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Old May 10, 2011 | 09:50 AM
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..we said goodbye to our RX. Thanks to the great members here, I maintained the vehicle on my own and she gave us 9 years of great service. She'll be missed.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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OK, what did you get? I had my 99RX for 13years....bought it in nov of 98
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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:00 AM
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ES350... The RX was wifey's car, I just took care of. I was probably more attached to it then she was cause I was the one who maintained it. I really hated seeing it go, I don't know why. I feel like an idiot just being sad about it.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:17 AM
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Was it a Silver Sport? Any transmission problems?
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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:39 AM
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No, its a Coach Edition RX300. The interior leather was super nice and had the lighter color wood trim.

No transmission problems at all.

The only thing it had for a short while was a very small RMS leak that Auto-Rx pretty much patched up.

Other then that it had only common stuff go out, like the "D"(drive light) on the dash needed replacing and such.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 03:27 PM
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That thing looks nice! I have never seen that color before, looks very clean, sorry to see it go.
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Old May 11, 2011 | 06:58 AM
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Thanks. There were a few door dings and an accumulation of tiny specs on the front bumper..mostly from highway driving. Other then that it was fairly clean. Always looked great after a detail.
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Old May 17, 2011 | 04:46 PM
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I can tell you without a doubt that you are not the only one that can be saddened by the selling or loss of a great car...
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awwwww. that is sad if i were in ur place plus i like the grill. How many miles on it
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Old May 18, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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"Coach Edition" are the only RX300s to have wood steering here in Canada and as far as know it came in only one colour and as in your picture, released in 2003 .. the colour from a distannce tells its a "Coach Edition".
I don't know why they gave it that name .. does it have anything to do with the "Coach hand bag company" due to super leather they used ?
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awwwww. that is sad if i were in ur place plus i like the grill. How many miles on it
It had about 113k miles on it. Still ran smooth as ever....
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Old May 18, 2011 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by rx300mm
"Coach Edition" are the only RX300s to have wood steering here in Canada and as far as know it came in only one colour and as in your picture, released in 2003 .. the colour from a distannce tells its a "Coach Edition".
I don't know why they gave it that name .. does it have anything to do with the "Coach hand bag company" due to super leather they used ?
Yes, the interior leather was Coach leather and the head rests had the logo stamped on it.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by hitthepin
Yes, the interior leather was Coach leather and the head rests had the logo stamped on it.
Yep .. no wonder you are sad, but you are going make the next buyer happy
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Old May 22, 2011 | 09:41 AM
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I just replaced my 99 RX (140K miles) two months ago for an upgrade to the GX. Except for the transmission, I had very few problems with it. It was the best car I have ever owned, at least up to now hopefully
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I bought the 1st gen off my dad, who just bought the 450hd.
that car is so so different from the 99'...
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