The insurance company totalled my car out and gave me about $6,000 for it, plus 700 for the rims and the tint. (State farm) So I set out to find a new car looking at various Monte Carlo's and Grand Prix's that everyone has and wasn't really feelin it. I'm kinda picky after the CL and only wanted a luxory car. Luckly I found a clean Lexus GS400 from an old man for only $10,000. It's SUPER fast compared to the 2.2 CL and also a good ride. I got the tints yestorday 20% front and 5% rear, it looks sick. Will post pics after it gets out the shop (putting subs and radio in). By the way, I still miss my CL.

 

Congrats man

 

Awesome! Hows the kid doin?

 

He's doin good, growin' quick! Thanks for askin'.

 

g4u, man be safe.

 

My dad almost gave me his GS when he sold his car. They are insanely good cars, congrats man.

 

Grats...

Good to hear the kid is doin well aswell.

 

good stuff.. what a upgrade. i just got rear ended recently .. my car woulda been considered totaled if the damage was one more grand. lucky it was like $3600 worth of damage.the GS would be my next car.

 

damn thats nice, what year?

 

Congrats. Lexus GS' are great cars, good choice!

My friend with a 97 2.2 CL just changed over to a used IS300 and loves it.

 

at your avatar ^^

Congrats though... how old is the little man now? few months... I can't remember

 

GS400.. Isn't that the 4.3L V8 300hp? Definitely, won't be complaining about lack of power. Good find.

 

gotta love the V8 toyota

 

Gs400 is the 4.0 L v8, but it did have 300 hp. The # at the end gives you the L size 400 = 4.0L, 430= 4.3L. The 4.3 had an extra 15 ft/lb of torque but same peak hp.

We've had a few lexus' in the family so I'm familiar with them. Right now (as of two weeks ago) though we are currently all honda/acura.

 

nice pick-up,really nice.good luck i'll be the first

 

GS 400's are sweet. I've had my GS 300 for about 6 months It's a great car but, I wish it had more performance. I've been toying with the idea of adding the SRT Stage 2 turbo kit ($6,000), it should put down around 350whp. There's not a lot of aftermarket FI support for the 400 and what there is, is pricey. The 400 is great out of the box though, as I'm sure you've realized already. Do you have any plans for the car as far as performance? Are you on Club Lexus? http://www.clublexus.com/forums/index.php

Here's the two websites that have best support for the GS IMO

http://www.l-tunedparts.com/index.php

http://www.bulletproofautomotive.com...ry.php?make=36

If you have any questions, ask.

BTW, what year,body color, interior color, and mileage do you have?

 

No shit......I just realized, your in STL too!

 

Wow, i'm sorry to hear about your car getting damaged that bad. But glad to hear you come out of it with nice change for another car, and your health. I read you have a child, I hope he wasn't in the car. Well good luck with the new car!

 

He was born on May 3rd so he is a little bit over a month.

No luckly he wasn't in the car, It was the same day he was born.

I am on club lexus but haven't particapated in any of the forums. I have a 1998 Silver with tan interior with about 149,000 which is alot but it still runs GREAT. VERY CLEAN.

They didn't finish installing my subs because they have to rewire the factory amp but I should have it tonight to take pics.

 

good pick up! i think they are called the "WINDOM" in japan?? im not sure

 

Actually they are called "Aristo" in Japan and the two motors they use are the 2JZ-GE and the 2JZ-GTE