dallasbean

I am thinking of buying a is300 here in the near future. I want to know the goods and the bads on this car. And, wich ones had the better made motor from 2001 to 2005. I would greatly appriciate everyones comments, opinions and advise. Thank you.

Faymester

Search ... sorry, but your question gets asked all the time. Everything you need to know has guaranteed already been talked about so have a look through our section & you'll find what you need to know.

RCPnoi

It depends on your application.....whats your plans for the IS
Drag, Drift, Show, or just family car

I use mine for VIP SHOW and drifting and i'm pretty happy with it
the only thing that i really dont like is the lack of trunk space
other than that i'm happy.

As far as engine offcourse 2005 will be somewhat superior than the older years cuz thats where they fine tune all the problems from previous years and fix them, but power wise i think all of them are about the same... I have an 03

hope i gave you some usefull information

and if someone can confirm or deny what i say please post up so that i can correct myself =P

VIPJOSH

the '01 has a slight more aggressive tranny over the others. but just barely.

dallasbean

I did try to do a search and did not find what i was looking for. Thank you so much for you comments so far and if anyone else has more in for let me know. thank you. thank you RCPnoi and Vipjosh. Im just planning on using it as a daily driver. My sc got t-boned and total by ins comp.

RCPnoi

Well...if you're goin for a daily driver...its a defenitely a nice drive
the supspension takes everything i felt like i was on clouds and almost fliped
my car taking it home from the dealer.....so the first i changed was the suspension
but thats goes with my application as well...

Sorry to hear about your SC and at the same time welcome to the IS community if you do get it