Here's How I Bought The Roughest Lexus SC300 In The Known Universe - Jalopnik
It's when your modus operandi seems to be comprised completely of knee-jerk bad decisions, like this one, where I bought perhaps the nastiest example of a Lexus SC in existence. The story may sound familiar to patrons of my personal site , but I'll add some new, never-before-seen details that'll give you insight into the mind of a young Tavarish and how I dealt with the long, long process of owning and modifying this car. Stardate: 2004. I had just turned 17 and was looking for a car that would not only fit my slighty-above-minimum-wage budget, but show the rest of the world that I'm absolutely not someone that was making slightly above minimum wage. It seemed like a blind 5 year old with an ice pick did the body work on the rear quarter panels and the interior looked like it had had an eventful encounter with the business end of a velociraptor. This car was certainly looking like a winner. Not to mention it was badged as an SC400, which had the less desirable 1UZ-FE V8, which was great for cruising but paled in comparison with the 2JZ-GE over-engineered powerhouse that came in the "300" model. As the car was bought for parts by the shop, they never really kept tabs on where the thing necessary to start the damn thing was. Source: carbuying.jalopnik.com
