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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 12:44 AM
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Story: in 11/2009 I wrecked my SC300. Bought an SC400. Thought it had 150k miles, later discovered it has 270k+. Sold the SC400 and bought a 2003 G35 coupe. G35 got $2,500 in mechanical repairs in the 10 months I had it. Ditched it for a 2008 IS350.

First off let me say that I am SO glad to be back on the CL community. G35Driver is not as knowledgable and professional.

Picked her up with 40,066 miles on the odo under Longo's certified pre-owned program. She's Obsidian with black perforated leather, equipped with navigation/back-up camera, heated/ventilated front seats, AFS, rear decklid spoiler, and chrome wheels. Paid $33k OTD. A bit expensive, yes, but it has a CPO warranty, came with (most of, at least; X-Package, illuminated door sills, and tilt-down mirrors would have been nice) the features I wanted, and there's a short supply of CPO IS350s in SoCal and a high demand for them. Classic Microeconomics model.

First pictures! Crappy I know, but it's been raining pretty much non-stop and I took these on an iPhone. Real pics will come soon.





First mods will definitely be yellow fogs/layovers, LED interior and puddle lights, and suspension components. Yes, it's comfy, but I feel like I'm piloting a pillow down the 605. There's woodgrain on the center stack so I don't have the sport package, but due to the nature of the car I'm not sure if I'd be content with the factory sport set-up either.

Oh and btw I'm actually from NorCal, I'm only in SoCal for the holidays to visit my family.
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 12:48 AM
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welcome back...did you get to keep the bow?
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 01:06 AM
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Congrats on the car and welcome back.
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 01:08 AM
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I don't like G35drivers forum some of them are stupid. sweet IS350 man just keep it clean.
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 01:10 AM
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glad you got another lexus! welcome back
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 04:39 AM
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Good stuff man!
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 05:23 AM
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Welcome back. Great platform to start with and sounds like you know where you're going with it. Gotta love black( I got it too). Hope to see you at some meets next year.
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 07:31 AM
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Congrats bro!! Nice Xmas gift to self! Hope to see you at some Norcal meets this 2011!!
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 07:45 AM
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Welcome back to CL!
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 07:53 AM
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Congrats on the new purchase! Did you drive down from Silicon Valley to purchase from Longo?
They're good, but I didn't know that good
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 08:00 AM
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Congrats!!!
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 08:03 AM
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Congrats bro!! Nice Xmas gift to self! Hope to see you at some Norcal meets this 2011!!
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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Welcome back! That first pic with the bow is so cute.
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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congrats, nice to have you back, hope you kept the bow for Xmas...
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 08:48 AM
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Nice.... welcome back... I'm curious about the bow to... I was supposed to get a pic with the bow to but I was kinda excited when I got my first Lex that I forgot to take that pic
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