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saw a saddle car at the lexus dealer in des moines is that rare?

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Old 10-09-11, 09:42 PM
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Default saw a saddle car at the lexus dealer in des moines is that rare?

its got to be an 05 or 06, it has the projectors, and radar cruise. i didn't like it as well as my car (tan with tan) but it was different in its own way. the car was black on the exterior
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Saddle was one of the "comfort leather" choices (along with ecru and the black semi-aniline) on CLs and ULs in 04-06. You're right that it is fairly rare and most all of them are black cars. I believe there's a member here with a crystal white / saddle car and it was supposedly also available on flint mica, but I've never seen one for sale.
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I've got a crystal white/saddle UL and have never seen another saddle at all in person, I think it's pretty rare.
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I'd have to say one of the all time best color combos has to be moonlight pearl (white diamond knock-off) over saddle. I seem to remember a member here had one.

I say "one of the" all time best because as far as I'm concerned nothing beats the rare brownish/greenish exterior color (can't remember what it's called) in my book, even without the saddle interior.
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Brownish greenish color. Would the color happen to be Cypress Pearl?
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Good question, Cypress pearl is more of a gray green while briarwood pearl is a gray brown (IMO).
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Briarwood Pearl is the one I was thinking, but Cypress Pearl is up there too.
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Saw an 05-06 today, Black over Saddle. Had never seen one in person, and I loved it. Almost went so far as to leave a note on it for the owner to contact me when he goes to sell it. Would be a nice upgrade over my 01 UL Black over Black.
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I've never seen the saddle interior in person on the LS430. It's pretty rare.
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hey would someone post a picture of the white and saddle car, i think that would be a really neat looking car.
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This isn't necessarily white, but it's Moonlight Pearl which is what I would want anyway...

http://gtcarlot.com/gallery/8005942.html
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I prefer saddle and black.
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thanks you guys, yea i agree, if i had saddle i would want black, but its still neat to see the rarity of it.
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Originally Posted by Playdrv4me
This isn't necessarily white, but it's Moonlight Pearl which is what I would want anyway...

http://gtcarlot.com/gallery/8005942.html
Wow, I can't tell any difference in those pics between that car and my Crystal White.

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A few shots of mine. The second interior pic shows the color a bit better as it's darker in person - the sun was super bright and the color never photographs quite right.
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