Lexus is a competitor to Buick, never a competitor to BMW.
Here's my short story....Lease expires on wife's X5. We've owned multiple BMW's mostly 3's and 5's. Decided to try an LS430. I think that it was the shade of silver that sold me....What was I thinking???? Or, maybe it was the neighbor with the store-bought rack that has one. The wife hated the Lexus so much that she opted for my Suburban instead. Actually, the Suburban pushes less and could easily out-handle the Lexus. In the mean-time my Porsche lease ends and I'm waiting on my M5. So the the Lexus is mine. :crying: It rides great, has superb appointments, and the Mark Levinson sound is outrageous but, this has got to be the biggest PoS that I have ever driven. I feel like my dad in what his Park Avenue wants to be. Lexus slogan should be "the relentless persuit of depression." Anyway, we're back to another X5 while I wait for the beast to arrive.