Why do you drive a Lexus?
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Frankly, I'm not quite sure of why I'm driving/owning my '93 es300. It has over 300000 kilometers on it, but the interior is now mint, and the body has been touched up enough to call it a really nice dialy driver. I have 2 Mercedes to compare this car with, an '86 560SL and an '85 380SE. I also drive daily a 1996 Camry. My reasoning when I bought the Lexus was to replace my 1988 Mazda 929, which had all the same bells and whistles. The Camry is bare bones, bought to replace the 929, and I had to try the Lexus when it came on Kijiji.
This car is a bit of a money pit, thankfully I do all my own maintenance, from engine to bodywork/paint. It's not the quality or solidity of either Mercedes, but is a nice road car and around town driver....and I just love power accessories/leather and the 'Ooooh, a Lexus' factor.
We'll see how it goes over the winter, as it will not be a garage queen.
This car is a bit of a money pit, thankfully I do all my own maintenance, from engine to bodywork/paint. It's not the quality or solidity of either Mercedes, but is a nice road car and around town driver....and I just love power accessories/leather and the 'Ooooh, a Lexus' factor.
We'll see how it goes over the winter, as it will not be a garage queen.
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I love my Lexus because it's a smooooth ride, it does in fact impress people (not my goal, but a definite part of being a Lexus owner), awesome features, mod-ability, slick looking line of cars.
I was inches from buying a used Camry for reasons of reliability. Ran the idea by a good friend and mentor in my life and he mentioned he's driven Lexus forever and when you buy used, it's the same price as a Camry because it's BASICALLY the same car...just has leather, sunroof, a few other bells/whistles plus the premium name. In hindsight, i woulda been PISSED if I got the Camry instead of the 1999 ES300 I ended up getting.
Two Lexus' now in the household:
1999 ES300: Purchased for $6700 with 94K miles in 09/2008, now has 131K and goin strong, only issue has been with the sparkplugs/boots/coils
2001 RX300: bought 7/22/2010 for the wifey after falling in love with my ES. wanted upgrade from her Corolla to 4x4 for sucky Chicago Winters. $9K sticker brought down to $8300 with 79K miles.
I think my favorite part of being a used Lexus owner is when people OOOOO and AHHHH all over you about being a "big bad Lexus owner"...only to burst their bubble and tell them that the brand new 2010 Ford Taurus they just bought cost 3-4X what I paid for my "fancy" Lexus.
Stupidity is contagious, I feel it's our job as Lexus owners to help kill off the disease.
I was inches from buying a used Camry for reasons of reliability. Ran the idea by a good friend and mentor in my life and he mentioned he's driven Lexus forever and when you buy used, it's the same price as a Camry because it's BASICALLY the same car...just has leather, sunroof, a few other bells/whistles plus the premium name. In hindsight, i woulda been PISSED if I got the Camry instead of the 1999 ES300 I ended up getting.
Two Lexus' now in the household:
1999 ES300: Purchased for $6700 with 94K miles in 09/2008, now has 131K and goin strong, only issue has been with the sparkplugs/boots/coils
2001 RX300: bought 7/22/2010 for the wifey after falling in love with my ES. wanted upgrade from her Corolla to 4x4 for sucky Chicago Winters. $9K sticker brought down to $8300 with 79K miles.
I think my favorite part of being a used Lexus owner is when people OOOOO and AHHHH all over you about being a "big bad Lexus owner"...only to burst their bubble and tell them that the brand new 2010 Ford Taurus they just bought cost 3-4X what I paid for my "fancy" Lexus.
Stupidity is contagious, I feel it's our job as Lexus owners to help kill off the disease.
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I went to a baseball game last week and naturally, since I was drinking and my buddy doesn't drink, I threw him the keys at the end of the game.
His first comment was 'can't say I've ever driven a Lexus before' followed up by 'definitely nothing this expensive...'
I didn't have the heart to tell him I picked up my 2001 ES300 for $7,900.
His first comment was 'can't say I've ever driven a Lexus before' followed up by 'definitely nothing this expensive...'
I didn't have the heart to tell him I picked up my 2001 ES300 for $7,900.
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I think my favorite part of being a used Lexus owner is when people OOOOO and AHHHH all over you about being a "big bad Lexus owner"...only to burst their bubble and tell them that the brand new 2010 Ford Taurus they just bought cost 3-4X what I paid for my "fancy" Lexus.
Stupidity is contagious, I feel it's our job as Lexus owners to help kill off the disease.
Stupidity is contagious, I feel it's our job as Lexus owners to help kill off the disease.
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Like 3000, I no longer have an ES but I have had two. An 06 and an 07. Until I went to the LS , they were the best cars I had ever owned. The LS is light years better if you can believe that. I will never drive another brand. My wife has a 2010 Navigator and when we took it to the shop last time, after waiting for 45 minutes to get a loaner, she said "I am getting a Lexus". The Lexus experience is second to none and the quality speaks for itself.
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