i traded my car, i had an Obsidian 08' is250 6mt.. and now i have a Starfire Pearl 09' is350.. and im loving it.. will post picks soon..

 

nice trade , pics please.......

 

I was almost in the same boat as you, except I never got the 250 6spd manual, just test drove quite a few of them and decided the 350 would better suit me. My question is, does the power of the 350 more than make up for the lack of a manual tranny? I miss having a manual tranny but I'm getting used to it

 

Yikes! Were you leasing? Did you own? How did it work out with the dealer? I am hoping you didn't take too much of a bath. Love the Starfire!

 

im considering the 09 also. how much of a hit did you take? how much did they offer for your car?

 

i will mos def. miss the 6spd manual, i been driving a stick since 2001!! but the horsepower difference makes up for it.. well i was leasing the 250, i still owed 28,000 on it, and kelly blue book they said was 24k.. but they still took the car and paid it off completely, and didnt add the over balance to the new car!! plus i got a returning customer discount on the new one!! i gotta give props to Lexus of cerritos!!

 

i will get better pics up soon..

here is the old one


and now the new one

 

ha!! here are some more old pics..

 

hm..that's great..

 

So can you tell us if theres any difference from the 08 to 09 steering wheel feel? Heavier steering? Cause i remember reading that one of the new changes for the 09 was the steering wheel rack or something like that.

 

Yes can we get an answer to this?

 

To be honest i didnt feel much difference.. one thing i did notice was a quicker response while turning, its one of those things were you turn the steering wheel a bit, but it feels like it turns the wheels alot.. ill have to take it for a test drive today and try to find more details..

 

2.5L 6sp manual ---> 3.5L 6sp auto, now that's a serious change.

 

i envy 350s! sooo faaaasssssssst!

 

well to be honest, i was spending so much money trying to keep that Black color looking nie.. details and buffing and all that stuff... and so far im very happy with the power in the car, gotta take it to the track!!