Not that I'm truly in the market...

"TotallyThatStupid" (jbbush) 11/17/2014 at 15:44 • Filed to: LEXUS RC350

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... but that's kind of silly:

Just because I live in the frozen north doesn't mean I want AWD. Just saying.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > TotallyThatStupid 11/17/2014 at 15:53

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that's weird.

Guess you'll have to skip buying a Lexus! Woohoo!

PS9 > TotallyThatStupid 11/17/2014 at 17:20

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Wow, that sucks. I guess you're gonna haveta...

...Let it go.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > TotallyThatStupid 11/17/2014 at 18:19

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I used to sell Lexus. Occasionally we would get in a RWD IS or GS, and that car would sit on our lot and just rot for the next year. We had a GSh (last gen) that was almost 500 days old by the time we swapped it to Florida...they wanted some ESs from us, so we made them take the GSh.

So yeah, they don't so RWD cars. Even as they're trying to revamp their image, 99.999% of the people walking into that dealership here in RI don't RWD. If they did, they'd go to BMW. At least that's how Lexus sees it.

TotallyThatStupid > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 11/17/2014 at 19:46

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But if I'm building it to order...

If your distribution computer doesn't allow for dealers to accidentally order RWD - alleviating the potential for lot rot - I get that. But to disallow a customer to even spec one based on zip code seems dumb.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > TotallyThatStupid 11/17/2014 at 19:57

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Oh absolutely agreed, it's fabulously dumb at the website level. Just let me play with the tool, it shouldn't matter where you live. And if you go into the store, of course you could order one...though I'd imagine they would ask for a sizable deposit since it would be a hard car to move if somebody changed their mind. Lexus is a weird brand, they're trying to change their image to be less bland, which is good, but they're also trying not to alienate their core customers who want bland. Tough spot, since they still really haven't built the brand prestige that the German brands have.

Converse > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 12/09/2014 at 15:14

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Nailed it perfectly. Lexus is in a great transition and I think Lexus people will continue to buy Lexus even if they get better and sportier.

Lexus just needs to take the dive and not look back, which is something they've done before. I mean, just look at the current corporate grill...