Honestly I have never liked this generation of Rolls interior. Always looks like a truck to me.

 

At Toyota getting my spare looked at. Ugh…30 minutes running behind.

 

I don’t have to worry about that because I don’t have a spare lol

 

Tire pressure sensors, nice.
Wish my car had that. ⛳

The NEW luxury.
No spare needed, just call roadside assistance. Haha 🔑

 

covered with crystals - is that luxury? and no, my friend @AMIRZA786 please stop saying SoCal peeps want all the attention

 

Haha OK 🤣

 

My 2RX did--not with individual readout like that, but they were there--was that added to the RX350 and not present on the RX330?

There was even a button in the glovebox to switch between two independent sets of sensors.

 

The tire sensors started in 2007 RX350 I think?
Sometimes I complain I don't have them and sometimes I'm happy I don't.

Real luxury is having a butler who drives me around and handles all that stuff. Haha


 

Yeah ours was the 2007, first year of the RX350 (but still within the 2RX generation).

 

Tire-pressure sensors have been required on all new American-market vehicles for some years now, although they come in several different types, from those that show you the PSI in each individual tire to those that simply alert you with one central warning-light if any one of the tires are low.

IMO it is one of the most useful things, especially the individual-PSI-type, of all the features in today's vehicles, although the sensors can sometimes lose accuracy with time. In my vehicle, I keep it displayed on the dash at all times, so I can constantly monitor the tires and see if I have picked up a slow leak.

 

I really meant to post my post on the general thread. Sometimes on my phone it jumps threads.

 

Thats what I figured

I think something we haven't touched on about luxury is the dealer experience both buying and servicing the vehicle. This is something that is still lightyears better in a luxury marque than in a mainstream car. I know I complain about the MB dealer being slow, etc and they are, but the customer service and how they treat me is really excellent. Lexus was also good, but Mercedes is superior in that regard.

 

True luxury to me is what a 1950’s-60’s and even certain year 1970’s Cadillacs were like. If anyone has experienced driving or owning one then you know what I am talking about.

Solid as heck, built like a tank, with seats as soft and huge as your favorite plush recliner.

With real rosewood veneer trim that was stained in my 1968 Cadillac Deville, not plastic coated like today’s cars. You could actually strip piece of wood off of the veneer on accident if you weren’t careful.

Now I understand that those days of having interiors and build quality that was extremely high quality and super plush is unobtainable today, but I really wish luxury automakers especially Lexus would go back to building the plush warm inviting interiors of the past.

Another major difference between the LS460 and LS430 is how extra solid the sheetmetal feels including the door weight, and metal thickness of the fenders, weight of the trunk lid, including the hood on the LS430 compared to the LS460.

The LS430 feels more solid IMO. And I own an L model LS460 which technically weighs more than the 430 by almost 400lbs, but I barely notice the weight difference while driving, sometimes the 430 feels like it weighs more for some reason while driving. It has a tighter body structure.

I would also like to add that one of my neighbors owns a 2023 Lexus ES350 and I got to take a ride in it not that long ago. It’s a nice car, but one thing that really disappointed me, was that when the car would go over an uneven surface, I heard creaking sounds coming from the C or A pillars. As if the body had too much flex in it. The car only has 13,000 miles, so it’s a baby.

I guess to me, the only true real modern luxury sedans are the S-Class Benz’s, LS500’s and the latter.

The newer ES350 is not when my 2017 Chevy Impala I used to own had a better ride quality, that was more quiet and solid feeling than the 2023 Lexus ES350.

Cost cutting is very apparent in new Lexus vehicles. But I can say that for all new makes and models. It’s just sad that Lexus isn’t what it used to be and when you look underneath any of their FWD vehicles, they look pretty much the same as a 20 year old Lexus, minus all the plastic coverings.

Nothing special.

 

^^^^ Great Post. I agree with virtually all of it.

 

I didn’t notice any flimsy feeling metal in my LS460s, but they were the 13-17 refresh. That car had great metal and really beautiful paint. Much nicer paint than what was on my S560, but the paint on my S580 is closer to what the LS460s had. Paint on my LS400 and LS430 was also nice but not as nice as the hand sanded paint on the 460s.