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Old May 24, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Blkexcoupe
I daily drove my SC the 1st 6 months I had it, but after that that it became a garage queen and gets driven less than 300 miles a month now. It only leaves the garage when I hang out with my car friends.
Yeah i try to drive least as possible i usually have the girlfriend drive or i drive her car 26 mpg ftmfw

i agree with Dx3 ahha! 5k sc up to 90k+ cars.

I dont really like the look milt's car maybe its just cause its kinda murdered out. His offsets and gold though id give him that
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Old May 24, 2010 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Dx3
LOL - it is funny everyone is stepping up from their $4,000 SC to their $80,000 LS or AMG!

I am on my 13th SC, most likely I will always own one regardless of what else I happen to be driving at that time.

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I know a few SC owners that use their SC as strictly a daily driver or a toy. Their other cars are usually much more expensive, but to be fair some of these guys bought their SC new or almost new.

13 SC is dedication.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SCrollinSD
PS: this was my favorite stage of this car for sure. still looks amazing, but for me simplicity is key.
I think CamberSC car is an inspiration to us all, i agree esp. in thise stage... and thats my model for future plans aesthetically with my car

Originally Posted by sc300jz
**I know sc's look very clean and nice, but i wonder how do you guys DD a 16mpg car? doesn't it burn a hole through your wallet..**
I get 26 MPG on the highway, its all in how conservative you are with the gas pedal and follow the tach...
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:12 PM
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Once I finish school I'd like to get an E55 AMG.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:14 PM
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i will never sell my sc, but i really want an FJ40 as my next daily. i think they have a lot of character.

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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Kohinoor
i will never sell my sc, but i really want an FJ40 as my next daily. i think they have a lot of character.

My uncle has an FJ40........its freaking AWESOME!
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by blobs
The 1UZ's longevity makes engine swaps for the SC400 kind of taboo in my mind... you could swap it for a 6 shooter but you will never get the reliability of the V8 1UZ..
Can you please explain how 1UZ is more reliable than 2JZ? I think it's otherwise, plus I6 is easier to work on (I had 1UZ vvti in my Gs400 and I know that it's harder to work on than 2JZ, especially when starter goes out at 100k, and you have to remove intake manifold just to change the starter...).
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:31 PM
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i dont think ill sell my sc.. cause .. i think its worth more than what i can actually sell it for.. so why not just keep it.. but.. im shopping for a is350 .. if i did sell my sc.. it would be only for a sc430.. cause its still a lexus coupe..
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SCrollinSD
no longer can you just make a bare bones, back to basics sports car, you have to pack on an extra 1000lbs of weight in electronics, ammenities, and aribags in front, side, on top and under your asscheeks. lol.




Your Sc looks sick.

I totally agree on this one. Newer cars get heavier and heavier. Can't they stop already? I mean wtf a Honda accord now is like BMW 5 series size. Will sedans become SUVs in 10 years?





Can you say E60 looks so out of place? The f10 looks much better than E60.

(source: m5board.com).
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Dx3
LOL - it is funny everyone is stepping up from their $4,000 SC to their $80,000 LS or AMG!

I am on my 13th SC, most likely I will always own one regardless of what else I happen to be driving at that time.

Jonny
Post a pic of each one. lol
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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I've always liked these...

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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Vadim540i
Can you please explain how 1UZ is more reliable than 2JZ? I think it's otherwise, plus I6 is easier to work on (I had 1UZ vvti in my Gs400 and I know that it's harder to work on than 2JZ, especially when starter goes out at 100k, and you have to remove intake manifold just to change the starter...).
Not to start a 2jz vs 1UZ flame war here but:

-The 1UZ was the Lexus flagship engine for their whole line up back in the early nineties. The engine had more money dumped into its R&D than any other toyota engine ever produced... and according to owner reports the engines have lasted as long as 350+k miles... some even more than that.

Where most engines require a scheduled tune up due to burned up gaskets or the like, the 1UZ still could go another 50k miles. The reason the engines are so cheap and you can get htem all over ebay and the junkyard market, is not because sooo many people are doing the pricey turbo swaps, its because the engines outlast the tranny and the body in most cases. THe 1uz is simply the most die hard engine to ever come out of japan, and one of the reasons I bought the car. This may be partly due in part to the LOW compression of the 1UZ, or so I've heard. the 2jz is a higher compression engine, and its power output was near that to the 1UZ in some production years of the SC's and allegedly its true output was masked by lexus as not to hurt the sales numbers of the SC400... it(the 2jz) is a "higher performance" engine but does not touch the reliability of the 1UZ. Now a turbo jz vs a turbo UZ, is a different story....


Also that car in the picture belong(ed) to CamberSC I believe... and the car was sold a little while ago...
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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^I love Gwagons, but I love Defenders just a little bit more. Especially the 110's
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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Either a mid-sized truck or one of these black, slammed on some nice wheels, done.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by OneJay
^I love Gwagons, but I love Defenders just a little bit more. Especially the 110's
a cheaper alternative... the dodge raider AKA Mitsu Montero





landrovers and g wagons not so practical for off road when you break a side mirror and it costs 8000$ to fix.... raider and montero cost little to nothing to repair and are known to be little tanks
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