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Lead Lap
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CA
Posts: 505
Just got a ride in the IS-F
Just got back from the Lexus Driving Experience at Laguna Seca. I got there at 7:45am and there were only 2 people in my group. We got the first rides in the 2 IS-F's that just came in from Japan. Very awesome car. The throttle blips by itself on downshifts and upshifts are very fast and crisp. The sound is terrific and the car is really planted in the corners. I'm worried about the brakes though. After our hot laps with a full car the brakes were smoking and the driver decided he needed to do a cool down lap.http://picasaweb.google.com/mrpc12/ISF
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: In rehab...
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Lucky...
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Driver
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: NY
Posts: 161
Looks pretty damn good in those pictures. First real shots I've seen of a color other than blue.
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Lexus Champion
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: NY
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Lucky bastard.......
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Speaks French in Russian
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: What is G?
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Looks awesome in red!!!!
Sounds like it will be a great performer.
Not sure if I like these new dark wheels though. I liked the shiny ones on the prototype IS-F more.
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Driver
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Miami
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GFerg
Looks awesome in red!!!!
Sounds like it will be a great performer.
Not sure if I like these new dark wheels though. I liked the shiny ones on the prototype IS-F more.
Thanks Greg for those awesome Pics in my fav color Red.....
Is that Red different from matador red.... ? sometimes pics are so misleading..
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Lead Lap
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Location: CA
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It looks different than Matador Red in person. A little more brighter.
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RED IS SO HOT!!!
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Lexus Test Driver
Join Date: Mar 2006
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wow...that's really nice....
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Driver
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Miami
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Hey VelvetBlue, any clue on laptimes from IS-F ?
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Lead Lap
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CA
Posts: 505
Nobody was timing anything and the car had 4 people in it for demo laps so it wouldn't be valid anyway.
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So was it FAST or just a little bit faster than IS 350 ? How was the gearbox compared to the one in IS X50 ?
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Lead Lap
Join Date: Feb 2005
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It was louder, faster, stiffer than any current IS. The transmission shifted in .1 sec and automatically blipped the throttle on downshifts. The driver told me the traction control has multiple settings but he said it never came on during our test drive and it even allowed the car to drift some but still did not come on.
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VelvetBlue
Nobody was timing anything and the car had 4 people in it for demo laps so it wouldn't be valid anyway.
I am so sad I missed this. I was texting Ryan today
to see what the deal was.
Thanks for sharing, any GS 460 info?
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CA
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I am so sad I missed this. I was texting Ryan today
to see what the deal was.
Thanks for sharing, any GS 460 info?
No, I didn't hear anything about the GS460 but did not ask either.
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