Well, after being the owner of a 2005 Acura TL since December '04, I got a 2006 Lexus GS300 AWD and it's the best decision I ever made. My younger brother needed a car since he got his license in March so my dad wanted to get him a "used" car and he asked me if I was willing to let my brother have the TL and he'd buy me another car. Well, I was hesitant until he told me what car he would buy me. I've been the owner of a fully loaded 2006 GS300 AWD for about 5 weeks now and IMO it owns the TL in every way, except price, but that's understandable. Hopefully my graduation gift will be a nice LF-A.

 

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damn new cars like every 2 years.... must be nice

 

My hand-me-down car was a 1983 chevy camaro (120,000 miles) that topped out at about 85mph. I pity your brother having to take that rattling TL off your hands.

 

I probably would get a BMW before a lexus, but thats me. Congrats, the GS is a really nice car. Sucks that you need AWD, could have gone with the 430, but I understand, I live in teh NE area.

 

Damn you are giving away cars that I am still saving to get
Think your dad would want to adopt a 34 year?

Congrats on the car.

 

And it should "own" the TL in every way possible...after all, a loaded GS300 AWD with every option stickers for $57,700!!! That is 65% more expensive than a loaded TL. A more realistic comparison would be the Acura RL or Infiniti M35 AWD.

It must be nice to have wealthy parents.

 

Must be nice having loaded parents who buy you $65k cars...

 

Well, kudos to your folks for makin good career choices and working(hopefully) to get their money. More then likely they deserve it.

 

Congrats you lucky dog!

 

Am I missing something. One person says the car MSRP for $57k and a couple of others are talkign about $65k cars??
Either way, enjoy the car.

 

MSRP for a fully loaded GS300 AWD is like $51-52k. About $2,500 more than a fully loaded, more powerful Acura RL.

 

I understand that. What about the post below then?

 

Sorry, my mistake..I saw the 65% and took it for how much the car cost...still a lot of $$

 

no prob you're right though, lot of $$$

 

so, instead of your bro gettin a used car your pops just got you a brand new more expensive car?? watch out for the rivalry!!! he might hate you!!!

 

sheesh i guess....must be nice to get a new car...where most people have to earn their cars.....as long as your not a spoiled brat then its all good

 

some kids have all the luck

 

not to rag on the thread or anything but the title of the thread sort of made it sound like it was a tough choice. its not hard to say "yes daddy i will take a brand new 50K+ car". enojoy the new car as most kids are not as lucky as you are.

 

i feel bad for the younger brother...getting big brothers hand-me-downs...too bad the family is so poor they can't afford the younger brother a new car like every good or not so good kid deserves.

 

I would think the TL would be the right comparison based on class of car (Mid-Size Sport Lux) but my question is wouldn't the TL win in the performance department?

 

How is that a decision? if anyone asked me to trade my TL for a car worth double its price id do it to!

 

Really. Takes a rocket scientist to make a choice like that huh

 

hopefully most decisions in life will be this easy for everyone but i doubt that is the case. i never understood the idea of a graduation present. i mean your suppose to graduate, if anything you should be getting your parents a gift for putting you through school. well it might be different growing up rich i guess.

 

For 51-52k, id get an m3 instead. Since your parents still bought you your car, i assume your young. Why would you want a car made for an old person? Nice car either way, but I probably would have got an infiniti m45 for that price and car class type instead

 

beggars can't be choosers, but i agree for that amount of money i would have gotten the infiniti M instead.