Jay JDecember 4, 2008
#209885My 1999 GS300
Breath in...lol..
So here's the story behind my car.
She's been a good car for the 12 months I've had her
Bought her with 47,000 miles; Just rolled over 55600 this past week :)
Its my second car..
came from..
A 1994 Integra GSR with guess how many miles?
82,000 miles (when I sold her).
It had the usual boltons + Blox Stage 1.5 cams/Titanium Valvesprings/Retainers..
Sold her less than what I bought her for even though I put nearly a grand in; If I had known about the gas price crunch I would've kept her.
So then I was carless; my Senior year of High School for about 6 weeks; which really whomped. Not as bad as the time I killed the clutch of the GSR because I was ticked off because of a girl............(I started to swap the clutch) but since I needed to study I was only able to work on it on Saturdays, and I had a conflicting act the next weekend..So I had no car for 4 weeks..well a car on jackstands for 4 weeks....
I had the $$ from the GSR in the bank (which my parents had given me 1/2 for the GS-R..Then another 3500 I had earned(in the summer after the purchase of the GSR).
I wanted a 1st gen IS300; My parents at first wanted me to get an autotragic car (then as long as the car was not coined sporty I was fine to get it)...For those wondering...no I did not get in any trouble with the GSR while I had it.......; (I said I was going to state college or UC) so they basically said they will spot me up to 8000 on top on what I had.
I looked on autotrader..and what do I see?...
a GS300 with a said 40k miles on the ad...I call it and sure enough the car is there.........I go see it with my father, he drives it(he usually doesn't) I get his approval and my mother's....and chaching...err kerplunt..look at it either way..
Carfax was clean....I also called SouthBay Lexus and they had service records until 36k which meant I only had about 10k undocmented miles on the car....
Soooo then...good news...
I get the car.
-I was a bit irratated at the seller for stating she had 40k miles when indeed it was over 47k but oh well...
She was mostly stock until this summer.
I'll be starting off in Chronological order
I guess her first real mod done by the original owner
Ltuned grille
RIP Buddy
A Happy Car is a Clean Car......I gave up on keeping Onyx Black clean at the start of college..(a few months ago)........
First week of owning her I swap the oil out......
Then within 3000 miles...screeeeeeech uhoh..
Brake pads were done for in the front(swapped those out too).....
Got to know the car well
Went to tour UCSC over spring break
Got 26mpg on AVG with the 16's.......
I'll miss her if I ever do sell her some day....
She's been there for my first job (I'll be there for awhile); HighSchool; Prom; College So far
Interesting Story About Prom: I wanted to Take my car...parent's did not want me driving at 1AM; Especially with someone else in the car..So we ended up going in a Chrysler 300 :thud:
Prom Day..:Thud: I was up for 48 hours prior to this..
Grad Night part1..was this day..I was running off a Starbucks Purple Eye and a monster Java..yay...not...... :Thud:.......
While most kids got home, and slept through I needed to attend a graduation for my non paid internship which I later was hired onto this past summer.....I got home; took a 2 hour nap, cleaned up the GS; Washed it/waxed it/ Vacuumed it, cleaned the seats out, And added new squash air fresheners.........
Ughhh
WHY WHY WHY!!!
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Breath in... lol.. So here's the story behind my car. She's been a good car for the 12 months I've had her Bought her with 47,000 miles; Just rolled over 55600 this past week :) Its my second car.. came from.. [IMG]http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/404/dsc0227wg0.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7568/dsc0225pl6.jpg[/IMG] A 1994 Integra GSR with guess how many miles? 82,000 miles (when I sold her). It had the usual boltons + Blox Stage 1.5 cams/Titanium Valvesprings/Retainers.. Sold her less than what I bought her for even though I put nearly a grand in; If I had known about the gas price crunch I would've kept her. So then I was carless; my Senior year of High School for about 6 weeks; which really whomped. Not as bad as the time I killed the clutch of the GSR because I was ticked off because of a girl............(I started to swap the clutch) but since I needed to study I was only able to work on it on Saturdays, and I had a conflicting act the next weekend..So I had no car for 4 weeks..well a car on jackstands for 4 weeks.... I had the $$ from the GSR in the bank (which my parents had given me 1/2 for the GS-R..Then another 3500 I had earned(in the summer after the purchase of the GSR). I wanted a 1st gen IS300; My parents at first wanted me to get an autotragic car (then as long as the car was not coined sporty I was fine to get it)...For those wondering...no I did not get in any trouble with the GSR while I had it.......; (I said I was going to state college or UC) so they basically said they will spot me up to 8000 on top on what I had. I looked on autotrader..and what do I see?... a GS300 with a said 40k miles on the ad...I call it and sure enough the car is there.........I go see it with my father, he drives it(he usually doesn't) I get his approval and my mother's....and chaching...err kerplunt..look at it either way.. Carfax was clean....I also called SouthBay Lexus and they had service records until 36k which meant I only had about 10k undocmented miles on the car.... Soooo then...good news... I get the car. -I was a bit irratated at the seller for stating she had 40k miles when indeed it was over 47k but oh well... She was mostly stock until this summer. I'll be starting off in Chronological order I guess her first real mod done by the original owner Ltuned grille [IMG]http://a949.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/23/l_795ce30e7f81e96e009f503c92833fac.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://a416.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/127/l_b3147cc59e20319b99f46110f78c3627.jpg[/IMG] RIP Buddy [IMG]http://a421.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/101/l_56efe9b2bdb533a6676fb079b74a4744.jpg[/IMG] A Happy Car is a Clean Car......I gave up on keeping Onyx Black clean at the start of college..(a few months ago)........ [IMG]http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v237/223/43/1051350108/n1051350108_30039281_5275.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v237/223/43/1051350108/n1051350108_30039280_4945.jpg[/IMG] First week of owning her I swap the oil out...... Then within 3000 miles...screeeeeeech uhoh.. Brake pads were done for in the front(swapped those out too)..... Got to know the car well Went to tour UCSC over spring break Got 26mpg on AVG with the 16's....... [IMG]http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v166/223/43/1051350108/n1051350108_30028593_6911.jpg[/IMG] I'll miss her if I ever do sell her some day.... She's been there for my first job (I'll be there for awhile); HighSchool; Prom; College So far Interesting Story About Prom: I wanted to Take my car...parent's did not want me driving at 1AM; Especially with someone else in the car..So we ended up going in a Chrysler 300 :thud: Prom Day..:Thud: I was up for 48 hours prior to this.. Grad Night part1..was this day..I was running off a Starbucks Purple Eye and a monster Java..yay...not...... :Thud:....... While most kids got home, and slept through I needed to attend a graduation for my non paid internship which I later was hired onto this past summer.....I got home; took a 2 hour nap, cleaned up the GS; Washed it/waxed it/ Vacuumed it, cleaned the seats out, And added new squash air fresheners......... [IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/acbxxi.jpg[/IMG] Ughhh WHY WHY WHY!!!
