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Old 01-23-2019, 03:49 PM
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Awesome! Love that color on the new 6. It's a front runner for when i'm ready to unload my is300.
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Did 2500 miles in the daily this last week.
Hit up the tail.

What a fantastic vehicle. Let me be clear, my turbo Miata could absolutely decimate this thing. But full on luxury and quicker than 90% of (fun cars) on this road for a fraction of the cost is just as smile educing.




2 things suck.
A pillars are WAYYY to big, i don't need an air bag, let me die. And the electronic steering is soooooooo dead compared to the manual rack in the NA.

Other than that, i'm so glad i bought this car. It's unbelievable.
Oh and Pilot Super Sports are amazing too, could be my favorite tire.
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^ is that an Impala? I got one as a rental car a few weeks ago and was really impressed. GM has stepped up their game.
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So I guess it’s an SS then? Didn’t even know they were making them again, I’ve never seen a new one on the road. This is coming from a guy who daily drives a Toyota Sienna van BTW. Given that, I’ll stand by my statement that the new Impalas are nice cars.
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Originally Posted by Schroedinger
Didn’t even know they were making them again.
They're not.

Plugs pulled man. This is it. Last you'll see of the Commodore.


Edit* Impala is a nice car.

SS is not even in the same league though.
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Originally Posted by Erat
They're not.

Plugs pulled man. This is it. Last you'll see of the Commodore.


Edit* Impala is a nice car.

SS is not even in the same league though.
I get to work on the SS at work (I am a GM tech) and they are really nice. There is an old lady who comes in every month complaining of brake noise. She drives the thing maybe 50 miles a month, doesnt seem to understand with the Brembo brakes that they need to heat up a little before any noise goes away.
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Swaggen got a bit of an upgrade.

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Just picked up the lexus for the wife, so i'm driving the 4runner now which has also been my miata tow vehicle. She wanted something less truck feeling than the 4runner, but wanted to stay with toyota, so rx350 it is.

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Ouch













My eyes
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Originally Posted by robertw
Just picked up the lexus for the wife, so i'm driving the 4runner now which has also been my miata tow vehicle. She wanted something less truck feeling than the 4runner, but wanted to stay with toyota, so rx350 it is.
Full disclosure I sold Lexus for ~4 years, but I honestly think the new (16+) RX350 is a great car. Very quiet, smooth, and plenty of power.
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Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
Ouch

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Agreed, those new front ends are fugly in the extreme. Which brings to mind the line from Firefly: "I married me a powerful ugly woman"
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People keep calling this "the big MINI" or "MINI on stilts", but like... it's still small.




Also I saw this recently: 2020 Countryman John Cooper Works puts out 301 hp / 331 ft lbs
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a2...0-photos-info/

much better.
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Originally Posted by Full_Tilt_Boogie
Full disclosure I sold Lexus for ~4 years, but I honestly think the new (16+) RX350 is a great car. Very quiet, smooth, and plenty of power.
Yeah, it a nice car, drives smooth, plenty of tech, quality materials, and hopefully that Toyota reliability. Wife likes it, and honestly that's all that matters.
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congrats, purdy.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
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Which model is this? Your last one was a 2 door, right?
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this is a c400. (i.e., c45)

I drive a lot back and forth to the client site with coworkers so I wanted a 4dr.

i really like it, but even as an AMG, MB went away from competing with BMW for sports sedans, so it's less sporty than the c350, but I enjoy the 0-60 of ~4.5sec. There's a few cheap chip options to spin teh turbos up from 5psi to 7psi and get the hp/tq to around 375/425.
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I K-swapped my daily driver and put in a K20Z3 and 6 speed. It is awesome now. 195whp on 91 octane and 202whp on E70.










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