proximal

Lexus has an office here in Irvine and today they brought out three IS-Fs to Cars and Coffee.

proximal

A couple notes:
- The exhaust still isn't connected to the outlets in the bumper in any way. You can still see the ground when looking through the cutouts.
- The seats are firmer and more supportive than the seats in the IS350 while still being more comfortable. It feels like sitting in a seat, rather than on it.

Badman Forever

the exhaust tips will never be connected.. just like the ls460 exhaust tips. either way, this doesn't affect anything on the vehicle.

Qtrmile

Nice pics. Cars and Coffee is the successor to the Crystal Cove GTG. Haven't gone to it yet, but sure enjoyed Crystal Cove. Will have to stop by sometime.

As for the exhaust, I don't care that it's not connected, but I do think it would have looked better in a horizontal layout rather than vertical.

phiberglas

Proximal I was there last weekend with my dad, and he has never seen the IS-F in person, but once he saw it, convinced him to get that instead of a GS. Him and I will be at C&C this saturday with his new IS-F.

Fa-suto

As mentioned in past threads, a lot of high performance supercars don't have their exhaust connected either and I don't see that hindering their performance.

phiberglas

Yes, the R8, Lamborghini, Bugatti etc all do not have connected tips.

Brian231

Thanks for sharing the cars and coffee thread, I am glad Lexus decided to promote the IS-F that way, even if it was a smaller venue.

proximal

Damn, I have to work this week. Would love to be able to take a closer look at a later event, though.

My point was more that Autospies or whatever site said they were connected was wrong.

Fa-suto

Yeah, I remember last year before it came out there was a lot of speculation was it connected, why not, it was a prototype, not a production, etc.

At least from what I have seen, it doesn't look like there is a large gap enough to put your hand between the exhaust tip and the actual pipes in comparison to a picture that you probably saw too then showed a hand behind the exhaust tip to make a point.

phiberglas

www.austingrade.com/cnc

My cars and coffee pictures that I take every weekend.

I'll be there this saturday with the IS-F

ISFfan

And I will be there on the 16th if anyone wants to see my Ultrasonic Blue / Alpine White/Black IS-F.

INHOCJP

Nice, I'll be looking for your IS-F

solspeed

Daymm luckkky bastard... =) lolz..

passnu2

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looks like im in the wrong state!! Awesome stuff