sportf190

alright guys i just got a question my friend drives a 98 gs4 and i drive an is but soon to be gs... and three of our other friends all drive bmw's and for some reason they think there 325i's are better then our cars.. and they always bring up the fact that lexus is owned by toyota... lexus and bmw is the same thing to me pretty much as they all are impressive cars along with the benz.. any one else know what im saying here

AJ

I'm actually pretty proud that Lexus is owned by Toyota,ive seen the 3-series new and old , pretty much crap inside compared to their price tag !

mex lex

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their bimmers may be faster but we'll see whose will last longer on the road

GSteg

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it's their ego talking. A lot of 3-series owners (especially 318, 325, 328) are blindly loyal to BMW. They can't stand to see Japanese make good cars.

AUGuy21

As loyal as I am to Lexus and as much as I love my GS, if I had the money to buy an '06 330i with Navi and wasn't worried about paying for the maintenance, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat... more fun out of the box where I've got to spend money getting the GS like I want

AJ

Every company has an advantage over another company,its all a matter of what disadvantage you can live with,if i wasnt worried about money i'd get a bentley

TonyO

There you go now you're talkin


I've never cared for BMW myself. I do agree that its all ego. IMO the GS and LS are much better inside than any BMW or Benz out there. I was just looking at them on Ebay and I prefer Lexus better. the Navigation in BMW looks small, hard to read, and far from the driver's view

GS FONZy

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their bimmers are not faster, the gs4 will eat the 325. i like the 7series, if they weren't so unreliable i would get one.

BC-GS430

You can always pull down reliability study from JD Power.

Kbueno

As a proud new owner of an 07 335i. I should note that maintenance is included for the first 4yrs/50,000 miles. I still have my GS and still enjoy it. I stalled for an IS coupe with a 6spd as long as I could. I test drove the IS350 at the Taste of Lexus event. I think the interior of the Lexus is a notch above BMW, but the handling, steering, and performance outguns Lexus. I frequent the E90post forums and have found, in general, that the BMW a-hole factor is quite high. It seems that a lot of the BMW owners are very snobbish and get very defensive about praising anything Asian (Lexus, Infiniti, Mitsubishi, etc.). For me, both makes are impressive and I have the best of both worlds.

AUGuy21

I agree about the ego factor. I frequent a BMW forum and was over there when I almost bought an '04 330i w/ ZHP Performance Package. A lot of them were helpful and there are backers of Lexus over there, but they do become very defensive when a comparison w/ Lexus or other asian makes are mentioned. I feel members here are much more open minded, unbiased, and overall friendly...

DriftGirl

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3 series vs I Lexus
5 Series vs GS Lexus
7 series vs LS Lexus


Not sure a 3 vs a GS is a 'fair fight' LoL!!

uplusd

They buy an entry level 3 series and get big heads pretending like they drive a bentley.

mex lex

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oh my bad i thought sportf190 was talkin bout a GS3

GUNRU-GS4

About 5 years ago I had 1994 LS400 and one of my coworkers had a 1993 BMW 325. Mine had 175k miles and his had about 100k. The biggest difference between the two cars is that mine was still shiny, extremely quiet, and not a spot of rust. While his had rusted out wheel wells and muffler, sounded horrible, half the electronics didn't work, and worst of all he would always rent a car if he was going on a drive over 60 miles because he was afraid of breaking down. Oh and I still sold my LS400 for $7000. I'm on my third Lex and these things hold up excellent against these northern winters. Never have had any rust.