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Old 10-15-08, 10:10 PM
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Yes,, the ES250 along with the LS400 are the 2 cars responsible for all of your other Lesus' being here in the states due to their sales success(more the LS400. LOL!!!) As Chrispy states,,"know ya roots.." This is indeed one of the very roots of Lexus here in the states.
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Old 10-15-08, 10:39 PM
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Well that happened to be my first lexus....nice car but all my friends used to call a cross between camry and a cressida....oh well served its purpose for about 4 yrs.
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Old 10-15-08, 11:37 PM
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My dad loved his last gen Cressida, he still talks about the smooth power from the inline 6
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Old 10-16-08, 10:03 AM
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When my neighbor had one, he talked about the "headlights turning off by itself"-talk about a cool feature (back then)
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Old 10-16-08, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by iKenn
yeah yeah yeah, your so old you could of started Lexus.

Lets talk about my photo skills.
driving while taking a picture with your cell phone? great skills.
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Old 10-16-08, 02:36 PM
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I think ArmyofOne had one of these a couple of years ago. Looked like a pretty awesome car. If memory serves, the car got into a minor collision and he and his Dad repaired it. When Josh joined the Army, he let it go. Dad sold it to a guy who was looking for a good first car for his daughter.

Josh ought to be around in another week or so - he's training with his unit and out of touch with the world. Maybe he can illuminate this now-rare model when he gets back to the world.
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Old 10-16-08, 03:02 PM
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The LS400 was an amazing car for its day. The ES250... not bad but it was pretty much the definition of shameless rebadges back then. If you took the Lexus emblems away and put Toyota badges on people would never have a clue, inside or out, that it wasn't just a well equipped Camry 2.5L V6.
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Old 10-16-08, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ElitistK
driving while taking a picture with your cell phone? great skills.
It was traffic so i was going like 20.
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Old 10-16-08, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by iKenn
I tried to get a shot of the back but when he saw me takeing pics he switched lanes and wouldn't pass me.
haha yea because he probably thought you were a stalker
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Old 10-16-08, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Lexiss_sc430
haha yea because he probably thought you were a stalker
no the first time
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Old 10-16-08, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by iKenn
I tried to get a shot of the back but when he saw me takeing pics he switched lanes and wouldn't pass me.
Found one for ya,,,

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