93LSOwner

There are certainly more options available to you to purchase a vehicle than paying full cash for it.

Wow. Congratulations on your purchase hope you enjoy it Very nice pictures and a great slide show. The first picture is the best with the IS and GS around the LS. However, interior pictures are missing! In this picture the rear looks very similar to the 02-05 ES rear. Not necessarily a bad thing, just pointing it out. IMO the strongest point of the 02-05 ES is the elegant rear end. ;)

Furthermore, driving a “Hybrid” is a GOOD THING. Shall I define what a hybrid is for you? As for the “Lexus” badge is concerned. They purchased the vehicle with their OWN money. They can do whatever they please with the vehicle and show it off as they please to the world. There are honest hard working people in this world who worked hard for their money and they have all right in the United States of America to show off their hard work if they want.

Ebay link? Seller's name? Ebay item #?

Half of my speakers were not working, and turned out to be bad speakers, not amp nor head unit.

Rx330driver, beat you by exactly 40 mintues. :P http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...c=32768&hl=

Very nice layout; quiet similar to BMW and Mercedes Benz homepage, except with a lot easier navigation and more enhancements.

Check your car's trade-in Book Value at Kelly's Book Value: www.kbb.com At excellent condition it is $9500, so $9k is not bad. Since you are looking for a 'deal' selling it yourself as private party will more be profitable.

HAHAHA that's pretty cool. The Audi seems as if it is gliding, but certainly not something that should be put on a Audi.......... :chairshot:

AH bank repos..........gotta love those.

WOW..... Do you remember where he purchased it from?

nc211, were you effected by the Apex fire catastrophe?

I agree it’s not very appealing without the navigation, especially considering the price of the vehicle.

I bought keys from ebay and had them cut for free at FlowLexus of Kernersville. I guess some dealers are nicer than others..... :whistles:

What is your price range and miles you want the car to be in? If your price range is above $8k, than 1995-present would be the better choice.

The seats and the whole interior of the car is very different in resolution and contrast. To me it looks like a chop as well.

Everyone else has around 4.xxx and the plane has 8.xxx how many times did you vote? :)

Same here at Cary, Raleigh and Greensboro, NC.

For pictures I would check out www.cardomain.com Riding along with your sub side by side is the new style out right now:

The leather in Lexus vehicles are better quality in my opinion. Furthermore, Lexus is the LUXURY branch of Toyota. What do you expect?

What if he is reading this on LOC. :whistles:

That was the best

No to both. Since both of you are hungry for bass, in my opinion a separate subwoofer in a box would be the best choice. However, you will have to compensate some trunk space. A very informative guide about car audio/video: http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-oMzbVT...ningcenter/car/

Check your local newspaper ads and compare the prices of Luxury vehicles that follow under your vehicles year, mileage, and price range, mainly Lexus. Check to see how they match up with the KBB value and go from there. In my area, usually cars are listed at or a little above KBB values, but the ones that get sold in a day of listing are the ones that are of course below. But everything depends on your local auto market value. If possible, place a picture in your ad. but not the one above...... :)

This is what you guys are talking about: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Pioneer-4-T...roductDetail.do Go to bestbuy.com and circuitcity.com and search for 4" speakers. Around six months ago these stores only carried 1-2 kinds of 4", now they have added more varieties. These retail stores are a little expensive when it comes to car speakers. If you don't mind ordering online, I recommend online audio merchants: http://www.crutchfield.com/ {When searching their catalog skip the crutchfield car selector step, because they have incorrect size for LS400 in their lists.} Here is their line up of 4” speakers: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-mGf0WN9KxVB/c...=Y&skipvs=T Here is a tutorial made by a Lexus enthusiast on “How to fit a 5.25" Speaker in a 4" Location” http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/audio/fspeaker.html In his pictures you can see that the speakers fit into a plastic box. If the holes on any 4” speakers do not match the original holes than you can simply drill new holes with a hand screw driver, nothing complicated there. As for as selecting the correct speakers while NOT upgrading the original amplifier [if you have one] you should select speakers based on their sensitivity. Because you want speakers that are the most “efficient.” "For the first example, a speaker that is 3 dB more sensitive than another will produce double the sound pressure (or play 3 dB louder) for the same power as the other. Thus a 100W speaker (call it A) rated at 92 dB/(W.m) sensitivity will be twice as loud as a 200W speaker (call it "b") rated at 89 dB/(W.m) when both are driven with 100W of input power. For this particular example, when driven at 100W, speaker A will produce the same SPL or loudness that speaker B would produce with 200W input. Thus a 3 dB increase in sensitivity of the speaker means that it will need half the power to achieve a given SPL, and this translates into a smaller power amplifier and some cost savings."---wikipedia Originally I did purchase the Pioneer TS-G1041R from circuit city but after installing just one speaker, I returned both pairs and purchased Audiobahn AS40Q from crutchfield.com However, the Pioneers are great speakers, in my opinion, just as good as the originals if not better. But I wanted to upgrade a little bit more. Here is a link to my old thread about my speakers with pictures of the original Nak speakers and Pioneer TS-G1041R side by side. http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...25116&st=15