Just wanted to know what car you had before, just list one please, what made you purchase an SC and what DRAWBACKS the SC posed for you

Please guys vote and then post your thread.
I had a 2 dr legend coupe 1995, beautifull car, the lexus is so much better quality , however its so slow of the line.

'89 Nissan 240SX SR20DET swap

still have my Maxima 5spd

cons with the Lexus? minor electrical problems... guage bulbs going out, HORRIBLY slow and lazy tranny... slow off the line, and even not off the line its slower than my other cars...

but quality is good, and the car is solid, and its just a pure comfy freeway cruiser :) I love it!! (I'm getting old)

There's a 'Honda & Acura', 'Nissan & Infiniti', and 'Chrysler & Mercedes' redundancies, but no mention of the third largest automaker in the world: Toyota? Since you can't list thirty car brands in one poll, the options should just read the top automakers...

GM
Ford
Toyota
Volkswagon
Daimler-Chrysler
Honda
Nissan

and we can't forget the euro demographic...

PSA Peugeot Citroen
Renault
Fiat Auto

BTW, I drove a Toyota Camry before the Lex...

Hmm, I can't check off all the ones I want to :) , but i've owned many whips, and nothing does it for me like the Lexus coupe, bought one because i've loved the design since day 1, and my old man bought a '95 SC3 new that was almost exactly like the one I have now, same colour, interior, etc, he had it for awhile and only put about 8k miles on it, was going to keep it hoping it would be a classic, like i'm thinking. As for drawbacks, a little more power is always good, if only they had offered the Soarer 2.5 GT-T here, or an SC3-T with the MKIV TT's GTE, Getrag, LSD, springs, shocks, sway bars, bushings, and brakes...

Had a 92 Acura Legend, which was hit by 2 deer!

99 Prelude---leased. Gave it back...Got the SC3

I had a 97 Nissan Maxima SE. Some one tried to steal it one night and the neighbors heard the noise so they called the police. After the car went into the shop and the first night back it was stolen. But that car is very nice.

I still have my official "Most Abused Honduh in SoCal" as a beater.

95' rx7, and a 98' dodge quad cab 4x4

Chevy Malibu company leased cars. Got the second one, had it 3 months, called the fleet manager, Take This Car And Shove It, got the SC and charge 'em mileage:D

(apologies to Johnny Paycheck, r.i.p.)

97 240sx. totalled in drifting accident which i will admit was completely my fault for pushing harder than normal on a freshly rained road.

88 Prelude. Bought a 92 SC400 new when it came in (there were few cars and even fewer dealers back then) before the SC300 5 spd I'd originally ordered. Then 18 mos later reordered the 5 spd!!

97 benz e420 too many problem....tranny...and motor

79 toyota liftback - reliable over 400k miles
92 hyundai elantra - potent for a crap car don't miss it
92 hyundai sonata - guzzles gas but goes nowhere. don't miss it
90 volvo 240dl - dammmm slow.. don't miss it
88 cutlas cierra - died @ 80k miles.. go figure
92 ford taurus - didn't learn my lesson from buying domestic
92 civic DX - reliable beater
90 Eagle talon Tsi Turbo AWD (black) breakd often but its fast
96 susuki katana 600GSX (still have it) don't even know to ride
90 Eagloe talon TSi Turbo AWD (gold) still have it and even faster
97 nissan altima - good daily driver
92 lexus SC400 (still have it) - can't give opinion until sold(if ever)

had them in that order.

A couple Ford's and an Acura.

2000 Nissan Maxima SE-very nice car:)

what if i had the family saturn? i didnt see it up top...

Kevin

Since some may not have seen this, I'll post it again. Spot the trend. :D

99 Mitsubishi Galant ES - Leased

It was my very first car. I liked it a lot, especially the exterior styling. But it doesnt compare to my Lexus obviously.

lol didn't have a car before the lex. but the lex isn't 100% mine (name not on title) so i can't consider it my car yet. :)

1994 honda ex-l acord. 19 inch axis 7's , groundcontrol coilovers,tokicos shocks. plus more.

