Originally Posted by goshawk823

Seriously? WTF?


With your prior rant, don't you mean made in the US, not Japan?

What an asshat.

Originally Posted by Slust

Actually it looks like I am wrong about those two features. They look tied to the Luxury Package.

Official 2015 Product Information


FACTORY OPTIONS
 18-inch wheels with summer or all-season tires; IS 250 mesh-style; IS 350 five-spoke
 Back-up camera with dynamic gridlines (for Display Audio)
 Blind Spot Monitor with Rear Cross Traffic Alert
 Heated steering wheel (AWD only)
 Intuitive Park Assist – Front & Rear
 Lane Departure Warning with Smart Beam
 Dynamic Radar Cruise Control with Pre-Collision System

Navigation System
 Back-up camera with dynamic gridlines
 Bluetooth® 3.0 hands free phone and automatic phonebook download capabilities
 HD Radio™ with iTunes tagging (complimentary traffic and weather)
 Lexus Enform App Suite (subscription free): Bing™, Yelp®, iHeartRadio™, Facebook Places™,
Movietickets.com™, OpenTable®, Pandora®, Slacker, Stocks, Fuel Prices, Sports
 Lexus Enform Destination Services: Destination Assist, and eDestination (one-year trial subscription
included, requires Lexus Enform Safety Connect)
 Lexus Enform Remote: Allows customers to remotely view and control certain aspects of their Lexus
vehicle via a mobile application for iOS and Android smartphone users. Lexus Enform Remote application
is separate from Lexus Enform App Suite application (not on head unit). Requires Lexus Enform Safety
Connect and Lexus Enform Remote subscription (one-year trial subscriptions included). Customers must
register for service. Provides: Ability to use with multiple Lexus vehicles; email and push notifications;
Guest Driver Monitor; Remote Door Lock/Unlock; Remote Pre-HVAC; Vehicle Finder; Vehicle Status
Report; Vehicle Alerts.
 Lexus Insider™
 MP3/WMA and dual USB/iPod® audio input plugs
 Navigation System
 Voice command casual-language Voice Recognition system

Mark Levinson® with Navigation system
 Mark Levinson® Premium Surround Sound system (15-speakers, advanced discrete amplifier design with
835-watts continuous power at less than 0.1% THD, 7.1-channel speaker architecture) with Clari-Fi
technology

Premium Package
 Twin projector LED Headlamps (low & high beam)
 Heated/ventilated seats

Luxury Package (requires Back-up Camera, Navigation, or Mark Levinson)
 Twin projector LED Headlamps (low and high beam)
 Blind Spot Monitor with Rear Cross Traffic Alert
 Rain-sensing wipers
 Outside rear-view mirror functions (electrochromic, memory, reverse tilt-down)
 Leather trimmed interior with contrast stitching
 Power tilt/telescoping steering wheel
 Two position memory - Driver’s seat, mirrors and steering column
 Seat heater/ventilation
 Wood trim
 Heated steering wheel (AWD only)


F SPORT
 Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS) with SPORT+ driving mode (IS 350 RWD only)
 Aluminum sport pedals
 Black headliner
 F SPORT 10-way driver (includes power lumbar) / eight-way passenger power heated sport seats with
contrast stitching
 F SPORT 18-inch staggered width split five-spoke wheels with summer or all-season tires
 F SPORT badging (side and rear)
 F SPORT tuned suspension
 Heated and ventilated seats
 Heated steering wheel (AWD only)
 High-friction(μ) brake pads
 Intake sound generator (Standard IS 350)
 LFA inspired TFT instrumentation
 Perforated leather steering wheel with F SPORT logo and shift ****
 Silver performance trim
 Stainless steel scuff plates with Lexus logo
 Twin projector LED Headlamps (low and high beam)
 Unique front fascia and grille (F SPORT package deletes foglamps)

Variable Gear Ratio Steering (Requires IS 350 RWD + F SPORT)
 Power tilt/telescoping steering column
 Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS)


Release Article

Originally Posted by Slust

You might want to wait for the 2015 if you really are leaning toward the IS350 ...though to be honest, it sounds like you are leaning toward the Acura.

2015 IS 350
- F-Sport getting memory seats (believe it is tied to the key fob vs buttons)
- F-Sport getting ventilated seats
- F-Sport getting heated steering wheel
- Getting Dynamic Lines on reverse camera
- Getting automatic pointing down mirrors on reverse

When I switched the mouse control to remove Haptic Feedback and increase the speed it works a lot better. If my PC mouse had haptic feedback I would hate using the PC.

The lack of sunglasses holder and slim cubby space is common complaint of the IS. I do not feel any rocking motion while in drive, that is just weird. Shame you never got the IS above 40mph. The car loves to drive and taking it in fast turns really points out how the superior the handling is to the competition.

If you talk with the Lexus dealership again, you need to tell them mid-$40k range. NM only has two dealerships as well and they are owned by the same owner and you can get a IS350 for mid-$40k here. That is purchase, not lease.

Originally Posted by OrionLex

So it sounds like you liked both! But did you prefer one over the other? I guess I don't have a choice anyway since I ordered an F-Sport vehicle, but I'm just curious how they compare...

Originally Posted by cFoo

It will be hard for anyone to win you over for the IS if you are comparing feature for feature. Acura is packed full of them and are priced very well when you compare to a Lexus. What you will get that you cannot buy from Acura will be much better services and very likely better reliability for the life of the car. Acura still have a long way to go to match Lexus's level of customer care.