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Thoughts on 2008 or 2003 SC430

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Old 02-28-18, 07:45 PM
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Congrars. So which one will be in the garage? Or they both are?
Old 02-28-18, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by GmanSC
Congrars. So which one will be in the garage? Or they both are?
The blue one is in the garage with my Trans Am for now. But the 2002 May go live in the condo garage 30 min away. The 2007 will be the wife’s new princess and she is giving me her old princess LoL.

i have a feeling the 2002 May end up in my sons garage. He is serving in the Air Force up at Elgin AFB, Fl. It’s about 60 miles east of Pensacola, Fl.

i would rather give it to him because I put so much into this car and it is really not worth that much anymore. My son would take good care of it and I could still drive when We visit them.

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Very nice Bgw! Congratulations! At least ole blue will have company for a while...
Old 03-01-18, 01:20 PM
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I had to leave town today for work and won’t be back for a week!
Can’t wait to get back to give her a good cleaning, inside and out!
i already reviewed the transmission drain and refill procedure, it is the same as the Camry and
I already changed the fluid on my sisters 2010 Camry.
The process of the drain and refil is Still easy, just a little different.

if any of you want me to document the drain refill procedure for the 2006-2010 SC430, let me know.








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Old 03-03-18, 10:46 AM
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Too cool!
Old 03-12-18, 05:54 PM
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I have more good news to report!
I was going to connect my phone to the car Bluetooth and I stumbled on the call logs and prior phones that were connected
to the car. I started calling numbers.
When I dialed the fourth number her son answered! We had a nice conversation and when he felt comfortable and knew
I was legit, he gave me his mom’s number!

I called her and she was very nice, she even told me she had the extra master key, valet key and metal key along with all
of the books they gave her when she bought the car new back in 2007. major SCORE!

This will be so nice to have all of those items!

some of you already saw these pics...repost.
















here are a few more pics I took last weekend. Some of you probably saw them already.

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Old 03-13-18, 05:25 PM
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My wife and I met with the previous owner today.
She was very nice and gave us everything she had on the car.

here is what she provided...why can’t it always be like this...

Old 03-13-18, 05:52 PM
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Wow! Perfect! You’re a lucky man. If you haven’t already, a gift card or nice thank you card seems very appropriate.

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Old 03-13-18, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by VVTiBob
Wow! Perfect! You’re a lucky man. If you haven’t already, a gift card or nice thank you card seems very appropriate.
We think the same...already delivered! ;-)
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BGW, do me a favor, can you verify that the regular key has groove on both edges and the valet key does not. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by GmanSC
BGW, do me a favor, can you verify that the regular key has groove on both edges and the valet key does not. Thanks.
Yes, what you said is correct.
i will attempt to post a picture later.
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Old 03-14-18, 09:49 AM
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great stable of vehicles; love the red, white and blue patriotism!
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Originally Posted by Bgw70
My wife and I met with the previous owner today.
She was very nice and gave us everything she had on the car.

here is what she provided...why can’t it always be like this...
Very cool. That should reassure you of how well the car was taken care of.
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Originally Posted by Harold57
Very cool. That should reassure you of how well the car was taken care of.
it certainly did. She told us her husband bought it off the showroom floor in Jul 2007 and paid $70k. I guess that was with tax. She showed us where it spent most of its life in the garage and that she only drove it locally. A very nice lady...
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