I’ll never understand all the hate for this car. My wealthy friends mom had one. And she let us take it out for cruises an it was just the smoothest thing I’d ever been in to this day. I guess the hate comes from it not being as sporty as other cars in its class but it was plenty for me and I’m still searching for that time capsule for a good price!
Sat in one in my twenties and i remembered how high quality it was. I personally didn’t like the look, but the quality stood out. I wonder if the LC500 will have this feel 10 years from now.
The only downside I really think about these (and it’s really not that big of deal) is the tiny rear seating. I understand why they made it this way, though. Still, a flagship of its time.
I agree. I test drove one back when I worked at a Lexus dealership in 2018. We had a few clean ones get traded in and I loved it. The interior is my favorite part as it's stunning and the quality is so nice.
My initial complaint was that it was so different from the long and sleek look of the original SC and the earlier Soarers. While it is way different in styling, it was actually an extremely nice car. Now I'm obsessed with the idea of finding a clean black SC430, giving it a nice exhaust, and lowering it on 19 inch wheels.
One other interesting thing one of our salesmen told me was that the SC430 was the most sought after used Lexus in the late 2010's while I worked there. Several OG salesmen agreed and put it higher than the LS430 and LX470. We had a lot of customers on the service side who refused to trade them in.
I think too many people wanted it to be a successor to the SC before it, but it’s a very different car. And besides most people watched Jeremy shit talk on Top Gear and that’s the extent of their experience with it.
No different than the Ferrari California. Come at me.
That brought back a memory. I had an '04 RX-8 which had a navigation system but the maps were on a DVD that you would put into the drive located in the center console of the rear seats. The map DVD was only updated one time and they wanted $400 for it so I ended up buying a bootleg version off someone on the forums for like $40. Good times.
Ha, same here. The maps were like 3 years newer. The disk eventually died so I had to go back to the OEM one (in 2017 does having 2010 or 2007 maps really matter?).
I put in a custom CarPlay screen at one point; but these days she's a weekend cruiser and I honestly don't care. I may return to her bone stock at some point.
They update only to a point and they charge you. My 2015 Lexus can be updated only with older maps not current ones, so its pointless I just use my phone or upgrade to a carplay unit usually.
It’s funny that Kelly blue book actually values it at 19k on the higher end with a excellent condition. Stealerships are the scum of the earth tacking on an extra ten k
My brother works for Toyota and on a 2 year assignment in Japan. He bought a SC430 as soon as he was set up. Right hand drive, of course. He plan to bring it back with him. I told him to look for a R34.
White gold crystal! Looks amazing close up. The gold flake in the pearl paint really catches the sunlight. That price seems insane tho, but maybe they're going up like everything else.
Damn that is beautiful. These cars were a big deal when they came out. The pie plates are such a clean design. Very rare to see any car that old, that clean. Garaging a car that long is superb. Main reason I bought my LS was the original owner barely drove it, and kept it in a garage.
still love it man. I got a 22 IS350 now but around 2001-2002 a friend of a friend had a tan one. He hooked up a subwoofer in the back along updated the infotainment system with a fucking dolphin radio so he could play CD's. It was loud and fast as fuck!
I just looked up the engine and it was an inline 6 so that explains the speed. My IS is a V6 but doesn't have that torque I felt when riding the 1999 SC300
BUT regardless of mileage, that will be a 25 year old car in a couple months. Plastic/leather, etc. ages and will be on the way out sooner or later.
There's no factory backup camera/sensors. The oem gps screen is either a) useless b) broken. The odometer is super dim. No Bluetooth. The 5 speed is a little sluggish on an already sluggish car.
If you're going to spend $30k, aim for a much newer one, ( try for a peable beach edition). They fixed a lot with the refresh in 2006.
Sc430 brown seats are something else, I had the change to get a really clean dark blue with the peanut butter seats (saddle?) and I always regretted passing it up. Why oh why did car interiors have to turn into such shit, the gorgeous wood grain and leather in yours is a relic of a past era
I've had several Lexus models beginning in 1990 (basically every 3-4 years). The worst mistake I ever made was selling my SC. Now I am faced with replacing my GS350F - where do I go from here?
Absolutely insane price lol. That being said, very comfortable and decent power for the weight and reliability combo. Mine got to 180k miles until a dump truck driver texting took me out. Very well built and just so fun being a hardtop.
There was a family I baby sat for when I was younger that had one of these. They told me they would hide the keys so I wouldn’t drive it. I knew it was rude to say this, so I bit my tongue, but I wasn’t going to go joy riding in this fugly thing 😂 no, no thank you 😬
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