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She Finally Arrived

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Old 09-23-13, 07:14 AM
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After months of waiting, my IS350 finally made it overseas. I sold my beloved 328I and bought this sight unseen. Hell, I never even test drove an IS before but knew it was something I'd like. I already put in the F Sport Intake, and on the way is sway bars and F Sport Exhaust. Take note of the pin stripping.....Jury still out whether I will keep it. Your opinions welcome. Took it on the autobahn and she felt good at 100+ miles an hour. Surpised at a few things:
- A little austere -luxury wise- for what I expected from a Lexus
-Thought the steering wheel went up and in after you shut if off. It does not. Not biggie
- Expected memorized seats. No biggie
- Hear a little noise from the drive side door over bumps. Sounds like the stripping is rubbing. I think I can fix that.
- Handles great, no bimmer like, but close.
- Overall, very glad I got it.
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Old 09-23-13, 07:27 AM
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power steering wheel and memory seats come on certain packages. I have memory seats and power steering wheel on my Sport Package (not the same as F Sport)
Old 09-23-13, 08:31 AM
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You are a brave man to order without a test drive.

With the addition of f-sport swaybars and springs, many autotest shows the IS out-handling BMW. These are relatively cheap mods you could do if you want to get back that BMW handling.
Old 09-23-13, 08:54 AM
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congrats!! you have the best combo in my opinion
Old 09-23-13, 11:03 AM
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looking good bro...welcome to the fun club....let me know how it rides at 140mph...should feel smooth with the upgraded sways
Old 09-23-13, 01:06 PM
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Congrats on your purchase! It's cool to see that car came from Texas (inspection) and now is in Europe. Was it hard getting it registered?
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"Take note of the pin stripping.....Jury still out whether I will keep it."

Beautiful car, love the wheels that come on the f-sports, but not a fan of the pinstripe... If it was mine I would remove it if possible.
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Congrats on your new ride!!
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congrats on the car looks nice very nice.....
Old 09-24-13, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by edgeucated
You are a brave man to order without a test drive.

With the addition of f-sport swaybars and springs, many autotest shows the IS out-handling BMW. These are relatively cheap mods you could do if you want to get back that BMW handling.
Yea, brave or stupid. I dont know which one. I got lucky, no issues thus far.
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Nice 350. For me, I will lose that strip If i were the owner.....
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