82 chevy chevette
90 ford probe
97 prelude
2000 landcruiser

I will always the chevette because it was my first car. No AC..no power steering...and top speed was only up to 50. Heck, it got me from A to B.

Too many:
73 Volkswagen Convertible (pretty sweet, sold to Broncos Player)
85 Toyota PU with 12" lift
90 Acura Integra
91 Acura Legend Coupe
94 Landrover Discovery
96 Toyota 4 runner
01 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
99 Honda Accord Coupe (still trying to sell)
My 01 Layhoss 430 which I drive now

Too many damn cars

'95 Ford Bronco - my college car. A love/hate relationship. I loved it when it wasn't in the shop for repairs.

'98 Ford Expedition - you would think I would have learned my lesson about Ford reliability. What a POS...the tranny had to be replaced twice in less than eight months (along w/ numerous other problems). I only had this car a year before trading it in for my GS.

Originally posted by INHOCJP
'95 Ford Bronco - my college car. A love/hate relationship. I loved it when it wasn't in the shop for repairs.

'98 Ford Expedition - you would think I would have learned my lesson about Ford reliability. What a POS...the tranny had to be replaced twice in less than eight months (along w/ numerous other problems). I only had this car a year before trading it in for my GS.
i hear ya there, i had an escort, i wen thru 3 trannys in a year, then got my mistu.....its been almost 3 years now......time for a lex

hoo boy, made a list once - wonder where I put it - yeah, here it is:

1966-67: 1964 Honda 250 Scrambler - rode it from Eugene to SF
1967: 1960 Rambler station wagon - my one total engine failure
1967-68: 1966 Honda 305 Super Hawk - rebuilt a repo and wrecked it
1968-73: 1965 Volvo 122S 4-door - good tough car, Konis & Pirellis
1972-76: 1965 Chevy van - with the bed in the back
1973-75: 1970 Fiat 124 Spider - fun, agile, rusty
1976-79: 1971 Volvo 144S wagon - real clean, burned oil
1979-80: 1975 Chevy van - wouldn't get the boat up the ramp
1980-81: 1973 Chevy 3/4 ton PU - this beast would move that boat
1981-83: 1980 VW Scirocco - red, clean, fast, gobs of torque steer
1983-90: 1981 Dodge Ram 50 PU - YachtCare wrench truck
1983-95: 1973 Alfa Romeo GTV - rough, smoky, noisy, wonderful
1985-86: 1967 Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider - saved & sold a rustbucket
1987-88: 1986 Plymouth Voyager - Sigma Supply roadbox
1988-95: 1985 Peugeot 505 Turbogas - reliable comfy rocket, great car
1989-92: 1971 Jeep Wagoneer, ugly beast, grew to love it
1990-91: 1990 Dodge Dakota PU - YachtCare Anacortes, bought new
1992-??: 1986 Ford F150 PU - great chunk of iron, a keeper
2002-??: 1993 Lexus SC400 - perfect, powerful, expensive

:cool:

Hey, you asked!

i had an 2001 mitsh. eclipse before i got the IS.

97 stick M3.

Per popular request, I added Toyota. Well, that and I needed to click on it.

92 Toyota Camry SE, 5-speed: Great car, traded it for the GS just before I hit 100K. Rare Japan import (not KY built)
87 Toyota Corolla FX-16: High winding, reliable -basically MR2 engine in boxy Corolla body
78 Pontiac Catalina Safari Wagon: Never broke down but had rear main seal leak that drank 2qts oil per week
73 Pontiac Firebird Formula Ram Air, built 65 GTO 389 engine with lots of goodies. Over 400 hp, but left me stranded one to many times.

