Well, this all started about a month ago when some lil old lady traded in a '95 TT auto on a rav4. I would have worked free for that if they'd let me. haha But no. I couldn't affodr the 25K either so it sat. Time went by and word in the dealership was the MK4 was SOLD. Anyway, the guy came to pick it up and that was that. The next day I see why he bought it. He traded in his super clean '98 Lex SC400. Black/tan leather, tinted, not a fan of the factory chrome wheels but whatever, 148k miles. I put it on my hoist after work and gave it a good once over. Looks like it's been pretty well cared for. 
Smart man and excellent taste.
Now to my car.. It's an '88 5spd, turbo, targa car. I've owned it since about 2003. Just turned over 137k this week. Grey cloth interior, Maroon (3H1) outside, lowered, freshly painted wheels w/new tires, and some minor mods; 3" exhaust no cat with a Vibrant Ultra Quiet resonator and a Magnaflow 14834 muffler, intake, MAFT Pro (sd), 2.5" hardpipes w/stock IC, hacked shifter (w/TRD knob. lol), "custom" Southbend clutch, 10psi., and needs a little body work.
A buddy of mine just blew up his Saab 9000 turbo last week(he's got a silver '84 Cressida I wanna buy). The kid loves my car. I was thinking it over and talked to him about it and told him to buy my car and I'll use that money towards the SC.. I have teased him about selling him my car before he bought his Saab too, so he didn't think I was serious at 1st. I talked to our GM and he told me I could have the SC for $6400. I told my buddy and he said "get the body work done and we'll see what hapens".
So here I am sitting with this Lexus in my driveway thinkin' about it. My car will be going into the body shop in a week or so. I do like my car a lot. I hate it when it breaks down, but it always puts a smile on my face when I drive it. I push it often, but I don't really abuse it if that makes sense. Now, I've been a Toyota guy for a while so it makes the jump to the Lexus a little less stressful and I know it is also a good platform to start with as there are many things to do with an SC. I've been entertaining the idea of getting a different car for a while, but nothing really came to mind that I felt would be an affordable alternative. We'll see what happens.... hopefully they don't sell it before I get my car finished.
CLIFFS: Might sell my MK3 to a friend and use the $ for a clean SC400.
Smart man and excellent taste.Now to my car.. It's an '88 5spd, turbo, targa car. I've owned it since about 2003. Just turned over 137k this week. Grey cloth interior, Maroon (3H1) outside, lowered, freshly painted wheels w/new tires, and some minor mods; 3" exhaust no cat with a Vibrant Ultra Quiet resonator and a Magnaflow 14834 muffler, intake, MAFT Pro (sd), 2.5" hardpipes w/stock IC, hacked shifter (w/TRD knob. lol), "custom" Southbend clutch, 10psi., and needs a little body work.
A buddy of mine just blew up his Saab 9000 turbo last week(he's got a silver '84 Cressida I wanna buy). The kid loves my car. I was thinking it over and talked to him about it and told him to buy my car and I'll use that money towards the SC.. I have teased him about selling him my car before he bought his Saab too, so he didn't think I was serious at 1st. I talked to our GM and he told me I could have the SC for $6400. I told my buddy and he said "get the body work done and we'll see what hapens".
So here I am sitting with this Lexus in my driveway thinkin' about it. My car will be going into the body shop in a week or so. I do like my car a lot. I hate it when it breaks down, but it always puts a smile on my face when I drive it. I push it often, but I don't really abuse it if that makes sense. Now, I've been a Toyota guy for a while so it makes the jump to the Lexus a little less stressful and I know it is also a good platform to start with as there are many things to do with an SC. I've been entertaining the idea of getting a different car for a while, but nothing really came to mind that I felt would be an affordable alternative. We'll see what happens.... hopefully they don't sell it before I get my car finished.
CLIFFS: Might sell my MK3 to a friend and use the $ for a clean SC400.
