My good friend moved to San Francisco while his daughter attended college and left his 2006 Lexus SC 430 parked at his house under a car cover for the last two years. Needless to say the battery was dead, the car was a mess and the run-flat tires have flat spots.

I've spent the last week getting it cleaned up and tuned up so when he returns next month it will be ready to go. I'll be driving it for the next 2-3 weeks working out the bugs...Literally.

After new tires and some miles on the suspension the car runs and drives great. The sound-system is so much better than my BMW as were all the stereo's in my wifes Lexus vehicles past.

I can't get over the non-existent back seat arrangement and the fact that it is estrogen on wheels. It will however, be fun to drive along the Northern California coast HWY 1 the next week or two.