imtopher

Hey everyone, my name is Chris, im a brand new 2003 is300 owner. I dont have any major questions yet about the car but i always like to join forums to learn about the car more, and be able to pick the communities brain when the car does break or I want to improve something.

My car is a salvaged 2003 is300 automatic, im currently taking it on a roadtrip across the country and rebuilding it as i travel. I got it road worthy in the first 48 hours of owning it and i havent done much since, but im hitting the junk yard tomorrow to try and find some parts.

Ive been filming a bunch of my stuff, if anyone would like to check it out heres the playlist.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...mcdY-Ae06dP4ev

would love to hear feedback from anyone

Wht03lexus

Haha the fog horn wiring broke.. haha

imtopher

New episode of the road trip is up! In this episode i replace the radiator in my IS300 and find some interesting faults in the car. Check it out!

dalarid

Looks fun, keep it up

imtopher

New episode of the road trip is out, part 5! We do a fuel challenge were i try and get further on a tank with my is300 vs the impreza. Also i take the is300 off road and whip the tail around.

Wht03lexus

" ECT PWR, for EXTREME POWER!" lol
"... That is the sound of me trimming the grass..." lol

Your next Challenge should be Quarter Mile Street Race (Note: producers, find a safe street lol). If you can't beat the Subaru then, get a different car. lol

imtopher

haha glad you liked it, what is that PWR btn? Can you summarize what it does?

Wht03lexus

what does ect power button really do?

iKeyless

Basically all the ECT button does is make the transmission shift at higher rpms. It will decrease your mpg noticeably. It's kind of like taking overdrive off making your normal first gear one gear down, and adding shifts at higher rpms. All it does is move the shift points to a higher range, but I'm not sure by how much.

-Found these answers on another forum! I always wondered myself!

imtopher

awesome thanks, yeah i did some browsing around and read pretty much the same thing.
Im so amazed by how well the engine and trans is performing on this car, id totally expect a trans with this many miles to be rough but this one is super smooth, and works well with the manual shifting and all the other stuff.

iKeyless

I couldn't agree more with these IS 300's having smooth transmissions and engines! I've always stayed away from using the manual shifting because I'm afraid it might mess up the transmission. I know this is a bad example but years ago when I worked at Enterprise we serviced a Mazda dealership and every person who used the manual shifting ended up destroying their transmissions! Lexus > Mazda but I still have that fear in the back of my mind every time I think about using it!

imtopher

New episode is up, some 0-60-0 racing the lexus is300 vs the subaru impreza, and cooking dinner under the hoods!

freezingco

Didn't you just post these earlier? Any ways good luck with your video project.