View Poll Results: Which car did you own before you purchased a Lexus ?
Acura
12
8.28%
Mitsubishi
6
4.14%
Nissan
25
17.24%
Chevy
5
3.45%
Ford
14
9.66%
Chrysler
2
1.38%
American SUV
3
2.07%
Infiniti
5
3.45%
Honda
18
12.41%
Subaru
0
0%
Audi
0
0%
BMW
9
6.21%
Mercedes Benz
7
4.83%
Korean Made
1
0.69%
Exotic Vehicle
0
0%
Other
25
17.24%
Toyota
13
8.97%
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What car did you have before !
04-03-03, 11:41 AM
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oh yeah
when i started driving i had a 1990 jeep cherokee...man i loved that thing. Had some thump in the hatch and just drove it to death...took it fourwheeling once with some friends.. ended up flooding out the motor...never ran right again...after that i went and got a 1994 stang in winter of 1996...thats when the mod bug hit me...done everything under the sun to the stang...when a family friend received a 1998 gs400 when they very first came out......i fell in love no doubt...such a beautiful car...even when i see a regualar stock one...but finally got one after 5 or so years in the stang...i also had a 1968 stang with a 302 and a 1966 charger with a 383 magnum in it. very strong running car. dad sold it cuz it was too fast....i swear i had 14 people in that charger once...what a hog
07-25-03, 06:32 AM
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Location: Boston
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a handme down 89 carolla from my dad!
yea that thing was awesome... before getting on the highway while on the onramp i had to turn off the AC take off the over drive and floor it!
this was also the car I almost ran off a cliff in once. i was coming down a windy road on the side of a mountain with 3 friends in it. i put it in neutral to coast (dont ask why, i was young and in HS) and then i accidently pushed it too far into reverse and the engine stopped!
I lost power steering and breaks and I was going 50!!!
wowsers that was scary... turning the beater was horrible with 3 fat friends in the car. luckily i got it over in time before the major turn came. stupid me!
yea that thing was awesome... before getting on the highway while on the onramp i had to turn off the AC take off the over drive and floor it!
this was also the car I almost ran off a cliff in once. i was coming down a windy road on the side of a mountain with 3 friends in it. i put it in neutral to coast (dont ask why, i was young and in HS) and then i accidently pushed it too far into reverse and the engine stopped!
I lost power steering and breaks and I was going 50!!! wowsers that was scary... turning the beater was horrible with 3 fat friends in the car. luckily i got it over in time before the major turn came. stupid me!
07-29-03, 01:00 PM
#51
Lexus Test Driver
Too many P.O.S.
First car first:
1977 Plymouth - Arrow (fully loaded manual features) FLMF
1981 Datson - Maxima 810 V6 Stationwagon
1985 Hyundai - Excel (stick shift)
1987 Pontiac - 6000 fully "loaded" manual features
and now
1999 GS300 Spectra Blue! I paid my due!!!!
1977 Plymouth - Arrow (fully loaded manual features) FLMF
1981 Datson - Maxima 810 V6 Stationwagon
1985 Hyundai - Excel (stick shift)
1987 Pontiac - 6000 fully "loaded" manual features
and now
1999 GS300 Spectra Blue! I paid my due!!!!
08-27-03, 10:59 PM
#54
I have only been driving 5 years and have had 10 cars already 
86 olds Nine Eight
88 chevy cavalier baby blue with a dent in the door
86 buick park ave
90 ford taurus owned for 1 day took back under lemon law
90 mercury topaz
93 Jeep grand cherokee Limited (Ya Right) A real big POS
98 Honda accord exv6 coupe
99 Acura TL
02 Acura TL Type S +NAVI (Totaled 1 month after I bought it )
98 Gs300
I will never own another car other than a Japanese car.
86 olds Nine Eight
88 chevy cavalier baby blue with a dent in the door
86 buick park ave
90 ford taurus owned for 1 day took back under lemon law
90 mercury topaz
93 Jeep grand cherokee Limited (Ya Right) A real big POS
98 Honda accord exv6 coupe
99 Acura TL
02 Acura TL Type S +NAVI (Totaled 1 month after I bought it )
98 Gs300
I will never own another car other than a Japanese car.
08-28-03, 05:34 AM
#55
Lexus Test Driver
Originally posted by acnup00tl
I have only been driving 5 years and have had 10 cars already
86 olds Nine Eight
88 chevy cavalier baby blue with a dent in the door
86 buick park ave
90 ford taurus owned for 1 day took back under lemon law
90 mercury topaz
93 Jeep grand cherokee Limited (Ya Right) A real big POS
98 Honda accord exv6 coupe
99 Acura TL
02 Acura TL Type S +NAVI (Totaled 1 month after I bought it )
98 Gs300
I will never own another car other than a Japanese car.
