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Old 09-07-2004, 12:53 PM
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Lexus lookalike

Saw a brand new Lexus 430 today...had to check it twice..thought it was an RX-8 in a deep blue. Very, very close styling....but the RX-8 has better hips.
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This is what you mistook for an Rx-8? (2005 Lexus 430)
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you can't just say 430, as that is the engine used in, what, at least 3 of their cars, if not more (I don't know about the SUVs)
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Imitation is the greatest form of flattery (new Jag, Lexus, etc.)
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My boss bought an SC 430, and I went out right away and bought an 8 because he boght the 430.. so I must have mistaken the 8 for the sc 430 :D
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The cars that some people on here think look like an RX-8 are baffling to me...
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Originally Posted by JasonHamilton
This is what you mistook for an Rx-8? (2005 Lexus 430)

It was the SC 430 and it was not a convertible. I first saw it from a rear quartering view (passenger side).... On second look (I was driving in traffic at the time...) it obviously isn't an 8, but the styling cues are there.
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Originally Posted by Atacdad
It was the SC 430 and it was not a convertible. I first saw it from a rear quartering view (passenger side).... On second look (I was driving in traffic at the time...) it obviously isn't an 8, but the styling cues are there.
every sc430 is a vert.


hardtop vert...
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He mistook the 430 for an 8. Why's everyone giving him a hard time.

How many time have you slowed down because you think the car behide you might be a cop.... some times you even think the rack on top of the car are the cherries.
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Yay Pete! Sticking up for Atacdad.
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The previous model weren't verts but the new are as noted above ...
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Yeah, but the previous model wasn't a 430, but a SC300 or SC400.
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Then I'd swear up one side and down another that this one had a hard top...
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they're all hard tops ... hard top convertibles ... lawerence said it earlier
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Who's on first?
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
Who's on first?
What



PS: Saw it again today...eye catching...
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i don't know is on second
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
The cars that some people on here think look like an RX-8 are baffling to me...
I don't understand what you mean Ike... Just the other day I was getting on the freeway in broad daylight and saw a car behind me that looked just like an RX-8... When it pulled up next to me I realized it was a WRX. I swear, they looked identical!

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