BMW 1986 325es
Mercury Grand Mark. 1991? (work car)
Acura Legend 1990
Impala SS 1996

Current: 1999 GS 400, 1991 Nissan Maxima, 2000 Yamaha R1
Ooopppps, just noticed you said SC.....anyway

Here is a pic of my Impala I sold in January

Ok, I'll play:

'79 Ford Mustang - my only used car, Dad bought it for me in '84 when I was in college

'88 Ford Mustang - my first job out of college, my first new car

'90 Ford Thunderbird - my first adult car

'95 Dodge Intrepid - biggest POS ever

'96 Oldsmobile Aurora - (1st generation) very nice car that I should have kept longer than the 3 years that I owned it

'99 Lexus GS300 - my first, but not my last in a long line of fine Lexus automobiles

1989 Thunderbird Supercoupe, 215k miles on it, the motor has never been apart, doesn't smoke, still runs as it did in 1991 when I bought it. I painted it black myself in 1997 when it was dented while parked in 2 seperate incidents, and the (originally ) silver metallic couldn't be matched very well by 2 high end body shops. I got fed up and decided to do it myself. 4 coats of clear, I wet sanded it down, it has no orange peel.
315 lb ft of torque @ a low 2600 rpm and posi , it's the perfect car to leave twin strips of rubber. And I do :)

http://members.tccoa.com/onequiksc/OCALA-SC's.jpg

A forrest green....Ford Focus..ha ha,,,but when i got it,,boy i was loving it...ha ha

I had:

89 Buick LeSabre T-Type
00 Chevy S-10
88 Ford Mustang GT 5.0
97 Nissan 240SX
95 Mercedes-Benz C280
00 Ford Mustang GT
99 Acura 3.2TL

1989 Nissan Sentra E 2-door
1994 Hyandie pig DIE!!Scoupe Turbo (biggest POS)
1992 ES 300 Manual
1992 SC 400
1998 GS 400

96 BMW 540
98 A4 turbo'd
99 RX300
00 RX300
02 RX300
And them my GS....

1999 Toyota Previa (still have it) :D :p... very relaible, and quite fast for a 2.4L 4-cyl in a nearly 2-ton body! It was a 5-spd manual as well hehehe... right now it's about to inherit the 18" Enkei G-Zero's off my Soarer when I find the right set of rims.
1993 Soarer 2.5GT (still have it)... very well built, very quick for a car it's size, keeps up with some of the big player names in the Japanese performance car world like 1994~2000 Impreza WRX, R33 Skyline GTS25t, Nissan Fairlady Z turbo etc.

first car was an 89 thunderbird then,....

from 93 to 98 was:

89 mazda truck
88 toyota celica gts
90 ford ranger
97 ford ranger
96 ford ranger

then 98 to present:

97 ford ranger
89 bmw 325i
90 bmw 325
88 bmw 325is
82 porsche 944
85 porsche 944
87 porsche turbo 944
77 porsche 911
86 porsche 911
89 mercedes 190e
96 buick skylark
94 ford explorer
96 nissan altima
95 nissan altima
99 GMC Yukon
96 dodge seabring
92 lexus sc400
ect.ect.ect.......

93 Honda Civic EX Coupe
91 Acura Legend LS Sedan
93 Acura Integra GS
89 Honda CRX
94 Honda Accord Sedan
93 Acura Legend LS 6speed Coupe
91 Toyota MR2
94 Acura Integra Sedan
95 Mitsubishi Eclipse
94 Lexus SC400

I need to get newer cars.... :egads:

Had a 92 Acura Legend, which was hit by 2 deer!

literally - hit by deer? thats funny in a sick way - it actually happened to me and a friend one time on the way to school. we were riding along in his 92 plymouth voyager going about 50mph, when i see this deer stop at the side of the road, right in front of the opposite lane to our left. being tired and groggy, i just kinda thought to myself 'that thing is going to run out into the road and we're gonna hit it' but it didnt actually get out of my mouth. sure enough, the damn thing ran in front of an suv, narrowly missing it, but then plastered itself up against my friend's driver's side door. all traffic stopped DEAD, but my friend just floored it yelling "WHAT THE ***** WAS THAT!?!?!" as he didnt see it at all. from what we heard, the thing flew up 10 feet into the air and into the opposite lane. it dented his door to the point where his window wouldn't roll down, and it took off his side view mirror.

oh btw, first car was a 99 bmw 740il. handled really nicely for a big car, but i wanted something sportier yet just as luxurious, so i opted for my sc :D

RIP
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now driving the GS4 until I find another "toy" that I like.
http://www.whitez06.com/1/lex/1.jpg

an 85 toyota cressida with a poorly-installed engine that replaced a blown one, 60% paint left, working driver side window, working driver side speaker(not plural),

and it could be started with coin as a key! that's convenience :rockon:

