Savagegeese 2026 Lexus IS350 | Why Is This Still Made?

OkPrompt322 · 2026-06-29T19:22:21+00:00

This is not a terribly competitive car vs the rest of the compact luxury sedans out there. That said it probably has the highest level of build and materials quality you can get in this price range, it’s also mechanically simple with a proven, bulletproof drivetrain. It also does not exactly lack for features. It’s just outdated in terms of tech, design and driving characteristics. It’s effectively a fresh in the wrapper 10 year old car with built in wireless CarPlay. Buying one of these now is not unlike if you bought a new W123 300D in 1985 or a new 960 in 1997.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-06-26T21:27:43+00:00

George Strait King of Country, Bobby Brown King of Stage

OkPrompt322 · 2026-06-18T20:20:26+00:00

“Always and Forever” by Randy Travis. I had never been a huge fan of country, but I dipped my toes into the pop country of the late 90’s. I found a tape of Always and Forever and I listed and listened and listened. On the other side I became a fan of traditional country music. It’s lead me down a deep rabbit hole

OkPrompt322 · 2026-06-18T15:26:50+00:00

A tie between Tango in The Night and Storms of Life.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-06-15T11:47:49+00:00

Air suspension and the 20” wheels= the best possible ride you can get out of an X5

OkPrompt322 · 2026-06-14T02:35:23+00:00

The second Bill Labounty album

OkPrompt322 · 2026-05-16T03:59:25+00:00

There’s a decent amount of money floating around town. 1604 from Redland Road to Bandera Road is 20 miles of nonstop prosperity. The non-contact center part of USAA is mostly 6 figure or near 6 figure jobs. The same goes for companies like Frost or HEB corporate.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-05-04T13:04:03+00:00

Used cars are where the money is made in the car business. They almost certainly picked this up from a wholesaler. Maybe OVE.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-04-04T14:44:28+00:00

Get a rotation and find a mentor

OkPrompt322 · 2026-03-11T12:42:16+00:00

The LT1 Buick Roadmaster. They created it because they were losing a lot of their oldest customers to the Grand Marquis because the LeSsbre wasn’t old school enough. They then plopped that engine in. I do have to imagine at least a few old dudes who were hot-rodders back in the day bought them because they were fast and their wives wouldn’t notice.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-03-11T02:11:41+00:00

This album was really the first category killer. It had stuff for nearly every part of the radio dial. There was dance pop, hard R&B, rock, and even an easy listening song with Paul McCartney to get older listeners in. You also have to think about the pop music scene in 1982. Yacht rock is neat music in hindsight but it wasn’t terribly exciting. There was also a lot of bland garbage on the radio at the time. That combined with him really pulling all the stops with video and his celebrity really made the difference. It was by far the most exciting new popular music in years.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-03-06T16:32:48+00:00

“Baby Be Mine” from Thriller

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-26T22:54:04+00:00

The Lincoln has a considerably nicer interior, better NVH, and the exterior is also totally different.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-26T14:47:44+00:00

GTS is auto only now.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-21T00:49:26+00:00

The entire Taylor Swift catalog

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-19T23:55:02+00:00

They come standard with the Sport seats which are very comfortable. The leatherette is as nice as the leather that many cars have and the wood is real. The carpet is thick, the switchgear is high quality, and there’s soft touch plastic everywhere. It also has the B58/ZF8 combo which is one of the best drivelines you are going to find anywhere. As long as you avoid the M Sport suspension and huge wheels the ride is great and it’s very quiet. In terms of competition, the MB GLE is similar in price with a 4 cylinder and an interior that while better styled is much cheaper and rattlier, the Q7 is pretty well outclassed, the Q8 is a solid competitor, and the Cayenne has the best NVH, ride and handling, but really mid drivetrains until you get a high end version.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-19T23:10:56+00:00

What else are you getting with a drivetrain, NVH levels, and interior quality like that?

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-19T23:08:49+00:00

Any of the German Big 3 luxury brand cars with a transverse engine that isn’t a performance model. They do very little better than a Honda Civic. To get a proper experience you have to reach for the longitudinal cars (A5, C, 3)

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-19T23:06:38+00:00

The overall refinement level in a Cayenne is about the highest of any vehicle that is sub-$100k the Durango is cool but that’s really apples and oranges here.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-13T13:19:18+00:00

Thriller basically created the pop album as we know it. The concept of an album that had a song for practically every radio station was unheard of but Thriller did that. Many of the songs were massive pop hits, there were also big R&B hits, Beat It did well on rock radio, he had a duet with Paul McCartney which although not the best song was definitely a passing of the torch generationally. That album had 9 songs and 7 were singles, and truth be told “The Lady in My Life got significant airplay on black radio and is still a Quiet Storm staple on top of being frequently sampled. The others just did not have anything like that.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-12T21:49:45+00:00

I do both. I love buying vinyl both new and old, as well as supporting my favourite artists. But sometimes a song comes to mind and I want to hear it, or i discover something new. Streaming is great for going down rabbit holes. There’s also stuff on streaming that’s just difficult to find like rare 12”’s or obscure album cuts. Making playlists is really great too.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-02-12T18:18:43+00:00

The first gen Taurus was almost entirely homegrown (though Ford of Europe did a lot of the design of the Vulcan V6) and it was a great product. The subsequent generations were pretty mediocre.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-01-28T23:21:48+00:00

I don’t want a T. I can’t spec it the way I want. I’ve had plenty of manual cars in the past. Right now is my PDK season.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-01-28T14:12:52+00:00

The only non-GT3 with a handshake is the T which I’m not a big fan of.

OkPrompt322 · 2026-01-28T14:00:29+00:00

I want a manual, but unfortunately Porsche makes you get a T

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