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Love My Lexus
Renee999, 08/18/2008
2008 Lexus GX 470 4dr SUV 4WD (4.7L 8cyl 5A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This is my first Lexus and I love it. I traded in my BMW 530 because I now have 5 grandchildren and I needed more room. I looked at the Volvo X90 and the 3rd row seat was not very accessible, Sequoia and Tahoe are too big. This LX 470 is just right. The third row seats are very easy to fold up and down. The ride is very smooth and luxurious. The bluetooth and navigation system are easy to use. I am very happy I bought this car.
Affordable & Excellent Overlander
E Meyer, 10/04/2022
2008 Lexus GX 470 4dr SUV 4WD (4.7L 8cyl 5A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Bought used in 2021 with 150,000 miles, one owner and good records. Best SUV we've owned. Put a 3" lift, larger tires, sliders and have driven all over 4 x 4 trails in Colorado. Much more comfortable than a Jeep and very good off road. Yes, MPG isn't good and it doesn't have all the new tech but it doesn't break down either. It is a 14 year old SUV that drives like new. No rattles or leaks (like a Jeep) nothing falling off (like trim on a Mini Countryman). Our Mini also had high pressure fuel pump fail at 5,000 miles! And everyone knows what happens to a Jeep after about 100k miles. A made in Japan Lexus like the GX makes it one of the best. Why can't others build an SUV like this that just lasts?
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See you soccer mom's car on the trail
Rambo, 03/07/2019
updated 09/09/2021
2008 Lexus GX 470 4dr SUV 4WD (4.7L 8cyl 5A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
They're reliable as hell and super off-road capable. Definitely a sleeper on the trail. On top of that, these things regularly last 400-500k miles if you treat them right.
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Def not a 4Runner
Dan, 05/19/2018
2008 Lexus GX 470 4dr SUV 4WD (4.7L 8cyl 5A)
8 of 14 people found this review helpful
Owned 3rd gen and 4th gen 4runners, this is nothing like them. I've rented the newest 4Runner on a week long trip and this is nothing like that vehicle. I have owned a Nissan Xterra and a Mitsubishi Montero Sport. I've also owned MANY fast sports cars. My family's kiddo count just went from 2 kids to 5...we had TRIPLET boys 7 months ago. While we hardly ever need to haul all children in one vehicle BUT the Sienna I bought my wife got stuck in gear in a parking lot one day because the shifter cable from cabin to transmission broke by way of retainer bushing failure (not the cable itself). My fast car was a BMW M3 at that time. So, I made two trips in that car to take the wife and kids back home while AAA took the sienna back to our house so that I could install a new corrected cable/bushing from Toyota. I work nights and had to work the following night so I put the vehicle work off for 3 days. Wife was not happy that we were down to a single cab pickup (used to haul our dirtbikes to the mottocross track) and my M3. So, here we are...I traded my coveted M3 for this Lexus GX 470. I want to cry, but let me tell you this GX 470 will make those tears a bit smaller and will perhaps even allow them to run dry a bit faster too. See this thing rides like a dream on the highway and I was watching videos of them off-roading before I decided on it vs a ton of othe SUV's I could have bought. I took the GX 470 to the freakin' motocross track and it got around a DIRTBIKE track (at low speeds granted) like nobody's business. My 4runners would have MAYBE made it, the Xterra may have made it, but I honestly kinda doubt they would. What I do know with no doubt at all is that this crazy Lexus SUV made it around that track and some of those jump faces are 15' formidable, steep, inclines. To be honest I kinda wanted this vehicle to pay a price...I had to sell my M3 to get it. I didn't bash it but I was kind of telling it "you had better be what I expected or else"....it was what I expected and then some. Can't go wrong with this thing. I considered Land Cruisers, Escalade ESV's, LX 470, and GX 460...I know the escalade sounds way off beat but they're kinda cool.
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Great car for the price
BoRock, 11/05/2007
2008 Lexus GX 470 4dr SUV 4WD (4.7L 8cyl 5A)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
I just picked up my new car last night. Already put 200 miles and loving it. If you want speed, performance and fuel economy, get something else. If you want plush luxury ride with great ergonomics this is it. I had 2000 LX 470 which was a little too big for me. My wife has a 2007 RX 350 - a little too small for me and too many chicks riding in that. But when I got into GX, I knew right away, its a match made in heaven.