In High school: 1988 Dodge Omni (only cost $450!!)
Right after high school: 1992 Chevy Cavalier
My first brand new car in 98: 1998 Dodge Neon (my last Dodge EVER)
Year 2002: 1999 Lexus RX300 (my 1st Lexus, certainly not the last)

when i started driving i had a 1990 jeep cherokee...man i loved that thing. Had some thump in the hatch and just drove it to death...took it fourwheeling once with some friends.. ended up flooding out the motor...never ran right again...after that i went and got a 1994 stang in winter of 1996...thats when the mod bug hit me...done everything under the sun to the stang...when a family friend received a 1998 gs400 when they very first came out......i fell in love no doubt...such a beautiful car...even when i see a regualar stock one...but finally got one after 5 or so years in the stang...i also had a 1968 stang with a 302 and a 1966 charger with a 383 magnum in it. very strong running car. dad sold it cuz it was too fast....i swear i had 14 people in that charger once...what a hog

2001 Ford Lightning, mad hooked up.....11 sec truck..:( ( I do miss it sometimes).....

before that, 99 TransAm Pace Car.

a handme down 89 carolla from my dad!

yea that thing was awesome... before getting on the highway while on the onramp i had to turn off the AC take off the over drive and floor it!

this was also the car I almost ran off a cliff in once. i was coming down a windy road on the side of a mountain with 3 friends in it. i put it in neutral to coast (dont ask why, i was young and in HS) and then i accidently pushed it too far into reverse and the engine stopped! :egads: I lost power steering and breaks and I was going 50!!!

wowsers that was scary... turning the beater was horrible with 3 fat friends in the car. luckily i got it over in time before the major turn came. stupid me! :rolleyes:

1991 Honda accord ex-l coupe
1995 Honda Accrd ex-l v6 sedan
1998 Honda accord ex-l coupe
2001 Jaguar s-type 3.0

These are the ones we have owned over the years:
83 Toyota Cressida
85 Toyota Cressida
89 Toyota Cressida
96 Lexus ES300
97 Nissan Pathfinder
97 Lexus SC300
2001 RX300
2001 IS300

Hope to own a SC430 soon!!!

First car first:

1977 Plymouth - Arrow (fully loaded manual features) FLMF
1981 Datson - Maxima 810 V6 Stationwagon
1985 Hyundai - Excel (stick shift)
1987 Pontiac - 6000 fully "loaded" manual features

and now

1999 GS300 Spectra Blue! I paid my due!!!!

Had a Dodge RAM 1500 4x4 Quad cab with 360, off road pkg, K&M Intak, 3" lift, 295x75x16 BS.
Now GS300 SD 2002 - blk/blk

a 1991 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 with 460 horses!:D

-Seize

I have only been driving 5 years and have had 10 cars already :(

86 olds Nine Eight
88 chevy cavalier baby blue with a dent in the door
86 buick park ave
90 ford taurus owned for 1 day took back under lemon law
90 mercury topaz
93 Jeep grand cherokee Limited (Ya Right) A real big POS
98 Honda accord exv6 coupe
99 Acura TL
02 Acura TL Type S +NAVI (Totaled 1 month after I bought it )
98 Gs300

I will never own another car other than a Japanese car.

Originally posted by acnup00tl
I have only been driving 5 years and have had 10 cars already :(

86 olds Nine Eight
88 chevy cavalier baby blue with a dent in the door
86 buick park ave
90 ford taurus owned for 1 day took back under lemon law
90 mercury topaz
93 Jeep grand cherokee Limited (Ya Right) A real big POS
98 Honda accord exv6 coupe
99 Acura TL
02 Acura TL Type S +NAVI (Totaled 1 month after I bought it )
98 Gs300

I will never own another car other than a Japanese car.

