banshee365
Veteran Member
Hey guy's. The family and I are looking to get a used largish SUV for our growing needs. I'm a hobbyist mechanic with experience mostly on PD TDI's and Lexus/Toyota's from the early 90's to the mid 2000's. With maintenance and repair costs being much lower with myself doing everything I find it hard to read the market on these two SUV's. I understand that I'm asking about a Lexus is a TDI forum but I can guarantee you that asking about a Q7 in a Land Cruiser forum would get me absolutely crucified.
I'm looking at 2006-2007 LX 470's or 2013ish Q7 TDI's. The prices are comparable between those two. We had a '13 Passat TDI for several years before selling it back to VW. It gave us wonderful service.
The LX and Q7 are polar opposite vehicles but I am just looking to get some opinions from other car enthusiasts. The LX, being a Land Cruiser, is obviously going to be the most durable of the two and possibly the most reliable. The Q7 is much newer, better fuel economy and has that wonderful German engineering. Both give us the room required for a family. The LX is probably a much more sturdy feeling vehicle with it's platform and heritage but the the Q7 may feel much more like home to the wife who has had nothing but VW's her entire life. The LX is a pretty mechanical vehicle with a manually shifted transfer case, hydraulic suspension and big N/A V8 while the Q7 is very sophisticated, efficient and pushing the limits of it's day in advancement.
What do my fellow car enthusiasts have to say about these two?
I'm looking at 2006-2007 LX 470's or 2013ish Q7 TDI's. The prices are comparable between those two. We had a '13 Passat TDI for several years before selling it back to VW. It gave us wonderful service.
The LX and Q7 are polar opposite vehicles but I am just looking to get some opinions from other car enthusiasts. The LX, being a Land Cruiser, is obviously going to be the most durable of the two and possibly the most reliable. The Q7 is much newer, better fuel economy and has that wonderful German engineering. Both give us the room required for a family. The LX is probably a much more sturdy feeling vehicle with it's platform and heritage but the the Q7 may feel much more like home to the wife who has had nothing but VW's her entire life. The LX is a pretty mechanical vehicle with a manually shifted transfer case, hydraulic suspension and big N/A V8 while the Q7 is very sophisticated, efficient and pushing the limits of it's day in advancement.
What do my fellow car enthusiasts have to say about these two?