2ACLVery partial to these on account of my brother owning one in the late aughts. Same color combination. It was the first (and only) RWD/manual car I had extensive seat time in, and I enjoyed comparing and contrasting it to the CL Type-S auto I owned at the time. The only demerit I can issue is it wheels' low endurance against road irregularities. It's a firmly suspended car with low profile (for the time period) tires that don't have much energy dissipation capacity. I recall him losing as many tires to pothole damage and he did tread wear.
Still, my father and I occasionally kick ourselves for not buying it when he traded it toward his ZDX. He also grew to regret the move, so much so in fact that in his most recent quest to obtain a manual second car, he hunted down and pondered another. He then rediscovered the reason he parted ways with his first: he's not one to weather old car problems.
Even with the IS300 well on its way to gearhead cult status, $9k is too steep for this one.
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