genepope

Don't get me wrong, I like the ES and I do think it rides almost as nice as my LS did and I actually think it is quieter. It even has seat coolers which are nice on a hot summer day. I guess they have to cut back on things somewhere but backlighting the homelink buttons seems an odd place to cut since almost every other button in the car has it. Oh well.

LOL. Good point (I don't think I'll mention what my other vehicles are :-) )

I guess I was expecting the little things to be there and that I was just giving up the big things. Oh well. I can always trade it back in on an LS I suppose. It is a comfortable car though and I do like to slightly better mileage than I got in the LS.

You're talking about three $75,000 vehicles and a $60,000 vs a $40,000 vehicle. These are the things you notice when you go from the top of the line to the entry level model.

The bad news is your homelink lights don't light up, the good news is you can buy an IS in addition to your ES for what your LS460L cost to ease your pain ;)

I do have the red and green lights. Yes, this is my first ES. I have had an LS460L, a RX400h and two LXs. They all had backlit homelink buttons.

I have a 2011 ES350. although on all the other Lexus I have and had the overhead buttons where backlit, including the homelink buttons, on the 350 they are not. The dealer verified this but it just seems so chevy that I can't believe it is true. Would a few of you look at yours (in the dark with the lights on) and let me know what you find?

Thanks!