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The valet thought it was a Lexus!

The valet thought it was a Lexus!

Postby mtodde » Sun Jun 13, 2004 3:31 pm

A funny thing happened last night. I went out to eat at one of Atlanta's better eateries, The Blue Ridge Grill for those of us in Atlanta, and when we went to leave there was a bit of a traffic jam at the valet booth. No one was claiming the silver Lexus coupe so the valet area got quite backed up. After a few minutes I heard the valet parkers asking everyone if they were in a silver Lexus coupe. Five minutes went by and they started asking if anyone had a silver Toyota which was my Solara. I thought it was pretty funny and my parents wondered if the valet parker was looking for a big tip, but I had already tipped them when I gave them the claim check.

Has this ever happened to anyone else?

Guess this is proof that the Solara is a baby/mini SC430!
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Postby whiteflash » Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:50 pm

with my car little kids thought i had a lexus too....... :lol:
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Postby michaels artic frost » Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:21 am

So true...Kudos for Toyota and Lexus for designing such a great automobile.
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Postby Astro » Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:50 am

michaels_artic_frost wrote:So true...Kudos for Toyota and Lexus for designing such a great automobile.


Oh yeah! :P
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Postby Jai_Jai_Binks » Mon Jun 14, 2004 8:09 am

Working as a parttime valet i can certainly tell you one thing some of hte lexus folks have are TALL noses..its easy to distuinguish them from us folks at times. I never looked down on people when i drive my lexi..but some people do...i hate that...
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Postby WortownSolara » Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:18 am

man my car gets called an ack (acura) at LEAST once a day
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Postby Jewls » Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:44 am

I have had a lot of people tell me they like my Lexus. :-?
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Re: The valet thought it was a Lexus!

Postby onefiend » Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:53 am

mtodde wrote:
Guess this is proof that the Solara is a baby/mini SC430!


it should be the other way around since the Solara is bigger than the SC430.

As for mistaking my Solara for a Lexus, never happened....been mistaken for a CAMRY and ACCORD though.
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Postby dabuda » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:57 pm

that valet mustve been really busy
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Postby technole » Tue Jun 15, 2004 1:53 pm

Jewls wrote:I have had a lot of people tell me they like my Lexus. :-?


Its really an ES330 Coupe :)
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Postby technole » Tue Jun 15, 2004 1:55 pm

michaels_artic_frost wrote:So true...Kudos for Toyota and Lexus for designing such a great automobile.


It wouldn't surprise me if the next-gen Camry XLE has more of a Lexus appeal to it. We all know the Avalon is due for a change next year.

It'll be interesting to see.
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