INSIDE THE MIND OF CAR BUYERS: WHAT Pleasure Do They Get Buying Something Like A 15-Year-Old Lexus LX? Are They MASOCHISTS?

We all know them. The guy or gal who reads Auto Spies or the others who have the need to have their circle think, they KNOW cars.

And they are the people who will visit all the dealers test driving and be at every cars and coffee. Or as we like to call it, "Cars, Coffee and very lonely, sad men."

And before you jump on me for that last comment, you can usually find me there.

Back to the buyer I'm speaking of...

So they do all those things and after driving the best products made today they go and buy something like a 15-year-old Lexus LX SUV.

Now as much as we like Lexus and though in the day the LX was probably the best made Lexus EVER, since the original LS400, we HAVE to ask....

HOW ON EARTH COULD THEY COME TO THAT DECISION??

And THEN, once they get it they parade and try to show off HOW much smarter and savvy they are than everyone else.

And all you and I can think is, no CarPlay, no cooled or massaging seats, no keyless entry, no pano roof, worst 3rd row ever, miserable mileage, steering more numb than a 95 E-Class, how many of the 30 computers inside it are ready to implode at a grand a pop, and NO autopilot!

So there MUST be a reason they decided to buy that vs. say the new Telluride. And don't tell us off road chops...000001% of LX owners will ever go off-road.

All we can ask is are the MASOCHISTS? They LIKE suffering?

Please help us understand!

Spies, discuss.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 8/30/2020 6:21:35 PM

+3 Boost

It may be a 2005 model, with the interior is still done up like a $110k CAD SUV. If it has the uprated audio that is a plus too. The fact it will run like a champ for another 15 years is likely top in their mind as well. The features you mention also have no appeal to this kind of buyer. Frugality over fashion. And if you do not live in the rust belt, this could be your to enjoy for a very long time.

Car4life1 - 8/30/2020 6:30:40 PM

+3 Boost

Simple, they love a good deal & hate depreciation & like the idea of potential appreciation....smart folks! If it don’t make money, then it don’t make sense! Or their driveway in this case

ricks0me - 8/30/2020 6:41:18 PM

+2 Boost

Some people like OLD SCHOOL

I have too much respect for a salesperson's time to go into a dealership knowing that I am not buying anything

Give me a Jeep CJ >>> no new stuff

MBCLS07 - 8/31/2020 3:44:03 AM

+1 Boost

All the Telluride hype would be better warranted if it weren't such a butter face.

MDarringer - 8/31/2020 8:23:52 AM

-1 Boost

Someone didn't get any last night.

malba2367 - 8/31/2020 10:11:37 AM

+3 Boost

Some people appreciate the old school mechanical vehicles. According to your logic...why would anyone buy an air-cooled 911 when the modern ones perform so much better and have cooled seats CarPlay etc; or why would anyone buy any gas powered vehicle costing more than 45K because the comparably priced Tesla is faster and has autopilot.

dumpsty - 9/3/2020 2:54:32 PM

+1 Boost

TBO, i still luv the '96/'97 Land Cruiser. That exterior body styles seems like the best it ever was for the SUV. If I had the coin to drop on an old copy to just toy around with & make small updates, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

I'd probably put in a new V8, updated shocks/suspension, & add wider fenders & wide street wheels/tires.