It's official. I'm a 2014 Lexus IS350 F Sport owner!

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01-12-14, 02:00 PM

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looks good, claying the car helps a lot even from the factory, a lot of crud still gets on the paint

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01-12-14, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SonyHome

I was thinking "Dark Knight"!

What do you think?

I don't carry a house key since I usually enter the house through my garage.

I would go for something more sinister, but that's just me. Haha. It sound like a good name though.

Aha, that's convenient! So when you valet the car, would you give the key card to the valet person, or the fob?

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01-12-14, 05:01 PM

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looks good, claying the car helps a lot even from the factory, a lot of crud still gets on the paint

It was first time claying a car for me but guy that was detailing with knew a lot about detailing and helped me greatly with his knowledge. I had a clay bar but he had clay towel which he said works like clay bar but works much faster.

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01-12-14, 05:04 PM

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I would go for something more sinister, but that's just me. Haha. It sound like a good name though.

Aha, that's convenient! So when you valet the car, would you give the key card to the valet person, or the fob?

Since I don't intend to carry the fob I would have to give them the key card.

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01-13-14, 12:30 PM

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So how long is the MN law going to allow you to run around without the front plate? I ended up going with a tow mount kit as I refused to let the dealer drill into that sweet front bumper...

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01-13-14, 02:39 PM

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very nice. How's your led headlight?

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01-13-14, 07:58 PM

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So how long is the MN law going to allow you to run around without the front plate? I ended up going with a tow mount kit as I refused to let the dealer drill into that sweet front bumper...

I did it for 13 years on my Acura TL-S. I received fix it ticket one time so I put it on, had them verify and removed it. I really don't want to put a plate on the front on 3IS. It totally ruins the look.

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very nice. How's your led headlight?

LED head & fog lights looks great. I also replaced all other lights to LED so everything should match now. Even if I see another 2014 F Sport on MN roads, which I have not seen one yet, they won't have the LED Fogs and most likely won't have 8 speed with VGRS!

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01-13-14, 08:05 PM

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Looking amazing, SonyHome!

Glad there's more of us out there with the LED fogs now

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01-13-14, 08:09 PM

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Ok. I picked up my car today from the dealer with LED Fog Lights and had my winter tires put on. Tire place had to use 4 individual floor jacks to change my tire because they said they couldn't use their hoist with my car. Also below is picture of smart card key which I can keep in my wallet and not carry the key fob around. Lastly picture of next owner of my car!

My drive home from the dealer was absolute joy. Car felt so good (even better than the GS loaner!!!) and I was averaging 27.3MPG!

Sorry for the crappy photos from my iPhone.

How the heck are you getting 27.3MPG? I've driven mine 1,700 miles and I'm stuck at 17.5

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01-13-14, 08:31 PM

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How the heck are you getting 27.3MPG? I've driven mine 1,700 miles and I'm stuck at 17.5

That was my first drive home which is mostly highway driving. I think I kept it in mostly in normal mode with couple times in Sport + mode but even in normal mode, on the highway, I saw the ECO light on the left side come on frequently. At the time I only had ~30 miles on the car.

Now my car is at ~150 miles, it's down to 22.5 MPG but I have been doing little more city driving. I'm hoping for my normal commute which is 90% highway driving I'll be 25MPG+, hopefully.

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01-15-14, 06:24 PM

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If anyone was curious RWD IS350 F Sport has no issues driving in winter conditions with good winter tires. I've had Michelin X-Ice Xi3 on my car and yesterday morning woke up to ~ 3 - 4 inches of snow and slick ice under the snow. I was able to get to my office without any issue and only noticed couple of times where traction control even kicked in but I think those were where there may have been some slick ice under the snow. There were some cars that were in the ditch or even spun out on my way to work but RWD IS350 F Sport did just great!

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