Welcome to CL!!

When people say CL makes you broke... trust me, it does!! I had a lot more money before I ran into this place haha...

Oh well, at least the money is going to a good cause .... your happiness!!!

 

congrats on the IS and welcome to CL

 

welcome to cL! watch out for a green IS around csun... that'll be me (: (usually park at the "U")

 

Cool! I'm right at CSUN. I am sure I've seen you driving before. Love the stock rims on the '09+'s.
Well, I had a 1.8T CVT which had almost identical 0-60 numbers as the IS250. Yet, the A4 felt faster. It did have a delay and a little turbo lag, but once that kicked in, it was strong. The IS seems a tad faster off the line, but doesn't have the mid punch. The Tiptronic shifting was also faster with the Audi, with no delay at all. What I miss most is the cornering. Not that the IS is a slouch, but the A4 always felt like it was on rails going around corners. Even after putting on some F-sport springs, it didn't make much of a difference. These aren't major things and I knew them going into the purchase, but they are things I do miss. Other minute picks involve the interior finish. The materials in the Audi were simply top notch. The feel and "swing" of the interior door handle was precise with the A4, but there's some uneven points of travel with the IS. Also, the door hinges on the A4 were smoother and quieter than the IS. Interior lighting was amazing in the Audi, with just about everthing and every button lit at night. More- I truly miss seeing more information on the dash and trip computer. The Audi had constant streaming RDS (artist/song title) in the central display, while the IS "TEXT" feature plain sucks. Also can't see the outside temp while monitoring MPG's in the IS. No split-folding rear seat in the IS either, which was very handy in the A4 for transporting a bike or snowboard.

Much of this has been covered already at CL, so I don't want to rehash negatives. There's a long long list of positives, with styling being #1 on my list. Customer service is also incredible compared to Audi. I'll just sum it up by saying every car has it's merits and demerits. The IS is a great car in my opinion, and I am completely happy I made the purchase. I am confident you are going to continue loving your new car for many years.

P.S. The newly installed righthand turn arrow at the NW corner of Zelzah and Nordhoff is causing all kinds of madness. No one realizes you can still make a right turn on the red arrow. (I've called this in).

 

Another CSUN IS! hehe Anyone get caught up in the demonstration on Reseda Blvd last Thursday? As the crowd approached, I pulled over to the curb and everyone walked in between the cars stranded in the lanes. Glad I made it over, it was crazy!

 

Was this for the walk-out? Class was canceled so i didn't get to see the madness.

 

Yeah, a few hundred people down the middle of Reseda. Highway patrol and police didn't catch on at first and cars were intermingling with the protesters. I was coming out of the post office and heard the racket and pulled over at Halsted while they past. When they got to Priarie, the police held it there and I think an older lady got pushed and broke her arm. There was also scuffling that led to five arrests. Messed up my work too, with the street closed at Nordhoff. Don't think the protestors realize how much stuff like that impacts local businesses, but I feel for the students and the current financial mess.

 

I remember all the traffic that day but when I go to school I come from the East so I got to avoid Reseda.

I'll start keeping an eye out for you guys around CSUN.

 

Welcome to the Club! And its not a matter of if you will mod but when you will mod!!!

 

I'm living proof, he'll be moding in no time...Book it!

 

This will give u a nice tune at a decent price

http://www.l-tunedparts.com/product/?id=2804

 

Dope, i went to csun too, for about a week. Didnt really like it for some reason. Decided to go to GCC and transfer to the school i wanted to go from the beginning.
Congrats on your new car and welcome to CL

 

That's SO HARD to do. There are "just teaser pics" "my new mods" "just installed" "just received in the mail" "updated pics" threads poping up every other day. haha

 

xxjtp1xx, your not really helping my no modding plan haha. I'm a sucker for intakes. I loved my CAI intake on the Audi, only reason I took it off and sold it was because it was making my car run rich for some reason.

IS25Heaven, I went to GCC too before CSUN. I wanted to go to UCLA but was stupid and didn't apply.

Nice to see a lot of SoCal guys on here.