If I remember correctly that Lexus is pushing 350 at the flywheel. That's why you say it's so smooth and quick. The choice is yours. At 23 I want a car that is loud and proud, not something "refined" and "luxurious." That can wait until I'm 70+. I would honestly take the Lexus and turn around and sell it. I don't know how your dad would feel about that though [&:]

 

Took th words right out of my brain.

 

The sc430 photographs poorly but is a GREAT looking car. It's only good when it commes in one color though. Black. Again you should buy it and then sell it and pocket the 6k. You probably won't listen tos info, but you reallly should.

The sc430 will not give you the special feature of modability.

 

I was one htat was test driving a bunch of different Lexus before I got my Stang. If I could have afforded the SC I would have gotten it hands down over the Stang. The Lexus is just a straight up higher quality car. Its going to run better, never break down, will retain its value 10 times better....the only thing it doesnt bring to the table is an old musclke car feel to it. It is a much more refined car. Everything in it is top shelf, from teh leather used on the interior to the material used to make the dash and steering wheel. Is it going to be a car that you are laying 50 foot burners with and drag racing your buddies....I sure hope not (wihch may be a good thing since you are young) but I can promise you that you are going to rope more tail in the Lexus than the Stang! Cost of ownership on the lexus over the next 5 years will be half of what the Mustang is, between gas mileage, insurance, resale value, pretty much every aspect you can think of the Lexus is the better deal, except for in a drag race. Now 5 years down the road, once you have an established job, finsihed college, whetever you end up doing, thats when you keep the Lexus as your daily driver and get yourself a top of the line muscle car to play with on the weekends.

 

I agree with posts about the Lexus' styling being not so hot - kinda round and oval-ish. I also have noticedthat when I see those cars, most of the time they're being driven by women.

 

If I was his father I would kick his *** if he did that. He's selling it to him for cheap because he's his son. I'm pretty sure if the father knew he was going to do that the father would just sell it outright to someone else for a higher price.

 

By the way, get the Mustang. That Lexus looks like a convertible Taurus. Just my .02.

 

TJMJoe, that's a tough choice, and not all the arguments for or against are obvious. An important consideration is: which will feel best most often? If you're going to be owning/driving just one car, one of the two will suit you better more of the time.

As for the styling, you don't get to look at that part when you're driving. What does the world look like from the driver seat? If it's important to you what folks think when they see you in your car, pick the one that sends the message you want to send. If comfort, quality and dependability, and relatively low depreciation are characteristics you appreciate more than flash and dash and fun, and you don't mind being thought of as mature and respectable, the choice becomes more obvious.

When I chose Mustang I could have had just about any other of those mentioned in this thread. I opted to build my own caron a lower-end platform, rather than start with a car that is pretty much complete, and where "personalization" is a whole lot more expensive. I don't care that much about absolute performance; the challenge and the satisfaction arein doing the best I can with what I've got, improving different aspects of performance and appearance bit by bit, applying elegant solutions to major and minor problems. Mustang is perfect for that.

Also in our fleet are an SUV and a pickup. If they weren't available, I might have chosen a different car (but still a convertible).

 

...if you have a vag. than you should probably get the lexus.

 

That thing is ugly as sin, i dont see how you could pull more of anything besides flaming homosexuals with that car. It looks like a toyota solara...bleh, get the stang dude. [:'(]