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Do you ever get stock GS rubbernecking ????????

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Old 04-21-09, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ECUgs430
...i8abmr youd probably get more looks if you got some nice updated wheels......the old chrome look doesnt do it for me anymore especially on a blue 3gs......throw on some more aggressive shoes with a brushed finish or something like that and youll be straight
i agree 100%. but im always the one complaining about chrome, so its no surprise!
Old 04-21-09, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I meant customers in the service area. They didn't know what I did. Give my service guys a little credit. 07350 frost, your lexus is beautiful as well so I am not surprised that even in a place like CA your car is still given love.
thanks. like i said, its the paint that people love.

yeah, customers at the Lexus dealerships have asked me about my car before. but mostly just give me super strange looks. probly cuz i drive up in a semi-modded GS, get out of the ride and people can see all my tattoos covering myself. being a little younger and tatted, i dont exactly match the "Lexus clientele" that usually roams the dealership grounds.
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Originally Posted by 07350FROST
thanks. like i said, its the paint that people love.

yeah, customers at the Lexus dealerships have asked me about my car before. but mostly just give me super strange looks. probly cuz i drive up in a semi-modded GS, get out of the ride and people can see all my tattoos covering myself. being a little younger and tatted, i dont exactly match the "Lexus clientele" that usually roams the dealership grounds.
yeah, same here with not fitting the lexus clientele, but i love that part of it haha. what may i ask is so special about your paint?
Old 04-21-09, 11:12 AM
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i actually never get any attention from the other stock GS's i even make an effort to drive next to them lol ;P mayb my car looks a little like a gang banger's car and most GS owners are older. I get alot of attention from other cars tho.
Old 04-21-09, 12:44 PM
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Most GSs around here are driven by 40-60 year old women...you could be driving a Bentley and they wont know it. Heck you could be floating by in a Jetson car and they wont even notice it....your car sure is perty 8bmr
Old 04-21-09, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by beercity
My GS is stock and I rubberneck all other GS'. Mainly b/c I don't see many on the road at all. I like being different.... even if it is stock.
Same here. I've done the same whenever I've seen another GS...its like, wow, someone else also has a GS around here?
Even my service adviser says seeing a GS is pretty rare, so I'm a bit worried when taking it in for recalls and stuff; as they have no clue about the details of the car and how they are supposed to work unless they look it up in a service manual.
When we bought the car, all the people working at the dealership gathered around it when it arrived, that was a pretty good feeling
Old 04-21-09, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ivanz
Same here. I've done the same whenever I've seen another GS...its like, wow, someone else also has a GS around here?
Even my service adviser says seeing a GS is pretty rare, so I'm a bit worried when taking it in for recalls and stuff; as they have no clue about the details of the car and how they are supposed to work unless they look it up in a service manual.
When we bought the car, all the people working at the dealership gathered around it when it arrived, that was a pretty good feeling

it will be even more surprising when both our GSs roll into regency lexus or elsewhere!
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Originally Posted by rominl
yup that's right. my car is different but i don't think it's anything special. nice cars are a dime a dozen here in socal. i do get some people asking me about my wheels and brakes, but that's about it. not something i get overly excited about
ah, but cali has more millionaires and billionaires, so you would expect to see tons of nice cars.
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Originally Posted by Stormforge
ah, but cali has more millionaires and billionaires, so you would expect to see tons of nice cars.
yeah definitely a regional thing. i am sure in some cities driving a lexus probably make you look like an alien. but here in socal? nice and exotic cars aren't "rare" at all, and modded cars are going left and right
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in illinois you dont see many GS but all RX ive had people give me thumbs up and ask about the car but i cant say i havent gotten any thumbs down
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Originally Posted by Stormforge
it will be even more surprising when both our GSs roll into regency lexus or elsewhere!
Yeah, imagine if we get a 3rd GS to join the meet? Now that would be quite a sight
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IATEABMR,

I noticed your GS doesn't have the shark fin - did you remove it?
Old 04-21-09, 08:26 PM
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yup they do stare at times...............
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Originally Posted by Bavaria
IATEABMR,

I noticed your GS doesn't have the shark fin - did you remove it?
he has it

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-new-pics.html


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