Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?

Lexus LS430 2005. Comfortable. Handling is surprisingly good for such big luxuary car. Interior appoiments are much nicer than its German counterparts. Reliablility is __Legendary__. Benz's extremely poor quality in recent years really puts me off. I won't touch MB until they rank top 5 in J.D.Power.

Ultimate car? I can't make up my mind. It kind of depends on the mood when it is good, BMW M3 or Porsche 911, when stressed out/tired, a Lexus or 7 series Bimmer.

Gunbei,

Sorry I missed your post. I'm seldom over in this section. In any case I did not keep the Webber carbs on the 3.0. When they were tuned properly on the 2.4 that thing hummed, but the mixture is easier to manage on the fuel injected 3.0 so I gave up the Webbers. If I ever go back to the triple barrel carb set up I'm getting the PMO carbs. These things are based on the Webber design, but with significant improvements, including easier tuning. Truly audiophile carbs compared to the Webbers.

Biomimetic,

Thanks! I had been looking for one in early 1994 and walked into this NOS 1992 model by chance. They made me a deal I could not refuse!

I changed out the original rotors to Brembo's and ceramic pads at about 160,000 miles. Still going strong. They built these cars to last (except for the 2 problems that almost all SVX's had, but that's another story!).

It's funny I drive a Nissan Infiniti G20 w/the SRDET engine - sure enough, I'm in for a check up at the mechanic and I say hey, the breaks are squeaking and he said the same thing people say about SVX - did you change out to the Brembos yourself?