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Why are you guys rushing to be the first to get this vehicle especially when you already own a beautiful and reliable vehicle now especially knowing that these ridiculous market adjustment fees will be attached
Why are you guys rushing to be the first to get this vehicle especially when you already own a beautiful and reliable vehicle now especially knowing that these ridiculous market adjustment fees will be attached
Because they can. It’s their money and they can do whatever they want with it. “Market Adjustment” fees come and go. There is a good chance they will be gone by the time these reach the market anyway. Our local Lexus dealership have not jumped on the MA bandwagon so not all dealers have them. But, I would never be so presumptuous to tell people what to do and not do with their money.
Human nature to desire the latest and greatest but my case, we bought our 17 RX more than five years ago. Long time for us as far as car ownership goes but zero chance I'll ever pay MSRP let alone any premium over that.
Where a buyer really gets it is when they are buying new with no trade in. We are on the waiting list for a 2022 NX 350h which will replace my wife's 2017 ES 300h. MSRP is a little over $50,000 which in the old days I would have bargained around $6,500 off that price. Her ES trade-in is bringing in $4,500 more then the old days so net paying $2,000 more. I also never thought would ever pay MSRP but we really want this new NX and I think it will be a long time if ever we return to normal car negotiations.
Last edited by Freds430; Jul 20, 2022 at 04:43 AM.
Where a buyer really gets it is when they are buying new with no trade in. We are on the waiting list for a 2022 NX 350h which will replace my wife's 2017 ES 300h. MSRP is a little over $50,000 which in the old days I would have bargained around $6,500 off that price. Her ES trade-in is bringing in $4,500 more then the old days so net paying $2,000 more. I also never thought would ever pay MSRP but we really want this new NX and I think it will be a long time if ever we return to normal car negotiations.
That is for sure. Nice way to flush $ down the crapper.
Because they can. It’s their money and they can do whatever they want with it. “Market Adjustment” fees come and go. There is a good chance they will be gone by the time these reach the market anyway. Our local Lexus dealership have not jumped on the MA bandwagon so not all dealers have them. But, I would never be so presumptuous to tell people what to do and not do with their money.
It’s called having an opinion something we’re all free to have . same way you just gave yours which went in one ear and out the other. Thank you for that 😂🍾
Thanks for this video. Makes me feel even better about my current RX!
Per the video:
Referring to V6 RX: "Do you want a smooth powerful V6? Then this is your car"
Referring to the 5th gen RX: "you don't really mind the kind of screaming engine a little bit when it's pushed, then the new four cylinder will not be an issue"
Since the RX is under powered to begin and will need to be pushed from every stop, 5th gen RX owners better get used to that screaming engine...lol
Why does the floating roof look much better in the '23? Is it the broader flaring chrome/silver trim? And/or how it wraps around a little bit to the rear?
Looks pretty much the same to me.
The 5th Gen chrome strip on the floating roof is well integrated, whereas in the 4th G, the chrome looks like an afterthought add-on. /shrug
Does anyone know when dealers will be taking orders for the 5th gen 350h or 450h+, or are they already doing that?
For the 350h, yes, pre-orders were already open a few weeks back. At least up here in Canada. The 450h+ is still up in the air and they are not taking pre-orders yet.
Last edited by kolokmee; Jul 31, 2022 at 06:48 PM.
yeah but are you in a huge rush to get rid of your 2020 one?
if not just wait it out a bit and let them settle the issues first. I drove that new NX, the infotainment (same as the soon to be here 5th gen RX) is a turd.
- Due to it being a touch screen, they had to push this giant piano black slab right into the drivers face. With that, there was some odd placements of buttons and switches - Start engine button is now all the way to the top of the console. Why its up there, i havent a clue - The rotary volume *** is so small and cheap feeling that you dont even want to touch it. Plus due to its placement, you'll likely hit 3-4 other touch screen climate items before you are succesful in rotating the volume ***. In the NX's case, its right next to where the fan speed controller is. - The menus are dull and uninspired looking while accessing the user interface. You cant even have a nav / radio split like our old interfaces. Only 1 screen at at time - the sport mode selector is literally where the volume *** should be. Its also the size of what the normal volume *** should be.
Either way, i dont like it. Ill take my dumb joystick over this ugly mess. Without apple carplay, or android auto, this new internal lexus user interface is garbage. ohh and dont get me started on these "multi functional" steering wheel buttons. They are slow and unresponsive. Try pressing next track will often require 2 presses before it responds. But sometimes its only 1 press. Plus you cant see what multi function your selecting unless you look into the HUD. Dont like the HUD? too bad, a lot of vital functions are now only HUD controlled.
this stupid interface is worse than iDrive version 1.0.
Yikes. That looks like a disaster. And a crime scene. Didn't think they could do worse than what they already had, but they may have surprised me. Wait. Who am I kidding? No surprise at all.
