2JZ DAILY WAGON! Manual Lexus IS300 Sportcross // Nürburgring 

He was one of the nicest guys you’ve had out what a gentleman

Very polite owner...there should be more people like him!

Still one of the coolest gauge cluster designs!

it's funny seeing Misha drive around a dangerous track at high speeds while having a casual conversation, as if he's just cruising down the moterway 🤣

What’s your favorite part of the track? Misha: “Yes.” 😂😂😂

Nice to see a daily on here, and what an eloquent owner? Always liked the IS300, but didn’t realise they could be swapped to manuals so easily.

Misha in 620HP Audi TT that overheats: 😐 Mish in an old Toyota: 😀

Cool different car and a lovely owner, these are the best kinds of videos. Doesn't need to be the fastest lap when the vibes are so good!

Was nice to watch with such a laid back and friendly owner 😊

Either Lexus has good sound insulation, or the muffler is quieter than expected! This is definitely a very unique car on Misha's channel, IS300 Sportcross or Altezza Gita!

What a cool guy the owner is, much better than the idiots that scream and film the laps with their phones. Cool car as well

I have a IS200 Sportcross too with coils and swaybars and RCA and front lower reinforcment brace...I dailly it too as this gentleman does. I have a dream: in 2025 on my 50. birthday i want to drive down the Nordschlife couple times ...Nice drive Misha -as usual-and very nice conversation with owner/passenger ! 🙂

What a charming young man with decent taste in cars😊

Casually doing 120 mph at the top of 5th gear Misha: “Do I have a sixth gear?” 😂 why is this so funny to me

I have the IS300 too! absolutely great cars. Seems bullet proof too! If I wanna cruise, it cruises comfortably, if I wanna step on it, it wants to go with me. Love it! This one looks sweet though!

I always loved these. Also, side note...funny how this 220hp 200,000k sled hit close to the same speed the "460hp focus st " hit just recently haha

What a frightfully nice chap he was.

love my sportcross, has 167k miles and runs like a dream. perfect daily

I enjoyed this one. I much prefer to see oddball cars over cars like the GT3 RS

"What's your favourite car for the track?" "Yes." 😂👍 Nice daily, definitely with sleeper potential. Would have been interesting how much a manual conversion is for such a model.

Had an IS200 for 13 years - sublime car (admittedly it's slow as shit, but not having to visit any mechanics for the entirety of my ownership other than a regular oil change and maintenance is a blessing, also it's 6th gear is a joke, barely any difference compared to 5th :V)

Went to the ring a few weeks ago with my IS200 Sportcross. Although i don't send it as you do, it was an absolute blast and it drove 2 more laps on the nordschleife and 4 more on the gp track and finally home perfectly fine. Absolutely love it! In a few years I hope to have my other IS200 (sedan) track ready for you to drive 😁

I have one on the driveway in auto and green. Super rare in the UK and maybe 2 manuals in the entire country as they were only offered as auto over here. Mine's 21 years old and I can't bear to part with it. Great cars.

Have a 2006 is250 with a v6 manual for my daily driver, old lexus cars are just 10/10 in terms of reliability and fun

You know you’re in a Lexus when two dudes can have a good old natter for the entire lap, like they’re driving into the office for a meeting 😃🫶👊💥

This has made my year Dude! Much love Ali your a Top Bloke! Great to see you enjoying the car, Thanks for sharing it with world letting Misha take it for a lap of the ring how cool!

Lots of wagons lately, but they are the best stock sleepers, fast wagons are what life is about 🤩

IS300 Sportcross in America are between $12,500 - $14,000 USD (£11K or 12,700 Euros).

More normal cars please! This was awesome.

This car saved my life after I fell asleep on the freeway and hit a wall to a dead stop at 120 kmh. I hope someone brings you the me slightly set up with a little power. Amazing chassis

To see the owners eyes light up was wonderful. He clearly loved the trip.

He is about the most gentleman car guy, I've ever seen.. Out there living his dream with his daily. It has always been my dream to lap the ring as well.. I cannot imagine how much it would cost to get my SS 1LE over there for some laps.. Maybe some day..

YESSSS!!! I’ve been following along with your channel for about a year now and have loved your videos! As an is300 sportcross owner as well with hopes of tracking mine, this is perfect

Finally!!!!!!! A Sportcross but still cool.. let get more IS300's please

well this was fun to see, i have a lexus is200 sportcross manual. I have driven alot of older bmw's and mercedes, but this car seems even better put together then any of those. I love mine, but, well, 200hp more wouldnt be wrong in this chassi.

i love the smile on this guy's face. i love my is300. wish i had a sportcross

4:39 The wind noise coming through the door is the result of many years of door slamming. To fix it you just need to put something rubber between the window frame (middle of it) and then give the furthest side a push inwards. Kind of like you are trying to bend the window frame inward into the car. Then it goes away.

Grasshoppers in Japan are a symbol of good luck .

Hell yeah buy the 850r, I usually don't comment but having heard that you want to make a 850r project car got me. My family is obsessed with Volvos (2x 1993 Volvo 850s with 140hp and a Volvo V70 T5 with soon 430HP). So i'm hyped if you actually decide to get one :)

Got one of these with 52k miles on the clock, wonderful cars!

Loved the owner's energy. It matched Misha!

Didn't even knew it existed as a wagon 😮 looks cool!

Funnily enough, in Europe the IS200 variant could be fitted with a supercharger right from the factory by ToyotaTeamEurope.

