GX 460 4/19 VSC recall (Consumer Reports "don't buy" label lifted 5/7)
04-13-10, 06:50 AM
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Something probably can be done with the electronics (maybe tires?), but personally I always hated the tall and narrow feel of the GX series. It has always felt like it was going to roll over to me.
04-13-10, 07:08 AM
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Wait. What? That video shows a car being pushed to its very limits and it still manages to stay well planted. True, it would be terrifying to be the driver of the vehicle in such a maneuver but I just am not getting this. I can see someone having to make an emergency avoidance maneuver and that could lead to a rollover. But really, this seemed as if they were trying to force a rollover situation.
I don't like the GX any more than I do most vehicles in this class but fair is fair and this smacks of more sensationalism... all the more surprising since it's CR.
I don't like the GX any more than I do most vehicles in this class but fair is fair and this smacks of more sensationalism... all the more surprising since it's CR.
04-13-10, 07:09 AM
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Excuses doesn't fix nor make the problem go away, correcting the problem does. This GX has always been a tall narrow tracked vehicle and suvs like this needs to be refined, so let toyota handle their business and make this GX a much safer and wonderful suv that folks can feel even more confident driving on the daily basis.
I do agree with speedflex that this does smacks of media sensationalism though, ehh how long has this tall narrow tracked GX been out now??
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04-13-10, 07:11 AM
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Wait. What? That video shows a car being pushed to its very limits and it still manages to stay well planted. True, it would be terrifying to be the driver of the vehicle in such a maneuver but I just am not getting this. I can see someone having to make an emergency avoidance maneuver and that could lead to a rollover. But really, this seemed as if they were trying to force a rollover situation.
I don't like the GX any more than I do most vehicles in this class but fair is fair and this smacks of more sensationalism... all the more surprising since it's CR.
I don't like the GX any more than I do most vehicles in this class but fair is fair and this smacks of more sensationalism... all the more surprising since it's CR.
04-13-10, 07:13 AM
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No its not and I agree, but come on now in the event of an emergency in the real world these principle situations do arise, and in the event I or anyone in this particular suv need to swerve in such a way in th event of an emergency you do not want to be in a vehicle that has been proven to fail miserably in this area especially when others in its class do considerably better. You want a safe and relatively stable as possible suv SINCE we're dealing with the laws of physics..
Excuses doesn't fix nor make the problem go away, correcting the problem does. This GX has always been a tall narrow tracked vehicle and suvs like this needs to be refined, so let toyota handle their business and make this GX a much safer and wonderful suv that folks can feel even more confident driving on the daily basis.
I do agree with speedflex that this does smacks of media sensationalism though, ehh how long has this GX been out now??
Excuses doesn't fix nor make the problem go away, correcting the problem does. This GX has always been a tall narrow tracked vehicle and suvs like this needs to be refined, so let toyota handle their business and make this GX a much safer and wonderful suv that folks can feel even more confident driving on the daily basis.
I do agree with speedflex that this does smacks of media sensationalism though, ehh how long has this GX been out now??
04-13-10, 07:20 AM
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If I may partially quote you...
they should just get rid of it.
04-13-10, 07:49 AM
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I would like to know what kind of moron would drive a Lexus GX "to the limit" on a racetrack? Certainly not most shoppers of this kind of vehicle.
So why is this test so important? Seems to me that Consumer Reports, as always, gets upset about minor, almost trivial issues like this for example. If I bought a GX, I could care less about how the car would handle at its limit. I'd never take the car to that level in the first place. If I wanted to drive in such a fashion, I'll buy a sports car, not an SUV.
Besides, SUVs are overweight and handle poorly by nature (with some exceptions). I'm always amazed by the people who complain about the "handling and acceleration" of a big and heavy SUV. They're clearly eying the wrong car. One word: FAIL.
So why is this test so important? Seems to me that Consumer Reports, as always, gets upset about minor, almost trivial issues like this for example. If I bought a GX, I could care less about how the car would handle at its limit. I'd never take the car to that level in the first place. If I wanted to drive in such a fashion, I'll buy a sports car, not an SUV.
Besides, SUVs are overweight and handle poorly by nature (with some exceptions). I'm always amazed by the people who complain about the "handling and acceleration" of a big and heavy SUV. They're clearly eying the wrong car. One word: FAIL.
04-13-10, 07:55 AM
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So why is this test so important? Seems to me that Consumer Reports, as always, gets upset about minor, almost trivial issues like this for example. If I bought a GX, I could care less about how the car would handle at its limit. I'd never take the car to that level in the first place. If I wanted to drive in such a fashion, I'll buy a sports car, not an SUV.
Besides, SUVs are overweight and handle poorly by nature (with some exceptions). I'm always amazed by the people who complain about the "handling and acceleration" of a big and heavy SUV. They're clearly eying the wrong car. One word: FAIL.
Besides, SUVs are overweight and handle poorly by nature (with some exceptions). I'm always amazed by the people who complain about the "handling and acceleration" of a big and heavy SUV. They're clearly eying the wrong car. One word: FAIL.
04-13-10, 08:04 AM
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I'm in Europe right now where the only SUV Lexus sells is the RX. I honestly wouldn't know how they market the GX. Lexus SUVs have never struck me as particularly sporty being instead more focused on luxury and decent off-road performance.