Rule #1 - GX 550 Edition

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FTAco07
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Just picked it up with 6 miles on the clock
RVAg02
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Niiice. Need details. Review. Etc.
bam02
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Oooooh!
rab4225
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Looks good, I picked same color but just prem plus. Still hanging on waitlist.

tk for tu juan
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Nice! Would be interested to know where they bolt the port/dealer installed rock rails, frame or body
ktownag08
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Very nice!

Something I bet much want, and very much don't need!!!
sts7049
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that thing is nice. interior pics?
OXDL45
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Sweet!
fixer
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Well done. I can't wait to get one.
GarlandAg2012
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Sweet ride.

That said, manufacturers convincing us that primer grey is a cool color on new cars is something that will be looked back on and laughed at in the decades to come.
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GarlandAg2012 said:

Sweet ride.

That said, manufacturers convincing us that primer grey is a cool color on new cars is something that will be looked back on and laughed at in the decades to come.


I like my work truck white so I don't have to wash it often but I want my next extra car to have a color that stands out. Green or red or blue or something. Tired of all these monochromatic blacks, greys, and whites.
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Don't mind me…just taking pics of my car…


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GarlandAg2012 said:

Sweet ride.

That said, manufacturers convincing us that primer grey is a cool color on new cars is something that will be looked back on and laughed at in the decades to come.
. 100% this. They even charge extra for it!
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tk for tu juan said:

Nice! Would be interested to know where they bolt the port/dealer installed rock rails, frame or body

They're properly frame mounted.

As to color, I put in my request for either Incognito grey or Nori Green, but the flat (not matte) grey looks great to me.

Actually haven't driven it much yet so no real review at this point, but the Mark Levinson stereo is a bit of an underwhelming upgrade coming from my old Burmeister system.
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"upgrade" factory stereos have become such a scam. absolute garbage 99% of the time.
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agracer said:

GarlandAg2012 said:

Sweet ride.

That said, manufacturers convincing us that primer grey is a cool color on new cars is something that will be looked back on and laughed at in the decades to come.
. 100% this. They even charge extra for it!


This is one of the more frustrating things to me with cars these days. I don't have a problem with primer grey as a color, but why do I have pay extra for a basic color (not primer grey but almost any color that isn't white or black) that has always been standard?

I know why but it doesn't make it any less frustrating. Read an article a few years ago that the proliferation of white cars was partly due to the fact that manufacturers monetized paint colors and people don't care enough to pay the extra for a non-white/black car.
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Is this basically the Lexus 4-runner? Looks great.
Milwaukees Best Light
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Interior pics?
GAC06
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Love that color
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GarlandAg2012 said:

Sweet ride.

That said, manufacturers convincing us that primer grey is a cool color on new cars is something that will be looked back on and laughed at in the decades to come.


Sorry, but this is illogical. If you don't like it then you haven't been convinced. Don't buy it. If somebody else likes it that just means they like it. Nobody convinced anybody.
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Hungry Ojos said:

Is this basically the Lexus 4-runner? Looks great.

Kinda but more LandCruiser than T4R.
RVAg02
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Saw one today at Lowe's in Bellaire/Meyerland Plaza.

Super good looking. Both large and sleek at the same time. Definitely has a LC80 vibe
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Does TexAgs have a Lexus sales connection? TIA.
Hungry Ojos
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drumboy said:

Hungry Ojos said:

Is this basically the Lexus 4-runner? Looks great.

Kinda but more LandCruiser than T4R.


Ok, thanks, I'm not too familiar with Lexus. So this one is the size of the Landcruiser, not the 4 runner?

How much does something like this cost?

In b4 "more than you got"
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Hungry Ojos said:

drumboy said:

Hungry Ojos said:

Is this basically the Lexus 4-runner? Looks great.

Kinda but more LandCruiser than T4R.


Ok, thanks, I'm not too familiar with Lexus. So this one is the size of the Landcruiser, not the 4 runner?

How much does something like this cost?

In b4 "more than you got"
I've seen some side by sides of the LX600 (LandCruiser 300) and they looked very close. Here are the dimensions I found online:

LX600
L/W/H: 200.6"/78.3"/74.2" w/ a Wheelbase of 112.2"

GX550
L/W/H: 197.1"/78"/75.6" w/ a Wheelbase of 112.2"

I haven't driven either but based on my 2011 LX570 I bet the build quality of the only 300 series LandCruiser available here, the LX600, will be MUCH better than the GX550 with nicer interior.

the GX550 starts in the lower/mid $60s and goes up to close to $90K.
GarlandAg2012
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I believe the 4Runner, American Land Cruiser (aka LC Prado elsewhere), and GX are all the same platform

LX and rest of the world's Land Cruiser share a platform as well.
tk for tu juan
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Correct, and the new Tacoma is on a longer wheelbase version of the GX/LC/4Runner platform
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