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I'm new to the forum and just wanted to say hello. Have an RX350 on order that we should be able to pick up next week and are looking forward to the experience. We have owned a couple of Lexus's before. One was a 4 door sedan and the other an SUV (RX 300 I believe). The sedan was a good experience but the prior SUV not so much.
It's good to find this forum as I have found that there is a lot more honesty on forums like this than other sources of information.
My name is Vince. had a ES300 back in the day. Looking closely at a RX350..just debating 2017 vs 2018. Will be looking for a strong FL deal...
Well organized forum! Good info here...
Hey all, Just got my wife her Lexi. Traded the Prius in.
Happy wifey, Happy lifey.
2018 RX350
No navigation
Eminent White Pearl exterior and black interior Permaplated.
Options: Blind spot monitor
Rear cross traffic alert
Intuitive Park assist
Touch free power rear door
Heated front seats
Moonroof
Running board for my 2 kiddos, gotta love them
Standard model with 18s for now.
I myself is still driving a 2008 Lex IS 350 X-package.
Congratulations, it looks great! I like the silver lining metallic wheel insets. Ours has the obsidian insets and I think they do not give the wheel spokes enough visual mass.
Beautiful car. Congrats. Buy your wife a new phone now
Originally Posted by gottabekin
Very nice. Did you try to sit in the third row? Is it usable by adult that is over 5.5' tall?
I sat in third row of Atlas, Qx60, Pilot, and RX350L at the auto show.
At 5'5" is it usable? Sure. It isn't comfortable. It is also very claustrophobic. All the 3row I saw it, it sat in, it was the worst for me, as an adult.
Very nice. Did you try to sit in the third row? Is it usable by adult that is over 5.5' tall?
Only for very short trips. We will mostly use this as a 4-seater but by stick booster seats back there for the kiddos if we need to haul someone else around.
QX60 had much more usable third row but if we needed a third row that often we would be getting a different vehicle.
Okay, you folks can now welcome me into the fold. Yesterday, I purchased for the wife, this fully-optioned Obsidian with black interior, 2017 F Sport model with only 4800 miles on the clock. Includes Mark Levinson audio, cold-weather package, tow-prep package, Panoramic View Monitor, HUD, heated/ventilated seats, touch-free hatch opener, and the panoramic moon-roof that I was hoping I could forego. I'm going to add OEM mudguards and a tow hitch for the rare occasion I'll use it.
Since our local dealer didn't have any 450h or 450hL in stock, we compared the ride, storage, seating, performance, ... on the 350 vs 350L. We couldn't tell the difference in ride, performance and seating (front 2 rows) but the cargo storage was considerable. The L because of the 3rd seat, the cargo area configuration or space is 2 inches shorter (height from cargo floor to the privacy cover) and width was considerably more narrow by about 7 inches based on our measurements. Naturally the depth on the L is much longer with the 3rd seat folded down and with the 3rd seat up, storage is very minimal. The dealer is supposed to get couple of 450h and 450hL in this week and we'll evaluate it then but the shrunk height and width in the cargo area on the L shocked us. Our initial thought was the two models would have the same height and width in the cargo area and we would just get the L for some added depth but now we are not sure what we would find on the 450h and 450hL. Salesman assured us the cargo space configuration is identical on the 350 vs 450h and 350L vs 450hL. Since we do frequent cross-country driving, cargo space and cargo configuration are important to us.
Awesome! And thank you for posting pics. Have you have a Lexus hybrid before? What are your thoughts on it? Did you go for it because of quieter/ nicer ride..or for finances to try and beat rising gas prices? I'm unsure how I'd feel long term on the engine cut in/out, and drive highway 70% of the time. If in stop and go traffic, seems a great way to go.
03-04-18, 04:27 PM
Hello
Congratulations, it looks great! I like the silver lining metallic wheel insets. Ours has the obsidian insets and I think they do not give the wheel spokes enough visual mass.
Cargo space ...
