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Picking it up tomorrow night!!!!!

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Old 06-12-08, 04:26 PM
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Default Picking it up tomorrow night!!!!!

Dealer just called and he located the Starfire/Black with NAV/ML and some other goodies from a Lexus dealer in PA..
Sticker $52460.Same sticker as the Starfire/Ivory my dealer had in stock with nthe options I wanted..
Picking it up tomorrow night.

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Congratulations! Post pictures of her when you get a chance. Look forward to seeing her...happy driving...
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Congrats, I know how excited you must be
Old 06-12-08, 05:54 PM
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Awesome!!!
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Thanks guys.
The immediate to do list will be a set of Yokohama ADVAN S.4. or Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position.
I'm leaning toward the Yokos.The Tire Rack survey seems to have them as a quiet and comfortable riding tire.
I've had RE960s and they are a good tire too.
I'm going to try and sell the run flats on Craigslist.

Also changing the fog lights,parking lights'city lights,high beams to MTEC Super Whites like I did in my IS.
Haven't decided if I'm going to use the JoeZ intake and blitz air filter out of the IS into the GS.
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happy day at your house! enjoy the ride and the mods to come
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Congrats.... post pics when you get =) always good to see starfire pearl
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congrats!
starfire/black was my one and only choice, never looked back... (actually paid 700 extra to have it shipped from NJ)
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Very Nice!!!!
The night before I picked my 2007 GS350 up I couldn't go to sleep, its a hard to explain feeling...lol
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Congrats man..get some pictures up asap.
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Yes some pics please
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sweet!!!!!!!
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I just got my GS430 2 weeks ago and I know the feeling that you are going through....I also had to drive 400 miles to get it. Congratulations
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Congrats, awesome color combo.

Regarding your tire choices, many of us here have had noise issues with our Yokohama Advan A10B OEM tires. I had it on mine and after about 5000 miles they got to be pretty loud. I never had any issues with their handling, just noise. Have not heard any feedback about the Advan S4 however, hope those are much better.

I put 19000 miles on them and just switched them out yesterday in favor of Continental ConiProContacts. I've heard some good things about the tire, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Will let everyone know in 5000~10000 miles how they are doing.

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Thanks guys.
The immediate to do list will be a set of Yokohama ADVAN S.4. or Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position.
I'm leaning toward the Yokos.The Tire Rack survey seems to have them as a quiet and comfortable riding tire.
I've had RE960s and they are a good tire too.
I'm going to try and sell the run flats on Craigslist.

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Originally Posted by EXP_Cougar
Congrats, awesome color combo.

Regarding your tire choices, many of us here have had noise issues with our Yokohama Advan A10B OEM tires. I had it on mine and after about 5000 miles they got to be pretty loud. I never had any issues with their handling, just noise. Have not heard any feedback about the Advan S4 however, hope those are much better.

I put 19000 miles on them and just switched them out yesterday in favor of Continental ConiProContacts. I've heard some good things about the tire, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Will let everyone know in 5000~10000 miles how they are doing.

Thanks for your imput,EXP_Cougar.
The whle change tire thing may be kaput now that I see there isn't a compact spare or jack tools with RFs.
It's a bummer.


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