Quote Originally Posted by BlkCD5
if you don't have deep pockets for a maintenance/**** happens fund, then get the lexus. Some Cons of the SC i can think of is gas mileage, trunk, rear passenger space. I also heard they have electrical problems with the cluster. Audi's are nice cars, but I would stay away from high mileage ones unless i knew how to work on them.

I have to agree (And I drive a 2001 A4 Quattro) I LOVE SC300's, they are essentially Luxury NA Supras, and you can fix the NA part pretty easily actually. If you're looking at a 96 Audi A4 Quattro then it's a little different story, A4's are relatively cheap to maintain (As long as you take them to people who don't try to rip you off, some people just charge more because it's German, like charging more because Acura's are Japanese. Here's a hint: Acura's are Hondas. Why charge $150 more for an Acura?) Anyways, as I was saying, A4's are relatively cheap to maintain from between 96-2001 because they're essentially the same cars as a VW Passat. You can do alot of the work yourself with a Haynes/Helms/Bentley manual but performance parts are a good bit more expensive than they will typically be for the 2jz SC300.

YMMV, the SC300's are bulletproof cars, but their interior has alot of issues on older ones. I would love to nab one of those babies for a project car, since you can, with some elbow grease and good old fashioned lovin', make a much less aggressive looking Supra clone.