Lexus GX Owners Say Their SUVs Are Melting in the Sun… What’s Going On?

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Whit said:
I can only imagine how this forum would react if this were a Land Rover.

Or a Tesla.

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Corin said:

Whit said:
I can only imagine how this forum would react if this were a Land Rover.

Or a Tesla.

Or a Mercedes.

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Corin said:

Whit said:
I can only imagine how this forum would react if this were a Land Rover.

Or a Tesla.

But a Cybertruck wouldn’t melt… not even in an explosion.

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@Axel
You might want to check out some pictures of the Cybertruck’s interior. Yikes.

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You’d think a company from the ‘land of the rising sun’ would account for sunlight in their designs.

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Oli said:
You’d think a company from the ‘land of the rising sun’ would account for sunlight in their designs.

Guess they were in the dark about this one.

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Oli said:
You’d think a company from the ‘land of the rising sun’ would account for sunlight in their designs.

Same country that didn’t account for salt corroding frames, apparently.

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@Valen
You’d think an island nation that gets snow would’ve figured that out.

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Lex said:
@Valen
You’d think an island nation that gets snow would’ve figured that out.

Snow doesn’t always mean salted roads, though. Japan doesn’t salt theirs as much as the US.

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For this price, stuff like this shouldn’t happen.

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Peyton said:
For this price, stuff like this shouldn’t happen.

People assume price means quality, but there’s plenty of overpriced junk out there.

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Let the early adopters work out the kinks for everyone else.

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This sounds like solar convergence. Doesn’t seem like the car’s fault.

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Ashton said:
This sounds like solar convergence. Doesn’t seem like the car’s fault.

Agreed. Cars like this handle way harsher climates than Arizona or North Carolina. Seems like a rare incident.

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Ashton said:
This sounds like solar convergence. Doesn’t seem like the car’s fault.

Stories like this pop up every few years. Everyone freaks out for a while, and then it gets forgotten.

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How do you mess up plastic in a mirror cap?

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That’ll be $85,000, thanks!

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Ignoring the issues, that green in the photo looks incredible.

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Shane said:
Ignoring the issues, that green in the photo looks incredible.

That’s Nori Green. Good luck finding it.

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So much for ‘Toyota quality.’