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Old Aug 12, 2025 | 04:12 PM
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Your SL is way more similar to an LC

Yeah one of my agents has a 911 cabriolet, its a bucket list car for her, she has a Range Rover Sport she dailys. Its surprisingly firm and loud (the 911)
Old Aug 12, 2025 | 04:18 PM
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Your SL is way more similar to an LC
Oh, absolutely positively.

Lol why do you think I want it??
Old Aug 12, 2025 | 04:20 PM
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If I had a 3 car garage I would get one, because I would want one from new. But alas, I don't.
Old Aug 12, 2025 | 04:34 PM
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If I had a 3 car garage I would get one, because I would want one from new. But alas, I don't.
I probably will never own a new car in my life even though I can afford it... The LC convertible we'll get I'm sure will be around $80,000... It will still be virtually new, to us at least. The new ones are like 105k+ and have ugly updated rims to boot, why spend $25,000 more? Pre owned is fine, I just hope we score ideal colors... I'm sure it'll be fine.

Would you buy this to keep theoretically? It's definitely a "keeper car".
Old Aug 12, 2025 | 04:38 PM
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The feeling of only having had my butt in the seat and starting off from perfection is worth it to me. Also being able to get exactly what I want, colors, equipment etc.

Oh yeah that would be a keeper car I would buy.
Old Aug 12, 2025 | 04:40 PM
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The feeling of only having had my butt in the seat and starting off from perfection is worth it to me. Also being able to get exactly what I want, colors, equipment etc.
I completely 10000000000000% understand that. It's just not as important to me.

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Oh yeah that would be a keeper car I would buy.
Correct, lol. I'm sure it would last forever. It's a $100,000 Lexus.
Old Aug 12, 2025 | 04:42 PM
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Plus for me, I drive a lot and I lease...so used cars don't really make any sense.

I would buy a used family car. I could see me buying a CPO GLS or something to replace the Pacifica. Wife won't have it but I would do that!
Old Aug 12, 2025 | 05:23 PM
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My sisters boyfriend/fiancé whatever you want to label him as had his POS Nissan die. I went over today to fix it, wife brought me parts up when she got off and this allowed me to take a picture to rival Bit lol!

I'll post it later when I have service
Old Aug 12, 2025 | 06:10 PM
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Thank you, friends!!! I love it!!! I bet people are going to start trying to race me left and right even more than they do sometimes.

LS430 one looks great too but I haven't shot it yet.

Thanks again, like I said it looks even better than I thought it would.
Watch out for those 2.04 cylinders 🤣

Throw a blower on the Benz!! You have to be ready for what may come your way!!

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i made an ad for bmw while out driving the rental lol…

GREAT PIC!!

Originally Posted by AJT123
Yep. LC no question.

I totally admire and respect Porsches, but I don't want six cylinders in my sports/GT car...... Porsches sound decent but nothing like a good violent-V8-powered car, and Porsche people know it but won't ever admit it.

V8 or bust....
LC is a special car and before the Supra I wanted one but I’m taking
over the LC all day.
Old Aug 12, 2025 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I was at the mall today and they had a beautiful Escalade IQ there, love this thing:



From what I remember you telling us, an Escalade would be too big for your garage.



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From what I remember you telling us, an Escalade would be too big for your garage.
It would fit but BARELY

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Originally Posted by SW17LS
It would fit but BARELY
And, besides, for an Escalade, IMHO that looks as dull as a piece of plywood. Escalades are supposed to be the Kings of Bling.....a Kia Rio has more chrome on it.

I know Caddy does some lower-chrome V and Blackwing models, but I didn't think that they would put a dull-looking package like that on an Escalade.

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Old Aug 12, 2025 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
And, besides, for an Escalade, IMHO that looks as dull as a piece of plywood. Escalades are supposed to be the Kings of Bling.....a Kia Rio has more chrome on it.

I know Caddy does some lower-chrome V and Blackwing models, but I didn't think that they would put a dull-looking package like that on an Escalade.
I think that's a black chrome pack car?
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Originally Posted by Striker223
I think that's a black chrome pack car?
On an ESCALADE? That's like Pamela Anderson Lee with no make-up LOL.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
From what I remember you telling us, an Escalade would be too big for your garage.
Garages are for work shops and man caves.
The driveway is for cars. Lol 📣



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