I was on a trip visiting a friend in CA’s Central Coast with a quick layover in LA. My parents offered to give me a ride back home from the airport versus an Uber. They still had an older Sienna, but they surprised me with a new to them CPO 2019 Lexus RX450h, and even more of a shock it was the F Sport AWD.
My dad handed me the keys and we drive off. This isn’t the refreshed 2020 model with CarPlay, it has the older Lexus Remote Touch system which I find more frustrating than even BMW’s original iDrive. It was familiar though to most things in the Toyota family. On the road, it drives like a Lexus - nothing to write home about, but the 20” wheels with Bridgestone rubber did feel a little skittish on some roads. It has power, I haven’t tested the “drive” modes. For a hybrid, it doesn’t feel thrifty or even overworked like a Prius. This is the first car in the family with ADAS, and due to the sight lines in the back the blind spot monitor was handy but I feel the rest of the systems were a little confusing and distracting, compared to EyeSight in a Subaru I’ve driven. The 360 degree camera monitor, again cool but to me, it’s a little distracting. It’s not active while the car is in motion thankfully. I’d prefer the same approach as Tesla there.
All in all, it’s generally a very nice car, but I’m not used to this whole ADAS thing just yet - some of the tech suite does have it’s worth. It’ll be a good car for my parents.
My dad handed me the keys and we drive off. This isn’t the refreshed 2020 model with CarPlay, it has the older Lexus Remote Touch system which I find more frustrating than even BMW’s original iDrive. It was familiar though to most things in the Toyota family. On the road, it drives like a Lexus - nothing to write home about, but the 20” wheels with Bridgestone rubber did feel a little skittish on some roads. It has power, I haven’t tested the “drive” modes. For a hybrid, it doesn’t feel thrifty or even overworked like a Prius. This is the first car in the family with ADAS, and due to the sight lines in the back the blind spot monitor was handy but I feel the rest of the systems were a little confusing and distracting, compared to EyeSight in a Subaru I’ve driven. The 360 degree camera monitor, again cool but to me, it’s a little distracting. It’s not active while the car is in motion thankfully. I’d prefer the same approach as Tesla there.
All in all, it’s generally a very nice car, but I’m not used to this whole ADAS thing just yet - some of the tech suite does have it’s worth. It’ll be a good car for my parents.
