[techweenie]

Surprising to hear this.

I've advised -- and helped -- friends buy Lexii. They were treated like royalty by the dealerships, and I was impressed by the cars.

I wonder how many $45K cars are smooth and solid after 200K miles, though? Would a Boxster at that mileage be better or worse than an RX300? Would the service history of any new generation Porsche compare with that of a recent Lexus at 200K miles?

Side note: A few months ago, I sold a '91 C2 coupe with 208K miles. The car was super tight and drove as if it had 40/50K miles on it. But the 'Porsche faithful' by and large had no faith in the notion a 911 could last that long. I ended up selling it to a 'non-Porsche guy.' So I guess you find out what's real when it comes to voting with dollars...