Greetings from Blaine WA, snuggled up to the Canadian border. Took delivery of our Nebula Gray Premium+ yesterday. Traded our 21 GV80, which was absolutely great, however the dealer experience was abysmal. Well acquainted with Lexus having had 2 RX's, 3 GS's, an IS, and 2 RC's in the family. Have been reading the forum for a couple of months while waiting for the GX to arrive. Lots of good information here!
Blaine Washington
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Welcome!
I have a habit of looking up pictures where people are from when they mention it and Blaine looks like a cool little town.
I have a habit of looking up pictures where people are from when they mention it and Blaine looks like a cool little town.
Congrats and welcome. Post some pics or it doesn't exist.
Looks fantastic!
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Blaine is a very nice "little" town, but unfortunately growing. Many new homes going in and the prices are eye watering. Some great little restaurants and shops, along with a beautiful resort on the bay. We bought well before Blaine was really discovered. We were lucky enough to land on the Semiahmoo Golf Course so we have a pristine back yard that we don't have to mow!
Greetings from Sammamish, WA! I have been to Semiahmoo resort a few times for some business offsites. This is a great location.
Greetings from Burlington WA
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Just "down the road" from us! Which GX do you have?
Atomic Silver OT + just ordered a bunch of engine upgrades for it
Greetings from Vancouver. Blaine is great little town. Probably too many of us Canadians buying gas. Really enjoy Drayton Harbor Oyster Company. Regular visits to Can-Amer Freight. Still waiting up here for our OT+.
I have a Luxury Nori Green (my avatar) with saddle tan interior and love it. Waited for that very color and interior for a while. So far, I only saw an OT with the same color in the Seattle area.
Greetings from Sammamish, WA!
@Orzel congrats on your new ride! I absolutely love the Semiahmoo area—some of the best sunsets I’ve ever seen.@Patrickg6191 hey neighbor! I just got my White OT yesterday. Nori Green was my first choice too, but the wait for that color on OT trim was way too long. I had to compromise somewhere, so I chose to stick with the trim and let go of the color.
Congrats! Yes, it's always a dilemma on what to compromise on. I did compromise on the trim but not on the exterior color and interior color. I initially was going for the Premium + but the Tacoma dealership rep I was in business with told me that they had a Luxury Nori Green and saddle tan in transit and asked me if I was interested, so I jumped on the opportunity given the time I had already waited...Maybe we will see each other on Sammamish roads. I haven't seen any other GX550 so far here...Greetings from Sammamish, WA!
@Patrickg6191 hey neighbor! I just got my White OT yesterday. Nori Green was my first choice too, but the wait for that color on OT trim was way too long. I had to compromise somewhere, so I chose to stick with the trim and let go of the color.
This is such a coincidence, we both from Sammamish and got our car from the Tacoma dealership. I bet we might have end up working with same representative @ Tacoma.
Have you done any PPF/Ceramic coating? Please let me know if you came across good places to maintain the exterior paint. I am 100% sure that I will be doing FULL color PPF just not sure when.
Yes, small world. This my third Lexus in 10 years (RX350 Sport, GX460 Limited and now GX550 Luxury) and I bought all of them at the Tacoma dealership. I simply don't like the Bellevue one for many reasons and the Tacoma folks always delivered on the sales and service experiences YoY.
Regarding the paint protection, I always get the 3M chip protect film on all my cars. For the GX550 I went with the full hood option that also protects the front sides. I don't do anything special to maintain the paint besides keeping the car clean (car wash at Brown Bear) and using Meguiar products for detailing (they have a great waterless washing product). I have a garage, so the car doesn't stay too much outside.
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