IS 300 - why so rare?

And random fact, an IS300 is lighter than a MKIV Supra :)

Brett_Murphy wrote: I looked on Craigslist and there is a yellow one for sale not far from me... wearing 20" chrome. Pity, I might have been interested in finding out if it was a manual trans, as it was I threw up in my mouth a little bit.

What? This is perfect.

You know it hasn't been thrashed on those dubs, and they have decent resale value on craigslist to put towards the required Volks!

It's probably an automatic.

racerdave600 wrote:

Almost everyone I looked at had some sort of interior problem.

There's no reason to get personal, we all have issues

e_pie wrote: And random fact, an IS300 is lighter than a MKIV Supra :)

93-98 N/A Supra 3,210 lbs. 51/49%

01-05 IS300 3,255 lbs. 54/46%

The Supra is not only slightly lighter overall, it has over 100 lbs. less on the front axle.

HStockSolo wrote:

e_pie wrote: And random fact, an IS300 is lighter than a MKIV Supra :)

93-98 N/A Supra 3,210 lbs. 51/49% 01-05 IS300 3,255 lbs. 54/46% The Supra is not only slightly lighter overall, it has over 100 lbs. less on the front axle.

Sorry, should have specified, lighter than a turbo Supra, 3,417 lbs.

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/2787792360.html

Ignore the "mods"...

Red, 5spd, LSD...

In reply to motomoron:

That's a damn good price for that, minus the awful mods.

e_pie wrote: In reply to motomoron: That's a damn good price for that, minus the awful mods.

$8900 with a rebuilt title is a good price? You must've missed that, because that's OVERPRICED for clean title examples around here.

In reply to J308:

Ah missed the rebuilt title part.

How hard/expensive can it be to swap a 5-spd into a auto car?

Appleseed wrote: How hard/expensive can it be to swap a 5-spd into a auto car?

Not terribly hard, but while the IS300 is a good car I don't know if it would really be worth going through the trouble of that if you're just going to use it for a daily. It'd be easier and cheaper to just get a BMW at that point.