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Old 02-19-03 | 09:12 AM
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yeah i think im gonna keep mine for another 20 years...
Old 02-20-03 | 02:00 PM
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I have 225 on my 92 5speed and its still running strong. i can churp 2nd still and have no problem beating gsr and the other honda ricers that try to race me. Im waiting for the motor to take a $h!t so i can drop in my 2jzgte cause i don't want to take out a perfectly good running motor. it just seems like it dosn't want to die which shows how reliable these cars are. the only maintance i do is chage the oil over 3-4k miles.

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Old 02-22-03 | 09:47 AM
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i have 154k on my 92 sc400 and it still runs strong. there was little stuff i had to change this year but nothing big. i love this car and plan to keep it for a while. just put a sound system in, it makes driving alot more fun with loud music blairing in your ear!
Old 02-23-03 | 01:39 PM
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and i thought i was a stud with 187000+ miles.
Old 02-23-03 | 06:46 PM
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i have a 91 ls with 213,000 and i still redline it!!
Old 02-25-03 | 07:52 PM
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Yeah...amazingly enough...I have 210K on mine and it still moves out..runs with the best of them and doesn't burn a DROP of oil. I have 18" Polo Wraths on it...a 2 y/o paint job and everyone can't believe the miles or year.
Old 02-25-03 | 08:13 PM
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Just hit 90K a couple days ago and the car still feels like it was made yesterday. Smooth as silk.
Old 02-25-03 | 08:15 PM
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I think i can honestly say that these are probably the best cars on the planet. For age and miles and to still run this well. Some cars don't even run when they get to where we are at, never mind run well. LExus best cars on the planet
Old 02-25-03 | 11:06 PM
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I have 1993 sc400 still running 15.3sec in the 1/4 mile with a 124,000 miles. Hope to get TC and ECU chip and cut a full second off my quarter time and do another 124,000 burning rubber.
Old 02-25-03 | 11:58 PM
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240,000 miles on it....interesting huh? i picked mine up 2 weeks ago! whooopeeee!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 02-26-03 | 04:29 AM
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I heard that somewhere in that states there was an SC that did something like 600/700k miles before Lexus bought it back and put it on display somewhere.
Old 02-26-03 | 07:00 AM
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Originally posted by danielribo
I heard that somewhere in that states there was an SC that did something like 600/700k miles before Lexus bought it back and put it on display somewhere.
Wouldnt doubt it for a second.
Old 02-26-03 | 07:43 AM
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Lets face it... Lots of cars can go over 200k miles these days. I had a Cavalier do it.

The real magic here is that an LS or SC can easily be 12 yrs old have 300k on it and look and run like a 3yr old 40k car.

12yr old Lexus paint looks better than 1/2 yr old GM paint.
Old 02-26-03 | 07:47 AM
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200k on a on a chevy that is amazing. hehe. You don't see many american cars do that. I am sur it ran like it had 200k on it also. hehe.
Old 02-26-03 | 10:06 AM
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Agreed. Not too many American cars can do that kind of mileage without some serious money put into it.

My buddy's Cavelier went at 140K.

I've seen lots of 10-15 year old Camry's and Celica's running great at over 200K. But the body's tend to wear out, and they tend to collect alot of bumps and bruises.

My 93 SC300 is almost up to 140K. My girlfriend doesn't know and thinks its a brand new car. ha, ha.



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