Do you feel special driving an 'old' Lexus?
10-18-08, 05:52 AM
#1
Do you feel special driving an 'old' Lexus?
Having dinner conversation with some friends and cars became a topic. Primarily comparing various brands such as the Germans, Lexus ,etc and the overwhelming consensus of those in attendance was an old Lexus such as a GS400 (I mentioned I had one years ago), LS400, etc do not hold the same appeal as the German rivals have of the same years.
"A Mercedes is a Mercedes, but an old Lexus is just old " was pretty much getting tossed at me from various angles.
I threw out the typical responses expected of someone defending the marque but must add that there is a bit of truth in there. An older S class still has some presence whereas a GS or LS have none these days unless fixed up. We won't even get into what was said about the IS and ES.
I would not say they were hating on Lexus, just saying that the style of their cars come and go and not as timeless as the typical German car. . I'd still take a GS4 over any German rival of that era if I was looking for a sub 8k car, but curious what others run into out there.
"A Mercedes is a Mercedes, but an old Lexus is just old " was pretty much getting tossed at me from various angles.
I threw out the typical responses expected of someone defending the marque but must add that there is a bit of truth in there. An older S class still has some presence whereas a GS or LS have none these days unless fixed up. We won't even get into what was said about the IS and ES.
I would not say they were hating on Lexus, just saying that the style of their cars come and go and not as timeless as the typical German car. . I'd still take a GS4 over any German rival of that era if I was looking for a sub 8k car, but curious what others run into out there.
10-18-08, 05:58 AM
#2
I honstly thought about it to and honestly, the same can be said for some german cars. The s class, 7 series, and 5 series are the only old cars that still get me, well the 5 series with the dual headlights anyways. For lexus, the sc and gs will always be something that grabs my attention, thing is that maybe it is because we see a lot of older lexus' on the road, so when we see mercs and beamers, it is somewhat of a rarity. And you know why there are only see few left on the roads 
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10-18-08, 06:54 AM
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I definitely don't agree with your friends. I think that at least the last three generations of LS all hold a pretty significant presence on the road. The 2GS is probably considered to be one of the best cars that Lexus ever built, and much the same can be said for the 1SC.
I still love the old 5s, Es, S, and 7...much the same as the GS and LS.
I still love the old 5s, Es, S, and 7...much the same as the GS and LS.
10-18-08, 10:20 AM
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Having dinner conversation with some friends and cars became a topic. Primarily comparing various brands such as the Germans, Lexus ,etc and the overwhelming consensus of those in attendance was an old Lexus such as a GS400 (I mentioned I had one years ago), LS400, etc do not hold the same appeal as the German rivals have of the same years.
"A Mercedes is a Mercedes, but an old Lexus is just old " was pretty much getting tossed at me from various angles.
I threw out the typical responses expected of someone defending the marque but must add that there is a bit of truth in there. An older S class still has some presence whereas a GS or LS have none these days unless fixed up. We won't even get into what was said about the IS and ES.
I would not say they were hating on Lexus, just saying that the style of their cars come and go and not as timeless as the typical German car. . I'd still take a GS4 over any German rival of that era if I was looking for a sub 8k car, but curious what others run into out there.
"A Mercedes is a Mercedes, but an old Lexus is just old " was pretty much getting tossed at me from various angles.
I threw out the typical responses expected of someone defending the marque but must add that there is a bit of truth in there. An older S class still has some presence whereas a GS or LS have none these days unless fixed up. We won't even get into what was said about the IS and ES.
I would not say they were hating on Lexus, just saying that the style of their cars come and go and not as timeless as the typical German car. . I'd still take a GS4 over any German rival of that era if I was looking for a sub 8k car, but curious what others run into out there.
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10-18-08, 10:53 AM
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I won't feel special driving ANY old car of ANY BRAND unless it's a real classic(and more likely pre-60's) in MINT condition, in the class of the mercedes gullwing for example ...
10-18-08, 12:00 PM
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