14 Months, 2 weeks and 20,000 Miles
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14 Months, 2 weeks and 20,000 Miles
Well.................:sigh:......... after 14.5 months of owning the 2011 RX350 TP/BLK Navi I am happy with my decision of purchasing. I have 20,000 miles into it and it was a rough road the first 2 months of owning it and after about 4 trips to the JM lexus the car finally drives like a it should. I am very cautious with my car parking it isn't that simple for me I drive my wife nuts with parking far and picky with were I park and how I park. I let the dealer do the services at 5,000 and 10,000 miles cause it was FREE who can beat that after that I started to change the oil myself with Mobile1 0W-20 and all the maintenance. I wash the car twice a week, vacuum and condition the seats as well.
The car drives like a champ nice power and smooth but the only thing I hate is how slow the throttle response is. The traction control is slow to come on but does its job but its not as smooth as a X5 or Q5. The car is a little noisier then the 09 RX350 but only if you like to pay close attention to the road noise. The road noise is very low and the car handles pot holes very well and smoother then the X5 and Q5.
Well the car runs as expected and I am very happy I have some pics of the car and some mods as well
Mods on the car
-JDM visors
-Curt Hitch
-Front tints 20%
-3000K HIDs for fogs
-PIAA Forza Hybrid wipers
I have a modified HKS Quad from another car ready to be put on but gotta wait for the rear lip
Mods that are coming from Japan in the next 2-10 weeks
JDM Front Lip/Diffuser
Prussian Blue Grill
Rojam Rear lip
Zoom-bane Springs 1.7F 1.7R
Work Varianza Schwerts SC2M 20x8.5 F R
Here are some pictures
The car drives like a champ nice power and smooth but the only thing I hate is how slow the throttle response is. The traction control is slow to come on but does its job but its not as smooth as a X5 or Q5. The car is a little noisier then the 09 RX350 but only if you like to pay close attention to the road noise. The road noise is very low and the car handles pot holes very well and smoother then the X5 and Q5.
Well the car runs as expected and I am very happy I have some pics of the car and some mods as well
Mods on the car
-JDM visors
-Curt Hitch
-Front tints 20%
-3000K HIDs for fogs
-PIAA Forza Hybrid wipers
I have a modified HKS Quad from another car ready to be put on but gotta wait for the rear lip
Mods that are coming from Japan in the next 2-10 weeks
JDM Front Lip/Diffuser
Prussian Blue Grill
Rojam Rear lip
Zoom-bane Springs 1.7F 1.7R
Work Varianza Schwerts SC2M 20x8.5 F R
Here are some pictures
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Thanks for the update.
I have same car/color etc. No mods but considering side protective rails.
I have been concerned with more road noise and engine noise than i expected but it is not bad,
i can only get 16 mpg in city. Trip on hwy of 5k was excellent 24-25. I am talking about 75-80 mph. I feel i am careful in city( i still have the corvette memories and would like to really accelerate more) but feel like i drive pretty slow and should get the 18 advertised . Don't really care only go 7k a yr. Use reg unleaded, probably the problem.
I tinted drivers /front passenger windows, love that.
Worried at first that hp of 300+ in lincoln mkx, and 300 in caddy crossover would outperform my lexus but happy to see 0-60 speed of 6.4 sec for lexus beats both of those. So, lexus uses it's pwr more efficiently i think. Mpg's of all three about same tho other two may get 1 mpg more.
Today yahoo has lexus top of list of all cars for reliability. That is ......................all companies!!!!!!!! How good is that?
Would like to see pics after your other mods, you have a nice looking vehicle.
Walleyeguy
I have same car/color etc. No mods but considering side protective rails.
I have been concerned with more road noise and engine noise than i expected but it is not bad,
i can only get 16 mpg in city. Trip on hwy of 5k was excellent 24-25. I am talking about 75-80 mph. I feel i am careful in city( i still have the corvette memories and would like to really accelerate more) but feel like i drive pretty slow and should get the 18 advertised . Don't really care only go 7k a yr. Use reg unleaded, probably the problem.
I tinted drivers /front passenger windows, love that.
Worried at first that hp of 300+ in lincoln mkx, and 300 in caddy crossover would outperform my lexus but happy to see 0-60 speed of 6.4 sec for lexus beats both of those. So, lexus uses it's pwr more efficiently i think. Mpg's of all three about same tho other two may get 1 mpg more.
Today yahoo has lexus top of list of all cars for reliability. That is ......................all companies!!!!!!!! How good is that?
Would like to see pics after your other mods, you have a nice looking vehicle.
Walleyeguy
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