Hey guys I took a road trip from Socal to Central Cali and Norcal and then back in the IS and just wanted to share

The IS250 is a great car for road trips if you ask me. It comfortably sat myself (6' tall) and 3 other average size adults. I managed to squeeze out a little over 33 MPG too...getting 485 miles on a tank with about 17 miles left still

All taped up to avoid the rock chips



Snow in CA!










What was left of the tape after the weekend It doesn't stick so well after the rain, but the majority of it stayed on. I took the part on the hood off myself after the grapevine because it was coming off as one piece and didn't want it flying onto the highway...



Tape removed! NO rockchips!! YAY





If anyone is thinking of taking their IS on a road trip, do it!! it was great and i love my IS that much more now

Taping the front end was a great idea, when i removed the tape it had all these tiny nicks and was covered in bugs. Glad it wasn't my paint that suffered!

 

haha awesome! i actually just did a roadtrip myself this past week from boston to myrtle beach and back. we drove my friend's mazda3 and put on about 2000 miles total and it was a blast.

too bad my IS was in the shop (still is). i wanted to take her out

 

Good to know! Maybe I'll go somewhere now!

 

hi
what kind of tape is that ?

 

3M painters tape. Cost $6 at homedepot for a huge roll of 2" width tape. I only used half of it lol You can put it on there and it doesn't damage the paint, and you can remove it easily. It didn't leave any residue or anything for me either.

 

cool thanks

 

awesome! thats a lot of miles with some gas leftover!

 

lol, props to u for putting on the tape.

 

i like to see these "average" size adults you speak about haha. I can fit 4 people in my car too, but then again all of my friends and I are around 5' 5''

 

3M painter tape eh? I gotta get some of those~!

 

haha yeah i consider 5' 5" to be about average, that's about how tell they all are lol. I myself am 6' tall tho.

Only takes about half an hour but so worth it

Works really well, i won't take a road trip without putting it on now! lol

Yeah i was super happy, especially with gas at 4.21 where i filled up

 

Pretty hardcore, bro...It's too late to save mine, lol!

 

I also did the same thing but i covered my whole hood. I drove down to magic mountain last year and some a$$hole f'ed it all up. Glad you had fun.

 

Niceee! Looks like you had plenty of scenery on the trip as well.

 

Very nice!