Hello,

I love my 2001 Rx 300....it is so "solidly" built....I have driven the 330 and 350 but the "feel" is very different...

Those two models do not feel as "sturdy"......I am not sure they are improvements over the 300....

Lets have them bring it back......

 

Well I cant give an accurate comment on this ,because I havent driven the newer ones yet. I did hear of complaints of poor rear visibality.I like the new style though.

 

I'd settle for bringing back the rear window and hatch of the RX300 on the new models.

 

i'd take that new red on the 350's or 400's not sure which on my 300.

 

lol good luck trying to get them to bring it back. my girl was thinking about one of the 300s

 

I drove the RX330 and RX350 loaners. The build quality definitely isn't as good as RX300. Though I'd rather see Lexus improve on it.

The new 2009 RX styling is somewhat VW/Audish at the front end. A bit radical for my taste.

 

I have an opportunity to purchase for about $20k a 2004 RX330 that has 70,000 miles and premium package on it. I currently have a 2000 RX300 with 86,000 miles and probably could sell it for about $12k.

So what would I gain by paying $8k to drive a RX330?

The RX330 has 16,000 less miles and a superior turning radius over the RX300. Set aside the style difference, slightly greater space in the RX330, and fear of transmission failure with the RX300, I don't see much benefit, so I will probably hold off and continue to drive the RX300 until it reaches 150k miles and then perhaps look for a 400H.

Since I put in less than 10k miles per year, it could be awhile before I make a change but I can't complain as the 2000 RX 300 has been an extremely reliable vehicle.

 

Keep the 300.....I have a 2001 RX 300 with 71K and plan to keep it for as long as I can...we are putting about 8K miles per year..

Looking ahead to the 90K service already..

 

Or, at least something the size of the RX300. Car creep seems to enlarge both the size of the cars and the engine displacement. I think the current RX350 is maybe 8 inches longer and almost 20% greater engine displacement. The next generation of RX will likely have three rows of seats and an even larger engine displacement. I think my RX300 weighs about 3,600 pounds (FWD and no sunroof). They're probably all over 4,000 pounds now.