Lexus "Driving" Experience
 

This past week I was traveling on business in a coworkers RX350. We took turns driving so I got some good wheel time in the X's competitor. Some thoughts.

Pros:
1. Very smooth over rough pavement and bumps. Least jarring vehicle I have ever driven.
2. The leather felt much softer than BMW leather.

Cons:
1. Absolutely zero steering feel. Felt like I was driving on marshmellows. Seemed almost dangerous until I got used to it.
2. Very short bottom seat cushion. They only came to mid-thigh. Felt like I was sitting on a bleacher.
3. Interior does not have a premium look to it, IMO.
4. The engine comparison is a laugh.


This was my first long stint driving a Lexus and I see how they get their reputation as a sofa on wheels. I guess if you're looking for a transportation module, this is the way to go, but I am not impressed.

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

I guess you could compare to X3, but not comparable to X5 at all

Also I never seen a man drive them, its always woman.

I agree. My co-worker is female.

In my experience it's always a woman on a cell phone with the seat all the way forward so that they can rest their elbows on the steering wheel.

She did mention that she had been rear ended twice in the Lexus. I look down and it has 28,000 miles. Either very unlucky or......

I signed up for the BMW Drive event in Portland Oregon in 2 weeks and my comparison car is to be the RX350 against an X5. I chose that just a point of reference. I'm also going to drive a new 5 series against a Mercedes E class. You get $1,000 from BMW towards purchase of a new BMW (by 10/31/2011). Never done this but sounds interesting...

The events are fun. Curious to hear what you think of the 5 series versus the Mercedes. I just had a 5 series again as a loaner and I really do not care for it, I really think BMW missed the mark.

wordz of wizdom
 

Lexus drivers, especially those who drive the RX and ES are mostly chicks who could care less about the whole driving experience or old timers who cannot afford to have their dentures get knocked out or their diapers soaked each time they go over a bump on the road. :D

"OUCH" That's cold

Here we go with the whole soccer mom topic again, but now you've introduced the additional concept of soccer grandmothers.

And in the E70 forum? Pot, meet kettle. :bustingup

(I googled BMW X5 Soccer Mom - 280,000 hits. Lexus RX Soccer Mom - 140,000 hits)