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They are two different cars. The Lexus, while a sport's coupe is geared towards people looking for a more luxurious car. The BMW, won't have as nice of a ride but it will have better handling and depending on the engind you get, be faster. But watch out for the 540i V8's Nikasil and Alusil engine block problems. Make sure its an Alusil (not standard for the 1995 and below 540i's), as the Nikasil will get carbon deposits in it and eventually you will have to replace your engine in it. The 5 series is also a 4-door, so they're really appealing to two different uses and crowds with the two cars. The SC was made to compete with BMW's 8'series early on with affordibility as the 8-series was way way expensive.

That is normal. Mine will idle around 1700 until it starts to get warm. Then drops to about 1300 then 900.

Did you check your fuses?

If I was replaceing control arms with Supra ones I'd do both sides upper and lower, it does change some things and supposedly has a stiffer ride. Theres usually control arms on eBay for $350-$450 too (1 lower control arm). The uppers are not very expensive, its the bottom ones that are.

You should call up your local Toyota Dealership as they always can order Lexus parts and may be able to cut a key for you. I'm not sure if any Toyota vehicles have the same type of key as a Lexus but it never hurt to ask. But a Toyota Dealership can fix your car just as a Lexus dealership can most of the time if one's not availiable.

Only VVti, have an interference motor, thats in 98+, not starting in 95. Its hard to say at all without looking at the engine what the problem could be. The belt could have been it, but it definately didn't bend any valves or anything like that.

THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TOO!! Its just water in the spark plugs! Youre last 2 spark plugs are in water. Suck the water out with a shop-vac or let it dry over time. Take the plug covers out, etc. DON"T PRESSURE WASH THE BACK!!! Mine is missing the back cover so when it rains hard this happens, but all you have to do is suck out the water and the car will run fine!!! Sometimes you can just drive the car and the engine heat will evaporate the water!! PM me if you have any other questions, this has happend 3-4 times from rain/engine cleaning since i've had the car!! (figured it out after the first time though so its an easy fix now)

Most likely it's coming from your tires. Get them balanced and checked out to make sure you have enough tread all the way around. ← Thanks I will soon be looking into getting the engine & transmission mounts replaced. ← I'd replace the tires, and have your car alighned first, if that doesn't work it could be a wheel bearing.

← 4-6K. ← I HIGHLY doubt 275HP, maybe 255-260 AT THE MOST!!! But yeat 4-6 grand is what i'd expect to get for it...

The wiring is SO different, nobody has even attempted to rewire it And its definately not plug and play.

This happens because the A/C clutch kicks in and the car jolts in power, not electrical but you're ac is belt driven so the car gives itself a little gas to keep the rpm's up in turn lurching you a little bit if you're light on the brakes. You can usually feel this on most cars.

I have a 92 300 5spd and its seems pretty fast to me. 1st gear is short but it pushes me back. The auto vs. 5spd, is about a sec difference in the 0-60, 5spd is supposed to be able to do it in 7sec if you can shift right and launch right. My 1st goes somewhere between 30 and 35, 2nd goes up to 60mph, and I never look at the speedometer after that, just the RPM's so I know when to shift when doing a speed run. I know once it gets to 110-120, it takes FOREVER to get beyond that. My fastest is 137 though. My favorite is the 4th or 5th gear downshift to 2nd when you're between 35 and about 50mph to fly past another car.

Here's my speed in my grandpa's cadillac STS (not the new ones unfortunately, but this v8 still packs a punch)

I've gotten to 137, this only shows 130 however becaue I forgot to send the pic from my phone to the server before I moved it into a different folder. Car felt stable at this speed but would have taken a good minute or two more and 3miles or more of road to get to 145. took about 3 interstate exits to get to 137..gets up to 130 pretty fast.

OBD I and OBD II might be the differences in them, not really sure but if its a different part number it probably isn't going to work.