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what do you guys think (trading my GS for a IS)

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Old 05-18-03, 02:13 PM
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i'm thinking about trading my GS with a white IS... what do you guys think? I'm 22 years old, and i feel that IS mite strike a lesser pimpin' effect. nevertheless, i'm going to law school and i realli don't have any money to mod my GS :P no haters please, but after i drove an IS for one whole week, i feel only "serenity" behind the wheel of my GS. ya, it's white with tan interior.
Old 05-18-03, 09:11 PM
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Just don't get it in white if your a guy
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Originally posted by NYCis300
Just don't get it in white if your a guy
well what's wrong with a guy in a white is3? i think that's hot. if they didn't require buyer to special order a white is3 with 5 speed i would have gotten that over my ggp is3 5 speed.

anyway, i have gs4 and is3 5 speed, and now i am driving a is3 auto, so i have some insight. what gs you have now, gs3 or gs4? if it's gs3, then getting the is3 would be more fun imho. if it's gs4, then getting is3 would be a slow option. i mean, gs4 is a lot faster than the is3. also, try to get the is3 5 speed, it's more fun and faster. i am driving the is3 auto loaner now and it's so slow, it's pissing me off (specially off the line). basically, in general, the is3 is smaller and more fun to drive, but the gs is a lot more luxurious
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i'm driving gs3 now. dang, is3 auto is 2 slow for u? i guess i still have virgin sense of speed
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Originally posted by 2000gs300
i'm driving gs3 now. dang, is3 auto is 2 slow for u? i guess i still have virgin sense of speed
hahaa ok, speed is relative. keep in mind i have a gs4, so if you use that as a definition of fast, and then the less power train loss on the is3 5 speed that makes it faster, then yes, the is3 auto is slow

and also, i have never driven a gs3 before
Old 05-24-03, 02:41 PM
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gs4 isn't much quicker..

its all relative to your driving skillz..
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much love to see ur car ^^ but the link isn't working
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Originally posted by Lexus_Rex
gs4 isn't much quicker..

its all relative to your driving skillz..
i beg to differ, my is3 can never catch up with my gs4 at all, at any speed. and high speed i am sure the gs4 can smoke the is3 (at least from my experience. gunning the gs4 at 80 and it's a rocket)
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Of course man.... V8 vs I6 ... go figure...

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Old 05-28-03, 03:17 PM
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Originally posted by Lexus_Rex
gs4 isn't much quicker..

its all relative to your driving skillz..
Oh, yeah, sure it is.

And IS3 isn't much quicker than a Civic...its all relative to your driving skillzzzzzzzzz......
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>>>>>>>>>And IS3 isn't much quicker than a Civic...<<<<<<<<<<<



waht kindda civic r we talking about here??!! stick i would assume... but.... reallli??!1 oh... u mean double clutch and all those stuff?? enlighten please!
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Originally posted by 2000gs300
>>>>>>>>>And IS3 isn't much quicker than a Civic...<<<<<<<<<<<



waht kindda civic r we talking about here??!! stick i would assume... but.... reallli??!1 oh... u mean double clutch and all those stuff?? enlighten please!
haha easy man, i am sure dex was just joking. basically he was saying is3 isn't slow, but definitely not close to gs4, which i agree whole heartedly
Old 05-29-03, 11:38 AM
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kakakaka, was gonna say.... :P
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Originally posted by 2000gs300
>>>>>>>>>And IS3 isn't much quicker than a Civic...<<<<<<<<<<<



waht kindda civic r we talking about here??!! stick i would assume... but.... reallli??!1 oh... u mean double clutch and all those stuff?? enlighten please!
woah the quickest stock POS civic is the 99' 00' coupe edition si's which have 176 hp and that doesnt touch an IS so unless u have those crappy hooked up ricer ones i doubt a stock civic would ever touch any lex even if it had a flat tire it could beat it.

~ Stella

PS si's only come in stick as well
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Originally posted by rominl
is3 5 speed, and now i am driving a is3 auto, so i have some insight.
I'll eventually be joining you in the IS E-shift club.


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