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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 04:21 PM
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I am going to dallas tomorrow to purchase gs 350. I am looking at the Smoky Granite with grey interior or black on black. Also does anyone know if the wood in the black interior is more red or brown. Thanks for the help.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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I have the Matador Red gs350, with black leather, The wood is a deep red-ish color...

What year are you purchasing, 08 ?
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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I like red matador myself, but wife said no. We got the gold color. Don't ask me to spell the word champaign, but I think thats
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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wood is red..
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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Get the Ash interior. Might seem like it will get dirty but it doesn't too quick. Its pretty nice!

Dark wood as well.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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where are you shopping tomorrow? I am doing paperwork at 2:00 pm tomorrow for a GS350 Smoky Granite, Black Interior, ML, in Plano, TX. The wood on the black interior is in fact, red. PM if you want to talk. Good luck, Bill
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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I would go for the Granite, I see way too many blacks on the road, although they are both beautiful colors. I like the light grey interior as well, but fear the dirt. And yes, the wood in the black is red, but I likes.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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yup, wood is red, not my fav but what can you do

one thing you need to ask yourself is if you can maintain a blk car or not
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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GS350 Bill I am going to Sewell in Dallas. Park Place in plano gave me invoice price + 175.00 on both the gs350 with nav and mL and on the gs350 without nav and ML. The only problem, they didnt have my color scheme. I have been talking to them and Sewell. Sewell matched them. THe fully loaded with nav and ML, I got quoted 45715.00. The one without nav and ML, I got quoted 42,500.00. Park offered me 42350.00 on this one but they dont have color scheme. I am not sure which one I want till I get there tomorrow. I am not sold on the nav system but want to hear the ML. If i like the ML, I will go with that, if not then I will go with the car without nav and ML. Hope this helps some. I have been dealing back and forth with shreveport, little rock, memphis, and both dealers in dallas. Dallas by far is the best. Shreveport gave me 48,500.00 their lowest price.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 07:38 PM
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so can you not tell when the smoky granite is dirty.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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GS350 Bill I am going to Sewell in Dallas. Park Place in plano gave me invoice price + 175.00 on both the gs350 with nav and mL and on the gs350 without nav and ML. The only problem, they didnt have my color scheme. I have been talking to them and Sewell. Sewell matched them. THe fully loaded with nav and ML, I got quoted 45715.00. The one without nav and ML, I got quoted 42,500.00. Park offered me 42350.00 on this one but they dont have color scheme. I am not sure which one I want till I get there tomorrow. I am not sold on the nav system but want to hear the ML. If i like the ML, I will go with that, if not then I will go with the car without nav and ML. Hope this helps some. I have been dealing back and forth with shreveport, little rock, memphis, and both dealers in dallas. Dallas by far is the best. Shreveport gave me 48,500.00 their lowest price.
Best of luck to you tomorrow. They're both great dealerships and you have worked out a great deal. I went to both dealerships and went with the one that gave me the best deal on my trade. Travel safe tomorrow.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by desitiger
GS350 Bill I am going to Sewell in Dallas. Park Place in plano gave me invoice price + 175.00 on both the gs350 with nav and mL and on the gs350 without nav and ML. The only problem, they didnt have my color scheme. I have been talking to them and Sewell. Sewell matched them. THe fully loaded with nav and ML, I got quoted 45715.00. The one without nav and ML, I got quoted 42,500.00. Park offered me 42350.00 on this one but they dont have color scheme. I am not sure which one I want till I get there tomorrow. I am not sold on the nav system but want to hear the ML. If i like the ML, I will go with that, if not then I will go with the car without nav and ML. Hope this helps some. I have been dealing back and forth with shreveport, little rock, memphis, and both dealers in dallas. Dallas by far is the best. Shreveport gave me 48,500.00 their lowest price.
Both dealerships in the Dallas area are good. I have purchased two ES's from Sewell and two ES's and a GS from Park Place. Sewell actually went the "extra mile" in helping me get one of the ES's I wanted, the Park Place sales person wasn't that helpful. I bought the '06 from Park Place because they had the color scheme I wanted. I got the mica Green with cashmere (light tan) interior. Looks good to me, don't see very many of them on the road though.
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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IMO, buy it from Sewell Lexus!!!

They have best after sales customer service, unlike Park Place!!!

My friends have very bad memories from Park Place's service department.

For example, if you did not make an appointment for service they will not provide you with loaner. Also they are very careless, my friend's SC430 was in for oil change ended with scratch all over the front fender and bumper. Yet they refused to repair the damage and told my friend not to come back anymore!!!

So I would recommed Sewell Lexus over Park Place for both purchase and service!!!
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 05:44 PM
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It does matter where you buy the car, you can still service it at Sewell.
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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Default Service at Park Place Lexus - Plano, TX

I have had all the service on my '06 GS done at Park Place and they have done a great job. I haven't had any problems.
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