According to your list, it took you 7 years (86-93) to realize what a POS american cars is.... SAD but true! I know we american can build a space shuttle to go into space, but for automobile, we can't do it for crap! It gotta have something to do with the american workers in the automobile industry. Everytime I think of my POS Pontiac 6000's breakdowns, I visualize some fat lazy bumb in Detroil's GM factory, who installed the engine in that car on a friday afternoon and forgets that he should have paid more attention and precision into his work. Instead he was probably thinking of his fat girlfriend and the cheap Bursh beer in frig @ his trailor park. DAMN I'm so mad still! But, the Lexus just redeems everything I hate about cars....

Agree with you, brother, no more American Cars!

2003 Mazdaspeed Protege..

:cool:

I had a 92 Nissan 240SX 5-speed

Great car. Maintaining it was cheap. I had the car from 110K-129K miles. The only major thing I had go wrong was the Rack and Pinion. Other then that it was solid.

I'm 1000X happier to be driving my Lexus now though! :)

1990 S13

Originally posted by chuckisc
According to your list, it took you 7 years (86-93) to realize what a POS american cars is.... SAD but true! I know we american can build a space shuttle to go into space, but for automobile, we can't do it for crap! It gotta have something to do with the american workers in the automobile industry. Everytime I think of my POS Pontiac 6000's breakdowns, I visualize some fat lazy bumb in Detroil's GM factory, who installed the engine in that car on a friday afternoon and forgets that he should have paid more attention and precision into his work. Instead he was probably thinking of his fat girlfriend and the cheap Bursh beer in frig @ his trailor park. DAMN I'm so mad still! But, the Lexus just redeems everything I hate about cars....

Agree with you, brother, no more American Cars!



It took me til I got a decent job right out of high school to dump american junk. I am stuck on Japanese cars . You said you had a pontiac 6000 le, My mother had one of those in 1986. ... My reason for owning Japanese cars is very simple. I would rather buy a car from people who work 6 days a week 18 hrs a day and never complain than to buy from a lazy arse American who always complains and wants to go home early because they are tired. My mother works for Ts Tech a form of honda and the japanese people that work their dont complain a damn bit. American workers are just flat out LAZY.

I think I will have to tone down the fact about not buying American's.... I do buy americans as much as I can, I want to buy American's... But gosh, build something with pride, not with price! Make me feel what I'm buying is worth something. How could I look @ a Saturn or a Focus and think or feel "DAMN I'M SO COOL TO RIDE IN THIS RIDE"

I buy Japanese's because I work REAL hard for my money, I don't plan to trade in my car every 3 years (which is the avg. time for all American's car to begin to break down) for a newer model. Moreover, I hate that trip to the dealership where the domestic car saleman treats you like you just another dumb@ss who will buy a POS car so he can get that bonus commision to go and buy a foreign car (like Lexus) :)

Anyway, I will and always try to buy American's, support our economy, but I must need to have a reliable rides, and until American workers can build something like Lexus, I will have to spend my hard earn cash on foreign cars! Nothing personal, it's all business (Godfather I )

Originally posted by chuckisc
I think I will have to tone down the fact about not buying American's.... I do buy americans as much as I can, I want to buy American's... But gosh, build something with pride, not with price! Make me feel what I'm buying is worth something. How could I look @ a Saturn or a Focus and think or feel "DAMN I'M SO COOL TO RIDE IN THIS RIDE"

I buy Japanese's because I work REAL hard for my money, I don't plan to trade in my car every 3 years (which is the avg. time for all American's car to begin to break down) for a newer model. Moreover, I hate that trip to the dealership where the domestic car saleman treats you like you just another dumb@ss who will buy a POS car so he can get that bonus commision to go and buy a foreign car (like Lexus) :)

Anyway, I will and always try to buy American's, support our economy, but I must need to have a reliable rides, and until American workers can build something like Lexus, I will have to spend my hard earn cash on foreign cars! Nothing personal, it's all business (Godfather I )


I agree w/ you !!

