My new car
My new car
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Not got much planned other than a parrot asteroid kit and some face lift headlights for DRL badassery.
Edit, info about the car:
Black on black leather IS250 SE 6 speed auto. Paddle shift is a lot of fun, I much prefer it over the IS300 E-shift, as it's actually possible to select first gear with the paddles in this one, whereas 2 was as low as you could go in the 300. Makes launching off the lights a bit easier.
Car isn't hugely fast but my god does it handle very very well. It's unbelievable actually, chucking it into corners is far too easy. Definitely quicker than an IS200 but it feels marginally slower than the IS300 did. From the feel of the car, I think the new IS' have speed sensitive power steering (unlike the 1st gen) which takes a bit of getting used to.
el_bandido
08-11-2021, 08:40 AM #1
Not got much planned other than a parrot asteroid kit and some face lift headlights for DRL badassery.
Edit, info about the car:
Black on black leather IS250 SE 6 speed auto. Paddle shift is a lot of fun, I much prefer it over the IS300 E-shift, as it's actually possible to select first gear with the paddles in this one, whereas 2 was as low as you could go in the 300. Makes launching off the lights a bit easier.
Car isn't hugely fast but my god does it handle very very well. It's unbelievable actually, chucking it into corners is far too easy. Definitely quicker than an IS200 but it feels marginally slower than the IS300 did. From the feel of the car, I think the new IS' have speed sensitive power steering (unlike the 1st gen) which takes a bit of getting used to.
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Read my thread here: The Evolution of my Turbo Lexus from NA-Supercharged-Twin Turbo-Massive Single
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Sparkystav
08-11-2021, 08:43 AM #2Tidy mate!
Read my thread here: The Evolution of my Turbo Lexus from NA-Supercharged-Twin Turbo-Massive Single
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The second gen chassis is a lot stiffer than the 1IS. Absolute pleasure to drive and it's insanely comfortable.
edit: oh and the engine sounds lovely under hard acceleration.
el_bandido
08-11-2021, 12:47 PM #4First impressions after driving it for a day are pretty good. A car this big and heavy should not handle as well as it does, absolutely massive improvement over a stock 1st gen IS. Makes me wonder what some meister R's would do...
The second gen chassis is a lot stiffer than the 1IS. Absolute pleasure to drive and it's insanely comfortable.
edit: oh and the engine sounds lovely under hard acceleration.
reganlives
08-11-2021, 12:58 PM #5Nice one mate! 250 I guess? SE or SE-L?
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The plan is to go and buy an IS200 to mess about with and use as a proper project/weekend car. The nature of my job requires me to have a car that isn't ever off the road, so the days of tinkering with my daily driver are over.
el_bandido
08-11-2021, 01:01 PM #6250, SE. I'll keep an eye out for an SE-L with all the trick stuff in the future, but I'd want an 11+ plate so that might be a few years away.
The plan is to go and buy an IS200 to mess about with and use as a proper project/weekend car. The nature of my job requires me to have a car that isn't ever off the road, so the days of tinkering with my daily driver are over.
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