tfischer

As far as I can tell, "snow mode" is a meaningless button.

Until they can come up with a way to have a button press shift 500 pounds of engine weight to the rear of the car, such "mode" buttons will be little more than a marketing scam.

I still have the original tires on the car, whatever they are. With no weight on the rear wheels and tires that wide, the tread does not make much difference. It's akin to putting on snow shoes to keep you from sinking into the snow. For that reason, skinny tires work best in the snow, and fat ones corner best.

After you try "snow tires," give us a full report. Be sure to compare all the costs and inconveniences involved to the price of a 10 year old Jeep, which will also work in the summer, by the way.

charlton

Dozer, where do you live? that house looks gorgeous!

rominl

iTrader: (4)

that's very good price on a 02 with such low miles. i have seen the car in person in details, it's flawless. gene takes very good care of his car, and blk/blk is just nice, period!

good luck on the sale gene!

Dozer42

I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, Foster City to be exact.

Looks like my new car might be coming sooner than I thought, so I'm willing to work on the price a bit.

Plenty more pictures on the website at http://www.dozer.com/sc430

And of course ClubLexus members get a discount!

jsl757

iTrader: (8)

Hey Dozer, I saw you at the Foster City Safeway reading in your car. I think this was a week or two back...the car had the top down. I'm suprised I don't see you more often since FC is a pretty small town.

Jeff

tonydt1g3r

If I could get a loan for a private sale I would be all over it, but the banks will only offer me a loan for a car bought through the a dealer

charlton

Okay- I need to move to California so I can get these great looking used SC430's and bask in the beautiful weather out there. Right now it is hot and humnid in the DC area. Everyone is waiting for the weather to break.

tonydt1g3r

well if your in DC get one shipped from florida they are all over and super cheap

charlton

Florida, Huh? I'll need to look into this. How much lower is the pricing there? Iknow DC is one of the priciest areas in the country.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

have you tried credit unions? usuaully they have much better rates and more flexible

tonydt1g3r

cost $40k for about 30k miles sc430 loaded, and they have tons your almost for certain going to find the color outside and inside you want. Autotrader has tons of them, and so does ebay just throw in a florida zip code mine is 33467. Alot of dealers post on auto trader and ebay so I would look for those since you get the lexus pre-owned warranty and I am pretty sure they ship.

I applied for a loan through lendingtree.com I got 5.95% for a $40k loan. I didnt get an offer for a loan for a private sale.