Will be selling

[S SUBERI]

Great conversation guys. I took a hard look at the Defender and came close to buying one. I love my OT. I bought it strictly for recreational use. I'm not big on sound or ride but I love it off-road. Rick, you have a good looking truck there. Hope you enjoy it. Come back when your out of warranty.

 

[Bwaa]

I'm looking at getting a set of 20" wheels with A/T Tires..

 

[Mike'sGX]

Air suspension is great...until the shocks pop and it's $2000 per axle for replacements. And then the compressor goes out and it's another couple thousand to repair. And when it goes out, you're not moving the vehicle. Awesome when you're 50 miles offroad and you hear air hissing out of the shocks when the suspension extends on that corner and exposes a hole in the air bag. Or you have to pull over and let the compressor cool down because it's working non-stop to try to stay ahead of the leaks. Then the air compressor just gives up the fight.

I had a vehicle with Air Suspension years ago. Never again. One of my major items when buying a new vehicle since then is No Air Suspension. I passed on several SUV's before finding the new GX 550 because they had air suspension.

 

[YellowLab]

I had a vehicle with Air Suspension years ago. Never again. One of my major items when buying a new vehicle since then is No Air Suspension. I passed on several SUV's before finding the new GX 550 because they had air suspension.

I made the mistake of overloading my X5M - cost a mere $5k to fix - would never own air suspension again...

 

[DJ’s Sled]

I’m still waiting for mine to go out on our 2017 Benz. We spent the summer of 2021 towing the camper trailer to a lot of places, a couple dirt roads, etc. The auto leveling is great of course.
I have zero proof it’s helped..but I routinely use the different drive modes, and the full raise height (until about 35 mph, it then lowers back to normal). It sits in the garage for days at at a time fully raised.
I think I’ve just been lucky.

 

[S SUBERI]

I traded in my SQ5. No problems with the air suspension but now that I'm hearing these war stories I may have dodged a bullet.

 

[Bluegill]

They’ve made great strides in quality over the past couple years. And certainly Lexus is going the other direction. I’m hopeful!

No they haven’t.

This GX550 that I bought last June ended 25 years of Land Rover daily driving for me.

That’s a beautiful truck but it’s going to drive you nuts.