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Would you drive cross-country in your GX?

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Old 08-31-21, 09:39 AM
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In 2017, we put 4500 miles on our 2007 in about 2 weeks of travel all over the Western US, from sea level to 10000 feet, Interstates to logging roads. Never a hiccup. Had about 125k on it at the time. When I bought it with 120k, I used the Lexus website to find one with the most up to date service records. Mine was a previous CPO with a hitch that never had been used. It still had the cable pigtails in the original bags in the rear storage. It was always a Texas car, so I didn't have to worry about corrosion issues. If you buy right, you will be happy to have "checked all your boxes"!
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Bought my '05 in 2016 with 130k. Now it has 190k and I drive it on 20+ hour trips all the time. Going on a 9 hour trip with it in a couple weeks. Never the slightest problem.

The only work I've had to do outside of routine maintenance is new CV axles and front wheel bearings when I first got it. Other than that it's been flawless.
Old 09-07-21, 10:19 PM
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These are amazing tourers! Plenty of space, and super comfortable, however gas mileage could be better.

Last year alone:
LA - Denver - LA
LA - Naples, FL - LA
LA - Naples, FL - LA

First two legs I had a cracked exhaust manifold, gas mileage was 13 on the highway lol. ****'s expensive to fix at the dealer.
Last leg my rear diff started going out when we reached Tampa, but she made it to Naples. ****'s really expensive to fix at the dealer lol (had to get the whole rearend assembly IIRC).

I also towed a trailer from NYC - LA, and it is such a great cross country tower. I love my truck, but after putting almost $10k in her last year, the wife is over it. I just hate electric-assist steering most new cars have now, and really love the "truckiness" feeling mine has after driving a loaner car from the dealer.
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My 2006 has been x-country 4x already, about 12kmi in total.
Never an issue, except a tad lighter in the wallet.
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