I talked to the above mentioned Navy buddy today. She sold the Lexus to her brother, who is still driving it.

On the Toyota "Sudden Acceleration" thing. Ok, push in clutch and let the thing bounce off the rev limiter. What? Your Toyota doesn't have a clutch pedal? You are wrong!

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.