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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 01:32 PM
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so today i did my first auto x ever and showed them what lexus can do.

i was 3 seconds slower than the fastest time of the day, i was only .5 seconds slower than several evos and wrx in higher classes. all i have is shocks springs and an intake.

i beat the only guy in my class who had a mach 1 mustang so i feel pretty good about my driving.

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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 09:47 PM
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nice driving skillz!! I wanna do this in the future
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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Pretty awesome man, good job! I'm going on my first auto-x (with my IS) next weekend and this gives me some hope. What all mods do you have, is it an auto or stick, and does it have LSD?
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 08:35 AM
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all i have is tockico shocks and springs, an intake and a mishimoto aluminum radiator. its a manual and im pretty sure it has an lsd, i just got this car a month and a half ago.

ive done drag racing and ive been driving for 7 years, this was my very first autocross.
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 12:53 AM
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Nice job! Keep it up.
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 07:49 AM
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did my second autox this past weekend in myrtle beach, again i was the only lexus, and there was a few toyotas but i did see a guy with a lexus hat on



first lap i was 14 out of 45, then it started raining and the awd guys didnt get affected as much, so i finished 18th out of 45

coilovers will be here tomorrow though, so hopefully next autocross ill be in the top 10

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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 08:06 AM
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nice you'll get to compare how well you do with stiffer suspension
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 09:07 AM
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good job keep it up man.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 10:33 PM
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Sway bars will make a bigger difference than coilovers, but it couldn't hurt to have both Good luck on your future events! I know how ya feel being the only IS300 @ Autocrosses and track events, it's awesome getting better times than others with better suited cars for these events.
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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yeah sway bars are next upgrade, along with a local guy has some enkei rpf1s for sale i might pick up
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