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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 10:08 AM
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So it's been quite some time, but I'm back in a GS300 again! Gone through a few different cars since I sold my last one, this was the only car that I wanted to buy that was cheap and I knew what I was getting and would keep me happy for a few months while I look at buying myself another house and then into an E90 M3 hopefully, and passing this car over to my mum.

Since my last GS300, I've had a few interesting cars, added the pictures below

Plan for this car is to keep it as it is for now, much as I would love to do some mods to it, I'm sticking just to some tinted windows for now, it's such a great example with full Lexus history, the shake of the steering wheel is also hardly there .
Forgot how comfortable they are and how much better on fuel than my last car! Just a luxury cruiser which I'm loving

My original GS300;


Cars that replaced it in the order I had them in;










Got to admit the car that I miss the most is the M5, the only reason I sold it was that I got fed up of 12mpg, was my daily driver and I was putting in so much petrol over the 8 months that I owned it
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 10:44 AM
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Good to have you back, sir!
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 01:15 PM
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welcome back and nice fleet of cars.

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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 02:43 PM
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Surprised u didn't love the skylines and miss them the most!
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 1sWt2GS
Surprised u didn't love the skylines and miss them the most!
I hear that man, that yellow R34 looks real clean. None the less. Its good to have you back.
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 03:58 PM
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ugh, Skylines just do something special to me. Nice collection and welcome back!
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 05:05 PM
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Love those Skylines!! Nice lookn GS too. Welcome back
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 08:27 AM
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Thanks - I've been around Skyline's the last 8 going on 9 years now and have so many friends that own them, they have lost that "something special" to me,love them none the less just say i'm desensitized to them now

M5 was perfect for what I needed from a car,only issue was the gearbox worries and poor mpg
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 09:57 AM
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I have a framed copy of Car and Driver in my office with that same color/year BMW, with the headline that reads:

M5: The Return of the Factory-Tuned King

Never owned one, but I detail one when I'm in FL. I can see why the car mags are always so high on BMW's M-series cars. Very slick looking car, but I can see where 12mpg gets old, especially at UK petrol prices!
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 12:13 PM
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droolin at that R33
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 12:39 PM
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The R33 is my favourite, it is still a rare car to see here in canada, nice cars
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