1984 Nissan 200SX 5 Spd Hatchback N/A- Lovely car and will always be remembered by me as my start. Only had it three months until it got hit by a bus.
1994 Nissan Maxima GXE- Awesome car, incredibly reliable, 4.5 years of no worries.
1997 Nissan Maxima SE 5 Spd- POS I bought off EBAY, painted everywhere, rattles, started selling it after the first week. Sold it back on EBAY and got every penny back, 2.5 months later.
1998 Nissan Maxima SE 5 Spd- Incredible shape, had it for a year, put on 15K miles, sold it for $200 more than what I paid for it. Never had one flat tire, never went up on a lift, nothing. Just solid, consistent fun, Fully Loaded and modded too. Really missing it, the amount I got for it is the only thing that justifies it.
1999 Lexus GS 400- Had a few minor issues at first, but overall, I'm growing to like it. Cant mess with the status you get.
2000 S2000- Traded my friend the GS for it for a week. Real fun to drive, considered getting it, realized it was too much like a street legal Go-Kart.
1988 Caddy Fleetwood D'Elegance- Bought it off someone getting rid of it for $200, made $350 for myself on it. Ran strong, great condition for its year.
1996 Maxima SE 5 Spd- Basically every possible bolt on available, including Stillen V2 Supercharger with smaller pulley. Dynoed at 278HP to the wheels, making it 310HP+ at the crank.

Considering A6 4.2 as my next ride. Might just stick with the GS.

Owned a Nissan Sentra, bulletproof but it was time to move on up. Infiniti blew monkey nuts back in 1996. If the G35 existed back then, my whole car life would be different. THere might not have been a 1SICKLEX (or 2 or 4):D

Here are my cars in order....

86 toyota MR2 (overheated and blew the motor.. impounded no registration) :egads:
95 acura INTEGRA GSR (cover of super street, march 2000.. sold)
91 toyota MR2 turbo (11.98@112 bad tuning.. blew the motor.. sold)
86 toyota COROLLA GTS (sold)
93 toyota MR2 turbo (gf drives it)
96 honda ACCORD (sold)
Just picked up a 95 lexus SC300 5 speed. Never again will I buy a honda, unless its an NSX. Im a toyota fan for life.
:driving:

in no particular order.
1990 AWD eagle talon TSI Turbo AWD gold
1990 AWD eagle talon TSI turbon AWD black
1979 toyota corolla hatchback
1992 hyundai elantra
1995 ford taurus
1996 hyndai sonata
1995 honda civic 4 door 5 speed
1992 nissan 300z 2+2
1996 honday civic hatchback
1997 nissan altima
1984 porsche 928 GT
1997 susuki katana 600
1994 vw golf

current 1992 SC400

Happy with the Lex almost all the way around...

Had a 300zxTT before (one that i actually drove for a long time, other cars i only had for a couple months at a time)

was very unreliable, always breaking something, tho it was quite fast when it ran correctly... still pulled harder than my car does now; tho not by much; i'm slowly getting to that point with tuning, etc

Thing I liked about my Z over the Lex was the handling aspect... Z was much more taut and flat and could take turns at a higher speed

tho the Lex has more of a pimp factor, more sleeper factor, and more passenger room :) (not to mention the reliability)

We got a green 2003 Honda Pilot EX-L with DVD the first week they came out. My wife loved it and had no desire to ever get rid of it. For the hell of it, we went to look at the new RX and she fell in love again! I wanted her to get exactly what she wanted and she got it a few days later. We only miss the 3rd row of seats in the Pilot but we only used them because we had them. The Pilot also had its rattles but overall, it was a great family hauler.




Breakwater Blue/light gray/RX-330 AWD/1100 miles so far

I had a 95 toyota avalon with 19" zenetti mystic chrome and three tv's.

one more pic of old car that I miss.

1983 Suzuki GS650G (motorcycle)
1993 Suzuki GS500E (MC)
1985 Mazda RX-7 (totalled by a drunk , uninsured Mexican laboror)
1991 Suzuki Katana 750 (bought with the proceeds from my RX-7 uninsured motorist payment)
1995 Acura Integra (base model)
1991 Saab 9000 (had it 3 months, made $700 on the sale - had a bad feeling it was going to have problems)
2002 Honda CBR600 F4i (current)
1997 Toyota Camry (V6, 5-speed and still really boring)
1995 Lexus SC300 (I'm happy)

Looking at an old 911 for fun at the moment but probably won't get one until next summer.

Jon