Do Lexus think we're stupid? I think they must do. Why else would they make the decision on whether or not it's safe to enter destinations into the sat nav system on our behalf?
Driving our new IS250 (which, apart form this gripe, we love!)down the freeway last night heading into Perth we decide we want to head to a new restaurant. We get the address from the iPhone and attempt to program the sat nav. What? The button is disabled. Upon reading the manual the next day it appears this is a 'safety feature' to prevent the driver from being distracted. To enter new destinations, you have to stop the car!! Had they not considered that there might be a passenger on board who can quite safely operate the sat nav? If they're so concerned to protect us from ourselves why do they enable any of the console features while the car is moving - for instance, why is it not safe to enter destinations into the sat nav but safe to play around with the hi-fi accoustic set up? Why have they decided to remove the drivers ability to decide for themself what is safe and not safe to do under a particular set of circumstances just for the sat nav? I get a warning sound if I don't put my seat belt on, but I can still drive the car like that if I CHOOSE to. It's not safe to drive the car at 200kmh, but I can still do it if i CHOOSE to (can an IS250 do 200kmh?!) etc etc. I'm sorry that my first post on this site is such a negative one, but this has REALLY annoyed me. I don't have experience of other built in sat nav's of my own but I know that my brother's Audi Q7 allows the sat nav to be used while it's moving. Why do Lexus assume we aren't intelligent enough to choose for ourselves? After all, IT'S MY BLOODY CAR! Phew, that feels better. Now, where did I put my Garmin....
