JCE10

We bought this thing to replace our GD Impreza wagon family hauler, and regretted it immediately.  The car is not as big, as good at sipping fuel or as forgiving for my wife in the winter as the Impreza was… but six months later it may be our favourite car ever.

The car makes beautiful sounds, feels solid and comfortable, and is not a tremendous source of embarrassment in our up scale neighbourhood.  On my end, it’s a fun tossable car that is plenty nice in traffic.  The NA 2JZGE, though not fast, may be the best thing I’ve ever had under the hood of a car.  The car is almost completely stock, but well loved.  I hope we never find a reason to get rid of it.

Sparco Terra
IS300 on Ice
Setting Sun
Morning Fog
Auto focus fail
Happy Holidays 2015

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Specifications of the Machine

Mochi's JCE10 FOOTWORK

  • TRD dampers
  • RSR Springs

POWER UP

  • ノーマル

DRIVETRAIN

  • ノーマル

INTERIOR

  • スピンターンノーブWTF！

EXTERIOR

  • TRD Front lip

BRAKES

  • ノーマル

OTHER

  • Child car seats x2

SHOES

  • Sparco Terra 16 7J +41
  • Racing Hart Superlative Dish 17 8J 35
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Yup, it’s still winter. Two cars sit idle through this mess… and there are multiple reasons. Low down cars on stiff springs suck everyday. Hacked up, wing wearing 80’s cars are embarrassing, but don’t even run anways. Brand new cars with squeaky clean assholes like to stay that way. These are all excuses for things we sometimes don’t want to […]

New Era of Old

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Control capacity. I think a lot of people really don’t get it, but raw speed does not interest me much at all. Formula 1? I’m more interested in vintage touring cars. Downforce equipped super car on R comps? Nah I’d rather a 150hp lightweight on skinny street tires. 4WD 3 LSD rally car light on ice? A RWD boat seems […]

Control Capacity

Yay for a short break from wheels. Winter has come and I finally got a chance to try the IS300 out on the ice. My expectations for the car were not high. It is a great daily driver, and from what I have experienced on the street, very well balanced and behaved. However, on glare ice with Subaru’s breathing down […]

Driving Rear Wheels Only

You know the car is only so interesting to drive, when I’d rather play with the camera. This is my Canon sitting on a bench with exposure time set to 8.0 seconds, me pushing the button then walking into the frame. Looks like photoshop but feels like magic. That said, for the sake of trying to get my wife interested […]

Under Cover of Darkness

I’m occasionally rolling around in this thing these days. When our family hauler GD Impreza bit the dust, it was something I stumbled upon for a good price, and despite understanding that it wasn’t quite the practical family vehicle that our Impreza had been, I assumed I could convince my wife to like the Lexus name, and the low number […]

Other Vehicles

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I don’t know that I actually love my truck. I’ve used it everyday for almost two years now, and have had no real complaints…. But it would be kind of nice if I was able to sell it. It doesn’t really fit in my shop. My wife refuses to drive it. It’s expensive as hell on gas, and the rate […]

Love and Life

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3 thoughts on “Love and Life”

  • Q

    It’s true… I was looking at dimensions, and the IS300 is really quite small by modern standards, and the sight lines are fantastic. I can back in into my garage within mm of the wall and benches and tool boxes every time…

    …Except for the one time when I hit the bench and said, “meh, it’s just a cheap 10 year old car.”

    But really, the car is a blast and I like driving it a lot. Probably never competitive at the track… but I’m sick of having a “competitive” car that I can’t touch because of $$ or regulations.

    Paul told me he loves yours… so why sell?

  • Locotoy

    “Paul told me he loves yours… so why sell?”

    Because at that time I had no dinero and then seven months later I lost my job, so I had to sell it either way. 🙁

    I really love how that inline six purrs, smoothest revving engine that I’ve driven.