spwolf

My 2007 GS350 AWD Blk/Blk w/ML finally arrived to my shores, and I took it for an spin. I have to say that the car is overall above my expectations and I like it - a lot! I still have ipod adapter to install, nav override workaround, get winter tires and tint back windows but overall it is awesome.

Thanks to Mike and Ryan who answered some of my questions and concerns.

Pretty much everything is above expectations (I still have to give ML a bit more go). It handles better than expected. Despite its size, it is quite nimble vehicle (big problem here in Europe). And power is really, really nice on our roads where top limit is 55mph

BKE420

Congrats man on your Black AWD. Make sure you go and chalk up another Obsidian ride in the "what color is your GS" topic. Hope you enjoy your new ride. (Tinting back windows only?? against the law to do fronts in Europe?)

ek9vboi

iTrader: (3)

Don't forget to wax the car to protect the paint. I don't have a dark color car but we all know how hard it is to keep paint shiny and clean!!!

LeslieRC

It must be a beast. But where are the pictures?

ste

stupid ? but why are yall just getn the 07 GS350 in Europe and not the 08 GS350. its about to be 08 in like 3 days. just curious

LexFather

Congrats!! Glad I could help! Compared to its class, the GS has the sportiest dimensions being 190 inches long, everything else continues to grow in size.

GS350

I would say that it is for better deals on year-end models. I bought an 2002 Explorer back in late November 2002 just because I got such a good deal.

ste

no i understand i just thought that in europe that yall are just getn the 07, bc u said it just arrived, bc when i was going to get an 07 but could barely find one and that was nov 14. and i know that late in the year in the US no 07 would just be arriving,

spwolf

it arrived from USA :-)... I did the deal in Sept, took a while to get everything done and 40 days for car to come here...

spwolf

it handles really well on our mountain roads around here, in land of 4cly diesels, you kind of leap over everyone with GS350 :-).

BKruptcyJD

Regardless of what you got (07 or 08), congrats.

spwolf

yeah, very, very nice. I was concerned since in lenght and width, it is actually longer than LC Prado (which is a lot taller), but woa it drives like an small car. Its more nimble than Avensis. I guess you get what you pay for :-).

One question everyone - is rear power sunshade non-standard on GS350?

spwolf

Oh yeah, so I wasnt sure about ML - first time, it sounded so so... so I got some proper CD's to try it out - some Barry White, some Cure, some Radiohead... and woa, sounds really, really, really, good.

My advice is not to read forums too much or you will start imagining things + you have to have nice quality source if you want it to sound good :-).

Sentinels

Rear power sunshade is not standard on the 07s...but with 08s if you have navi & ML I'm pretty sure it comes standard.

xfirechief

Thinking of trading our '04 RX 330 AWD for a used (pre-owned) GS 350. Maybe a "06 -'07. Any suggestions as to what to look for as far as extras, etc.??
Thanks