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    Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System

    Toyota Safety Connect, Lexus Enform Take Aim At GM OnStar With New Service
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    What's next? A Bluetooth steering wheel?
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    Give me some duct tape, a mini-pc and some nation-wide wireless broadband, and I can do anything Lexus can.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    I'm old school. I'd rather have a joystick.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    I'd have a big problem if I drove that car.


    There carpet to the left of the brake pedal would be all worn out, and the firewall might be dented.


    I'd probably accidentally tear that knob out the first time I accelerated up an onramp.

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    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    Wow, so Lexo-Prius drivers can find Raw Food restaurants, Hooka shops, and Teva stores all with one click!
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    "Placed in the vehicle where the hand naturally rests"


    that is if you are driving an appliance...
    not that the damnelantra™ does not have appliance like traits. but hell, at least its got a direct input shifter!

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    So the shifter is shoved off to the side to allow a mouse to take its place? What is the world coming to?
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    01/15/09

    @Jo Schmo, the lobster formerly known as Larry: it's a hybrid.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/15/09

    @sos10: Good point. I suppose it won't be long before cars are drive-by-mouse anyway. Right click to exit car, roll down windows etc...
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    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    This should go very well with Lexus' existing "Remote Touch" systems for steering, pedal feel, and chassis feedbac.
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    01/15/09

    @Ash78: Zing! You could also add "foreplay".
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    01/15/09

    @Ash78: @Ash78: I heard the corolla has an even more sophisticated remote touch system. Driving it is like reading a book, you need a good imagination.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/15/09

    @maximum-sienna: The negativity will continue until morale i...: This guy continually crushes the Corolla, I love the dedication.
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    01/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: It's not just the Corolla. I like my sienna and all, but the driving dynamics sucks compared to the Odyssey. The only reason why I got what I did was that I knew the Odyssey had transmission problems in the model years I could afford. And don't even start me on the other manufacturers versions. Here's the problem with Toyota: Every car guy hates them, but then your mother asks you what she should buy, and you almost have to say "the Camry" as you cry just thinking of driving that POS. However, with the Malibu and Fusion out, I have no qualms with completely crushing Toyota's "cars" and calling a spade a spade. Driving a Toyota is nothing more than playing Wii.
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    Image of Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho. Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.
    01/15/09

    @maximum-sienna: The negativity will continue until morale i...: Yeah, the Corolla is weak! It sucks!
    That's why I went 180' and bought a Matrix. LOL
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    01/15/09

    @Landau_Calrissian: My mom bought a vibe...
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    01/15/09

    @maximum-sienna: The negativity will continue until morale i...: Except for the Supra, that's a driver's car.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/15/09

    @maximum-sienna: The negativity will continue until morale i...: "Accord."
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    01/15/09

    @maximum-sienna: The negativity will continue until morale i...: She parks it in her sock drawer, right?
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    We decided to play with it.


    Isn't that the default response for any guy?


    What is this?

    I don't know.

    I wonder what happens when I play with it?

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    Image of jark jark
    01/15/09

    @engineerd: That's my default response. It's led to some fun discoveries.
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    01/15/09

    @jarque: We were so poor I wouldn't have had nothing to play with if I hadn't been born a boy.

    Rodney Dangerfield
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/15/09

    @jarque: Yup, it helped 4th grade go by in a blur.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    Can the user get online and blog about how much they're doing to save the environment?
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    01/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Nailed it!
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    They should have used the Apple Wheel instead, probably could have incorporated it right into the circular directional control device.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:As Harry makes selections, his wife yells: Jeeezus Chrisst Harry! You're all over the road!


    Harry: Shut the hell up already! I told you I'm trying to enter in our destination.

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    Image of PetroSapien PetroSapien
    01/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:
    " Harry: Shut the hell up already! I told you I'm trying to enter in our (final) destination.
    There Fixed it for ya'
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/15/09

    @PetroSapien: Thanks.
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    01/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: On the other end of things, try to imagine Spring Break in Daytona with that set-up.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/15/09

    @PetroSapien: Which set-up? the mouse or the Apple Wheel?
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    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    I just realized wood accents on a car that is supposed to be helping the environment. If we are going all greenpeace and hybridizing a small luxo vehicle shouldn't it be made of recycled fancy cardboard?
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    01/15/09

    @banner77amc: Any excuse to get rid of wood (accents that is) in cars is fine with me. Especially on this car, they way they placed it here and there just to get some in, is horrible.

