My parents are pretty set on getting the lexus rx-300 (which i dont want since every asian mom in walnut creek california has one). Don't see why in hell you need a SUV in a city where there are no mountains and the roads are in perfect condition. Hell the farthest she travels is costco... Parents can spend about 35,000 for a car and I'd rather they bought the is300 or a gs400/430 (dad had a connection with lexus that could've gotten him a 5,000 mile 2000 GS-400 for 30,000$ but my mom sent it back cuz she didn't really like the design), or the BMW 3 series. Parents care a lot about how the car looks (hell, mom sent back the gs-400 cuz she thought it was "ugly", which it was since it was pearl white), but also are pretty set on getting a lexus (their asian friends have them convinced lexus has the best bang for the buck in the world right now). Any suggestions, I hated when we bought our mazda mpv in 95 and we looked just like everyone else. Don't want that to happen again