Originally Posted by bitkahuna

I looked at and test drove the first gen GS in the early 90's but I felt that while beautiful it was overpriced and underpowered. I got a rare Legend 6spd manual instead but got tired of stick in Atlanta's hellish traffic in the late 90s. I had seen the 'GS = gutsy sonofagun' article and others when the 2nd gen first came out and was VERY interested, always wanting to one day own a RWD V8 car (no substitute for V8 torque - except maybe the future coming wave of hybrids or a good diesel).

I ordered a 2000 silver GS400 with navigation and it was in the dealer (off the truck) all of 2 hours before I picked it up. All they did was wash it. It had about 1 mile on the clock I think. I drove it home and had a HUGE grin on my face all the way.

After 5 years I can say it's been a terrific car. I've had a few ups and downs with the mods but the car really looks, goes and handles better than ever now and I'm very happy with it. It's an amazing feat of packaging because it's about 6 inches shorter than my old Legend but ROOMIER! I plan to keep it a few more years at least although I expect to have to put some good money into maintenance at some point. At this point if I was going to step up I'd go to a 997S probably instead of a 3rd gen GS, mainly because I'm not that interested in going through the mod adventure again and wouldn't be satisfied with a stock GS.

Originally Posted by 3dog

Hey Paul
I'm with ya on the 997S. Maybe we could get a good deal with a group buy!

Ivan
3dog