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I just took delivery of my 04 GX470 yesterday. It is a build 9700 G and has the KDSS AND Hitch Bracket, Tow Hitch and Ball Mount. The manual still says something about the KDSS vehicles not being designed for a towing hitch receiver but mine sure as heck has one. It is a tubular type and I read in a post someplace that the tubular type is a Lexus hitch and is port installed. I was told my GX was at the port last week but the dealership didn't get it until a few days ago... maybe the hitch installation explains the delay?

Thanks GS400jon for the response. Seems the situation is still as you encountered. If I want KDSS I get all that other extra stuff I don't want and if I'm really lucky I might get one in Blizzard Pearl. I guess I'll know in about a week if there is one out there to be had. Got any room in your closet? My wife absolutely doesn't want that 3rd row seat and is going to give me heck when she sees it taking up space somewhere. She's less easy to convince that you have to buy something with options you don't want but I really want the GX... drove one last year and can't find anything that compares to it.

I am in the market for a new GX 470. I test drove one at a local dealer, then researched the options at Lexus.com and other Internet sites. Most sites seem to indicate the options are really optional but the dealer is telling me a different story. I want a GX with the Nav system with backup camera and Mark Levinson Sound System and the KDSS Option but I do NOT want the 3rd row seat and/or Rear Seat Entertainment System. Dealer tells me I can't get it this way... can only get the Nav/Sound system WITH the 3rd row seating. What's the true story on this... can you order a GX the way you want it or NOT? I have ordered other cars in the past and was able to build them the way I wanted them. understanding that certain options require certain other options, etc. etc. but that is usually spelled out in the brochures or websites or ordering forms. I'm not getting that impression with the Lexus GX. All the sites I've reviewed so far list the 3rd row seating and the Rear Seat Entertainment System as OPTIONS and nothing I can find says if you want the Nav/Sound option you have to have those other options as well. What's the real story here?