My new beater!
08-12-12, 07:55 AM
#1
My new beater!
Gents,
As some of you may recall, my Jeep was totaled last month, which resulted in a lot of fierce discussions with their insurance company and a frantic search for a replacement. After two weeks of emails and phone calls, I finally bit the bullet yesterday:
- 7+ hours in two planes/airports to get to Cleveland
- 2 hours inspecting, test driving, and signing documents
- aaaaaaaand a 7 hour drive back to Northern VA
2010 Starfire Pearl IS350 w/luxury package (minus Nav and backup cam) and 25k miles (after the long trip home). The guy I bought it from worked for Lexus and meticulously maintained it. All maintenance was performed by Lexus every 5k miles and the history is impeccable. There's only a handful of blemished inside and out with very minimal rock chips. The only thing wrong is that it has some "rail dust" on the paint that I have to get removed.
Gentlemen, meet my new beater (taken prior to leaving from Ohio):
Yeah yeah yeah, where's the blue tape you ask? I brought 2 rolls with me, but it was just too wet and nasty out to tape up the front end. The bug carnage left on my front end is ridiculous
.
As some of you may recall, my Jeep was totaled last month, which resulted in a lot of fierce discussions with their insurance company and a frantic search for a replacement. After two weeks of emails and phone calls, I finally bit the bullet yesterday:
- 7+ hours in two planes/airports to get to Cleveland
- 2 hours inspecting, test driving, and signing documents
- aaaaaaaand a 7 hour drive back to Northern VA
2010 Starfire Pearl IS350 w/luxury package (minus Nav and backup cam) and 25k miles (after the long trip home). The guy I bought it from worked for Lexus and meticulously maintained it. All maintenance was performed by Lexus every 5k miles and the history is impeccable. There's only a handful of blemished inside and out with very minimal rock chips. The only thing wrong is that it has some "rail dust" on the paint that I have to get removed.
Gentlemen, meet my new beater (taken prior to leaving from Ohio):
Yeah yeah yeah, where's the blue tape you ask? I brought 2 rolls with me, but it was just too wet and nasty out to tape up the front end. The bug carnage left on my front end is ridiculous
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08-12-12, 08:18 AM
#4
Lexus Test Driver
Beater? Good one! My other car is a Honda, which truly is the "beater". Love the car though. Looks great and it should be a good one, considering the maintenance history and low mileage.
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Lex212 (10-29-21)
LOL great pick up though
