NCNautilus
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- 2024 Nautilus RII Hybrid
Robert, I agree with you completely. I so wish I would have purchased a 2023 Nautilus. I had 7 of those models from the first one in 2006. They had been refined to near perfection. And that 2.7L twin-turbo V6 was superb. Thirty states have now passed regulations against distracted driving, and what does this car have -- the biggest distracted driving opererating system imaginable, when it works properly. Its worse than using any smartphone. Too many menus, functions buried several taps to find or find again whatever you want to control or change. Too many seconds not looking at the road and crazy drivers. The prior Nautilus models had the proper mix of touch-screen and actual buttons and knobs which are much easier to access and control when driving. The seat heat/cool controls are incredibly tiny. The steering wheel capacitive touch buttons I hate -- first touch and then slide your fingers around. The steering wheel radio forward/back buttons don't work as intended most of the time depending on what music source is displayed on the 11" screen, the silly way to control the air vents which reset after each restart just because Tesla and Rivian had these. I am constantly being nagged to keep my hands on the wheel even though both my hands are on the wheel. And heated steerring wheels have always had 360-deg heating completely around the wheel, but not this car -- two places don't have the heating elements. I could go on. I'll probably dump the car after a year or two. I hate myself almost daily for getting rid of my prior 2019 Nautilus and not buying one of the last 2023s.1. Replace the AC vents with manual vents.
2. Radio presets are way to sensitive.
3. temp change is hard to see.
4. drive mode should stay as selected rather then having ti select each time you start the car.
5. You should be able to delete navigation addresses.
I am driving a 2023 Nautilus loaner car from the dealership. I like it better than my 2024 Nautilus Reserve II.
Every feature is easy to see and use. Not so with the 2024 model.
I test drove both and RX350 and 350h last weekend. Def some noticeable differences and, believe it or not, most swayed in favor of the Nautilus. That said, I would probably still purchase a 350h (or even the 500h) but the trade they offered would have me taking a $16K hit in ~100 days.Retired Guy Florida
I am out shopping for a Lexus only 3 months after taking delivery of my 2024 Nautilus. Car is at the dealership for 2nd time to repair rear shocks or what ever is making noise in the real end on rough roads. They have had the car for a week. Everything about this car is unacceptable
That switch did not make a change in the map lights unfortunately.I believe there is a lighting adjustment on the underside of the dash on the left side.
My sedan days are behind me. I will consider the RX and TX (when the stop sales is lifted), but they will need to close the trade gap before I can even seriously consider.I drove the RX350h and liked it. However I also drove the ES300h. Only problem is front wheel drive 2 wheel. I am trying to see if the 2025 ES300 is all wheel drive and if maybe they are offering a plug in hybrid with an incentive. I would go that way if that was available. Trade in was $800.00 for a luxury model ES300.
That switch did not make a change in the map lights unfortunately.
Map lights stay on all the time. At night they are obnoxiously bright and no, I have not seen a way to effectively turn them down without also dimming other screens. I have had 8 BMW's over the years and they have orange map lights placed in exactly the same location -- they have never been so bright or so distracting. The ones in the Nautilus are badly designed.Hi NCNautilus. There is no intensity/brightness adjustment for the map lights (if we are discussing the same things).
One question though: Are you driving at night with the map lights on all the time? If yes...why?
Or are you simply just stating that they are too bright at night when you do turn them on?
Good luck.