Scared of the RX300 from ya'lls posts...
09-28-05, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by MellonC00
I am glad that you guys were OK. I've got a buddy in Houston whose wife delivered a daughter the night Rita got there. Anyways, I was only saying that ML has lower wind noise than RX. Again, the new ML still has lower wind noise then the RX330. Of course, Lexus has better reliability. Still don't know why RX has higher wind noise than the ML. Judging by the quitness of the LS you would think that the RX will be quite too....
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09-28-05, 11:47 AM
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I had replaced speed idle control($400), battery. I just spent $1.2k for 90k miles service that include spark plus, timing belt, water pump, tranmission fluid. It has Oil changed every 5~6k miles. I got average 21.0 mhg (95% freeway, 5% local). It has a small gas tank and some wind noise. My car still in good shape, it's a rock soild car. I don't have oil sludge problem so far and hopefully it never happen.
Francis 99' RX , 95k miles
Francis 99' RX , 95k miles
09-28-05, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by vuvision
FWIW ... we've recently purchased the new ML350 to replace my wife's long on the tooth 2000 RX300 with 100K+ miles, and we still keep the RX300 for grocery getter.
When Rita came to the door step of Houston last week, given this seemingly life & death emergency situation, it was easy for me to choose the RX300 over our brand new ML350 as vehicle of choice to bail the family out of Houston to Dallas. My decision was based on:
1) Almost bullet proof reliability track record of our RX300.
2) Better gas mileage for the long journey to Dallas.
3) Unknow reliability of the ML350 being in it's first year.
4) Last & not least, that intangible warm & fuzzy feeling knowing that my family is safer in the RX300.
At the end of the day, the proven reliability of Lexus/Toyota reputation won me over. That said, no issue with the ML3500 thus far (cross our fingers), and as daily driver, my wife loves it to no end.
HTH
When Rita came to the door step of Houston last week, given this seemingly life & death emergency situation, it was easy for me to choose the RX300 over our brand new ML350 as vehicle of choice to bail the family out of Houston to Dallas. My decision was based on:
1) Almost bullet proof reliability track record of our RX300.
2) Better gas mileage for the long journey to Dallas.
3) Unknow reliability of the ML350 being in it's first year.
4) Last & not least, that intangible warm & fuzzy feeling knowing that my family is safer in the RX300.
At the end of the day, the proven reliability of Lexus/Toyota reputation won me over. That said, no issue with the ML3500 thus far (cross our fingers), and as daily driver, my wife loves it to no end.
HTH
it took me 12 hours from sugarland to austin. Gas mileage was pretty bad because the car was loaded and because i idled for so long a couple of times...
09-29-05, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Christian8
how long did it take u to get up to dallas? How was your gas mileage?
it took me 12 hours from sugarland to austin. Gas mileage was pretty bad because the car was loaded and because i idled for so long a couple of times...
it took me 12 hours from sugarland to austin. Gas mileage was pretty bad because the car was loaded and because i idled for so long a couple of times...
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09-29-05, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by vuvision
FWIW ... we've recently purchased the new ML350 to replace my wife's long on the tooth 2000 RX300 with 100K+ miles, and we still keep the RX300 for grocery getter.
When Rita came to the door step of Houston last week, given this seemingly life & death emergency situation, it was easy for me to choose the RX300 over our brand new ML350 as vehicle of choice to bail the family out of Houston to Dallas. My decision was based on:
1) Almost bullet proof reliability track record of our RX300.
2) Better gas mileage for the long journey to Dallas.
3) Unknow reliability of the ML350 being in it's first year.
4) Last & not least, that intangible warm & fuzzy feeling knowing that my family is safer in the RX300.
At the end of the day, the proven reliability of Lexus/Toyota reputation won me over. That said, no issue with the ML3500 thus far (cross our fingers), and as daily driver, my wife loves it to no end.
HTH
When Rita came to the door step of Houston last week, given this seemingly life & death emergency situation, it was easy for me to choose the RX300 over our brand new ML350 as vehicle of choice to bail the family out of Houston to Dallas. My decision was based on:
1) Almost bullet proof reliability track record of our RX300.
2) Better gas mileage for the long journey to Dallas.
3) Unknow reliability of the ML350 being in it's first year.
4) Last & not least, that intangible warm & fuzzy feeling knowing that my family is safer in the RX300.
At the end of the day, the proven reliability of Lexus/Toyota reputation won me over. That said, no issue with the ML3500 thus far (cross our fingers), and as daily driver, my wife loves it to no end.
HTH
about the quality of the rx300, i feel that it is up to par.. we bought our rx300 brand new and now has had 47k miles on it with just basic services like motor oil change, tranny fluid change, tire rotation.. the only problem our car had was one day the gauge cluster light up like a christmas tree.. the dealer was quick to replace the ecu the next day
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