trotondo

350...despite the warnings from the dealer that it would absolutely suck in the snow, I told him I would be long gone from New England by that time. At least, in theory.

Considering I've lived in eastern Massachusetts since starting college in 2003 (and managed to secretly retain out of state residence for all 7 of those years), then grad school, which I will be finishing this coming December, I think I've seen all that Massachusetts has to offer. That + car that sucks in the snow = a great excuse to move south!

Long story short, I love it. I got a Valentine 1 to replace my Escort, plus a hardwire "kit" for powered mirrors. When I picked the car up last week, I asked the dealer if they could do it for me (The part hadn't come in yet) since I had no desire to start taking my car apart with all of 4 miles on the odometer. He said yes, simple, and 60 bucks.

In an effort to save the 60 bucks - anyone done this before? I'll take a picture of the wire I got. Also, more pictures of the car in all its newness, as promised from my last post.






at my apartment complex north of Boston

Mv350

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here you go sir, nice ride man
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...full-post.html

djsai

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Nice car bro. What escort radar did u have? I have a 8500 x50, I am thinkin bout switching to V1 but my friends say they both compare equally.

trotondo

thanks for the link!

trotondo

I had the same, 8500 X50 in blue. Served me well, I only got 2 tickets with it, one was an unavoidable laser capture, and one....my buddy decided to turn it off when I was out of the car. I didn't notice until, well, flashing lights.

I have no complaints though, it saved me from countless other secret Mass Pike attacks. The rest of my family has Valentine 1 detectors and I got used to the added feature of telling me which direction the radar was coming from, so I made the switch.

blk250

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clean ride bro!..hope the mod bug don't bite you now..

bnizzle87

nice ride man! congrats on the that as well as completing grad school. gonna start that myself next semester, so hopefully it all goes according to plan. enjoy the 350 dude!

Fizzboy7

Sharp car there!

Kurtz

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Nice car!

Just an FYI in case you don't get down south fast enough, your dealer (as most are) is full of crap. Put good snow tires (not all seasons) on the car and it'll be just fine in the snow. There's a number of 350 owners in heavy snow areas (northeast US, Chicago, Canada, etc) that have no issues on snows.

stevejones

Throw a set of good winter tires on it and your car will go anywhere in the snow. I have a M/T is250 RWD with winter tires and gets me to work everyday through the worst of snow storms.

Infra

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Welcome to clublexus. Please read the FAQ stickied at the top of the forum, your question and more are all answered there.

mmmrodge

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welcome fellow new englander. nice 350 enjoy