Took the plunge
08-02-04, 04:08 PM
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Took the plunge
Could not wait any longer and bought a Midnight Pine and saddle 04 SC430... Just could not stop myself after test driving the dealer demo car. Very sweet ride indeed. After tax and title, I paid $63,500 but they have to search for my car at another dealer so I won't get it for possibly weeks, sob. Maybe this week, they don't know yet.
Darn, it is going to be a tough wait.
Been trolling these forums for years now and appreciate all the discussion which helped me shave off thousands of this dealer's usual selling price. I am glad to buy locally as they know I'll be a repeat customer.
Did I mention how tough waiting is going to be?
Darn, it is going to be a tough wait.
Been trolling these forums for years now and appreciate all the discussion which helped me shave off thousands of this dealer's usual selling price. I am glad to buy locally as they know I'll be a repeat customer.
Did I mention how tough waiting is going to be?
08-02-04, 04:14 PM
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Congratulations!
08-02-04, 04:37 PM
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The wait. Hate it!
A couple months ago I was driving near Laguna Beach on the Pacific Coast Highway and spotted your color combo with top down. I wouldn't do this on my black SC because it's played out, but this owner had put on the gold emblem kit and LD-1 wheels with gold highlights. With the sun shining, bringing out the gold flecks of paint in the green, the look was awesome!
Hope your wait is less than a day!
A couple months ago I was driving near Laguna Beach on the Pacific Coast Highway and spotted your color combo with top down. I wouldn't do this on my black SC because it's played out, but this owner had put on the gold emblem kit and LD-1 wheels with gold highlights. With the sun shining, bringing out the gold flecks of paint in the green, the look was awesome!
Hope your wait is less than a day!
08-02-04, 09:11 PM
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Congrats ! 
I was lucky that they have the exact color combination I want came in when I got my SC430, so I didn't have to wait, so good luck & hope you get it soon. You'll love this car.
I was lucky that they have the exact color combination I want came in when I got my SC430, so I didn't have to wait, so good luck & hope you get it soon. You'll love this car.
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08-03-04, 03:51 AM
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Congrats, bj ...
That was my second color combination choice when I placed my order in early March of 2001 (finally got my car in July of that year). I'd love to see that combo in person, but there are virtually no SC430s around here and no Lexus dealer. In fact, since the car made its debut, I've seen only two in this area and each one only once. Maybe they were just passing through?
That was my second color combination choice when I placed my order in early March of 2001 (finally got my car in July of that year). I'd love to see that combo in person, but there are virtually no SC430s around here and no Lexus dealer. In fact, since the car made its debut, I've seen only two in this area and each one only once. Maybe they were just passing through?
08-03-04, 04:26 AM
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Ed,
No SC430s? No Lexii period! I drive in upstate NY between Binghamton and Albany regularly and, except for near Albany, seldom see Lexii. Maybe one of the "passing through" SCs you saw was mine, rally red/ivory 400 or abs red/ecru 430 with VA tag?
George
Ed,
No SC430s? No Lexii period! I drive in upstate NY between Binghamton and Albany regularly and, except for near Albany, seldom see Lexii. Maybe one of the "passing through" SCs you saw was mine, rally red/ivory 400 or abs red/ecru 430 with VA tag?
George
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08-03-04, 04:52 AM
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George ...
I live in the greater Binghamton area (Vestal). I saw a red SC430 only once. It was sitting outside the Nissan/Volvo showroom on the Vestal Parkway last summer. I wanted to meet the owner, but by the time I was able to turn around (and sit through three different lights) the car was gone. I couldn't see the plates from my vantage point.
There is a smattering of SC300/400s around here, some sedans, but a surprising number of RX300s. You may see more in the Albany area because there's a dealer nearby (Latham, NY).
Binghamton to Albany is a nice ride, eh? Um, that is once you get past the 17 - 7 - I81 junction at Kamikaze Curve.
