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?

 

dont know the exact but there are way more autos

 

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

 

id love to have a manual but 2 hour commute to Northern Virginia and back everyday would suck in a manual

 

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.

 

that is crazy traffic

 

For a daily commuter stick with an Auto. For fun eventually buy a stick.

 

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.

 

thank you!!

Oh and if you want LSD, there is a LSD differential available for auto trans!!
Don't lose all hope yet bro!

 

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

 

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!!!

 

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.

 

yup, like 72 miles each way