'04 IS300 - Project (Not Really) Nice Daily

[Goodspeed]

Last one was auto too. Goodspeed has given up on the illusion that manuals are fun in stop and go traffic.

Goodspeed is correct

I'd rock a Miata for a DD again in a heartbeat, so light and easy to row their gears.  Other than that, it'd have to be a V8 with 400 lb-ft of off-idle torque so I could just lope around in whatever-it-doesn't-matter gear.

I remember you mentioning wanting a dark gray (maybe?) sport design a while back and I couldn't find any color for sale within 500 miles at the time, I get why you jumped on the one from the wrong coast. Looks very clean, hopefully it'll be as advertised when it arrives, and provide you years of trouble free motor-ing. Congrats!

Thanks!  Yes, I had a hankering for a TCM (Thundercloud Metallic) Sportdesign but those are super rare - then again, the black/gray combo may be more rare for all I know - I've kept a regular eye on the market since buying my first in 1/15 and I've only ever seen two others come up for sale.  Production info is hard to come by but the concensus is a few thousand Sportdesigns in total for each of the year's they were available ('03 and '04).