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What does Platinum Edition mean?

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Old 03-15-05, 04:38 PM
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Options? Curious what my GS 300 Platinum is?
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I think Platinum was just the following:

Different 16" wheels
Perforated leather
Black Pearl Emblems
Platinum Floormats
Platinum Badging on the front fender
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and bird's eye maple (lighter color than standard wood)
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Originally Posted by gsfour
and bird's eye maple (lighter color than standard wood)
very nice car gsfour
any more pics

sorry for the jacking
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Originally, the Platinum Series was meant to be the equivalent of the other models COACH editions. Essentially co-marketing campaigns - the COACH editions with COACH leather, and the PLATINUM series with AMEX (Platinum card). Part of the original purchase agreement allowed you the opportunity to have an AMEX Platinum card's annual fee waived for the first year - in addition to all of the other styling differences already mentioned.

Looking at the photo on your post I can say that those are NOT the original Platinum series wheels.

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Originally Posted by T.L.W.
very nice car gsfour
any more pics

sorry for the jacking
pics to come this spring....thanks for the comps TLW

It's good that you don't have the original Plat. Ed. wheels. They're pretty gross IMO. When I bought the GS400 I already had plans for aftermarket wheels so the plat. ed. wheels didn't deter me one bit. Actually it accelerated the modification process.
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don't platinum cars have titanium colored headlights too?


plat 2000 GS400
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Originally Posted by chuckb
don't platinum cars have titanium colored headlights too?
No, that's the 2004 SportDesign
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Originally Posted by DaveGS4
No, that's the 2004 SportDesign
I know the SD has them.........
but don't the lights on this car look darker than norm?
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Those are the black chrome.
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Originally Posted by GammaLex
Those are the black chrome.
thanks gamma-I guess I was throwing ti lights and black chrome in the same category.
PhantomZX I think Platinum was just the following:

Different 16" wheels
Perforated leather
Black Pearl Emblems
Platinum Floormats
Platinum Badging on the front fender


so platinum cars(GS4 anyway) also came with black chrome HIDs.
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Originally Posted by chuckb
thanks gamma-I guess I was throwing ti lights and black chrome in the same category.




so platinum cars(GS4 anyway) also came with black chrome HIDs.
yup i think the platinum edition has dark chrome hid.

the titanium one it's not dark at all, it's like silverish, but dull in color?
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