not too good review of the IS from NY Times

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11-28-05, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ratman009

NO ONE has pulled a "legitimate" number less than 5.5 out of an IS.

Except for AMCI, a highly regarded independent consultant hired by Lexus to perform an accurate and unbiased acceleration test for Lexus marketing materials. They pulled 5.3.

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11-28-05, 07:24 AM

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What about Car and Driver's 5.1?? Also, even vefore C&D got a 5.1, I knew it was capable of that much because I read a test done in Japan where they were able to get a 0-60 in 5.0 secs.

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11-28-05, 10:27 AM

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how does the IS have free maintenance?

after the first oil change we pay for them and i dont think less covers wear and tear items like brake rotors and pads (correct me if Im wrong)

I didn't say that Lexus and Infiniti offered free maintenance--I said BMW and Audi had to give free maintenance as an incentive, due to fierce competition from the Japanese makers. In the '80s you couldn't even get a cup of coffee from MB and BMW, let alone an oil change.