{"id":527121,"date":"2010-04-14T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=43515"},"modified":"2010-04-14T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T13:00:07","slug":"2010-lexus-gx-460-gets-a-don%e2%80%99t-buy-rating-by-consumer-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/527121","title":{"rendered":"2010 Lexus GX 460 Gets a DON\u2019T BUY rating by Consumer Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"485\" height=\"344\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/21495733001?isVid=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=77022871001&#038;playerID=21495733001&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/21495733001?isVid=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"videoId=77022871001&#038;playerID=21495733001&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"485\" height=\"344\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"http:\/\/video.consumerreports.org\/services\/player\/bcpid21495733001?bctid=77022871001\">Consumer Reports<\/a> tells us that something ain&#8217;t right, we generally listen. They give us unbiased opinions on everything from flashlights to automobiles, and their results are pretty darn accurate. They just recently conducted a test on the new 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV (basically a rebadged Toyota 4-Runner), and didn&#8217;t just give it a poor rating, but a flat-out <strong>DON&#8217;T BUY<\/strong> recommendation based on the following:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When pushed to its limits on a handling course on CR&#8217;s test track, the rear of the GX CR purchased slid out until the vehicle was almost sideways before the electronic stability control system was able to regain control,&#8221;<\/em> reads a press release.  The magazine said it: <\/em>&#8220;believes that in real-world driving, that situation could lead to a rollover accident, which could cause serious injury or death.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you watch the video you&#8217;ll see that the tester was able to induce one hell of a non-intentional drift, which is something you don&#8217;t want to happen God forbid you need to initiate an emergency maneuver. For this reason alone we wholeheartedly agree with their findings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/dQVxg88oTIv5zDWMYHkzwzFD2Aw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/dQVxg88oTIv5zDWMYHkzwzFD2Aw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/dQVxg88oTIv5zDWMYHkzwzFD2Aw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/dQVxg88oTIv5zDWMYHkzwzFD2Aw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Consumer Reports tells us that something ain&#8217;t right, we generally listen. They give us unbiased opinions on everything from flashlights to automobiles, and their results are pretty darn accurate. They just recently conducted a test on the new 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV (basically a rebadged Toyota 4-Runner), and didn&#8217;t just give it a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3854,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3854"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}