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It’s about being able to have a fun 2 door car lol
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I agree, under the direct sun with the different angles of the body you get different shades of red but the metallic is unbelievable and pictures don’t capture it. In your pic it just looks red.
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Great color. I honestly don't know why every single owner doesn't get that light brown interior, it is absolutely positively stunning.
When we search ours out it's that color inside or no deal.
When we search ours out it's that color inside or no deal.
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Obviously I get we all have different tastes, but I think there's a reason that very stunning brown interior color dropped first when the car came out.
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Pretty impressed with the Q7 this weekend. On the drive home from Wisconsin and a later run to the airport, we averaged 27mpg, mostly at 80mph. Not bad for a 2.5 ton supercharged boat carrying 5 adults and a cargo area full of crap. Ethanol-free fuel (not available in my area) probably helped a bit, but impressive nonetheless.
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Pretty impressed with the Q7 this weekend. On the drive home from Wisconsin and a later run to the airport, we averaged 27mpg, mostly at 80mph. Not bad for a 2.5 ton supercharged boat carrying 5 adults and a cargo area full of crap. Ethanol-free fuel (not available in my area) probably helped a bit, but impressive nonetheless.
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Lexus Champion
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I'm not sure if all black is an option, but that would also look amazing especially with some contrast stitching.
Lexus Test Driver
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a few weeks ago i was in montreal for a bachelor party (is there another reason to go there? lol) and the drive on I-87 includes passing through the adirondack and catskill mountains, and with cruise control set at just about 80 there were moments when the instant mpg had dropped to 12-13 mpg just to maintain speed going up some of those steep hills... gotta love that 1UZ VVT-i though, it never had to downshift from 5th and still finished at around 27.5 mpg even with the a/c on for most of the drive
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that never-ending midwest flatness also helps a bunch too haha
a few weeks ago i was in montreal for a bachelor party (is there another reason to go there? lol) and the drive on I-87 includes passing through the adirondack and catskill mountains, and with cruise control set at just about 80 there were moments when the instant mpg had dropped to 12-13 mpg just to maintain speed going up some of those steep hills... gotta love that 1UZ VVT-i though, it never had to downshift from 5th and still finished at around 27.5 mpg even with the a/c on for most of the drive
a few weeks ago i was in montreal for a bachelor party (is there another reason to go there? lol) and the drive on I-87 includes passing through the adirondack and catskill mountains, and with cruise control set at just about 80 there were moments when the instant mpg had dropped to 12-13 mpg just to maintain speed going up some of those steep hills... gotta love that 1UZ VVT-i though, it never had to downshift from 5th and still finished at around 27.5 mpg even with the a/c on for most of the drive
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