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04-07-09, 10:03 AM

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my 97es300 is the beater...175k and going....

04-07-09, 10:13 AM

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I'll never understand the concept of buying a car that's not a rare car and letting it rot away in a garage collecting dust.

My GS400 is my daily... 190k and rolling strong...

04-07-09, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Solo_D33A

Mine's the GS, ahhh... all the snow I've been through......

What's the point of getting a Lexus... one of the most reliable cars you can get and not use it?

My SC300 is reliable but I refuse to drive a single turbo car with 19's and a bodykit 70 plus miles daily with the possibility of rain and snow and not to mention traffic with a stage 3 spec clutch

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I'll never understand the concept of buying a car that's not a rare car and letting it rot away in a garage collecting dust.

My GS400 is my daily... 190k and rolling strong...

My car is not a race car by any means but some days I just want to chill and not worry about rain/snow/traffic/clutch/cops/everybody wanting to race/etc.......

04-07-09, 10:57 AM

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I used to also have a '90 Accord EX and '85 Cressida. Both were great beater cars and able to drive great distances to pick up parts for my Lexus.

04-07-09, 11:03 AM

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2003 honda accord as the daily beater.. probably 60 mile commute daily (in LA traffic)

04-07-09, 11:13 AM

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My sig is my beater

04-07-09, 11:42 AM

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my GS is my daily beater...

04-07-09, 11:44 AM

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I like to think of the "beater" being the "rain car/truck/SUV".

04-07-09, 11:49 AM

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I like to think of the "beater" being the "rain car/truck/SUV".

Exactly

04-07-09, 11:52 AM

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My SC430 is the current "COMMUTER"....calling the SC beater would be disrespecting it....my GS is still in the shop getting the GTE swap finished...i might purchase a used kia optima as my daily beater or a 98 jeep cherokee sport...

can anyone give me any helpful input on the jeep or kia?

04-07-09, 12:43 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cherplex

My SC300 is reliable but I refuse to drive a single turbo car with 19's and a bodykit 70 plus miles daily with the possibility of rain and snow and not to mention traffic with a stage 3 spec clutch

My car is not a race car by any means but some days I just want to chill and not worry about rain/snow/traffic/clutch/cops/everybody wanting to race/etc.......

Ahh, it's a good thing to be relatively stock, no fear at -40 tempuratures

Wish I have a single... but V8 feels better than a 4 pot for a daily.

04-07-09, 12:52 PM

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This is my daily beater, the DC Metro! Who knows how many miles, but I guess a lot since it breaks down all the damn time!

In the event that it is raining or too snowy to take the train, I drive my 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 250K on the ODO!

The wife drives the GS as her daily, but as mentioned above, it is not a beater, but it a Lexus, so why not drive it!

The Range is for the weekends for me and the family!

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