I live in the greater Binghamton area (Vestal). I saw a red SC430 only once. It was sitting outside the Nissan/Volvo showroom on the Vestal Parkway last summer. I wanted to meet the owner, but by the time I was able to turn around (and sit through three different lights) the car was gone. I couldn't see the plates from my vantage point.
There is a smattering of SC300/400s around here, some sedans, but a surprising number of RX300s. You may see more in the Albany area because there's a dealer nearby (Latham, NY).
Binghamton to Albany is a nice ride, eh? Um, that is once you get past the 17 - 7 - I81 junction at Kamikaze Curve.
08-03-04, 05:00 AM
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Ed,
Are RXs really Lexii?
Actually I have family in Delaware County so, unless I have a reason to go straight to Albany or Oneonta, I go over the "endless mountains" from Scranton to the Delaware River crossing at Hancock, NY. Great roads for an SC and almost no traffic unlike the gore you mentioned. I seldom stop in BHM.
Where to you go for Lexus service? Allentown?
Sorry about the chat thread readers. Ed, maybe we should move this to the NE forum or PM
George
Are RXs really Lexii?
Actually I have family in Delaware County so, unless I have a reason to go straight to Albany or Oneonta, I go over the "endless mountains" from Scranton to the Delaware River crossing at Hancock, NY. Great roads for an SC and almost no traffic unlike the gore you mentioned. I seldom stop in BHM.
Where to you go for Lexus service? Allentown?
Sorry about the chat thread readers. Ed, maybe we should move this to the NE forum or PM
George
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08-03-04, 09:12 AM
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Well, I enjoyed reading your exchange. I've seen very few sc430s here in Green Bay. There are a two that I know of.. The dealer is an hour away and that is not so bad, either. This car gets looks wherever it goes, though. Interesting, because it has so may detractors. I was one of them early on til I saw the car in person....
Well, they found several black/saddles that I can have within a week and I am going for that. Thought long and hard about the silver/ecru/birds eye maple on the lot, but the seats will get so stained in hands and silver just doesn't do it for me. Funny, cuz a test drive in that car blew me away.
Well, they found several black/saddles that I can have within a week and I am going for that. Thought long and hard about the silver/ecru/birds eye maple on the lot, but the seats will get so stained in hands and silver just doesn't do it for me. Funny, cuz a test drive in that car blew me away.
08-03-04, 09:30 AM
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I have ecru in mine and its very easy to keep clean. In this climate in the summer, I think any other interior color would be uncomfortable with the top down. That's probably not a problem in WI. Are you ready for people to call your interior "orange"? I don't get that but I hear it a lot. I think Black/saddle is a great combo. Good luck!
George
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Re: Took the plunge
Originally posted by bjoraker
Could not wait any longer and bought a Midnight Pine and saddle 04 SC430... Just could not stop myself after test driving the dealer demo car. Very sweet ride indeed. After tax and title, I paid $63,500 but they have to search for my car at another dealer so I won't get it for possibly weeks, sob. Maybe this week, they don't know yet.
Darn, it is going to be a tough wait.
Been trolling these forums for years now and appreciate all the discussion which helped me shave off thousands of this dealer's usual selling price. I am glad to buy locally as they know I'll be a repeat customer.
Did I mention how tough waiting is going to be?
Could not wait any longer and bought a Midnight Pine and saddle 04 SC430... Just could not stop myself after test driving the dealer demo car. Very sweet ride indeed. After tax and title, I paid $63,500 but they have to search for my car at another dealer so I won't get it for possibly weeks, sob. Maybe this week, they don't know yet.
Darn, it is going to be a tough wait.
Been trolling these forums for years now and appreciate all the discussion which helped me shave off thousands of this dealer's usual selling price. I am glad to buy locally as they know I'll be a repeat customer.
Did I mention how tough waiting is going to be?
There are quite a few SC 430's here in Sacramento, CA but the Midnight Pine has to be the most rare color sold in this area.
Good Luck and the wait will be worth it.
Lou K