General Car Conversation - 2026 Part 1
EPA Fuel Economy, combined/city/highway (mpg) 16 / 14 / 20
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What stage on the trans tune are you running? Theres 3 right?
LOL. Do this on a Toyota/Lexus where the DTE is inaccurate and every mile after 0 DTE is a guess💀
I once got the X7 down to 1 DTE and I started getting nervous because of how accurate it is.
giving up on the TX 550h+?
@BayeauxLex would be proud. I'm letting it get low to run out the ethanol so I can run a tank of just pump gas to reset my calibration.
I once got the X7 down to 1 DTE and I started getting nervous because of how accurate it is.
giving up on the TX 550h+?
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Too hard to find and having to pay MSRP means the payment would be the same as a GLS450.
Originally Posted by mmarshall
..........a lot more money than a Pacifica, period.....about twice as much.
Lease is about $500 more a month, Pacifica is $720 GLS450 would be about $1,200. I can write it off though since she is selling real estate now, I would write 50% of it off so as not to draw the ire of the IRS (I write 100% of the S580 off). If we get the GLS for me I very well may get something cheaper for me next time.
Last edited by SW17LS; Jan 15, 2026 at 12:08 PM.
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Just throwing it out there but I thought I remember you said you drove an IS 500. Any interest in one of those or too small?
I thought I remember you said about possibly downsizing to a smaller car in another thread.
I thought I remember you said about possibly downsizing to a smaller car in another thread.
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Problem is you have to drive a Prius 530 miles 
In other news, I have started shopping around for a Pacifica replacement so I joined the lease rate database again so I can pull lease programs. Man, MB has come to play in 2026. @RNM GS3 MB SUV leases are the best I have seen in years. GLS450 .00128 MF (~3%), 580 is .00032 (0.78%) with only a 1% hit to the residual from the 450, $2k lease cash. GLE450 .00192 but 58% residual for 36
That GLS580 lease is killer with that MF. Thats better than the S580 which is .00078. S580 also doesn't have the $2k in lease cash.
In other news, I have started shopping around for a Pacifica replacement so I joined the lease rate database again so I can pull lease programs. Man, MB has come to play in 2026. @RNM GS3 MB SUV leases are the best I have seen in years. GLS450 .00128 MF (~3%), 580 is .00032 (0.78%) with only a 1% hit to the residual from the 450, $2k lease cash. GLE450 .00192 but 58% residual for 36
That GLS580 lease is killer with that MF. Thats better than the S580 which is .00078. S580 also doesn't have the $2k in lease cash.
BMW is promoting the financing instead of the leases.
I just ordered 7 series for my parents and got amazing deal.
Good time to buy!
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unbelievably obnoxious styling too lol it's flat out cartoonish
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