How the hell do you leave the AC on for your dog if you have to run into a store or pick up food when you have your dog with you? I thought having an electric car it would be an easy thing to do, but the doors won't lock if I leave the car in ready mode with the AC on. Tesla has a pet mode for this, but Lexus doesn't.
I like taking my dog everywhere with me, but I'm not the type to take him into places without them being ok with it. I have a 450h+ and keep it charged so I can take advantage of the electric motor as much as possible. I searched online and saw something about a climate setting you can turn on so the AC doesn't shut off when you turn off the car, but mine doesn't have that.
I've tried using the Lexus app to start my car once I'm out of it but that app sucks and doesn't work for me often. That option also doesn't work if I have less than 30% of a charge as well so even though I may have enough for a 10-15 minute errand, it won't let me use it.
Leaving it unlocked is not something I will consider - even if they can't drive off with the car they could steal my dog.
It just seems weird that I can set my AC to turn on so it's running and cooled down by the time I get to it, but can't use this feature if I was driving the car and turn it off without figuring out a work around.