I have only been driving 5 years and have had 10 cars already
86 olds Nine Eight
88 chevy cavalier baby blue with a dent in the door
86 buick park ave
90 ford taurus owned for 1 day took back under lemon law
90 mercury topaz
93 Jeep grand cherokee Limited (Ya Right) A real big POS
98 Honda accord exv6 coupe
99 Acura TL
02 Acura TL Type S +NAVI (Totaled 1 month after I bought it )
98 Gs300
I will never own another car other than a Japanese car.
Agree with you, brother, no more American Cars!
09-01-03, 03:03 AM
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I had a 92 Nissan 240SX 5-speed
Great car. Maintaining it was cheap. I had the car from 110K-129K miles. The only major thing I had go wrong was the Rack and Pinion. Other then that it was solid.
I'm 1000X happier to be driving my Lexus now though!
Great car. Maintaining it was cheap. I had the car from 110K-129K miles. The only major thing I had go wrong was the Rack and Pinion. Other then that it was solid.
I'm 1000X happier to be driving my Lexus now though!
09-01-03, 08:19 PM
#59
Originally posted by chuckisc
According to your list, it took you 7 years (86-93) to realize what a POS american cars is.... SAD but true! I know we american can build a space shuttle to go into space, but for automobile, we can't do it for crap! It gotta have something to do with the american workers in the automobile industry. Everytime I think of my POS Pontiac 6000's breakdowns, I visualize some fat lazy bumb in Detroil's GM factory, who installed the engine in that car on a friday afternoon and forgets that he should have paid more attention and precision into his work. Instead he was probably thinking of his fat girlfriend and the cheap Bursh beer in frig @ his trailor park. DAMN I'm so mad still! But, the Lexus just redeems everything I hate about cars....
Agree with you, brother, no more American Cars!
According to your list, it took you 7 years (86-93) to realize what a POS american cars is.... SAD but true! I know we american can build a space shuttle to go into space, but for automobile, we can't do it for crap! It gotta have something to do with the american workers in the automobile industry. Everytime I think of my POS Pontiac 6000's breakdowns, I visualize some fat lazy bumb in Detroil's GM factory, who installed the engine in that car on a friday afternoon and forgets that he should have paid more attention and precision into his work. Instead he was probably thinking of his fat girlfriend and the cheap Bursh beer in frig @ his trailor park. DAMN I'm so mad still! But, the Lexus just redeems everything I hate about cars....
Agree with you, brother, no more American Cars!
It took me til I got a decent job right out of high school to dump american junk. I am stuck on Japanese cars . You said you had a pontiac 6000 le, My mother had one of those in 1986. ... My reason for owning Japanese cars is very simple. I would rather buy a car from people who work 6 days a week 18 hrs a day and never complain than to buy from a lazy **** American who always complains and wants to go home early because they are tired. My mother works for Ts Tech a form of honda and the japanese people that work their dont complain a damn bit. American workers are just flat out LAZY.
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09-01-03, 09:24 PM
#60
Lexus Test Driver
Just re-read my post!
I think I will have to tone down the fact about not buying American's.... I do buy americans as much as I can, I want to buy American's... But gosh, build something with pride, not with price! Make me feel what I'm buying is worth something. How could I look @ a Saturn or a Focus and think or feel "DAMN I'M SO COOL TO RIDE IN THIS RIDE"
I buy Japanese's because I work REAL hard for my money, I don't plan to trade in my car every 3 years (which is the avg. time for all American's car to begin to break down) for a newer model. Moreover, I hate that trip to the dealership where the domestic car saleman treats you like you just another dumb@ss who will buy a POS car so he can get that bonus commision to go and buy a foreign car (like Lexus)
Anyway, I will and always try to buy American's, support our economy, but I must need to have a reliable rides, and until American workers can build something like Lexus, I will have to spend my hard earn cash on foreign cars! Nothing personal, it's all business (Godfather I )
I buy Japanese's because I work REAL hard for my money, I don't plan to trade in my car every 3 years (which is the avg. time for all American's car to begin to break down) for a newer model. Moreover, I hate that trip to the dealership where the domestic car saleman treats you like you just another dumb@ss who will buy a POS car so he can get that bonus commision to go and buy a foreign car (like Lexus)
Anyway, I will and always try to buy American's, support our economy, but I must need to have a reliable rides, and until American workers can build something like Lexus, I will have to spend my hard earn cash on foreign cars! Nothing personal, it's all business (Godfather I )