    Same can be said of the leather... which sounds oh so luxurious to buyers, but it actually is just a side product of the giant meat industry and cheap as anything, but the chemical processes they use to prepare the leather are far from ecologic.

    On the plus side they used a lot of organic plastics.
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    01/15/09

    @banner77amc: @sos10:


    There's a very good chance that "wood" is faux laminate.


    Also, using wood in a car is actually better as it's renewable, and decomposes. In addition, cardboard is a wood product as well?


    There are newer leather processes in place that are far less caustic than traditional methods, so that is improving.

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    Image of sos10 sos10
    01/15/09

    @rlj676-new job, same problems: The wood has no function, it is mere decoration.. so omitting the wood is a saving. The wood in Lexus is real wood, but as in all cars laminate.. so a fine strip glued to a plastic base.

    You cannot see it as a decomposable or renewable since it is glued to the plastic.

    Cardboard is a wood based product, but can be recycled many times over without adding much new material..

    Almost all leather production and coloring is still far from ecologic but it is the farming of meat machines (they were once cows) that is the big disaster.. and I love steak.
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    01/15/09

    @sos10:


    All true, but you gotta break a few eggs to make an omlette.


    My point is, the tiny bit of wood (which is renewable) isn't really killing some ecosystem, and in the coming years leather production will be much less caustic.


    Also, faux leathers are coming very far, as I was just at a supplier booth at NAIS that had a very cool "leather" substitute I really liked. They talked up it's "greenness" (which I don't really care about), but it was very cool, and could be grained in ways other than leather.

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    Image of sos10 sos10
    01/15/09

    @rlj676-new job, same problems: I have nothing against having wood in a car, but the tiny bit of wood trim is what I dislike.
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    01/15/09

    In reply to Lexus Reveals "Remote Touch" Mouse-Based, Point-And-Click Infotainment System
    Actually it debuted on the new RX series. Played with it on the Lexus stand in L.A., I prefer a touch screen.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/15/09

    @sos10: I have no experience with this new system, but I would like to think that I would still prefer the touchscreen after using this.
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    01/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:


    @sos10:


    I have a touch screen in my truck (aftermarket), and I don't really like having to touch it at all. I'd much prefer this I think.

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    01/15/09

    @rlj676-new job, same problems: I don't like the smudges on the touchscreen, but that is my only source of annoyance, and it is a minor one.
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    01/08/09

    In reply to Toyota Safety Connect, Lexus Enform Take Aim At GM OnStar With New Service
    So as the Onstar system will tell you where to get another greasy cheeseburger to clog your arteries, will this system guide you to the nearest Panera Bread so you can have a lite lunch as you cruise about in your Camry?


    ...As an added bonus to Lexus drivers, Zagat's best-in-breed restaurant content will also be available via Destination Assist.


    Oh, I guess not. So Toyota drivers will have to search endlessly for healthy food, while Lexus drivers get to have advise as to where to eat provided for them.


    I tell you what Jalopnik. I would be more than happy to test this system out and see what type of support they can provide. Please. I'll go pick up the Lexus, test drive it, abuse the in car services, and write woefully about how the in car assistant couldn't guide me to the nearest massage parlor or gentlemens club that has particularly homely women with loose morals, many of whom would be impressed by a man with a car that talks.


    Plus for those of you whom know what it is I do for a living, I'm sure I can void the warranty by attaching a variety of Thermofrazzes to it.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/08/09

    @JCWhitless - This post you are now reading is in the voice ...: Does JC Whitney still sell thermofrazzes? How about Sticky Tape Mounted Whatchijiggys?
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    01/08/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: More than you can possibly imagine. We are in fact starting a campaign to Thermofrazz the moon for 2009.


    Yep, every night when the moon is full, looking at the glory to be had on a bright Thermofrazzed night.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/08/09

    @JCWhitless - This post you are now reading is in the voice ...: Since we are already in 2009, I'll assume you mean by the end of 2009. I can't wait.
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    01/08/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Well, things do work a little slow sometimes when you have a machine this big.
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    01/08/09

    In reply to Toyota Safety Connect, Lexus Enform Take Aim At GM OnStar With New Service
    Makes sense as most Lexus drivers are using Ensure already.
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