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pics from my drive to San Felipe, Mexico

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Old 03-22-06, 01:40 PM
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Default pics from my drive to San Felipe, Mexico

I snapped a few boring pictures of my most stock SC during my trip to mexico... it was a really fun drive and I think I'll do it again. (insurance isn't expensive either -- 40 bucks for 3 days)














-John

PS: The roads aren't terrible either... you have to be careful about downtown, but I've seen worse conditions in New England

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JT! Wzup man! You should have hit me up...I would have gone with you...in YOUR SC of course, lol...

What's the latest? What wheels are those you have now?
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I'm digging those wheels, 5 spoke is teh win! They look a LOT like my rims, but they look better
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I see she got a nice tan...nice car..
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What's the silver cover you have on your window frame?
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Originally Posted by Bosco
What's the silver cover you have on your window frame?
Looks to be a chrome B-Pillar....did you chrome it yourself?
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Nice. If you ever manage to take the drive down to Mexico City (realize Baja is much farther away), you are always welcome to stop by and race at my track. We could use some more Lexus cars and SUVS.
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Nice pics...how many mile trip was it?
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looks like a pilar cover, or he removed the paint and that's what's underneath.


nice pics I'd be a little sketchy about taking my car across the border, just cause of all the crap I have in it....I'd be overly paranoid
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Originally Posted by mikeloc24
I would have gone with you...in YOUR SC of course, lol...

lol...that's funny
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sounds like a fun trip
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Nice pics. I would hate to drive on that surface in the first pic with my SC
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agree, too many sands...

but nice pictures,
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Dude,
You should have taken me!! Those waters are probably full of fish....LoL

How long did it take you to get there???
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Thanks for the comments guys...

1) the chrome b pillar is really just the material found underneath the paint... cleans up nice, eh?
2) On that dirt road I was less than idling along, that's how slow I took it.
3) Lexmex: Thanks for the offer -- I'll keep it in mind.

I was helping to build a house down there with a habitat for humanity type program... It's not a bad drive -- 7-8 hours at a decent pace 75 on the freeways, far less in mexico... I won't tell you how long it took me

As far as being safe, I really debated whether or not I wanted to drive it down, but after some knucklehead scuffed my rear bumper trying to parallel park, I figured my car was as safe in a gated, fenced off complex in as in would be in Pepperdine parking lot... Turned out to be very true.

More than that, I care for my car a great deal, but it's still a car -- She's gotta be driven (and I most certainly did!)


Thanks again for the comments!

John


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