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Message: <blockquote data-quote="someotherguy" data-source="post: 22066" data-attributes="member: 6178">Related but unrelated.  It kinda cracked me up when you said the road test was uneventful.  That's what one would hope for, but at the same time, you could take it a different way.In the early 90's I was managing tech at a computer store that had a pretty high volume (we built our own PC's back when that was the big thing) and the owners were a couple Vietnamese dudes that were bigtime car (and gun) nuts.  So the local Lexus dealer knows he can try bringing cars over to bait them with.Well, when the SC 400 came out, he made the mistake of swinging by one day.  The owners - "Louis" and "Robert" told me to come along, and the three of us took turns giving this salesman a white knuckle ride in that V8 bad boy.  That test drive was.. eventful. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />For some reason neither of those dudes bought an SC 400.  I kinda liked them, for an import, but would never buy one.  Many years later my aunt bought a well-cared-for LS 400 and had nothing but expensive trouble out of it, which surprised me.Richard</blockquote>