (nineteen years ago)

OTM (the first of the two)

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Thursday, 26 October 2006 03:45 (nineteen years ago)

It senses when the spare tire (full-sized) is low on air. Neat.

― pens, action figures and glass shards (unclejessjess), Thursday, 26 October 2006 04:24 (nineteen years ago)

I'd take one.

― Super Cub (Debito), Thursday, 26 October 2006 05:17 (nineteen years ago)

Ugly, isn't it.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 26 October 2006 06:19 (nineteen years ago)

I don't trust a car smart enough to park itself. It's just another step closer to a Lexis-only Maximum Overdrive situation.

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 26 October 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

How much does this fucker cost and why not just import a Skyline R-34 if you want to impress people with a Japanese car, jeez

― nate p. (natepatrin), Thursday, 26 October 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

VW has self-park on the new Golf. But for legal reasons, the driver still has to work the pedals. So the car tells you what to do. "Accelerate now. Brake now" etc. Jeez.

― stet (stet), Thursday, 26 October 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

Deck chairs, Titanic, etc.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 26 October 2006 23:20 (nineteen years ago)

UGH. WHY THE FUCK CAN'T PEOPLE JUST LEARN HOW TO PARALLEL PARK! IT'S NOT HARD AT ALL!

dumbasses

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 26 October 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

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