Buyer's Remorse???
01-11-12, 03:47 PM
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01-12-12, 09:40 PM
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It may be a $1,000 SC400 but I've seen far worse. Keep it listed. Someone will buy it. Christmas season is what was keeping it from selling.
I'm a bit late to this discussion but I'll say this:
These cars are in need of as much investment and TLC as a domestic 1962-1982 muscle car that has never been restored or worked over. I owned a classic Mustang a decade ago and when I bought my nearly twenty year old SC300 I knew exactly what I was getting into restoring/modifying a classic car.
You use a LOT of Toyota parts on 92-00 SC's to keep them maintained. You never take an SC to a Lexus dealer unless you have an issue with your keys (and even then, there are others vendors). You order your parts from wholesalers and follow either factory service manuals, Helm manuals, online DIY write-ups or you use an independent mechanic who works on Lexus cars and doesn't charge luxury car premiums.
As for comparisons, stock for stock these cars were detuned by Lexus USA to be cruisers but in Japan it was sold as the Soarer. Look up the specs on those cars-- that's your performance benchmark if you want performance from an SC. It's the same shell and interior (almost) but is a good deal faster stock and far faster when modified. There are many options for changing engines, transmissions, rear axle ratios and using turbochargers. Superchargers in the case of SC400's.
The rub is that the cars never came this way from the factory but like many of the more mundane but nice Detroit cars from the 1970's (I'm making a comparison to how vehicles were optioned at the time guys-- not quality of construction or design) all the potential to make them much, much faster is there. Only these cars can actually handle exceedingly well comparatively.
You're selling it now and I think that's the best thing. Unless you really had a connection with the car it's not worth getting into. That goes for any classic car.
I'm a bit late to this discussion but I'll say this:
These cars are in need of as much investment and TLC as a domestic 1962-1982 muscle car that has never been restored or worked over. I owned a classic Mustang a decade ago and when I bought my nearly twenty year old SC300 I knew exactly what I was getting into restoring/modifying a classic car.
You use a LOT of Toyota parts on 92-00 SC's to keep them maintained. You never take an SC to a Lexus dealer unless you have an issue with your keys (and even then, there are others vendors). You order your parts from wholesalers and follow either factory service manuals, Helm manuals, online DIY write-ups or you use an independent mechanic who works on Lexus cars and doesn't charge luxury car premiums.
As for comparisons, stock for stock these cars were detuned by Lexus USA to be cruisers but in Japan it was sold as the Soarer. Look up the specs on those cars-- that's your performance benchmark if you want performance from an SC. It's the same shell and interior (almost) but is a good deal faster stock and far faster when modified. There are many options for changing engines, transmissions, rear axle ratios and using turbochargers. Superchargers in the case of SC400's.
The rub is that the cars never came this way from the factory but like many of the more mundane but nice Detroit cars from the 1970's (I'm making a comparison to how vehicles were optioned at the time guys-- not quality of construction or design) all the potential to make them much, much faster is there. Only these cars can actually handle exceedingly well comparatively.
You're selling it now and I think that's the best thing. Unless you really had a connection with the car it's not worth getting into. That goes for any classic car.
Last edited by KahnBB6; 01-12-12 at 09:47 PM.
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