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Old 06-19-2012, 11:53 PM   #71
DeeezNuuuts83
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Originally Posted by _hollywood View Post
The last stripper car sold in the states was the ITR
I think the 2004-2006 Evo RS is just as much of a stripper car... crank windows, manual mirrors, manual door locks, no radio, no speakers, no ABS, no trunk carpeting, sound deadening removed, etc.

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Originally Posted by Jordo! View Post
It's all relative -- we're already in the 30K ball park with this car...
Really? The FR-S starts well-equipped (and with just one trim level anyway) at UNDER $25k (with destination already included) or a hair above $26k for the automatic FR-S (also with destination already included). You're rounding up quite a bit to say it's in the "30K ball park," unless paint protection film and whatever other silly, overpriced Toyota/TRD/Scion add-ons with zero performance value are must-haves. That's not really close enough to $30k to say it's in that "ball park."

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Originally Posted by Dimman View Post
As for Scion, it's a real word. Means descendant or protege or something. Lexus is the fake word.
True story. I think originally Toyota wanted the brand to be called "Alexus" or something, but they shortened it to Lexus because they didn't want any confusion (meaning potential lawsuits) with Alexis-Nexis, which some of you may recognize if you've had to do any college papers in the past decade or so, or if you work in the insurance industry.
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