So Tuesday evening it snowed, or slushed, here in good ole Tejas. Me being a good citizen, I decided it’d be a grand idea to take the opportunity to meet up with a friend and try driving sideways on empty streets/parking lots at midnight.

I bought a used Lexus IS300 not too long ago and had not had the chance to drive it in a limited grip situation, so I jumped when a buddy of mine in his older rear wheel drive Corolla wanted to go gallivanting. So long story short; I am astounded at how well the ole IS300 performed. First of all its a rear wheel drive car, manual transmission with a limited slip differential. Typically this kinda spells disaster when traction goes by the way side as once you loose grip, both tires are spinning and that’s all she wrote. The IS300 though performed amazingly, I could be 90 degrees off to direction of travel and still recover with ease. I actually found it hard to make the thing spin out in any type of slush other than solid ice. I really had to abuse the throttle and throw the car into a skid to make the rear end step out beyond recovery.

So I guess that’s all I wanted to say really, I’m super super super impressed with how stable the ole lexus can be when tossed around. Sorry no pictures, there is video, but not in my hot little hands. If I get a hold of it I will update. That is all.

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