racemanxx

Im about to buy a 07 is350 soon. I would like to know

1. Is the car fast? Does it feel torquey?
2. What will me buying an f sport intake do to the car in terms of performance?
3. Is the car worthy and worth buying?
4. Are the features such as using the paddle shifters affective at all?

I have never owned a lexus and this will for aure he the nicest car ive ever owned. Some info and advice on this car would be very helpful

jonathanz

iTrader: (2)

1- test drive the car
2-what's your question again?
3-yes
4-no

SeanIS350

iTrader: (2)

1) lots of members have run 0-60 in under 5 secs. Yes it feel torquey

2) I think it's like a 5-7hp gain if I'm not mistaken. The throttle response feels more aggressive with it and it starts to growl around 3000 rpm.

SeanIS350

iTrader: (2)

3) yes the car is awesome. Love mine.

4) paddle shifters are not true shifters they are actually just gear limiters so it's not a feature that I use at all.

jonathanz

iTrader: (2)

intake gain is a myth, you need a tune-up for all bolt-on parts before any gain. if you just install intake that's pretty much for sound and looks

darkdream

1. Is the car fast? Does it feel torquey? No. It feels very tame even compared to competitors like the 335i
2. What will me buying an f sport intake do to the car in terms of performance? Nothing. It is for sound.
3. Is the car worthy and worth buying? The new IS350 is much better (I bought a 07 brand new almost 8 years ago so I don't want to buy a car so similar when my IS has 34k miles)
4. Are the features such as using the paddle shifters affective at all? No. Effectively useless.

Gerb

Someone dyno'd joe z intake for like 4.8whp for rwd.

darkdream

He is buying a used car so it might be even less with all the wear and tear to the engine.

Mike_1GO

iTrader: (2)

paddle shifters? use them for engine braking.

darkdream

Or use the actual gear changer since you have to move it to switch it to use the paddle shifters for the 07 model.