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Old 02-24-11, 07:46 AM
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So, I have had my is300 since June, and am starting to get a little board while driving. I am in sales, so I drive A LOT for work. I have been in love with the IS modle since I started seeing them on the roads, and am dissappointed now that I didn't have the patience to wait for a manual to become available in my area. I believe that my car would be in a whole other class if it had an LSD and was a stick. Does anyone know the ratio between autos and manuals that were produced?
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dont know the exact but there are way more autos
Old 02-24-11, 12:10 PM
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sell it and get a manual, me and sliding is will tell you that they are absolutely blast 2 drive, i love mine, it has 160k miles, "02 and is clean as a whistlee
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id love to have a manual but 2 hour commute to Northern Virginia and back everyday would suck in a manual
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i traded my GS for a manual IS. although i miss my GS, i love the IS more and more every time i drive it.

@UNOHOO - you drive 2 hours in traffic everyday?! thats nuts.
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that is crazy traffic
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For a daily commuter stick with an Auto. For fun eventually buy a stick.
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Yeah I am kinda bored while driving my auto IS300 also.
So now I just drive it when I need to be a responsible adult.

And I went and got a 96 240sx with 5 spd and LSD!!!!
Perfect cure for being bored & responsible!! hahahahahahahahahaha
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Originally Posted by llllllllll
Yeah I am kinda bored while driving my auto IS300 also.
So now I just drive it when I need to be a responsible adult.

And I went and got a 96 240sx with 5 spd and LSD!!!!
Perfect cure for being bored & responsible!! hahahahahahahahahaha
well done!
I love your IS by the way.
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thank you!!

Oh and if you want LSD, there is a LSD differential available for auto trans!!
Don't lose all hope yet bro!
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He can always swap diffs. I got one for my IS and have 2 or 3 laying around for the 240. They tend to go out more mainly because of what i do haha
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my is was auto.... after a while it got really boring... since there are like 0 stick locally i did the r154 swap... totally different car
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Originally Posted by xvector
my is was auto.... after a while it got really boring... since there are like 0 stick locally i did the r154 swap... totally different car

i want your job, i want your car, i want your creative tuning ability!!!

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my auto trans is driving me insane. It's the first car I've owned that's an automatic.
The thing just doesn't shift when I want it to and seems to start in third gear from a stop most of the time, then suddenly downshift and lurch me forward... It's so annoying. Also, I just miss actually using the clutch.
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Originally Posted by Vic Nyce
i traded my GS for a manual IS. although i miss my GS, i love the IS more and more every time i drive it.

@UNOHOO - you drive 2 hours in traffic everyday?! thats nuts.
yup, like 72 miles each way


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