November 2011

Lexus eDestination Manages Busy Schedules and More

Dr. EricSohn of Spokane, Washington is a geriatrician who is a medical director for six adult-care homes and a partner in a traveling X-ray company. As if that weren’t enough, Dr. Sohn is also the weekend driver for his kids who play multiple sports all over the state. Oh, and Dr. Sohn and his wife have a new baby daughter as well.
 
So, how do people with schedules as demanding as Dr. Sohn’s stay on track, getting where they needs to go safely and on time? According to the physician, one important factor is eDestination, an exclusive Lexus feature that enables you to wirelessly send destinations to your Lexus Navigation System from any remote computer.
 
After being a Lexus owner for more than 10 years, Dr. Sohn used eDestination for the first time to plan a five-hour trip across Washington State for his son’s soccer tournament. He began by simply logging on to www.LexusDrivers.com. “I was able to go online and put in the hotel, restaurants and where and when Brady’s soccer games were being held. I put them all in a folder, downloaded it to my LX and it went right into my nav,” explains Dr. Sohn.
 
Thanks to this positive first experience, the doctor started using eDestination to plan all his trips. “I jump on the computer and go into LexusDrivers.com. I will find our hotel and restaurants that are rated, let’s say, three stars by Zagat®, and put them into an eDestination folder. Then I have everything right there. You can go into a folder, you can go into Destination Assist, you can go to eDestination.”
 
In addition to helping plan his family excursions, eDestination has also become an important tool in helping Dr. Sohn plan his professional life, which involves traveling between six Spokane adult-care facilities and moving with his mobile X-ray unit to assisted-living facilities and private homes.
 
The staff members at Dr. Sohn’s office go online to LexusDrivers.com and input his schedule for the day. Then, when he leaves his home every morning in his 2011 GX 460, he downloads his appointments for the day from eDestination into his navigation system.
 
“Since the system shows the estimated time to the next destination, I know how long I have at each destination and when I have to leave for the next. All I have to do is press a few buttons on my navigation system and I’m off and going,” says Dr. Sohn.
 
Learn more at your Lexus dealer, and at www.lexusdrivers.com.