Summary: You can’t shift into neutral using the gate that is normally used, the computer overrides it at high speed. You have to shift into the center unmarked gate to shift into neutral. Again, this is like the start button, unless you know the specific steps involved in operating it in an emergency situation, your chance of working it correctly are almost nil’
Not sure if this is accurate, but i tested this at a lower speed (60ish) and was able to pop it into the neutral. However, the thing I did notice is the design of the shift gate pattern is horrible from a usability perspective, because unless you have driven the car for some time and am use to shifting in between the gears, it takes awhile to get use moving the selector between te gears…It’s especially confusing if you were in tiptronics(or whatever lexus calls it) mode (furtherest to the left) and are trying to shift back out. For one thing, if your trying to keep your car in control going 100+mph, you cant exactly look down. Hence, it probably was because Saylor wasn’t familiar with the car, and couldn’t figure out how to pop it into N and he couldn’t exactly look down to see the gate.
I don’t understand why auto makers try to make selectors like this. I guess it’s to prevent people from accidentally shifting out of gear. I’d say it was effective for all the wrong reasons.
