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jsj24uk thaks for your kind reply. Sorry about my English, but what did you mean with it? Is it maybe that the gearbox is undecided on what gear to insert and when? As I had some MB equipped with NAG-5 Gears Automatic Transmission, I found very annoying that sometimes the gearbox was taking a lot of time to decide if it was better lowering a shift or continuing with the same one. During overtaking situation it was even dangerous: you couldn't predict how much time it would take because the trasmission introduced some variable delay that, in worst cases, could be even 1sec! Another defect was that during comfort rides, at slow speed, sometimes instead of rising the gear to get a low level of engine noise, consumption and a high torque (all the cars were equipped with Diesel engines) it kept the same gear bringing the engine at high rpm... Even on recent models I found this NAG system very primordial and uncomfortable: my last MB, the one I'm still using, is a 2004 model... I would like to be sure that the Lexus automatic transmission is a little bit smarter... And what about the sequential function? Is it usefull? Regards! Alessandro

Ok, but is it the same device that came as standard in 2004 models?

Hi everybody! Is there any difference between the Cruise Control that equipped the 2001 and the 2004 LS430 versions? I read a lot of reviews but I can't understand if they are the same system or not... I thought the 2001 hadn't the "Pace car" feature, limiting its usage just to the "Slowdown if you are getting too close to the next vehicle", but in some 2001 review they are describing both the modes. In some 2004 they are refering also to some Cruise Control updates... While talking about 01 and 04 comparisons, I have also a question on the gearbox: how is the 2001's in terms of smoothess compared to the 2004? Is the 2004 6-gears also providing a better consumption? Is anybody ever using the sequential mode? Thanks and regards, Alessandro