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Old 11-16-03, 12:20 PM
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Exclamation End of an Era

Some of you may have wondered why Mr Johnson hasn't done *anything* he had planned for this summer wrt mods. Well, here's the answer. The Lexus is gone and it's been replaced with this.
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Old 11-16-03, 12:21 PM
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Red face Which era?

Oh... Did I mention that the Lexus I sold was the 94 ES300?!?
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Oh... Did I mention that the Lexus I sold was the 94 ES300?!?
I was about to say///
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Awesome!
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You kidder you!
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I love the Marauder. 300 horses, RWD and LSD makes for fun. I like the look too, big chrome tips, blacked out everything, 18s stock. It just needs some tinting. It's quite rare up here in Canada, but it is a bit pricey.
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Good one Mr J..
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Damn did you scare me on that one.. Since you live down the street you can use my ES 300 still and i can take any of the two of your hands cause I know you dont want to drive them..
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You had me going there for a second!!!!
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Oh... Did I mention that the Lexus I sold was the 94 ES300?!?
Ya, you almost got me there too. Enjoy your new car!
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Snazzy!

They seem to compliment each other in the driveway too.

IAMNVS.
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Oh man.... you had me.
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Mr. Johnson you are a d*ck. And I mean that in the nicest possible way... LOL.

Anyway, CONGRATS. How's the Marauder? I'd really like to know your impressions. Seems like a great value, but I wonder how fast is it and how does it handle? I'm sure it's a lot of fun to drive.

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Mr. J. I'm sure you know this by now but they do make a supercharger for that car too. While at Sema this year, they had one all fixed up and I was chatting with some guys about the accessories they have out. All I can say is why not have another car pushing over 450 ponies... Great cruiser you picked..
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Thanks everyone!

What attracted me to was that it reminded me of my first car (1980 Impala) and the fact that it's a great cruiser, it's big, it has a nice stock exhaust note, and finally the incentives on these cars are just ridiculous. As some of you have noted, there are mods available (which played in the decision) but I did have to agree to not mod it for a while.

Once I've had a chance to break it in and "play" on some familiar roads I'll be sure to post my thoughts.

Hmmm.... Will tomorrow be a black day or a white day?
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