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#21 of 298 Talk to the Press by pat HOST May 25, 2005 (3:40 am)
Consider buying a hybrid? Reconsider after you learned about the long wait? Whether or not you chose to add your name to the waiting list, a reporter is hoping to hear your perspective. Please respond to jfallonedmunds.com with your daytime contact info by May 27, 2005. Thanks, Jeannine Fallon Corporate Communications Edmunds.com
#22 of 298 I love those Lexus!! by 4lexusguy Jul 19, 2005 (3:53 pm)
It has been interesting to read the string on the hybrids... I started my "Lexus career" with an SC300 - a truly great grand tourer with long legs, great cruising capability and I commuted a round trip of 986 miles from home in FL to office in Charleston SC for two years. Kept it a total of six.   Got my wife in an RX 300 in 2000, which she loved and I thought was pretty good. Sold the SC a couple of years ago at 186,000 miles (I still look at them on the road with affection and nostalgia) and got a 1998 LS 400 which is another really great car - smooth, fast, comfortable, quiet, great stereo, navigation. Only thing that's dated is the diameter of the cup holders... oh well!   Traded the RX 300 a month ago for an RX 400h. My wife loves it and so do I. Other than a slow leak on the front left tire it has been faultless. Just came back from a 1,600 mile trip to the NC mountains and thoroughly enjoyed the car. It's amazingly fast for the type of vehicle, with tremendous mid range acceleration, and from Orlando to Cashiers it averaged 24.8 mpg (25.1 until the mountain stage) while traveling close to 80 the whole way. It now has about 4,600 miles on it and the mpg has been improving as time has passed. Doubt it will ever reach the sticker consumption levels of 29/31 - least of all with my foot on the accelerator!   The Mark Levinson sound system is one of the very best I've ever heard, the car is comfortable and quiet, except under hard acceleration when it makes a strange unaccustomed roar, since it doesn't change gears in a conventional way. The navigation is excellent, the bluetooth phone a wonder. In all I'm very impressed.   On the strength of this experience I called the dealer today and ordered a GS 450h. Sure, I've done the math, and one can't (yet, at current prices) justify the fuel consumption differential, but these are really cool high tech cars that are fun to drive, and Toyota is leading the pack by a country mile, and I believe this is an initiative worth supporting.   Ok, so now the retaliation in advance, since it seems customary for BMW and Benz drivers to attack us Lexus chaps. I'm a Brit who has had a few interesting bits of iron: several flavors of Porsche (3), Bentley (3), Shadow II, MGC and MGB (Stage III tuned), Benz 450 SLC, Cooper and Cooper S, BMW 323i (bits fell off it and it felt stodgy on the road), etc., etc. The BMW was the only car I've ever had that was taken from the front of my house on a trailer because of a total engine failure. Pathetic!   I'll go on record and say that fun though all these were I've left them all behind for the Lexus range. These are unequivocally the best built cars on the road today, with the best service support and overall ownership experience. I went with a friend who owns an MB wagon and an AMG 55S (he had the E model before) and couldn't believe how discourteously the Benz dealership treated him - and that was after the AMG was trailered in from a remote roadside with a "smoke exhalation" problem! (But he did get a nice Chevrolet Cavalier loaner, complete with cigarette ash all over the floor!) Check out the JD Power listing. Benz is somewhere between Yugo and Kia in the initial quality rating, just below Pontiac.   Gotta run home now! Replies to this message: vatvatsetho (Jul 22, 2005 12:44 pm) 4lexusguy (Jul 25, 2005 8:24 pm)
#24 of 298 Re: I love those Lexus!! [4lexusguy] by vatvatsetho Jul 22, 2005 (12:44 pm)
Replying to: 4lexusguy (Jul 19, 2005 3:53 pm) how much did you pay to be on the waiting list? Replies to this message: 4lexusguy (Jul 25, 2005 8:24 pm)
#25 of 298 All Wheel Drive by gs400lexus Jul 24, 2005 (4:58 am)
I have a GS400 and was ready to buy a 2006 GS430 having read about it in the auto magazines, when I found out that only the GS300 came in All Wheel Drive. Does anyone know if the GS450H or GS450 is going to be offered in All Wheel? Replies to this message: falconone (Jul 24, 2005 6:00 am)
#26 of 298 Re: All Wheel Drive [gs400lexus] by falconone Jul 24, 2005 (6:00 am)
Replying to: gs400lexus (Jul 24, 2005 4:58 am) I would tend to doubt it as the RH has the AWD but you never know. Too bad there's not more information out there.
#27 of 298 Re: I love those Lexus!! [vatvatsetho] by 4lexusguy Jul 25, 2005 (8:24 pm)
Replying to: vatvatsetho (Jul 22, 2005 12:44 pm) I didn't pay a dime. I put my name on the list about 6 months before the end of the lease on the RX 300, and then when the time came for the dealer to allocate cars, about 4 weeks before taking delivery, the dealer asked me to firm up my order with a $1,000 deposit. That was credited to me at the time of the purchase.   The dealer was Claude Macrina at Lexus of Melbourne in Florida. He dealt with me fairly and straighforwardly and I thoroughly recommend him.   Incidentally, a friend of mine bought a Lexus SC 430 from Lexus of Melbourne when they were first released, totally hot, and most dealers were charging a premium of $8k - $10k. They charged him list and not a penny more.   Now that's an honorable dealer - quite different from the sharks further south, all of whom were charging an "Additional Dealer Fee," aka a gouge that should have had the disqualified from the Lexus dealer network, in my humble opinion.
#28 of 298 GS450H by zoran Aug 23, 2005 (8:49 am)
Any final words on pricing, or options etc, and miles/gallon yet? High 20s do not excite me at this point, if Lexus can get mid 30s from 07 LSH then what the heck wrong with GSH?
#29 of 298 Lexus GS450h available at Nieman Marcus by travelinjoe Oct 18, 2005 (7:47 pm)
I've been reading up on these cars and excited about the possibility of getting one. However - if the NM price is somewhat close to the MSRP - it's going to be out of reach.   GS450h
#30 of 298 Lexus GS450h. WOW! by idele Oct 20, 2005 (3:16 pm)
I have read the press release at the current Tokyo Motor Show on the GS450h .Hybrid technology has taken another leap forward. The transmission has six speeds and from the quote that follows, apparently dual range. Quote from press release: The 3.5-liter V6 engine employs the new D-4S fuel injection system using duel injectors with both in-cylinder direct fuel injection and ported fuel injection. In synergy with the electric motor, this provides 2.0 liter class fuel economy along with the acceleration you would expect from a 4.5-liter power plant..Another feature of the GS450h is its new transmission designed for hybrid applications. The motor power transmitted to the reduction gear has two modes: In high gear, it adds high-speed cruising pleasure, while in low gear, it controls generation of powerful torque, thereby enhancing acceleration and fual efficiency, while reducing noise. Replies to this message: hendjaz (Oct 22, 2005 4:50 pm) idele (Oct 23, 2005 5:46 am) idele (Oct 23, 2005 5:49 am)

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