Lexus IS300 Second Car - Thoughts?

[Midship Runabout]

Originally Posted by somecrazyazn

update:
haha well unfortunately the IS300 i was looking at got sold before my dad comes home, so i have been looking at other cars in my price range and stumbled upon an 02 rsx 5spd with 127k miles gonna go look at that in a few days after i carfax/autocheck the VIN cuz the dealer doesnt have a free one up

Honda! gasp... nice cars. extra high insurance



EDIT-JK on the honda joke. lets not start that again thank you

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by somecrazyazn

update:
haha well unfortunately the IS300 i was looking at got sold before my dad comes home, so i have been looking at other cars in my price range and stumbled upon an 02 rsx 5spd with 127k miles gonna go look at that in a few days after i carfax/autocheck the VIN cuz the dealer doesnt have a free one up

127k on 02? wow that's a lot of miles.

My friend own RSX & she like it, but she wish she had type-s.

[Lexicon101]

Originally Posted by Mouse

Fun cars= E30 or miata
Fast Cars=300z, FC RX-7, or SC300

Just my opinion.

You mean a 300zx?
(I'm not a nissan guy, so if there was a 300z, I don't know about it. Honest question.)

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Lexicon101

You mean a 300zx?
(I'm not a nissan guy, so if there was a 300z, I don't know about it. Honest question.)

Yes, but most ppl know Z31 & Z32 series by 300Z. Just like older series (S30), most ppl don't even know 260z or 280zx existed. If they saw older Z, they think 240z or 280z.

[Lexicon101]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Yes, but most ppl know Z31 & Z32 series by 300Z. Just like older series (S30), most ppl don't even know 260z or 280zx existed. If they saw older Z, they think 240z or 280z.

Zs have been around for quite a while. I think of 280z, but like I said, I'm not really into datsun/nissan.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Lexicon101

Zs have been around for quite a while. I think of 280z, but like I said, I'm not really into datsun/nissan.

Yeah, 240Z was the first, 1970 iirc (US ver).

Same here, I don't know much bout Datsun/Nissan.Just my old roommate was freak of Datsun, so he gave me lecture for an hr and hr bout how great Fairlady is.

[Mouse]

Yeah...sorry I meant the 300ZX.

[4agze]

I'm thinking of buying one for my sister in law's first car

[vh_supra26]

Originally Posted by Mouse

Fun cars= E30 or miata
Fast Cars=300z, FC RX-7, or SC300

Just my opinion.

I use to own a SC300. It was a great car.

[weepel]

I bought my BRZ six months ago and I LOVE it - very happy with the purchase. That being said, I'm a bit protective of it - don't like leaving it parked outside over night, prefer to not run errands around town with it, and am not a fan of sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic in it burning out my clutch... So I'm in the market for a second car as a "knock-around" car.

I'm looking for an auto, something that can ideally sit four people, and that is reliable. I'd primarily use this as an around-town car and for camping/fishing. I've narrowed down the search to a 2001 - 2002 Lexus IS300, as I like the styling, it's reliable, RWD, and I could add some modifications (new wheels/cold air intake/etc).

Before I go out and drop $5500 on a used car, I wanted to get input from the forum- anyone out there own one? Any general consensus on the reliability of the car? Should I be looking at anything else?

Thanks!

[Jegan_V]

On the old IS300, so long as you're happy with its size(its about the size of a Corolla back then, today's is bigger) they're a very solid and very reliable car. The only problems have heard was the CD player is apparently bad in that it eats CDs. The only other issue I can think of is...old age. In stock form, they don't seem to suffer any common issues. Due note though that even though the 2JZ-GE is a very durable motor, its also a pretty thirsty one too(90s 6-cylinder tech after all) making the BRZ seem like a Prius on that metric.

I was intending to buy one but I couldn't find a manual one...

[dem00n]

I'd get one of these instead.




Mid engine
Supercharged
AWD
Plenty of room for shopping, errands, etc.
Toyota reliability

Honestly it's just a Lotus with a lot of room....

[xia]

I had a 2002 is300 and plan on getting another in the future. Theyre damn reliable, smooth, quiet, luxurious and look awesome. Like mentioned, cd player isnt greatest. I replaced it with indash nav/dvd.

[weepel]

Would you say it's more equivalent to an Elise or Exige?

Originally Posted by dem00n

I'd get one of these instead.




Mid engine
Supercharged
AWD
Plenty of room for shopping, errands, etc.
Toyota reliability

Honestly it's just a Lotus with a lot of room....

Thanks for all the tips guys, sounds like the IS300 is the way to go. I'll post pictures once I buy it!