DECKED OUT TO SIT OUT… In Luxury Soccer Sedan 2013 Lexus GS450h Review By: Melanie Droz Shawcroft For 3 years, I have been anxiously awaiting the day that I would become a true soccer mom. The day finally arrived! My three-year-old son had his season opener this Saturday, and I could not be more excited. […]
Carving Out a Reason to Drive the 2013 Lexus GX460 By: Melanie Droz Shawcroft Fall is the air – my favorite time of year. While we lived in San Diego, my favorite fall activity was picking apples in Julian. Back in Phoenix, the best fall activity is a day at the pumpkin patch in Prescott. […]
HO! HO! HO!…. HAVE YOU BEEN A GOOD LITTLE GIRL? 2014 Lexus RX450h 5 Door SUV By: Melanie Droz Shawcroft It appears Christmas has arrived a few months early this year. Despite the high temperatures in Phoenix, Santa paid me a visit to deliver the 2014 Lexus RX450h 5 Door SUV. His ears must have […]
WEEKEND LUXURY 2014 Lexus RX350 F Sport By: Melanie Droz Shawcroft I used to be able to say that it is not every day that I get to drive a luxury SUV, but considering I just bought a Volvo XC 90, luxury is now something I am accustomed to. Therefore, I was willing to give […]
Not So “Sleepless in Seattle†NEW …2015 Lexus NX Models Who can forget the movie “Sleepless in Seattle†which takes place in what appears to be a very slow moving cosmopolitan city (Seattle) where house boats look like the romantic norm and sunny days are rare and precious? Well, that is not what I witnessed […]
A Golf Trip to Prescott in the 2013 Lexus LS460 I needed to test drive a sophisticated, comfortable luxury vehicle with the trunk space to fit four large golf bags and extra clothes for four to change for dinner. It gets hot in the summer in Phoenix (110), so a golf trip to Prescott (89), […]
“NICE SPINDLE†– 2013 LEXUS ES 350 Hard to believe that twenty years ago this month Barry Bonds signed baseball’s highest single year contract ($4.7 million dollars) and Lexus introduced to the luxury car buying public the ES series of Lexus vehicles. At first the joke was that the 2013 Lexus ES 350 was just […]
Review of the 2014 Lexus IS models For 48 hours I had a breathtaking view of the Golden Gate Bridge from Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. I was there to test drive and learn all I could about the new 2014 Lexus IS models; the IS 350 RWD and the F Sport. Both IS beauties […]
A Grand Slam for the 2014 Lexus GS 350 Sedan I don’t know if it’s the opening of baseball season or what but, when I told my grandson I was testing the 2014 Lexus GS 350 Sedan he said, “Wow, Lexus makes a Grand Slam Sedan?†Let’s attribute that statement to the five precious years he’s been […]
The 2014 Lexus ES 300 H OMOTENASHI It may look like I had my fingers placed incorrectly on my keyboard but actually I wanted to share with you some of the Lexus way of thinking. Omotenashi is a Japanese word for hospitality. It implies an insightful understanding of customer wants and needs, thoughtful caring about […]