Afternoon All,
A change in circumstances means I'm looking to chop my 2006 Lexus GS300 LE in for possibly a Range Rover. My budget is pointing at the L322, around 18k, possibly a touch more.
I regularly drive to Cumbria from Sheffield to pick up my little girl, and drive down to Watford for work purposes, so a good comfortable motorway car is vital. My other half (bless 'er...) is looking to get another dog, and her Tiguan is not big enough for two or more pedigree greyhounds. This change is for the ability to carry large loads and more interior space generally. I have a BMW M5 for weekend stuff, so pace is not really required. I can average around 40mpg on a long steady 70mph drive in my Lexus, and would be looking for pretty similar from something else. For this reason, I've been looking at the TDV8 3.6 and the Vogue or the Vogue SE spec to match the toys in the Lexus. I'm going to spend some time looking over the buying guide threads on here to find the general faults that can occur, but I've found it difficult to find an option list for this model when it was new. I want to find the options available and then go looking for a car with the spec I want.
Do any of you guys on here have any recommendations for options that you really want to see included and any that perhaps sound good but are in fact rubbish? The Logic 7 hifi sounds like something I want, tunes are important to me on a long drive, and the standard system in my Lexus is quite impressive. I also have cooled seats in there, and this seems to be an option that's not as easy to find on the RR.
If I am going to change, then I want to find the right one, the Lexus has done nothing wrong and is a great car (totally faultless in terms of problems), and I don't want to move into something else and regret it.
Any input would be most welcome, it would be good to be able to find a supportive forum to help in ownership, M5board is invaluable in owning the M5 for DIY's and general technical help and advice.
A change in circumstances means I'm looking to chop my 2006 Lexus GS300 LE in for possibly a Range Rover. My budget is pointing at the L322, around 18k, possibly a touch more.
I regularly drive to Cumbria from Sheffield to pick up my little girl, and drive down to Watford for work purposes, so a good comfortable motorway car is vital. My other half (bless 'er...) is looking to get another dog, and her Tiguan is not big enough for two or more pedigree greyhounds. This change is for the ability to carry large loads and more interior space generally. I have a BMW M5 for weekend stuff, so pace is not really required. I can average around 40mpg on a long steady 70mph drive in my Lexus, and would be looking for pretty similar from something else. For this reason, I've been looking at the TDV8 3.6 and the Vogue or the Vogue SE spec to match the toys in the Lexus. I'm going to spend some time looking over the buying guide threads on here to find the general faults that can occur, but I've found it difficult to find an option list for this model when it was new. I want to find the options available and then go looking for a car with the spec I want.
Do any of you guys on here have any recommendations for options that you really want to see included and any that perhaps sound good but are in fact rubbish? The Logic 7 hifi sounds like something I want, tunes are important to me on a long drive, and the standard system in my Lexus is quite impressive. I also have cooled seats in there, and this seems to be an option that's not as easy to find on the RR.
If I am going to change, then I want to find the right one, the Lexus has done nothing wrong and is a great car (totally faultless in terms of problems), and I don't want to move into something else and regret it.
Any input would be most welcome, it would be good to be able to find a supportive forum to help in ownership, M5board is invaluable in owning the M5 for DIY's and general technical help and advice.