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What made you choose the Sc300/400?

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Old 05-05-10, 11:44 PM
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Default What made you choose the Sc300/400?

looks, reliability, engine etc..?
Old 05-05-10, 11:46 PM
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i love the way the sc300 looks a lot better than the sc400!
Old 05-06-10, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sc300jz
i love the way the sc300 looks a lot better than the sc400!
I think the SC400 looks much better than the SC300... particularly the emblem! The way the 4 sits between the C and 0 just looks so much cleaner than a 3!
Old 05-06-10, 12:08 AM
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reliable,luxurious,sporty, and rare to see fixed up in my neck of the woods
Old 05-06-10, 01:22 AM
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i couldnt afford a supra and i wanted a project..
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well i always loved SC's and pretty much any JZ powered car, on my 1st SC i chose a 300 because i could do a 1jz swap so cheap and have a nice boosted car to daily drive.

my 2nd sc300 i picked up because it was a 5 speed black interior, and i wanted to boost it as well.


3rd SC i got because it is a 97 RSP black interior car with boost lol..



with SC's i personally would rather pick up a 300 and plan to boost it, with my GS430 though i got it so i wouldn't have to do a motor swap and just enjoy the v8.


I would take a SC400, but the only ones i would really look at are 98+ when they got a nice HP bump..


i'm just a huge inline six 2jz/1jz fan.. not that the 1uzfe isn't a great motor, just now as much support and is going to be more of a pain to make power with.
Old 05-06-10, 05:19 AM
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looked like a solara and thought it would be a good step up after my fall =/
Old 05-06-10, 06:43 AM
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favorite car is a supra, so y not get the one similar to it since i can afford it. then i fell in love wit it and now im stuck ^^
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I became a Lexus guy after I bought my ES300. Was randomly looking through carsoup one day and happened upon a '99 SC300 with 74k miles and I had to go take a look at it. Drove up to the dealership that had it and fell in love. I started researching it, found out it's the Supra's cousin, and decided to buy it.

I had been saving up for a G35 Coupe, but the SC is so much more beautiful.
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Looks, Supra compatibility, looks, and at the time was tired of my MKIII supra. I've got another supra now for a hot rod project. An 87 model.
Old 05-06-10, 07:57 PM
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I bought the 400 for the price mainly. It was such a good deal, I couldnt pass up. At the time I bought it, I didnt know it was the Supra's cousin, or nothing about them. I still like the rumble of the V-8. Its never let me down, and its a daily driver. I have now learned so much more than I did earlier. The motor is pretty much bullet proof.
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Bought it for the price and comfort factor. These cars bone stock ride like you're on a cloud. As much as I love a lowered sporty ride I'm keeping my car 4x4 status as a daily driver while I have my supra to thrash around when I want to get nasty. I do wish I bought a 300 though, as I'm finding that the 1u is a huge PITA to service vs my supra.
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I was uneducated in the Lexus scene and bought the very first one that came to me, a 400. Never ever looked back or regretted it once.
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Couldn't afford supra so went to the next best thing. It has leather!!! my first luxury car
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x2 (another)
Originally Posted by horent135
Couldn't afford supra so went to the next best thing. It has leather......
Good headroom for my helmet, backseat fits my daughter and her car seat, much cheaper on ins etc...


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