Guitarman

My '98 with Nav and HID's was 1 of only 4 or 5 with those options that I came across in well over 6 months in the Central Florida area, back in 2002 when I was looking. I'd say that only about 10% of all the early GS's available on Traderonline had even Nav alone, not sure which of those also had HID though.

I searched and held out for almost a year until I found the "right " one, and I was determined NOT to compromise. Glad I didn't, no regrets.

Richie

IMO, the HD based system sucks.
Over here at least.

joel5150

I was lucky to find my 2001 GS3 with HID and Nav.
It was a lease return that came in the day I spoke to the saleman. I tild him the color I wanted and what features I was looking for on the car. He said, let me call you back, I think I may have something.

He called me back and said you are not going to believe this, your car just pulled up.

That was the begining of a great relationship. Me, my GS, and my dealership.

psukhu

I found mine within one month of looking. (I had two to choose from)

I don't think you'll have a hard time. Do you plan to get a certified pre-owned?

MY GS300

Finding a GS300 with NAV and HID is very difficult.

I was searching for a 2004 GS300 with NAV and HID. But I was only able to find one that also had the Mark Levinson System. So I had no choice but to pay and extra $1,000 for my GS300.

Good luck in finding one.

-Donald

04GS300

Yeah I think it's practically impossible to find one w/out the Lev system, if not impossible. I think that technically they're not inseparable, but I was told if you wanted it that way it was special order and had to be built in Japan. I got mine for the Levinson system because I didn't want to tear into a brand new Lex putting in a system, and the nav was more of a novelty. Now I'm probably more glad I got the nav...it's really great to have.

joshoowa

iTrader: (1)

yeah i hate that i dont have nav... but i will get some high end aftermarket screen/dvd/nav setup one day

GlobeCLK

iTrader: (5)

The US-spec HD NAV was pretty good back in 2000. But once the new DVD-based ones came out, those are alot faster, and the screen is much much nicer. I hate the colors of the GUI.

I just drove a 2004 ES330 with NAV recently and the newest NAVs are VERY VERY NICE. Fast, lots of details, comes with a calendar that you can make notes on, and even choose the color of the background.

04GS300

you can change the background? heck I've got one and didn't even know that...lol. and if mine is a lot faster than the HD models I couldn't stand them...I get impatient with mine sometimes finding routes, but I guess that's just me...

edit - I do know you can change the map background from white to black, and I think some others. Can you change the kinda ugly brown on the info screens?

rominl

iTrader: (4)

yeah that's the backlight for night time driving. you can set it in the options to have it one way or the other all the time if you want. i set mine (on is300) to be dependent on the lighting outside

04GS300

Ok, yeah that's how I have mine set...it turns white on black at night. I think mine is actually set to seasonal or something like that, but I haven't noticed any difference. Too bad you can't get rid of that brown on the info screens