330wannabe

Test drove a 35 w/tech this morning...great looking inside and out....but I thought my CL rode a little rough....I guess it would be okay if I were looking for a sports cars and needed a little more room!

04rx330

I too was considering the FX, but just picked up my new 330 yesterday. Eyebike did an excellent job of summarizing the two cars. For me, personally, it was the higher level of luxury in the 330, better gas mileage, and the extra cargo room. With the seats folded, the FX only has 64.5 cubic feet vs 84.7 in the RX, that's almost 1/3 more cargo room. Also, living in Colorado, the handling in snow also factored into my decision. From reading comments at the FreahAlloy forum, it did not sound like the FX did as well. I feel, this was probably due to the tires, which can easilly be changed, but 20" tires are probably expensive and finding good 20" snow tires would probably be more difficult (I did not look into this).

Anyway, the decision is yours and you need to make it based on what is important for you.

Good Luck

eyebike

Here's a review in Business Week mag that directly compares the FX35 and RX330 Pretty good article.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...9100_mz025.htm

"The cars are so vastly different that it's impossible to pick a favorite: One's a polished, well-mannered touring sedan; the other, a rambunctious speedster."

So I guess it depends on what you are looking for in a SUV.