what features were available
whats the year to year differences, problem areas??

how much milieage do all of you guys have?? I'll probably be picking up a higher mileage model!!

what color do you guys think is the best>??? I like the blue black, white and silver but I'm seeing alot of two tone colors which honestly are not my faves!

 

If you want to stay away from two-tones, black is your only choice. You have my number malik, give me a call and we can talk...

 

i got a dark green color looks pretty tight

mine has 64,000 miles on it and its a 94,,, i was lucky enough to find some old people who used it as their grocery car (or so they say)

 

I think they lied.. They used it for B I N G O trips...

 

late night trips to the street races and to the track on weekends

 

I have a 96 Navy Blue. Watch out for the normal GS maladies. Wading Pool spare tire well, broken cup holder, window moulding issues, thats about it. I had to replace my tranny at 94k (Lexus Paid for it-CPO), and thats the only thing I have done outside of normal maintenence. I bought the car with 59k, and put my first set of 20s on it a week later, so the driveline is strong.

Of course look out for burnt out bulbs. If your picking up a high mileage model, just be ready to pay for normal and abnormal repairs, it comes with the territory!

Good luck, too bad you in CA, I'm selling my car!

 

yup its too bad eheh I like that color too blue, silver, white, and black and those rare rare charcoal ones

I'm wondering... its really important.. can you fit two wheels and tires in your trunk?? thats ones of the reasons I want a 4 door ehehe but I know the GS trunk is kinda small

 

With no stereo stuff, I could fit 2 20" wheels with 255/35/20 tires in the trunk. I just Glazed/Waxed my car on Friday, you should walk on over to the East Coast and come check it out!

 

make sure you check out the window molding thing,,, i swear this wind noise gets louder and louder and louder and louder AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

i bought my lexus gs3 a few monthes ago and it runs great. though i have lil holes in the back leather trim. and the occasional cup holder problem the car runs awesome. its a 1996 and i bought it for 9k so it was a good deal. wonder if i need to change the tranny? 117k on it....anyways also watch for the tire well. there was a problem there but it got fixed

 

i was also lucky enough to find a nice one tone champagne. i wish i couldve found a better color...but when you find a car this price.....and in the good state its in..youd take it too lol. anyways i forgot to put that in the previous message so yeh. later

 

ok heres some of the year to year differences I've found.. please add on for me where you can

1993
1994
1995- Touring Edition
1996- 5spd Automatic, side impact door beams
1997

instead of bothering all of you guys anyone has a site that lists the year to year differences of the 1st gen GS??

 

96 also has split tailights a change from 93-95

 

How rare was the Nakamichi sound system, and what years was it available? I check out the 1st gens all the time on eBay and Autotrader, and rarely see cars with Nak. Is the system as impressive as the ones on the older SC and LS that were supposed to be superb?

 

I think the NAK is pretty rare. Even more rare is the "tape only" option. Guess which one I got stuck with...