Working. Was supposed to have been a few months. Going on 8 years this coming June. LOL..


I fly home for the holidays then back on the grind.

 

I see that. What do you do for work if I can ask? Thought about moving to Florida but I’m set on Texas

 

I'm an Engineer. Been working for the company for just over 30 years. Had to follow the cheddar. I'd be crazy not to.


I was born and raised in SoCal. Company moved me to the high desert, then Fl, now PNW.


One of these days I'll head back to Fl. Cold, rainy, overcast days are not for me. Texas is not a bad place. Fl grew on me. I like it out there. Less traffic, no smog, cost of living is reasonable unlike here, people are different, etc..

 

Florida blows. I lived there in Boca Raton during college and for 12 years before that. Texas is leagues better in every possible respect.

I moved to Chicago 2 years ago from Florida and recently visited a buddy in Forth Worth, I think Texas will absolutely be my next move.

 

Whether people agree on the lexus grille or not, I think we can all unanimously agree that the Gen 1 front is f*cking ugly. I really wish the swap wasn't so expensive

 

Big fan of the creativity behind merging bumpers like this

But the GS front does not at all agree with Infiniti design language and similarly it it so distinctively "Lexus" that even if it was more aesthetically compatible, it couldn't shake "robbing" the signature of another marque.

 

That lower grille gives the impression there's an intercooler in the mix. I think it looks pretty cool in that pic, but I suspect it would come accross as too busy overall. Either way, it's freaking amazing that someone did this. Not sure how it was done, though.

For perspective, here's a GS. HMmm... looks better on the G.

 

From that angle the GS front end makes me think of this:

 

Absolutely. It looks so much better from a straight 90° perspective. Look at it from an angle, and it just looks dumb.

Lexus has really embraced their Predator design, polarizing the market into separate camps of Love it and Hate it. (Guess which camp I'm in, LOL)

 

Yeah, me too... depending on the angle.

I have to say, even though the Lexus interior looks a bit more upscale and has better color options, it's nice not to have to pay 70K for the High HP version (F). A Q-RS is much more cost effective.

 

That GS is one of the last Lexus models that didnt go full retard with the grille. I miss that look.

 

Been a while since I posted a pic of my car. Looks a lot more cambered than it does in person lol

 

We've got a bit of snow lately.

 

There's no smog in Seattle. But LA, yes! I'm from Cal' too, but I've been in the PNW so long it feels more like home. It was cheap to buy a home when I moved here. Still, not nearly as bad as LA, or SF...which basically have no starter homes for beginning home buyers...tis' a shame.