Ice350

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Orange peel is when the surface of the paint looks like the surface of an orange. I haven't seen it on any Lexus. Had it on my Camaro. Had it a few times on other cars after getting a part of the car resprayed. Ususally by small bodyshops trying to cut corners or get the job done in a hurry. After I saw the orange peel, I ran my hand along the entire surface of two cars in the showroon. There were pitts in the paint surface. All this means is Nissan/Infiniti is really cutting corners where it can. Only someone like me would even pay attention. I grew up across the street from a autobody/paint guy. He taught me a few things.

rominl

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hahhaa man, i cna only imaigne how poor that sales look

flipside909

LOL the look on his face would have been priceless!

mmarshall

Yes, I said in one of my recent posts that the IS300 had a prop rod....one of its few faults. One reason for that is that the IS300 as we know it here was never really designed to be a Lexus to start with. Toyota considered selling the Altezza here under the Toyota name like it does overseas but decided that they wanted the car to be marketed as a new Lexus sport sedan instead to draw away some of the BMW 3-series crowd. So while the car is indeed a Lexus in many ways (quality, refinement, etc...), in other ways it is not. It took several years to get memory seats, ( what Flip was waiting for ), navigation screens, stability control, full leather, manual transmission, etc.....and still it has not gotten hood struts. I like the IS, though, for what it is, not what it isn't.

mmarshall

Never mind the Camaro.....that car is not particularly high-priced to start with, and has a reputation for poor quality. But when you see classic orange-peel on a $55,000 Cadillac Escalade...no, man....that don't cut it.
I've seen better paint on new Hyundai Accents for $10,000-13,000 than on a lot of Cadillacs. No, I'm not exaggerating.....Hyundai products have improved tremendously in the last 5-7 years.

neil rozz

Yes,I love my lexus 2001 is300 but need more hp..plus too many young high school kids drive is300
I think going to sell my is300 in 2005 for g35 black coupe

_DAG_

by: neil rozz
Word, i'm a senior in at highland park high school in Dallas and i have an 03 IS300 with 7k miles on it. There are at least 5 IS300's at my 9-12 grade 2000 kid school. The coupe g35 in black looks sweet! Excellent choice.

Xachou

i'd keep my is300 because of it's versatility and model. It's a sedan so it'll be easier for people to get in and out of the car.

mitsuguy

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Stock for stock, the g35 makes more power, but that's it... G35s are still not fast cars, maybe 14 second 1/4 mile cars... Id take a tastefully modded IS over a nodded G35 any day of the week...

mitsuguy

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Holy old post... Dang got sucked into that bad... Original post from 04...

sayayin

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I wanted a g35 so bad, but after test driving like 5 of them rebuild and clean tittle miles between 100k to 150k miles my IS300 that I bougth is far better with 143k miles,m engine is smooth, handles great, and Ac super cold and got more room that g35 and fun to drive,

bacon22

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Looking at the actual car the is300 yes has less power but has no recalls or any real problems. the G35s is notorious for having a oil consupmtion problem that is dealing with rebuilding the engine or a swap to fix.
about power if u already own a is300 instead of changing the whole car and getting urself back into a car payment why dont u jus get a loan for $6k and boost it then ull never complain about power and u stay with a gorgeous car and have reliability! my opinions of course so no hurt feelings.

Korev51

As a owner of an Is300 and previously a G35 Daily Driver (was my fathers). The IS has a much cleaner and better feeling interior and the reliability is miles ahead of the G. However the G coupe is amazing fun to drive and throw around corners, and hills, and mountains, and any other tine you want to have fun. Only problem is as a DD its a bit annoyingly rough on the back and it eats breaks and rotors for breakfast and dinner. My money is on the IS but if you decide on a G make sure you get one later than the '05 model. The years before that have a camber problem.