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Old 04-09-06, 07:39 PM
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hi all-

since i'm from the bay i figure this is the right place for my first post. i bought a CPO 2002 IS300 SportCross yesterday from lexus of pleasanton. it's my first lexus, and hopefully it'll live up to its reputation for reliability. so far i'm impressed with the build quality and the handling.

i saw the dyno day post, i'll try to make it if i'm free. the discount on service will be a bit of help since i'm out some money for the car

ricky
Old 04-09-06, 08:23 PM
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Welcome,

There's not many IS sportcross models here and glad to see you are in a rare percentile.
It will be a welcome site to see another "rare" addition to the Norcal Family.
Old 04-09-06, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bb6lude
hi all-

since i'm from the bay i figure this is the right place for my first post. i bought a CPO 2002 IS300 SportCross yesterday from lexus of pleasanton. it's my first lexus, and hopefully it'll live up to its reputation for reliability. so far i'm impressed with the build quality and the handling.

i saw the dyno day post, i'll try to make it if i'm free. the discount on service will be a bit of help since i'm out some money for the car

ricky
Welcome to the club. Please try and make it out to the dyno day and meet your local norcal members.
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welcome to clublexus and especially BIG WELCOME to the norcal family. trust me, you are going to love and hate us
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Rominl,

I thiink I understand what you're saying about the Love and Hate thing.

Yep, I joined CL 3-4 years ago, I loved it. Met some cool cars and people.

Attended the meets (about 3-5 a year) and still loved it.

Started to mod, loved it. spent more money. still loved it.

and some more money. hated it.

but I still gots the love for my Norcal CL family no matter what.
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hehee, true, the money part is always what we hate about each other huh but then again, everyone i know say they wish they could join earlier
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thanks everyone for the warm greetings. i'll do my best to make the meet.

it's strange, but the day i bought my car, i noticed a neighbor a couple of blocks up the street also has a black onyx sportcross, and i passed another black onxy sportcross when i was test driving the car down 580. it's not as rare as the dealer said

ricky
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Originally Posted by bb6lude
thanks everyone for the warm greetings. i'll do my best to make the meet.

it's strange, but the day i bought my car, i noticed a neighbor a couple of blocks up the street also has a black onyx sportcross, and i passed another black onxy sportcross when i was test driving the car down 580. it's not as rare as the dealer said

ricky
Its kinda funny that you notice things after you buy it. I didn't think there were that many GS's around but I see them all the time now. The sportcross is fairly rare, I think I've only see 1 or 2 in the almost three years I've been going to meets.
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ricky - welcome to CL

i'm pretty new here too, hope you come out to the dyno meet, would love to check out your sportcross - i haven't seen alot of them around and would love to check it out closer.
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Bump** welcome were you at the dyno meet yesterday ? i had the only black GS4 out there

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Old 04-25-06, 01:24 AM
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hi james-

i had the only sportcross, at least while i was there i showed up around 11 i think, stayed until noon when my buddy got hungry and we went to lion plaza. i promise to hang around longer the next time

ricky

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Bump** welcome were you at the dyno meet yesterday ? i had the only black GS4 out there

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ohh ok i missed yea i showed up about 3ish till 945 ? ahaha had dinner with the guys and caught up
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Originally Posted by bb6lude
hi james-

i had the only sportcross, at least while i was there i showed up around 11 i think, stayed until noon when my buddy got hungry and we went to lion plaza. i promise to hang around longer the next time

ricky
ricky....hmm..dont i know you from the old BAP days?
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nolan! how've u been, haven't seen you in a loooong time. i still have my 'lude, but got an IS300 as a daily driver. i haven't been to a BAP meet in years, and lost touch with most of the BAP folks. good to see you here

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ricky....hmm..dont i know you from the old BAP days?
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Originally Posted by bb6lude
nolan! how've u been, haven't seen you in a loooong time. i still have my 'lude, but got an IS300 as a daily driver. i haven't been to a BAP meet in years, and lost touch with most of the BAP folks. good to see you here

ricky
yea i know what you mean Ricky. Havent talked to any of the BAP folks in a long while. hopefully ill run into you at a meet or something. oh yea..congrats on the purchase.


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