LEX-SV

And the top selling Lexus, the RX.

$2.639 for Chevron regular today, plus usual 16 cents uplift for premium.

OD'ed on Pez's.... Thanks for cleaning it up.

Fortunately OP drives a 8 year old modern Lexus in MA and needs help with snow/winter tires, anybody else had success with some... Those running square setups in winter usually have an extra set of wheels for winter only (matched 4, 17x8 or 18x8).

Thankfully factory rustproofing has advanced very significantly in last decades. And many people in western U.S. live in Mediterranean climate that does not destroy even the older and pre-80's rust prone cars quickly. I don't see myself living in a harsh climate, and not just because of my car(s).

Best Wishes to all at LOC for the Christmas Holidays. May you also enjoy some safe travels in your Lexus too.

Yes, those look like old boats lol. The Challenger derived from a huge 4 door sedan is kind of funny to say the least, lots of road-hugging power-sapping gas-guzzling, non-aero weight too. Mustang with it's new look should get the US sales crown soon is my guess. RX as a woman's car, probably the sales stats support that. But RX just looks unattractive next to NX, IMHO.

A standard subwoofer is common on most premium cars including Lexus IS, I enjoy it.

I enjoy using moonroof on mild days (in the low-mid 70's) on mountain road drives, very much a semi-convertible experience. I've owned 5 rag tops and finding that a nice big moonroof works very well in bringing in the outdoors on a nice day. I will not own a sport sedan/coupe without.

Don't like the color, but end of the road anyways....

We didn't notice lots of rusting in California environment, but the junky build quality was obvious when compared to the standards of today.

I've driven a stock 65 Mustang fastback 289 (2 barrel carb)/4 speed/custom dual exhaust, extensively. Enjoyed it's reasonable balance, sweet sounding V8 and compact size. Braking/handling/steering/comfort by today's standards was weak. Really makes me appreciate the Mustang GT's being sold today, last one I owned was the 96 GT w/4.6L SOHC engine.

Air-cooled Corvair, still see some around occassionally, never drove one. My ex girlfriend was 2nd owner of a 64 VW Bug, I actually enjoyed driving that thing a lot, so basic, so tight, required some skill to move briskly. Good point about the right noises from certain Hondas. I had a 92 Prelude Si, the best sounding 4 banger at high revs that I've owned. The Mercedes C250 (1.8L DI turbo w/Lanchester balance shafts ) has the smoothest 4 banger engine that I've ever experienced, smooth all the way up to redline. I dislike most 4 cylinder engines, but these are 2 that I like very much. Note: I've owned 2 Boxster 986's, a '98, a '04 S, both cars very different in terms of character, power, refinement. I'll give some details later.

I do see some mentions of more contemporary (like post-2000) cars described here in this thread too. I'll try to add some of those too...

Beer commercials involving scenes with (street) cars are common enough. But I'm still wondering when they started to allow pushing prescription drugs on TV.... But that's way too OT. Ok I'm seeing heavy reverse here on the use of "reverse gear", lol. Lots of muscle cars from the 60's, certainly an era that I will never forget. I've only owned 2 V8 pony cars which I throughly enjoyed even if they weren't my favorites. How about another reverse to air-cooled cars of the not so distant past. I owned a Porsche '90 C2 cab for a while, talk about intense in all modes. Pros - Quick/fast, lots of feedback (all forms), loud always (more mechanical noise than just about anything, plenty of exhaust noise too), brutal sound at high revs, menacing lumpy idle, serious race car like braking power, very good handling, a kind of Disney-land for people like me. Cons - Weak AC, deadly snap oversteer if driven poorly (therefore I never drove it in the rain, no VSC like modern cars today), heavy steering/brakes/clutch (no big deal for those used to muscle cars), minor oil leaks expected always.

Lol, but I am also not fond of cars that stink of fibreglass/plastic in the summer and rattle a lot.

$2.659 for Chevron regular today, 16cents uplift for premium.

And the better launch.

Original battery?

In short the RC-F has a bit of weight problem, with hampers the raw acceleration numbers just a bit. Even the RC350 is a bit pudgy considering engine is same as introduced in model year 2006. Maybe the GS-F will have similar issue. Agreed, a tad more civiliized (and probably reliable too) is to be expected. We will see how the sales numbers play out. Personally I think the minor differences in acceleration are not that big of a deal, but magazine jocks often love to dwell on that. Porsche 911 is recent years is a good example of a successful high end performance car being very fast, but usually not the fastest car in class, not a deal killer.

At least I didn't say it looked like crap... Yep, they can do better. Wheels are fine to me, but car needs some F-sport springs to lower it about 1" or so. These GS's must be production cars or truly production spec. Often if the cars are prototypes for showing at car shows and special events they use lowering springs for better appearance (a little trick of the trade). Here's an example of the GS350 shown at Pebble Beach the summer before first customer sales in 2012 (poor pic).

The black door handles and mirrors are not attractive, looks like an early 2000's strippo entry level Civic...

Been a month. What happened?

Cool. About time, (assuming it GS-derived).

Roger that, always good to monitor and observe those monitoring us.