GunnyFitz

Was about to place an order for various items in the "Lexus Collection" and just figured I'd see if anyone has done business here before? Their apparel looks pretty nice

https://www.thelexuscollection.com

I called them to inquire on sizing and they were kind enough to send me a 20% Discount Code too!

LXSDO

Looks like an official Lexus site. So probably legit.

2Squared

I've purchased many items from them. I've also purchased from the Toyota Collection as well. Items from both shipped from the same location in Minnesota

GunnyFitz

Now THAT is awesome to hear 2squared!

And I see that you are one of very few to have the 2018 model too huh? They were VERY rare when i bought my 17 back in April. Seems they started letting them out on the West Coast, and see TX has started to score them. Cool.

For a minute I contemplated waiting for the 18, but for the price I landed this loaded 17, there was no way in hell they'd let an 18 go for it. The bigger Nav Screen is the only true upgrade - which I would definitely like to see if you don't mind posting a shot of it for me/us my friend?

2Squared

Mine was built in 3/18 and is not affected by the high pressure fuel pump recall. Atomic Silver (Sonic Platinum) is rare on the RC F, can't find any photos in a google search. Plenty of RC350's in this color

GunnyFitz

Build date was for sure much different than arrival / sell dates Im sure? What date did you get it?
Wasn't it the same Silver as the 2017 run had? (Definitely mean RCF, not RC350) as this is a RCF section. If it was the same color as the 17s I found a number of them, almost got one too, but NJSteve beat me to it by like 3 weeks!
Sort of meant, post pics of yours?

ct6978

They dropped the silver (officially called Liquid Platinum) after 2017 and added the Atomic Silver instead for 2018 and 2019. Both are available for the RC350/300, but only one of them at a time for the RCF.

I had a Liquid Platinum, but switched to the darker grey (Nebula Pearl) for my 2018.....My favorite color was the platinum and I'm still bummed I gave it up.

There are some other changes than the screen size, mostly behind the scenes in the electronics and seem to be subtle/evolutionary. For example, the radar cruise/crash system seems to go off less often and starts with gentler warnings before hitting the brakes. The also added or relocated the mic for your phone, seems to work a little better. The actual infotainment programing is much different, went from the generation 9 to 10, lots of changes in the nav/audio/etc interface. My wife has an IS with the bigger screen but it has the older software.

Most of the changes are positive, we got a dynamic navigation system that updates from the cloud with each use, but requires a subscription after 3 years.. Some stuff is just stupid, like they turn off the cover art for your music when the car is moving....and we get these annoying weather alerts even if the event is 50 miles or more away. The gen 10 is rolling out now for the rest of the models (first on the LC, then RC, now NX+).

One odd thing I noticed about 2018s is that the window of sale was very short, my car was built in December 2017, bought it in Feb 2018. 2018 models weren't official until Jan or Feb (website showed 2017s till then) and just switched to 2019 models.... They must of had too many 2017/16s left.

I suspect the 2018 model year run will end up being very small relative to other years.

bob67

So someone else bought a Liquid Platinum RCF besides me? Great to hear! Thought I had the only one! Good to read that my car color was not a mistake, and there are others, (somewhere), that have this color.

2Squared

ct6978

Unfortunately I got rid of the Liquid Platinum, so some other happy driver has it now.... I've had 4 different colors in RCs, the wife has had a few ISs in white, atomic silver, and now silver lining metallic.

Here's my RCs backwards in time, favorite definitely was the Liquid Platinum, probably followed by the blue....The blue got the most comments:

GunnyFitz

You're right, my Ultrasonic Blue does get many compliments!

It IS cool that you have had that many too!