One for me and one for...me.
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One for me and one for...me.
Yes, I'm a goofball. I have 2 of them now. I just couldn't see paying $10k more for a Toyota LandCruiser when we love our GX so much. My only regrets are that a) I didn't buy before they changed the tax deduction (I'm still hoping it starts next year) and b) I wish I could have gotten one of the September builds with the passenger lumbar and latest nav disc. But I LOVE this Meridian Blue Pearl, it's what I wanted last year. Both have the dealer installed Huper Optik window tint.
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10-31-04, 02:46 PM
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We have an RX, a GX and a Harley! Hard to say which one makes us happier. My Wife drives the RX (more soccer Momish) I drive the GX (more "macho") and we both ride the Harley (more fun and better A/C). If Lexus made a cruiser bike we'd probably buy one of those... 
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11-01-04, 08:51 AM
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Re: One for me and one for...me.
Originally posted by jacksonian
Yes, I'm a goofball. I have 2 of them now. I just couldn't see paying $10k more for a Toyota LandCruiser when we love our GX so much. My only regrets are that a) I didn't buy before they changed the tax deduction (I'm still hoping it starts next year) and b) I wish I could have gotten one of the September builds with the passenger lumbar and latest nav disc. But I LOVE this Meridian Blue Pearl, it's what I wanted last year. Both have the dealer installed Huper Optik window tint.
Yes, I'm a goofball. I have 2 of them now. I just couldn't see paying $10k more for a Toyota LandCruiser when we love our GX so much. My only regrets are that a) I didn't buy before they changed the tax deduction (I'm still hoping it starts next year) and b) I wish I could have gotten one of the September builds with the passenger lumbar and latest nav disc. But I LOVE this Meridian Blue Pearl, it's what I wanted last year. Both have the dealer installed Huper Optik window tint.
11-01-04, 06:08 PM
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I think the tint was like $229 or $249. It really helps in the summer, plus it gives it a very cool look. I just noticed the shiny flakes in the paint yesterday when we had it out in the sun, I hadn't even noticed before. In the correct light, the Blue puts the black to shame, but at night under the street lights, the black rules.
11-01-04, 06:10 PM
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Originally posted by Neo
Wow. You really like the GX, huh?
Wow. You really like the GX, huh?
11-02-04, 08:53 AM
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Originally posted by jacksonian
In the correct light, the Blue puts the black to shame, but at night under the street lights, the black rules.
In the correct light, the Blue puts the black to shame, but at night under the street lights, the black rules.
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11-06-04, 09:22 PM
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2 GXs?
Please tell me at least one if for your wife and really not 2 only for you? This is what I can only assume is your situation.
As much as I love Lexus overall and had the opportunity to keep 2 vehicles to myself, I would definitely go with something different for a 2nd car.
Please tell me at least one if for your wife and really not 2 only for you? This is what I can only assume is your situation.
As much as I love Lexus overall and had the opportunity to keep 2 vehicles to myself, I would definitely go with something different for a 2nd car.
11-07-04, 05:26 AM
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Of course, but since we are together a lot, it doesn't really matter. As for finding something different, we really tried. But in the end, I'm not paying more to have less just to have something different and spend the next 5 years saying, "Can I take the Lexus?"
We drove the Land Rover LR3, Range Rover, we have an X5 on lease end, Toyota Land Cruiser, Navigator, our neighbors have a Touareg, etc...
There's just nothing in the size of the GX that comes close in luxury, quality, safety, and dependability. The LR3 was a joke compared to the GX, and they wanted full $53k MSRP ($8k more than the GX), the TLC was $10k more without the luxury features of the GX. Touareg stinks in reliability and is too small in the back, the X5 is too small in the back also. The Benz is a joke.
Sure, I could have gotten a sportscar, but I really think that's stupid. I had a BMW 5 series with just the base engine and it was way too fast. I'd find myself 20mph over the speed limit on windy roads without thinking about it. It begged for you to drive it fast. That's just not safe.
Maybe one day I'll get a cruising machine like an LS or 7 series, but I can't put my 2 big dogs in the back seat of one of those. And my dogs go with us just about everywhere.
So the GX is my luxury sedan with room for my boys.
We drove the Land Rover LR3, Range Rover, we have an X5 on lease end, Toyota Land Cruiser, Navigator, our neighbors have a Touareg, etc...
There's just nothing in the size of the GX that comes close in luxury, quality, safety, and dependability. The LR3 was a joke compared to the GX, and they wanted full $53k MSRP ($8k more than the GX), the TLC was $10k more without the luxury features of the GX. Touareg stinks in reliability and is too small in the back, the X5 is too small in the back also. The Benz is a joke.
Sure, I could have gotten a sportscar, but I really think that's stupid. I had a BMW 5 series with just the base engine and it was way too fast. I'd find myself 20mph over the speed limit on windy roads without thinking about it. It begged for you to drive it fast. That's just not safe.
Maybe one day I'll get a cruising machine like an LS or 7 series, but I can't put my 2 big dogs in the back seat of one of those. And my dogs go with us just about everywhere.
So the GX is my luxury sedan with room for my boys.
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Congrats , I know what you mean about the LC/LX. That truck is a 1998 design using the same engine/transmission and electronic traction controls as the GX/4runner. I understand that if you are doing extreme off road driving that the LC/LX will go alittle further off road then the GX/4runner in stock form but this is not an issue with any new trucks listing from $50-70K (like what kind of nut is going to trash their new GX/LC/LX). Yes the LC/LX has alittle more space, but it also gets fewer MPG and is harder to park in the urban world. If you wanted to mix it up a little you could of gotten a decked out 4runner and had the same vehicle with a different look, but if you got the $$$ and your 401K is full then why not 2 GX470's!!! Enjoy it and don't fight with your wife over the new one
PS- I can't believe they put "Dunlops" on your new GX, I would ***** about that with the dealer. They should put only Michelin Cross Terrains on the GX they are twice the tire, (cost twice as much in the after market) and I've seen them on the new 4runners that were listing for $20K less. What is Lexus thinking???
, I know what you mean about the LC/LX. That truck is a 1998 design using the same engine/transmission and electronic traction controls as the GX/4runner. I understand that if you are doing extreme off road driving that the LC/LX will go alittle further off road then the GX/4runner in stock form but this is not an issue with any new trucks listing from $50-70K (like what kind of nut is going to trash their new GX/LC/LX). Yes the LC/LX has alittle more space, but it also gets fewer MPG and is harder to park in the urban world. If you wanted to mix it up a little you could of gotten a decked out 4runner and had the same vehicle with a different look, but if you got the $$$ and your 401K is full then why not 2 GX470's!!! Enjoy it and don't fight with your wife over the new one PS- I can't believe they put "Dunlops" on your new GX, I would ***** about that with the dealer. They should put only Michelin Cross Terrains on the GX they are twice the tire, (cost twice as much in the after market) and I've seen them on the new 4runners that were listing for $20K less. What is Lexus thinking???
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