Beautiful car, happy to see more "realistic" (for us plebs) builds on your channel. Lovely owner!

very chill owner and great driving Misha! Really enjoyed this vid

I bought an IS300 auto saloon new back in 2003. It was an amazing car, beautifully put together, super reliable and very refined. However, quick it was not. It never put a foot wrong but after 2½ years I stopped at the back of a queue on a motorway and the woman behind me wasn't watching - car totalled!

Misha has gone full JDM on us lately! The Porsches are getting jealous!

Nice lap ABSOLUTLY

Summary of the talk: Absolutely 😀

We don't talk about m cars here LOL. These videos have me pricing out round trip container shipping to Germany. Two car goals in life, drive the Nurburgring in my own car, and drive the shuto expressway

I got a buddy of mine who I tune who has an IS300 with the 1jz out of a JZX110 with a big single and all the cooling mods and all the suspension goodies...That car is a weapon...

she held up! sweet ride, ive always wanted an altezza but they are a bit old now, still good though, didnt overheat , brakes didnt die, nothing

I love it when Misha drives older japanese, italian or french cars 😍 I'm looking forward to Misha driving a CVT car like a 10th gen Civic or a Lexus from the 2000s 😁

That chassis is really underrated

The world needs more car guys like this young man 👌

That Lexus is300 is similar to the Subaru legacy 3.0r spec b manual but the legacy in an Aussie test came out to be faster and more luxurious

That was an absolutely lovely owner!

Not gonna lie Iv been waiting for this video sense I bought my IS, I’m so excited to see what this thing does here.

don't worry about the angle sensor , i ve done the mod to a is300 , that car doesn't need stability control in fact the manuals i200 and is300(only in us ) didn't have stability control

Loved the guage cluster on these cars. Way ahead of their time.

this was very nice to watch. good car. good people. good track. nice conversation...

Its a great video when the words per minute match the revs per minute!

Love the speedometer looks like a watch

What a lovely owner and what a great daily. Nice to see this Lexus on your channel!

We wanna see a LFA now❤

always fun when the owner keep talking the hole lap! 🥰

i like the speedo it looks like a watch .. kinda cool.

i still miss my 850 T5R there was only 200 in the uk offically while x branch car with holes all over the dash from the gear they used to bolt on they eat front tyres tho too much power trying to move too much weight get one misha you will love the sound ...

Absolutely, yes absolutely, it's absolutely nice, absolutely.

@DougDeMuro would say - THIS IS RARER THAN A FORD GEEE TEEE!!!

what a vibe, what a owner love it!!

To hear Misha say a 850 is an awesome car warms my Volvo heart!!!!

Awesome, you had an 850 T5? I love them. A buddy of mine had a yellow one. They are super rare in america, especially in that yellow.

What an awesome driving comrade❤

As a Swede and a car guy who has probably owned close to 100 Volvos, I can tell you that the 8-series was despised by the majority of Volvo enthusiasts in Sweden when it was first introduced. Can you guess why? Yes, the front-wheel drive 🤮NOT Ok on a Volvo! ;) even the small 300 series had FR.. sure we had the 4-series with FF but that did not really count as a Volvo anyways.. (Though the 480 turbo is pretty cool) I've driven a couple of 850Rs but never owned one due to the FF and instead stuck to the 240s and 740 turbo wagons ;) Volvo guys are often drifters cus of the snow. So you can imagine how many of those 850Rs were rear drive converted. But it looks and handles very good for a stock Volvo.

Nice Car humble Owner and no overheating 😁

Absolutely lovely drive and car))

I love your videos!!!!

If you want we can make a video with my is200 ✌🏼

Absolotly lovely van! very unexpected

I had a supra NA auto with that engine , and it was really slow. No wonder the owner swapped for manual I totally get it with that engine.

2 or 3k away from 500bph may be true but also budget for a gearbox upgrade as the j160 is pretty weak when you throw boost at them, 300bhp is about all they can handle, Lovely box to use though i had one in my old Is200, miss that car so much!

I was thinking "this car power to weight wise is similar to a e90 325i" and then the ring freaks one comes by 😂 great video as always 👍

chill ride, i enjoyed the video :p

Firend just last night blew a IS300 sedan at the yellobelly dragstrip. it had 450hp and a nos kit :D Made 7.7sec in the 1/8mile

Crazy to see the 992 GT3 RS parked in a quiet area... Everything is normal 😅 you are at Apex 👌

what a wholesome episode 🤭

The best thing to do with these, and the GS300/Aristo, is to do a twin turbo supra engine rebuild mated to a BMW ZF auto. It's a straight swap with adapter plate and gives you a reliable 500-700bhp!

Well, the old Lexus is doing much better than the stupid cameras! LOL! Engine sounded healthy indeed for having done 200,000 km. Very nice car.

Fun to have different cars. This car was never very successful because of the looks probably and no manual option on wagons, but it is a nice but weird alternative to a 3 series! Keep 'em coming!

That speedo is beautiful. I'd wear it as a watch

absolutely

Absolutely.. 😊

You know for a 20 year old Lexus with 200k mileage that ain’t not sluggish car on the NUR- Ring awesome video.

Good video

Make our values go up!!! ❤

That was a good one @11:15 🤣🤣

I’d pay to see him drive a boosted 2j in a is300 like mine on the ring

Just the twins out in the family wagon

Micha, regarding the volvo wagon idea: Maybe a 98-00 v70r? Or the generation after that, the p2? I have had 2 of the p80 platform and recently got my first p2