Help a former Bimmer owner decide between an RX330 and a GX470!
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I am also considering the GX b/c of it's 3rd row possibility. I know it's somewhat useless, but at least it's there when I need it. The RX doesn't have 3rd row. If you don't care about third row, gas and $ is an issue, and the smaller size, then get the RX. Either way, they're both a Lexus
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Originally posted by PitBull
Go drive a 4runner limited loaded with Nav and everything, you can buy them all day long for $36-37K. Then drive the GX470. The only thing you can get on the GX470 that you can't on the 4runner is the KDDS. Drive one with the KDDS and one without. Now look at the (appearance difference) sheet metal difference between the GX and 4runner. Now pick the one you like the most. The difference between the GX and the 4runner is like comparing a Lexus LX470 and a Toyota Landcruiser. The 4runner and GX are made in the same factory in Japan, I think it is Hino and the LX470 and the Landcruiser are made in the same factory in Japan. If you buy a loaded Landcruiser you can buy them for about $10K less than a loaded LX470. You now have the knowledge, what you do with it is your thing. Good luck.
Go drive a 4runner limited loaded with Nav and everything, you can buy them all day long for $36-37K. Then drive the GX470. The only thing you can get on the GX470 that you can't on the 4runner is the KDDS. Drive one with the KDDS and one without. Now look at the (appearance difference) sheet metal difference between the GX and 4runner. Now pick the one you like the most. The difference between the GX and the 4runner is like comparing a Lexus LX470 and a Toyota Landcruiser. The 4runner and GX are made in the same factory in Japan, I think it is Hino and the LX470 and the Landcruiser are made in the same factory in Japan. If you buy a loaded Landcruiser you can buy them for about $10K less than a loaded LX470. You now have the knowledge, what you do with it is your thing. Good luck.
Also with the 4-runner, you don't get the true maple wood, or the same quality leather.
While these may seem minor to some, they are major to others.
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Originally posted by SacKen
When I bring my GX in for service and get a loaner from the dealer, it is always a new RX330. I am always happy to give that thing back! Although the seat warmers work better in the RX
When I bring my GX in for service and get a loaner from the dealer, it is always a new RX330. I am always happy to give that thing back! Although the seat warmers work better in the RX
I even have a hard time getting any real heat output from the lower back portion of the warmers. For the first times I used the warmers, I didn't even know it had heating on the back, I thought it was only on the butt.
Until I asked the dealer.
#20
Originally posted by GS3Tek
I am also considering the GX b/c of it's 3rd row possibility. I know it's somewhat useless, but at least it's there when I need it. The RX doesn't have 3rd row. If you don't care about third row, gas and $ is an issue, and the smaller size, then get the RX. Either way, they're both a Lexus
I am also considering the GX b/c of it's 3rd row possibility. I know it's somewhat useless, but at least it's there when I need it. The RX doesn't have 3rd row. If you don't care about third row, gas and $ is an issue, and the smaller size, then get the RX. Either way, they're both a Lexus
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Originally posted by PitBull
Go drive a 4runner limited loaded with Nav and everything, you can buy them all day long for $36-37K. Then drive the GX470. The only thing you can get on the GX470 that you can't on the 4runner is the KDDS...
Go drive a 4runner limited loaded with Nav and everything, you can buy them all day long for $36-37K. Then drive the GX470. The only thing you can get on the GX470 that you can't on the 4runner is the KDDS...
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Originally posted by SacKen
The difference between the 4Runner Ltd and the GX is similar to the 4Runner Ltd and the SR5. The SR5 is the same truck as the Limited and you can get it for about $10k less than the limited. The limited just has more and better "stuff". The GX takes it to the next level and has even better "stuff"... and a little bit more room inside.
The difference between the 4Runner Ltd and the GX is similar to the 4Runner Ltd and the SR5. The SR5 is the same truck as the Limited and you can get it for about $10k less than the limited. The limited just has more and better "stuff". The GX takes it to the next level and has even better "stuff"... and a little bit more room inside.
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Originally posted by PitBull
Very well stated. It's great to have alternatives. As you move up the food chain, you get things that might be important to some people and not to others. I know I loved the service/attention I got from Lexus when I had my SC400/LS400/ES300. I'm sure you get better paint on the GX470 than you get on the 4runner and at least they changed the body sheet metal between the 4runner and the GX470 (they didn't with the LX470 and the Landcruiser) and it is true that the interior on the GX470 is more of a luxury car interior compared to the 4runner. The only reason I mentioned the 4runner was to give all of the alternatives. Personally if money was not an object I would alway go for the Lexus. I just hate to buy used vehicles, never know how the owner treated it. At least with a Lexus you can have the dealer pull up the service history, if you go with a used GX470, I would also have a body shop go over it and I would get a carfax report also.
Very well stated. It's great to have alternatives. As you move up the food chain, you get things that might be important to some people and not to others. I know I loved the service/attention I got from Lexus when I had my SC400/LS400/ES300. I'm sure you get better paint on the GX470 than you get on the 4runner and at least they changed the body sheet metal between the 4runner and the GX470 (they didn't with the LX470 and the Landcruiser) and it is true that the interior on the GX470 is more of a luxury car interior compared to the 4runner. The only reason I mentioned the 4runner was to give all of the alternatives. Personally if money was not an object I would alway go for the Lexus. I just hate to buy used vehicles, never know how the owner treated it. At least with a Lexus you can have the dealer pull up the service history, if you go with a used GX470, I would also have a body shop go over it and I would get a carfax report also.
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Originally posted by JuBu
Oh without a doubt. The only way I will buy a "used" car is if it is CPO from Lexus themselves. Thanks for your input!
Oh without a doubt. The only way I will buy a "used" car is if it is CPO from Lexus themselves. Thanks for your input!
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