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Old 12-27-07, 09:28 PM
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Hey folks. My dad just bought a new 2008 Lexus GS350 Black on Black with every option. It is currently being tinted and pinstriped and should get picked up on Friday or Saturday. He traded in a 2005 Porsche Boxster S. The new car is awesome and I can't wait until he gets it and he is pretty excited as well.

I have to say hands down my favorite feature is the voice controls

I will post pics ASAP.

Thought I would just welcome myself and my Dad to forum and hopefully he will be the one posting on here from now on.

BTW: I drive a 2008 Nissan Titan PRO-4X. It's Black on Black and I convinced him to get black on black as well
Old 12-27-07, 10:10 PM
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Welcome, very nice car to own... I have one. lol So is it fully loaded???

the VC get boring cause it sucks that it can't understand the difference from "food" and "POI"
Old 12-27-07, 10:19 PM
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Well it has the ML package with Nav so I'm guessing fully loaded. It just doesn't have the V8. What is the VC?
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Haha nice, i got black on black as well, wouldnt change a thing about it. But just wondering what's getting pinstriped??
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It's supposed to be a handpainted pinstripe. I'm not sure what color it's going to be, but it will look good.

Oh and I forgot to mention that my mom just traded in her 2000 Lincoln Continental in for a 2008 Lexus RX350 White on Tan
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the car itself is going to be pinstripe!? because if it is that sounds pretty sic! post pics ASAP XP

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just a small pinstripe down each side. nothing out of the ordinary. but i will definitely post pics of it asap
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not a big fan of pinstripe but thats just me. anyways VC = voice controls.
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Oh yea it's got the VC. I couldn't get enough of those!!!! When I was test driving I couldn't stop saying "65 degrees"
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Gratz on the car! Though I'm not a big fan of pinstripes either. Post pics though, never know how it'll turn out =).
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Welcome to the Club!

A new GS350 and RX350 in the family garage?! You're whole family should join the Club...
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Welcome to Club Lexus and congrats on the new addition.
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Thank you. It usually depends on the car whether or not I like pinstripes. I saw a few GS's on the lot that had pinstripes and they looked good. I will definitely post pics. We should be picking them up today!!
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Congratulations and welcome to the club. You'll definitely enjoy your time here. Happy driving to you and your family...
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Originally Posted by ek9vboi
Welcome, very nice car to own... I have one. lol So is it fully loaded???

the VC get boring cause it sucks that it can't understand the difference from "food" and "POI"
Its Voice Control NOT Voice recognition
It only understands the few words in its language list -

Find the PDF of of the possible commands here - You find that when you use them it works pretty well


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