Performance in deep snow
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Here is your original comparision between the GX and the GS, every post you make, you change the senario. First it was uphill, now is downhill, then there is the roll over risk at a stop. Now its is the height causing your GX to slide backwards 
Like I have already said, stopping and sliding after a stop has to do more with winter tires than any of those factors that you mention. Just because it happen to you in one senerio, that doesnt mean its the general case.
I think you can ask pretty much any GS AWD owners here who have driven the GX or the 4runner and they will tell you that the GX is much better in the snow.
Like I have already said, stopping and sliding after a stop has to do more with winter tires than any of those factors that you mention. Just because it happen to you in one senerio, that doesnt mean its the general case.
I think you can ask pretty much any GS AWD owners here who have driven the GX or the 4runner and they will tell you that the GX is much better in the snow.
executive matchup
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Say, Lexus Lovers....Just bought a 2006 GS300 with AWD and, in preparation for the weather this coming Winter here in the foothills of California where I live, I want to learn
about my AWD...how it works, when it will cut in, driving tips, etc. Lexus couldn't help
me - no AWD section in my Owner's manual or available from Lexus. Can anyone help
me find info on how my AWD works and how best to make use of it? Thanks....femmert
about my AWD...how it works, when it will cut in, driving tips, etc. Lexus couldn't help
me - no AWD section in my Owner's manual or available from Lexus. Can anyone help
me find info on how my AWD works and how best to make use of it? Thanks....femmert
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/vi...d-snow-102318/
edit: actually this video doesn't really show you how to drive in snow/ice. the best way to learn how to drive your awd is to take a performance driving school that specializes in simulating icy/wet road conditions.
Last edited by Stormforge; Jul 15, 2009 at 07:57 PM.
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Thanks for the great advice folks, I really appreciate it. I now have second thoughts about the GS; it sounds like the designers didn't do enough testing before selling the vehicle to the public. The dash rattles and the brake squeaks seem to be design flaws, and they're not isolated cases meaning quite a few people are getting those problems. I might look into the 2010 Merc E Class instead, as it is more high tech and maybe they've improved their usual electrical glitches. I'm still looking, but I think I'm leaning more towards a GX for Lexus and the Merc E Class for an AWD sedan.
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If both of the AWD system is the same, maybe that would be true. We all know that the 4WD system with the Torson center differantial on the GX470 is much better than the AWD system in the GS.
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You seem to have forgotten what the original poster's question was, he ask which Lexus is better in the deep snow, the GX or the GS. Lets stay on topic.
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