December 29, 2009
These apps come packed with maps. Which one should be your destination?
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December 23, 2009
we have the florida maps for our tomtom and would like a post code/address to put in to get us to the entrance/parking
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Do you remember that Monty Python sketch, Waking The Neighbours? Cast members stood outside in the street, slamming car doors in a bid to wake up their neighbours and win points.
It was a good thing they didn't use the latest Lexus LS460, otherwise no-one would have laughed.
Because the Lexus actually does the job for you. You just push the door to, without actually slamming it, and the wizard of electronics takes over, gently and soundlessly closing it.
It was my favourite party trick when showing folks around the test car. My other one was the auto-opening and closing boot. Release it and the boot lid rises majestically on gas rams; press a button on the lid and it eerily lowers itself and closes with a barely-audible click.
Inside, it was also fun to play with Lexus's amazing lift-and-tilt box between the two front seats, which sees the elegant lid automatically glide backwards and then after a light human touch, silently roll forward and shut itself.
Lexus also gives you some teasing options from which to choose - comfort or performance settings on the auto gearbox and whether to use the automatic parking brake manually (a light touch release setting on the dash) or just let the car decide for itself and take over the duty.
And you don't even need to turn your head to reverse the car if you don't want all that neck craning. Just observe the info panel in front of you which morphs into a TV screen when you're in reverse gear and gives you a perfect picture of what's behind.
I haven't even mentioned the drop-down DVD screen to entertain rear passengers; emergency steering assist; adaptive cruise control; and systems for advanced obstacle detection, driver monitoring, lane-keep assist and pre-crash - many of the features world firsts.
But then would you expect anything less from the car considered by many to be the finest luxury saloon in the world?
Now, having conquered America and much of the globe, the latest incarnation of the formidable Lexus LS460 has arrived to raise the bar just that much higher beyond their rivals' reach.
What sells the Lexus to me is that the LS460 looks a much more contemporary car. Early models were a bit clumsy and clunky looking (even though they ran trouble-free for ever) but this model is elegant, long, sleek and beautifully proportioned form all angles.
It also isn't a car that technophobes need to fear. If I can work it all, anyone can and Lexus has set everything up so that the Lexus's onboard computers constantly monitor everything and work behind the scenes while the owner just gets on with the job of driving.
And what a pleasure that is. The hugely long classic saloon, which boasts acres of rear legroom, starts up so quietly that the all-new 4.6-litre V8 engine can scarcely be heard.
And it's deceptively quick - sleek and fast-running with urgent response but never ruffled or coarse, however hard it's pushed. Zero to 62mph in a red-hot 5.7 seconds and 50mph-75mph in 4.7 seconds tell their own story.
The world's first eight-speed auto transmission is incredibly slick, with seamless gearchanges that slide in unobtrusively and there's also the option of more hands-on input if you choose the sequential option that's included.
With fingertip steering control that's light but highly accurate, subtle brakes which can be judged to the last millimetre when stopping and a magic carpet ride that makes the car feel like it's riding on a cushion of air, this is motoring at its absolute pinnacle.
It may cost from £57,090 but your neighbours will love you to bits.
http://www.motorstoday.co.uk/viewarticle2.aspx?sectionid=549&articleid=3471371
Factfile:
* All-new fourth generation of Lexus's flagship model.
* Eight world firsts in safety, driver assistance and powertrain technology.
* All-new 4.6-litre V8 engine with Dual VVT-i and VVT-iE.
* Maximum power 375bhp at 6,400rpm.
* Excellent balance of performance, fuel economy and emissions.
* World's first eight-speed transmission.
* Available in three grades - LS460, 460 SE and 460 SE-L.
* DVD sat nav with dynamic route guidance, Bluetooth connectivity, parking assist monitor, leather upholstery, heated and air conditioned front seats and 10-speaker sound system standard on all models.
* New 19-speaker Mark Levinson premium hi-fi with six-disc DVD autochanger standard on LS 460 SE and SE-L models.
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December 22, 2009
I remember in my college years (90s), I had a favorite sex shop. It was my favorite because it was the only one I knew. It was a progressive, female positive store in San Francisco. Clean, beautiful, friendly. I am sure I saw the other ones. The seedy, darkly lit stores with dusty, faded products by the window. The ones painted all black, with some red trim on the doorway and a busted neon sign proclaiming XXX Adult Store.
But I never noticed them. I would just walk right by, assuming they sold sex videos and had strippers in closets, willing to perform in a "bubble." Nope, never even noticed them. I noticed the one with the gorgeous, shiny storefront and massage oils in the window. Whenever I walked in, I felt privileged -like I had learned a new way of living- and I walked the aisles like a queen purveying her castle grounds ("Have fun storming the castle!").
I felt this way because I thought at the time- I was a member of the first generation to have sex toys. I was a lucky pioneer in the world of sex fun. Well, only a year ago, I found out the first generation to have sex toys was many centuries ago. And sex toy manufacturing has been around just as long. My favorite store -which looked like their grand opening ended only days before I walked in- was actually about 15 years old when I started buying their products.
In fact, in America's history, large scale manufacture of sex toys started as far back as 1970 in a small town called Chatsworth now the adult industry capitol. When I say large scale, I mean mass production where tens of thousands of sex products are made every day. Almost 40 years ago. Or so the campfire stories go at the trade shows. So really, the sexual pioneer I thought I was is actually a woman who would be pushing 60 right now. And while I often feel old, I am not at that age just yet.
But here is what is new. Here is where we all get to be pioneers right now. Today. Manufacturers are making an effort to make toys and sex cosmetics meet a much higher standard. Thirty years ago, we were gambling with our sexual health. But now, manufacturers are moving toward (or have already achieved) FDA regulatory status. They are going green in packaging and manufacture.
Materials don't just feel better. They are better for you. We even have vitamin enriched lubricants. Where packaging used to make claims of orgasmic bliss, they now tell us much more pertinent info. Since we are pioneers, though, I am going to spend my next few blogs on what these new buzz words mean. So keep an eye out!
Justina Mathews writes about issues that affect couples and today's woman concerning relationships and sexuality. She writes for her own blog, as well as special in depth articles that encompassing current issues related to happiness in relationships. She's also a staff writer for anal lube.
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