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Originally Posted by Heatwave3

In other words you've never towed a boat, never towed a horse trailer, never hauled a part of a team to a soccer match. Just because you pass a vehicle towing a trailer on the highway it hardly qualifies you as having personal experience in towing or hauling kids around on the weekend. Obviously these experiences would be new in your personal environment. Is an SUV really the right vehicle for you?


As I said, unless you've towed a camper to a campground you really have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to towing a camper.



Actually I never said the Sequoia was a luxury vehicle. In fact IMO there is no such thing as a luxury suv. Its an oxymoron specifically designed for gullible folks. I don't view the LX, RR, Cayenne or LC as luxury vehicles either. They're simply utility vehicles with amenties that either meet my needs or don't.

My DXL had luxury features and the ability to tow that made it a great vehicle for my recreational needs and provided little conveniences that make life a little more comfortable. The LX is no more luxurious IMO than the Sequoia. All the features that matter are available in the Sequoia and the silly things you find luxurious like 300+ air vents and 15 climate control zones in the LC are downright moronic if you think these features qualify the LC as a "luxury" vehicle. To praraphrase a past US Presidential candidate.... I've owned many luxury vehicles and the LC and the LX do not meet the standard.


That's a reasonable POV however I happen to like the recessed gauges particularly on bright days when combined with the Optitron guages. Very crisp gauges to my eyes when the 2 are combined together.


Have to disagree...BMW learned the hardway that trying to combine too many device controls into a single interface is a bad design. Folks want simplicity when controlling temp and fan controls. Nice big knobs that are easy to find and manipulate. Caddy learned this lesson the hardway as well with multi-function buttons. I firmly believe in the KISS approach to controls.


Get a minivan and you'll avoid this issue. Given that you don't tow anything perhaps a minivan is a more suitable vehicle for your needs. There must be a manufacturer that makes a minivan with 200-300 vents that will have you convinced that in reality its a luxury vehicle.

Perfect for my needs however I do agree that offering an optional bench seat with heat controls would have been a smarter approach for the Platinum. But it meets my needs so I'm OK with it.

Actually I think that award goes to the LX with a Crawl feature that'll never get used and cameras that look around the corner that will probably cause more accidents than it prevents from drivers watching video screens instead of looking out the damn window. Now those are 2 of the biggest gimmicks ever foisted on customers.

Before you know it, Toyota will be offering free 15ft posters of giraffes for new LC buyers to place on the wall of their garages. This way they can come home from a hard day at work but still get the refreshing sense of just finishing an African safari in their new LC instead of the drudgery of the daily commute home.

Hey Heatwave,

I was at my local Toyota dealership today Since my Tundra Overdrive button seem's to want to turn itself off when I drive and look and behold another 2008 Seq Owner having a problem on the power seat Oh Toyota what a feeeling


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