i was very hurt last night...... (not physically)
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in us we want toyo and soarer badges, but everywhere else lexus is god, id never take lexus badges off why??? Soarer is good but sc is peak, everything is more luxurius but soarer got that down to earth uniqueness and simpleness
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actually the soarer is more luxurious than the sc.. it has air suspension for one... electric folding mirrors with ultrasonic vibrator, rear wiper and so on...
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Yeah, the soarer is much more luxurious, but for US cases, if i were to get different badges, I would keep the L and put SOARER.
then i dont get crap for having a T.
then i dont get crap for having a T.
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I dont think that would be a good idea unless you want to get arrested
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If your feelings get hurt by a girl about owning a car designed by Toyota/Lexus in the 80's, which costs less that $10K, then you should probably just get a newer different car. Sounds like your girl needs to step up and put her in her place ...Friends don't make snide comments like that...
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yeah, i did that, just the other way around.. i kept the SOARER and changed the T to L.. but still i tell people that toyota makes lexus, im proud of my yota..
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There's been a lot of hate and drama between them. lol
My girlfriend actually did impress me by saying, "Do you even know what this car is? It's a Lexus SC400 in Canada. Toyota MAKES Lexus; if you don't know anything don't say anything."
Hehehehe.. i guess my hours and hours of talking about my car got through to her..
My girlfriend actually did impress me by saying, "Do you even know what this car is? It's a Lexus SC400 in Canada. Toyota MAKES Lexus; if you don't know anything don't say anything."
Hehehehe.. i guess my hours and hours of talking about my car got through to her..
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And yes i would rebadge the soarer with a lexus badge. Your finally getting a tast of the real world. No matter what you do a toyota is always a toyota. This means in the eyes of everyone who doesnt know about import tuners(which is like 99% of people in the world) your car is always going to be looked down on. You can stand up tall and say blah blah blah i like my car or say well its a lexus in america, but they are still going to think what they are going to think. Essentially keeping that toyota badge is asking for disrespect, simple as that.
that's stupid, your better off buy removing the sc badge then putting a soarer on it. No luxury car is a "name" they are all a class plus engine displacement.
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The point is to keep the SOARER-ness of the car, but not get 'disrespected' by know-it-all girls. The know-it-all girls aren't going to look at the Lexus badge and say WTF IS A SOARER?! they ill take it as a nice lexus.
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Originally Posted by 2GSNoLess
Heck, when people say my car's just a Toyota I take it as a compliment. Better have it be built by a reliable company unlike Mercedes (during the Daimler/Chrysler merge... Eh, who am I kidding, they're still junk pre and post-merge) or a GM built Cadillac. No need to get hurt over the roots, sir
No matter how much you dont like it, a mercades benz will always be cooler then a lexus or a bmw and worlds above toyota. And actually while were talking about it MB is actually a lot nicer then all other car brands but this is getting off-topic so i will stop.
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Heck, when people say my car's just a Toyota I take it as a compliment. Better have it be built by a reliable company unlike Mercedes (during the Daimler/Chrysler merge... Eh, who am I kidding, they're still junk pre and post-merge) or a GM built Cadillac. No need to get hurt over the roots of our quality machines, sir.
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Just to point out, that whole paragraph that you just wrote is opinion based.
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nope, fact. Look at the GPS unlike Toyota you can actually enter an address while driving. Style wise lexus is very plain compared to the new MB. The 2SC doesnt even come close to the SLK which is why toyota is dropping it. And the quality of the new lexus has fallen, lifetime transmission that doesn't need oil changes? Out of the new lexus lineup the rx is the only car that shines and even then i wouldnt want to own it past 90k miles. Back in the day it was a different story, the sc looks far better then the old SL but times have changed.