Hendo808

Found a unicorn of a car. One owner, serviced at the same Lexus dealership it's whole life, all orginial all weather floor mats, trunk mat, owners manuals, even the Lexus first aid kit. After a week of back and forth we finally took it home last night.

Sodium

Congrats! May you two have many blissful years together!

tayslexus

Congratulations!! believe me you'll love your car.

fahhad20

neber buy awd, always buy rwd, better transmission, fuel economy, superb acceleration ,

tayslexus

umm no. If one prefer RWD, they should buy the 460. PLUS, the RWD and the AWD 350s are very similar with the SAME transmission. The AWD also has a "superb" acceleration, the RWD wins for a couple milli-sec. which you'll never notice. The AWD wins a in terms of handling and in bad weather.

fahhad20

1. not same trans mission,
2. AWD always slower then RWD....
3. not couple mili -sec, COUPLE thousand mili sec... ( 1 mili sec- 1/1000 sec)
4. for winter bad weather have another car...

clearly you never own GS

Sodium

Haha come on dude, don't shít on OPs drivetrain the day after he gets the car! At least wait a couple weeks until the honeymoon is over

But on a serious note:

1. Technically you're right, but AWD and RWD have the same gear ratios. The difference is down to the extra bits to send power to the front axle in the AWD.
2. True up to a point, but I'm not gonna start debating the merits of RWD vs. AWD.
3. I believe the difference is something like 200-400ms, but the opportunities to actually do a 0-60 sprint are few and far between. 20-60 (for entering freeway) and 60-80 (for passing/getting into fast lane) are the more important ones, and I suspect that RWD and AWD have similar acceleration times in these ranges.
4. An AWD GS is far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far better than an SUV!

Note than I do prefer RWD because it's the more fun of the two drivetrains. But a GS350 is a superlative car regardless of drivetrain!

brucelee1

iTrader: (2)

Well said, Sodium.

tayslexus

Thanks Sodium for your great respond.

brucelee1

iTrader: (2)

Always use spell check, never venture forth without it!

pbxcomm

I have one!!
Enjoy this beautifully engineered GS!!!!!

Sodium

I just find irrational/baseless criticism annoying, especially when it's of a rational choice. Lol now if OP was all excited about how he got a 2004 Range Rover with original air suspension and electronics, and was bragging about being a savvy consumer for not being suckered into the extended warranty, I may not have said anything . Of course, the whole "don't shít on a man's new ride that he's obviously proud of" rule would still apply!

Also, OP made a thread a few days ago asking for advice about picking this GS, where he clearly says its AWD, so there was plenty of time for the "neber buy AWD" spiel before he actually got the car.

Hendo808

My wife has a Prius and I did have a 216 Tacoma. I got rear ended two weeks before we moved to Colorado and it got totaled out. We're looking to buy a house soon so we didn't want to get another car payment so we opted for the GS. As we live in Colorado we needed one car that has awd/4wd. If I lived in Cali or in Hawaii rwd would have been a no brainier. It was between an IS and a GS and we found this one with an exceptional history. Only a few days of having it and I don't regret it at all.

brucelee1

iTrader: (2)

Indeed, I shall sell my GS 350 AWD at once and neber be caught dead in one, again!

Sodium

Yep, good call sir. Better sell it soon though – once KBB catches wind of this drivetrain revelation, you'll neber get anything for it!