The Chicago Tribune said the self-park feature looked so promising.
Until they couldn't get it to park. After repeated attempts, they say, the car still ended up three feet from the curb and jutting out into traffic. It took them on average two or three tries to sucessfully parallel park the car. By that time mototists would be angry. To horizontally park, it was even more difficult according to them. You had to set the car up just right, in the perfect position, in order for the system to work. It was very difficult to find that perfect position.
Their advice is : "If you can't back into a parking space or parallel park with out doing damage to yourself or those around you, you should be taking cabs or buses".
Now they also said the car has so many gizmos and gadgets that they almost didn't have enough time to drive it. They said the interior was cozy and comfortable. When they drove it, they said the ride was very soft and the handling predictable, if not a bit slow and over assisted. Power was plenty, but they did not use it all. They did not like that the owners manual was about 12 pounds. They also liked that you did not need to keep foot on the brake to keep the vehicle from rolling forward at a stop light. Price as tested was $85,331
-Well said. The only thing that worries me is that if you don't have your foot on brake at a light, that means your brake lights aren't on, sending mixed messages to other drivers. I wouldn't want to be rear-ended!
So now we know that the self park system needs some work. Back to the drawing board, Lexus.