After months of waiting, my IS350 finally made it overseas. I sold my beloved 328I and bought this sight unseen. Hell, I never even test drove an IS before but knew it was something I'd like. I already put in the F Sport Intake, and on the way is sway bars and F Sport Exhaust. Take note of the pin stripping.....Jury still out whether I will keep it. Your opinions welcome. Took it on the autobahn and she felt good at 100+ miles an hour. Surpised at a few things:
- A little austere -luxury wise- for what I expected from a Lexus
-Thought the steering wheel went up and in after you shut if off. It does not. Not biggie
- Expected memorized seats. No biggie
- Hear a little noise from the drive side door over bumps. Sounds like the stripping is rubbing. I think I can fix that.
- Handles great, no bimmer like, but close.
- Overall, very glad I got it.

 

power steering wheel and memory seats come on certain packages. I have memory seats and power steering wheel on my Sport Package (not the same as F Sport)

 

You are a brave man to order without a test drive.

With the addition of f-sport swaybars and springs, many autotest shows the IS out-handling BMW. These are relatively cheap mods you could do if you want to get back that BMW handling.

 

congrats!! you have the best combo in my opinion

 

looking good bro...welcome to the fun club....let me know how it rides at 140mph...should feel smooth with the upgraded sways

 

Congrats on your purchase! It's cool to see that car came from Texas (inspection) and now is in Europe. Was it hard getting it registered?

 

"Take note of the pin stripping.....Jury still out whether I will keep it."

Beautiful car, love the wheels that come on the f-sports, but not a fan of the pinstripe... If it was mine I would remove it if possible.

 

Congrats on your new ride!!

 

congrats on the car looks nice very nice.....

 

Yea, brave or stupid. I dont know which one. I got lucky, no issues thus far.

 

Nice 350. For me, I will lose that strip If i were the owner.....