Real Men Drive Manuals
PSHH I do it all the time... Doesn't even bother me the slightest bit anymore. I love my IS250 MT. I would not consider trading it for the auto version at all. But that's just me, and I really enjoy rowing my gears.
But to OP, yes, don't expect too much from the manual. It's not the greatest bit of engineering. It's enough to get by, however.
But to OP, yes, don't expect too much from the manual. It's not the greatest bit of engineering. It's enough to get by, however.
is250 MT owner here!
the car is SLOWWW, but much more FUN to drive than an AUTO "shifting it to D and drive"... makes me wanna ZzZ
too bad there nothing we can do to make the 250 stronger, faster, better
if you cant go fast, just SLAM it and drive slowww with Style!
the car is SLOWWW, but much more FUN to drive than an AUTO "shifting it to D and drive"... makes me wanna ZzZ
too bad there nothing we can do to make the 250 stronger, faster, better
if you cant go fast, just SLAM it and drive slowww with Style!
PSHH I do it all the time... Doesn't even bother me the slightest bit anymore. I love my IS250 MT. I would not consider trading it for the auto version at all. But that's just me, and I really enjoy rowing my gears.
But to OP, yes, don't expect too much from the manual. It's not the greatest bit of engineering. It's enough to get by, however.
But to OP, yes, don't expect too much from the manual. It's not the greatest bit of engineering. It's enough to get by, however.
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I have been trying to buy a new 2011 or 2012 IS250 with a manual transmission for the last 3 months. The Lexus dealers can't tell me when they will be making them. Does anyone have information on how to, of if you can get one. I may have to give up an buy a manual BMW or Infinity.
Edit: Nvm just checked the Lexus site, guess they don't have 6 speed 350's!
Guess that makes IS-F owners gods
Last edited by KillaIS250; Oct 29, 2011 at 12:39 AM.
y wouldp you say such a thing....it's folks like you that make luxury drivers look like *******s, don't feed into the flame.....my other Is a C63 AMG....does that make me a real man and specifically your 350 less?
i see your bay area traffic and raise you LA traffic.
for my 250MT, i called every dealership around and asked if they had a 250 stick in the color combo i wanted. none of them did, but they offered to special order it for me and said it would take about 6 months. i wanted instant gratification, so i kept calling around until finally longo lexus said they had one because someone else had ordered it but never came to pick it up.
for my 250MT, i called every dealership around and asked if they had a 250 stick in the color combo i wanted. none of them did, but they offered to special order it for me and said it would take about 6 months. i wanted instant gratification, so i kept calling around until finally longo lexus said they had one because someone else had ordered it but never came to pick it up.
