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It's not the RR's fault that posers buy them.
To the left of the fuel guage is the Hi-Lo indicator. The controls on the left have Hill Descent, air suspension (furthest right) and Hi-Lo. The icon under the CEL left of the RPM shows the suspension height. THis is a body on frame truck.
This pretty much hits the mark where I am right now. I want to replace my 99 LX with a new one, but for what will surely be a nearly $80K LX replacement, it "just doesn't do it for me." In my opinion, the exterior of the LC looks much better than the LX photos I've seen; however, I really like the LX's interior better. Unfortunately, neither of them look the part of a 65K-75K vehicle like the Range Rover, and I gotta tell ya, if I'm going to plunk down that kind of cash, I don't want anyone to be confused about what I'm driving. Like someone implied before, I can buy a much cheaper vehicle that's just as capable / reliable as a LC/LX if I don't care what it looks like. Also, in my business, it's somewhat important to look prosperous, and the RR has a lot larger share of that credential (I wish it weren't the case, but that's just a fact)......All that being said, I'm still ULTRA concerned about the RR's reliability. If I thought it would be even 80% as reliable as my 9-model-year-old LX, I'd buy one tomorrow (but it may be a used one, just in caseI dunno, when the looks of the LC gets diluted into utter blandness and you can't tell it from a Highlander or whatever, it will dimish the exclusivity of a Land Cruiser. It doesn't matter if the thing is built like a Sherman tank or not. The LC has a great reputation world wide and part of that mistique is its performance as well as a distinctive look. You might be one person who is not swayed by the looks of a vehicle but there are many, many more who ARE interested in how the vehicle looks as well as how it performs. And quite frankly if I plop $70,000 for a LC and it is barely indistinquishable from a $35,000 Highlander, why bother with the LC? Toyota builds the best vehicles on earth (says you) so how much better can a LC be than a Highlander? If it's a Toyota it is faultless, right? Great is great, huh ??? Maybe I will get a Highlander, take all of it badges off and replace them with Land Cruiser ones! I wonder, would anyone even notice?? Hmmm, maybe I'm on to something here. Buy a Highlander, save $40K , invest the rest !!!
) My LX has been an absolutely AWESOME vehicle. I bought it about 3 years ago, and I have liked it MUCH more than I thought I would. Unfortunately, the new 200 just didn't get the styling it deserved. The Japanese are so adept at "copying" designs, all they had to do was to look at the RR.
