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Old 01-14-15, 08:38 PM
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Guys,
after rolling in my SC300 since the 90's with 463K on the odometer. I decided to move the weekend road trip duties over to the Blue RC350 with the F Sport option. The dealer brought out all the bells and whistles when I closed the deal. I even got a nice gift basket to start the new year.

The car has a lot of similarities to my old SC ( Its a two door coupe) Smiles.
Everyone who looks at the back seat, ask me why are they even there. But those looks are deceiving, the rear seats will accommodate a most adults comfortably.

The driving experience is great. Still adjusting to the drive by wire accelerator and reading that Novel they call a manual. LOL

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Welcome! I love that color. Good choice
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My favorite color on the RC FSport Congratulations !
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Congrats... 90's technology compared to todays technology... priceless
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Congrats on the RC350 it's beautiful.. And WOW 463K on the SC...
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Thanks,
I am working on locating paint protectors now. I am debating on which is better, the dealer option or going with a private company for installation.
JT4:
This is my thread on my SC300, the daily driver.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...nsmission.html

This car is still great to drive.
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Originally Posted by red93sc
Guys,
after rolling in my SC300 since the 90's with 463K on the odometer. I decided to move the weekend road trip duties over to the Blue RC350 with the F Sport option. The dealer brought out all the bells and whistles when I closed the deal. I even got a nice gift basket to start the new year.

The car has a lot of similarities to my old SC ( Its a two door coupe) Smiles.
Everyone who looks at the back seat, ask me why are they even there. But those looks are deceiving, the rear seats will accommodate a most adults comfortably.

The driving experience is great. Still adjusting to the drive by wire accelerator and reading that Novel they call a manual. LOL

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Originally Posted by red93sc
Thanks,
I am working on locating paint protectors now. I am debating on which is better, the dealer option or going with a private company for installation.
JT4:
This is my thread on my SC300, the daily driver.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...nsmission.html

This car is still great to drive.
Thanks for the link, I just read it... The car looks great..

I can't believe, only 1 timing belt tensioner has been replaced in 463K miles, amazing..... Just for "craps and giggles" by any chance to you have a running total of what the service has cost you over the years..
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Congrats on the pick up man! Well deserved! E-stop by the house when you get a chance, I want to check it out first hand.

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congrats on the 463k veteran and the new car. HUGE upgrade
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Originally Posted by JT4
Thanks for the link, I just read it... The car looks great..

I can't believe, only 1 timing belt tensioner has been replaced in 463K miles, amazing..... Just for "craps and giggles" by any chance to you have a running total of what the service has cost you over the years..
The timing felt a lil loose on one of my servicing. So I decided replace it.
I not really ran a total, but about 2.5K I guess.

Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen
congrats on the 463k veteran and the new car. HUGE upgrade
Thanks,
the car to me, still has a lot of the SC Traits. Its a great driving car for the road etc. Very smooth ride on the expressway running speeds of 70MPH or more.
I just put 900 miles on it over the weekend. Average 24 MPG, I guess after the engine gets broken in it will pull that 26 MPG Highway as advertised.
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yea it will get better. Ive gotten 26-27 highway before in eco mode in my IS and that was going 80 mph
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