My Roadtrip in the IS!
03-21-11, 07:19 PM
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My Roadtrip in the IS!
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!
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!
03-21-11, 07:27 PM
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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
too bad my IS was in the shop (still is). i wanted to take her out
03-21-11, 07:31 PM
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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.
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03-21-11, 08:05 PM
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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
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03-21-11, 08:42 PM
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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.
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