OK. Talk to me about the driver assist features in the OT. I just retuned from a trip and rented a Palisade that had the lane centering feature as well as full ACC. I am not a die hard fan of these gimmicks and tech things, but have to admit the lane centering feature reduced significantly the fatigue of driving 5 to 6 plus hours, when compared to my 200 that just bips bips bips if I get near the side lane and requires ever-so-sligth micro corrections while highway driving. For you road warriors, how is the OT tech on this assist features when compared to the current market offerings? I have heard that the LX does not get the latest and greatest from Toyota/Lexus, like the TX or Grand Highlander do, but can't confirm that or whats the difference.
Driver assist features in the 700OT (13 Viewers)
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Doesn't miss a beat. It pretty much drives itself on the highway if you let it. Very useful either for stop start traffic, or when you want some help during a long stint.
Personally, I have set the collision sensitivity to low, and turned off the camera eye tracking from the infotainment. Makes my life easier.
In this case Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 has been out for a couple of years so LXOT have pretty much the current version. This is my daily and when i head to work (about 50 miles each way) i always turn in on and it's really good.
It won't do well if you're on the highway 65+mph and up ahead is a huge slow down, you need to manually apply the break early to avoid the system to do a hard breaking.
TJA is freaking awesome during rush hour. I wish it max speed cap on TJA is at least 30mph instead of 25mph.
I have driver monitoring turned off and it stays off even after you restart the car. One thing to note is even when you have it turned off, it will turn back on while TJA is active and it'll turn back off when TJA deactivates.
It won't do well if you're on the highway 65+mph and up ahead is a huge slow down, you need to manually apply the break early to avoid the system to do a hard breaking.
TJA is freaking awesome during rush hour. I wish it max speed cap on TJA is at least 30mph instead of 25mph.
I have driver monitoring turned off and it stays off even after you restart the car. One thing to note is even when you have it turned off, it will turn back on while TJA is active and it'll turn back off when TJA deactivates.
IMO the lane centering on the hwy kind of sucks. It stays in the lane but the steering wheels has tons of small movements left to right and makes it uncomfortable. At least mine does when im cruising 80mph.
I take a 10 hour trip once a month and it’s been lights out good. I do need to turn the driver monitoring off because it yells at me a lot.
Traffic Jam Assist. When the speed falls below 25mph, you can take your hands off the wheel. It can do full stop and move again with steering, without any driver input. It's really good during traffic jams and stop and go situation. But once the speed hits 25mph, it'll ask you to put your hands on the wheel. It will disengage if you look away for even just a few seconds.
It only work on known major highways. Not for street traffic.
I personally find the systems reliable and quite functional. Using adaptive cruise and lane keep assist (LKA) the truck nearly drove itself from Tulsa to Denver. All the safety systems can be easily disabled. Around town I only keep pre-collision and blind spot monitoring on. Lane departure assist (LDA) is always turned off for me.
As others have said the LX7 gets the latest from Toyota which is Safety Sense 3.0. Previous model year LX600 only got SS2.5.
As others have said the LX7 gets the latest from Toyota which is Safety Sense 3.0. Previous model year LX600 only got SS2.5.
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I used the LX600 system last week coming back from CT, and it worked perfect. A little weird letting the truck start and stop by itself but I got used to it.
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That might have been what I heard about the system in the LX being different than in other Lexus models, like the TX. Do you know the difference between the two systems?
I am glad to hear the positive feedback for the driver assist features here. It was my first using those in the rental and I was impressed with how much difference it made for long stretches of highway/interstate driving. I love my 200 and it drives like a vault for long trips, but I can imagine that adding these features would make it even more enjoyable. That seems to be what the 700 does.
IIRC, in 3.0 the inclusion of the driver monitor and forward facing camera upgrades and additional front corner radar sensors allows for the 'semi-autonomous' driving.
The east-west stretch of I-70 through KS and eastern CO is mind-numbingly boring, the driver assist features made this a much much more enjoyable experience over my 200.
I think the TX also have SS 3.0. I had a 2025 RX 500h prior to my LXOT and the the SS feature is identical. The only thing is that the RX wheel buttons are capacitive and depends on what mode you set your buttons it does something different when you press it.
However, SS wise, it's pretty much the same.
However, SS wise, it's pretty much the same.
Here's another vote for the lane centering and radar cruise.
All the other safety things are super annoying, I'd prefer to keep them off. The cross traffic alert is the worst, every time I let off the brake as another vehicle crosses in front of me, it beeps and says "traffic crossing!"
All the other safety things are super annoying, I'd prefer to keep them off. The cross traffic alert is the worst, every time I let off the brake as another vehicle crosses in front of me, it beeps and says "traffic crossing!"
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I used to think the 200 (when paired with a good aftermarket carplay/aa unit) was the limit of today's tech I would support. This was until I experienced the lance centering feature. I now think the 700OT will be the limit for me. Everything else these days is giant generic screens taking the whole dash replacing clusters and buttons. To a point that BMWs, Audis and Hyundais are pretty much the same. The OT is blending the tech, but still with a cluster (although digital) and (lots of) buttons - thank God. The 700OT will be my last car purchase if everything goes well, so I feel good about having a resemblance of the good old days mixed with usable tech (though you have to turn off some of it).
If you want to play with the gimmicky features for sh*t and giggles, head to an empty parking lot and play with the Advance Park with Remote Park.
I could not agree more. My wife just got the X7 M60i. The engine, on road performance is unreal for a vehicle its size (its honestly drives like a sports sedan). The safety tech is really good. The infotainment / menu / apps experience is so so so so so bad. They were like, lets make getting to options just like an iPad because when you are driving down the road, its important to first search through the 30 apps (not a joke) then decipher the cryptic options, then 'touch' the button in the right spot, again while driving. The entry system via proximity is fatally flawed, you can lock the keys in the car because the bluetooth transmitter shuts off when it stops moving. Also, heated seat....yeah click very very precisely on the touch screen. I have a 700OT on order and I can't wait to touch buttons for seats and to set temp. The LX is the last luxury = quality suv left in the market. The X7 will be a nightmare and be dated in 5 years.
I will say that lane centering and the distance control cruise is soooooooo nice on long trips.
