Not just the center console but even the center stack I've always really like those years. I thought it looked pretty luxurious and functioned very well.

 

Our Q7’s armrest extends like that, and also adjusts up and down.

 

OK, Folks....here's a piece of Trivia for you:

What small detail in that picture above instantly identifies it as a Toyota/Lexus interior? No other auto company that I know of does it.

 

For starters the transmission mode switch (power/ect).
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The whole picture says Toyota/Lexus though. That's definitely their design language throughout the console and center stack.

 

Handbrake? @mmarshall

Handbrake wrapped in leather?

Lovely to drive at night. 5 hours to go.

 

Nope......not the handbrake.

 

I would agree. But even those owners following the service schedule still had the issue. Definitely a design flaw or manufacturing error. Apparently had to do,with heat
I think MB had a few amg S class models without the hood ornament

amazing dash pics. Your 5.7 just effortlessly goes coupled with full time 4WD I love it…….. I also really like the temp button and how conveniently it’s placed. (Even though I never used AUTO)

 

The armrest on my 08 Tundra extends like such.

LX is a great road trip vehicle but I will raise you one. The LS460 is the best road trip vehicle I’ve ever had. AMAZINGLY Comfortable!! On 2 of the road trips we take, setting the cruise on 81-82mph and it never dropped out of 8th gear. On the same drive the Tundra and LX will downshift a gear on some of the steepest inclines at the same speed with the cruise set. Usually in the Tundra and LX whenever it downshift, I disable cruise and take over.

 

My guess was the cd player. My 2018 Tundra has one.

 

No, it's not the player.

OK.....I'll spill the beans. Toyota/Lexus is the only automaker I know of that uses green and orange colors for Neutral and Reverse on the shifter. It's easy to tell them from any other shifters....that color-coding on Toyota shifters goes back at least 30 or 40 years, maybe longer.

 

I have nothing. Lol

All I know is it has that Japaneesy Toyota flavor to the styling.

I wouldn't be able to tell the mfg though.

 

One annoying thing about the interior in my truck is that it was a Canadian market truck that was later imported to the US. The importers apparently keep the Canadian market cluster unit, but replace the faces. Whoever did mine didn't properly adhere the imperial face and caused it to bubble. It happened pretty quickly after I bought it 6 years ago. Hasn't expanded or progressed any further. It's an annoyance but I've never gotten around to spending the $$ to have it fixed. I hardly even notice it anymore.

 

My lowly 323i--literally one-quarter the price of the contemporary LX--had a handbrake wrapped in (real) leather.

 

Toyota did move the LX to an automated e brake in the 2016 refresh 3.0. Kaizen Land Cruiser 3.0 left the handbrake. I would prefer the hand brake if given the choice

 

Gotta hand it to ya, Mike. I would NEVER have figured that out. Great trivia, I'm a total fact nerd---especially stuff I'm passionate about. Thanks for this. I will look in every vehicle from now on.

Oh I can picture your old car and the actual handbrake, but I thought Mike was asking what's there that's in no new car. My next guess was going to be a ML logo. Only Lexus uses Mark Levinson that I'm aware of. Great stereo for road trips also.

I also own an LS430, trust me I get it. As great as the LXs ride is it don't track like no LS430 on the freeway, lol.

It wins the "best road trip car" for me/us because it's so safe and huge. I had a jackass trucker 18 wheeler tailing me like X-mas vacation style (car length) when I was going 80MPH, didn't make me nervous at all, I almost brake checked his ***. Trucks don't intimidate you in an LX. Nothing does, it started to snow on the way home and it was close to freezing temp.. no vehicle on earth I'd rather be in than DJ (his name). Including that year old Denali with 25k on it. I really like the FT4WD when conditions turn crappy like that, Jill ain't wrong preaching about its advantages all the time.

The pickup at higher speeds really surprises me in a great way. I did a pull and will try to upload it. I know some of you own insanely fast cars... but for a big BOF hauler it always feels abundantly powerful, plennnnty of reserve. Greatttt gearing, and as you can see....it sure wrings the gears out all the way to redline.