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Is a 2015 Lexus LX570 too “showy”? Pretentious?

Is a 2015 Lexus LX570 too “showy”? Pretentious?

I guess this may sound hypocritical but I usually don’t care what people think but I do care if I come off as too “showy” or “try hard”. I don’t want to be “that guy”. I don’t want to be seen as pretentious/flashy. This is something I desperately try to avoid.

Everybody knows that Lexus is the luxury division of Toyota. Some people may know that Landcruiser is the top of the line Toyota. But what most don’t know is that a landcruiser commands a 15-20%+ premium on the used market over the comparable LX.

To others do you think having an LX signals “oh the top of the line Toyota isn’t good enough for this guy so he HAD to get a Lexus.”?

But in reality I’m frugal/cheap so if I can get pretty much the same car for 15% off on the used market hell yeah I’m gonna do that instead.

PS I’m not stealth wealth or trying to hide any wealth bc I’m pretty solidly middle class. I just wanted a reliable V8 Toyota. I love mine!

u/Expert-Ad-1012 — 5 days ago
▲ 2 r/Taycan

noob questions from curious porsche fan

Currently have a 2015 991.1 c2s but I can't ignore the depreciation and looks and value for taycans. I've entered the rabbit hole...sigh. I've always been against electric cars but I hurt my back recently and the 991 is just too low. I think I'm only into GT cars now.

just a few questions -

  1. if you have a turbo/turbo s - do you feel nauseous when trying the car? Throttle house did a quick review of a GTS and they said they felt nauseous in the turbo s but it felt fine in the GTS. I sometimes get motion sickness so I'd want to avoid this at all costs.

  2. I live in an apartment with no chargers but I live near a whole foods 5 min away that has charging. i'll only drive the car around 2k miles a year since i have a 200 series as my daily driver. Is it stupid to rely on only charging stations or just a PITA to deal with if you want the taycan? I see the range is around 200 miles and that'll probably last me 3 weeks per charge.

  3. will driving 2k miles a year hurt or help or be neutral to the battery? I feel like with ICE cars people say to drive it somewhat frequently to get the fluids and oils flowing through the system, etc

  4. or if i want bigger back seats should i just go for the etron gt rs? It seems like the audi has bigger back seats which are more helpful to me but i just love the look of the taycan more

  5. can i go to the dealer to ask them to test drive to see if i get motion sickness or is that too much to ask? maybe i'll ask the sales associate to drive first when i'm riding as passenger then we switch?

Thank you!!

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u/Expert-Ad-1012 — 13 days ago
▲ 43 r/RepTime

Starts at 1 hour 36 min mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg46CBOr8k&t=6115s

Graham first gives him a box of 6 and asks Nico if he can tell which are real or not.

First Nico is only allowed to look at the watches in the watch box without touching. Nico claims all are gen.

Next Graham allows Nico to take the watches out of the box and touch them and feel them. Nico still can't tell which are fake or not. Then says that all are real.

Finally Graham tells Nico that 3 are real and 3 are fake. Then Nico correctly distinguishes between the real and the fakes.

Really interesting that a watch expert like Nico can't even distinguish even when he's holding them. Sometimes the bracelets and loud movement noises are dead giveaways.

u/Expert-Ad-1012 — 16 days ago