Get the GS450h F-Sport!

~ Im2bz2p345

 

Meh: Bridgestone tires feel like ball bearings on sandpaper. I'm motivated to upgrade to the Michelin Pilot Super Sports ASAP.

 

Not so great: manual downshifting leaves something to be desired. In full auto Sport + the trans does an admirable job and is plenty quick. When using the flappy paddles, however it just feels like a slush box that's trying too hard to pretend it's a DCT.

I know Lexus can do better because I've driven the 8 speed implementation on the ISF (and I'm sure the RCF supersedes this but I haven't tried it myself).

 

Yours downshift plenty quick using the paddles in sport +? Because mine has a several second lag. I don't think it feels like it's a slush box or trying to be a dct but I do think sometimes it's an odd feeling due to a major lack of torque.

 

Like: feeling of substantial solidity on the move. This thing is built like a tank but has the reflexes of a cheetah.

 

Whew! At first I thought maybe you were overcoming a bout of constipation.

 

For whatever reason the rev matching on downshifts seems really pokey at low RPM (I assume this is probably what you find slow), but it seems much better at 3k+ RPM. It doesn't seem slow at all going from 4->3 or 3->2 from around 3k or so. Anything less is a bit slow. Not sure why Lexus has it programmed that way.

 

Ha, ha, ha... Good one!

 

Yeah I agree. In city driving, manual mode a bit clunky so I usually just leave in auto around town.