Are you f***ing kidding me? - Democratic Underground

tk2kewl

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Sun Feb-18-07 09:07 PM
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Are you f***ing kidding me?

Edited on Sun Feb-18-07 09:08 PM by tk2kewl

Does the new Lexus really parallel park itself? :wow:

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2006/09/ls_460_parking.html

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Critters2

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Sun Feb-18-07 09:08 PM
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1. I've seen that too. Hard to imagine. Doesn't matter.

I'm not buying a car that's smarter than me.

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tk2kewl

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Sun Feb-18-07 09:16 PM
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3. I heard that when you try to shut it off it says...

Edited on Sun Feb-18-07 09:20 PM by tk2kewl

I'm sorry Dave... I'm afraid I can't do that.

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Critters2

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Sun Feb-18-07 09:16 PM
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4. LOL!!!

:scared:

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Pierre.Suave

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Sun Feb-18-07 10:41 PM
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6. HAHAHAHAH

best post of the day. Thank you for the good laugh.

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LynzM

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Sun Feb-18-07 10:46 PM
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7. LMFAO....

Good one! :rofl:

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kedrys

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Sun Feb-18-07 09:10 PM
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2. That's just wrong.

I never parallel park; why should my car? :scared:

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mockmonkey

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Sun Feb-18-07 10:41 PM
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5. How well does it work?

I guess if you have a lot of spare time to figure it out.

"Performing brain surgery probably isn't much more difficult. The thing requires a number of precisely executed steps by the driver before it'll work. Anybody waiting in a car behind while you try to get the Lexus to parallel-park itself would drag you out of the driver's seat and park the car himself, the old-fashioned way."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/classifieds/news/automotive/reviews/stories/PE_Fea_Driving_D_lexus0210.4d5fbb7.html

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tk2kewl

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:15 PM
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8. hmmm...

so you need a PhD in computer science to program the thing. oh well, it wasn't like i was about to buy one any time soon :P

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dysfunctional press

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:54 PM
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9. two things about that-

Edited on Sun Feb-18-07 11:54 PM by QuestionAll

from what i understand, you need a space that is at least 6 feet longer than the car in order for the system to work...

2 points-

1. how often do you find parking places in the city that are 6 feet longer than your car?
2. if you can't parallel park yourself in a spot that's 6 feet longer than your car- ~~maybe~~ you shouldn't be driving in the first place.

i saw them trying to demonstrate it on a saturday Today show, and the hostess chick doing the demo TOTALLY screwed it up- and if you do that, it's a complicated process to restart the sequence.

it seems EXTREMELY worthless to me.

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Suich

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Mon Feb-19-07 12:15 AM
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10. They demonstrated it on Oprah.

I thought it was pretty cool!

:)

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