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03-16-12, 05:43 PM

SlowJim

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New member introduction

Hey guys, just wanted to introduce myself. Name's Jim, I am a banker in Columbus, Ohio. 27, married, 12 week old baby girl

. Picked up an 04 IS300 auto/LSD as a DD as I was getting sick of driving a manual every day in traffic. Got rid of my 2010 Mazdaspeed3 and I'm loving the IS300. It's got 116k and I picked it up for 5900. It's missing a few things (remote, shift ****, etc.), but plan to take care of it all ASAP and drive this thing for another 200k miles. It has a salvage title from a front end collision so you can probably see in the pics the fender/hood color is a little off from the door color but I don't really care. My best friend works at a body shop and thoroughly inspected the repair work before I agreed to buy the car.
As the guy I bought it from was shady as **** and had no records, I got the timing belt done, plus water pump, cam seals, and tensioner as a precaution.

Just found out the a/c compressor is not working and the rear fender liners seems to be missing, so when I drive in the rain my entire trunk is getting soaked ><

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842383708/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842383708/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63434270@N07/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842383122/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842383122/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63434270@N07/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842382468/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842382468/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63434270@N07/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842381936/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842381936/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63434270@N07/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842381240/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6842381240/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63434270@N07/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6988504267/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6988504267/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63434270@N07/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6988503531/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63434270@N07/6988503531/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63434270@N07/, on Flickr

Probably won't be doing any mods, but I will most likely be replacing the struts and brakes myself later this summer.