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"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon) 07/18/2015 at 13:59 • Filed to: None

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It's a Lexus.

jkm7680 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/18/2015 at 14:02

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Sportcross! Too bad they weer auto only and kinda ugly.

scoob > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/18/2015 at 14:08

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No, it’s a 4Runner.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/18/2015 at 14:08

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Are you near Gulf Shores?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > jkm7680 07/18/2015 at 14:09

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I just didn't expect to see one.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > scoob 07/18/2015 at 14:10

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It's kinda the same thing. Right?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/18/2015 at 14:11

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Yep!

Steve in Manhattan > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/18/2015 at 14:14

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Forgot - is that thing AWD?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 14:16

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Don't think so.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/18/2015 at 14:19

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Publix in Foley?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/18/2015 at 14:25

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Orange Beach

Steve in Manhattan > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/18/2015 at 14:28

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Yeah, looks like RWD .

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 14:30

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That's what I thought but I wasn't sure.

Steve in Manhattan > jkm7680 07/18/2015 at 14:30

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Sedan had a 5 speed eventually .

Steve in Manhattan > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/18/2015 at 14:33

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Also, I wonder how many Camry bits are in it - not that it matters if they use reliable bits.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 14:35

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I don't know.

jkm7680 > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 14:37

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I know that the sedan was available in manual, I was talking only about the Sportcross.

Steve in Manhattan > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/18/2015 at 14:40

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I recall test driving the ‘89 or ‘90 LS400 and saying - oh look, that switchgear is from my Camry, this other piece looks like the one in my Camry. And of course, it didn’t matter because the whole was so much more than the sum of its parts. Witness the million mile Lexus.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 14:41

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Well, considering that the Camry is a FWD architecture and the IS was designed to RWD, I’d venture to say none. If anything it probably has more Supra in it since, you know, 2JZ (No Shit.).

Steve in Manhattan > jkm7680 07/18/2015 at 14:44

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That is true - interesting that they thought there would be no demand for a manual wagon. If I had to buy a car right now, it would almost certainly be a manual wagon. I had an ‘88 Camry wagon 5M.

jkm7680 > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 14:46

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Well nobody bought them as it was, haha. So I guess that wasn’t such a great idea.

Steve in Manhattan > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 07/18/2015 at 15:53

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Agreed - and I’m talking more about switchgear, master cylinders, radiators, brake components and the like.

Steve in Manhattan > jkm7680 07/18/2015 at 15:56

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I’ve said it in this space before - if the enthusiast community asks for something (brown manual wagon, Impala SS, rear drive fill-in-the-blank) and the manufacturers build it, we’d better go out and buy it, or they won’t listen anymore.

jkm7680 > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 16:29

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Like, everybody complains that so and so doesn’t come with a manual transmission. Yet this everybody who is complaining can’t even afford this vehicle.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/18/2015 at 17:03

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Want

Steve in Manhattan > jkm7680 07/18/2015 at 17:10

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I recall reading a year or two back that they had to stop production on the SRT Viper. No one was buying them. Now I can afford a car, but I can’t have a car because we live in the city. While I can’t spend 100K plus on a Viper, I could, if I needed said car, get an Impala SS, or some sort of SRT Charger wagon (if they still have those), or a top-of-the-line Challenger. But not the Hellcat. I’m not insane. The point is I’d try to buy something niche to say to the manufacturer - yes, we thank you for hearing us.

The last car I had before I moved here was a ‘97 SHO. If that’s not niche (Yamaha heads!) I don’t know what is.

jkm7680 > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 17:12

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Strange how they dropped the SRT brand, it didn’t really make sense in the first place so there’s that also.

Steve in Manhattan > jkm7680 07/18/2015 at 17:15

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Wasn’t the Viper re-absorbed into Chrysler? Too busy to check now - maybe later. Still, those cars are epic.

jkm7680 > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 17:16

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No idea, haha. Still awesome though, I’d probably take one over a Corvette.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/18/2015 at 17:43

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Right?

Steve in Manhattan > jkm7680 07/18/2015 at 21:32

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Agreed. As a gearhead, I’d be a lot more inclined to approach an SRT owner than a C7 owner. And the SRT’s design seems a bit more organic to me. I’ve seen one of each in the metal, and I can attest.

And there’s that SRT orange. Sign. Me. Up.

jkm7680 > Steve in Manhattan 07/18/2015 at 21:58

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There’s also a whole lot less SRT Vipers out there than Vettes, so it also adds a nice touch of uniqueness.

Steve in Manhattan > jkm7680 07/18/2015 at 22:44

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That’s a good way to think about it.