without a doubt your car is amazing. I sat in one of those and i simply love the new european looking interior. I love the front bumper, the lights, just about everything about the new GS. However, $52k, is/was a bit of my price range. Also, we are yet to see the reliability of the 4gs since it is a new design, i am sure the flaws will be evident in the first year which happens to be yours.

 

Hah! Pass-agg to the max; I LOVE it!

 

I'm not worried about reliability. The 4GS has been out since Feb 2012, there are a lot of members in the 4GS forum that have had their cars for all of that time. There are some common issues, but they are minor and easily handled by the dealer. Lexus doesn't wait to address issues until the shift in a model year, they address them throughout the run which is why you see VIN ranges for TSB's etc.

I've owned Lexus vehicles for so long and I've had enough of them, I know reliability is going to be fine.

 

I've never owned a GS but have test driven a few, but after one test drive of the LS along with the roominess and head turning action from people that was enough for me to say go with a LS.

 

GS is a great car but I wish I have waited for the LS F Sport. Its such a road presence!!

 

i have never seen a GS that i can say daaaaaaaaamn that is nice. Most of them have wheels around here so they are too common. I have only seen like 2 ls460s with rims around me.

 

^^^^this, i would do whatever it took to earn a GS350 6-speed if it existed, or hell a GS460 6-speed
still the new LS is pretty damn boss. give me a fire agate pearl on some smoke grey rims lowered just a little bit
....not that i"ll ever be buying one new..

 

Wow, I'm actually surprised the GS is compared to the LS or was even crossed shopped. Two completely different class of cars. If you have 85,000 to spend on a car then a 50 something thousand car is rarely on your radar.
In the used car market the price difference is lot closer maybe 5000-+ difference for comparable cars (year/miles/options) but then there is still the v6 vs v8 and size issue. Unless you put the GS460 in the mix where the price is even less minimal but you still get more bang for your buck with the LS.

If I start playing with years/miles/options, I can get a 09 LS with over fifty thousand miles for 35000 or 2011 GS350 with less than thirty miles for the same price.

What I'm articulating here is that the LS would always win over the GS cause there are too much variables when comparing the two cars.