So, I have been driving RWD Lexus cars for a little over 10 years, starting with the IS300. That car was/is superbly balanced and forgiving, while maintaining excellent nimbleness and good response, this saved me from very unfortunate incidents on 3 occasions, including once in snow/ice. Time marched on, and I gifted the car to my mom, who's Buick Regal had just died, I moved on to a 2008 IS250. Boring in comparison is an understatement, but it was still RWD, and with intake/exhaust it sounded great, however, it drove like a pig in inclement weather. Easy to break the rears loose, and the TCS/VSC was quite trigger happy, regularly coming on regardless of how delicately the throttle was manipulated.

Flash forward again, have spent the past 6 weeks immensely enjoying the F experience, read extensively that the car will be amazing in inclement weather (with proper tire setup), and my own experience with just how delicately the throttle can be deployed has me believing. None of this reduced my dread of today, have been eyeing the weather like a hawk for the past two weeks as late Sept\ early Oct can see some freakish weather in the Greater Toronto Area, and not having the time until about 10 days from today to go get the snows installed. So, today the temperature plummeted to 8C (~46F) and we have that lazy, constant drizzle falling, like October will see just about every year, feels like ice pellets when they hit you. I have a longish 1-way commute of about 30km (18mi) on mixed roads; country highway, city thoroughfare, etc. Despite constant feedback of how hardened the summer sport tires were, between increased bumpiness and handling response, I didn't break traction even once, and towards the end of the drive my confidence was returned, and began pushing a bit in an effort to find the traction breaking point.

Will have to push a bit harder on the drive home, hopefully learn where that approximate limit is.

 

congrats and welcome i too had is300, to is350 and the isf ISF4 life here . U better believe it lolz

 

Dang yall hardcore lexus fans huh? This is my first lexus and def changed my perception of the brand. Unfortunately nothing faster exists or I would stay with the brand.

 

congrats!
I have my 11'F as daily driver and looking for IS300 to swap engine with 2JZ at some point!
Do enjoy and F for life

 

Welcome, the F is truly an experience. I drive mine about 2-3 times a week and it amazes me how gentle the car is under normal driving and how it literally transforms when you hit the sport button.

 

Daily driving it certainly is fun. It slumbers around in traffic with the only complaint of playing dodge with potholes/manhole covers/etc and the stiff, stiff jostling on roads less well kept. Also enjoy at red lights looking for people with open windows trying to figure out where that low chugging rumble is coming from, they never look this way until we're back in motion

Have only fiddled with the sport button a few times, the change in throttle response is dramatic, along with the speed of the gas needle dropping, so reserve it for scaring passengers that don't seem appropriately impressed.

Also felt like that ******* the one morning I had to be at work for 5 a.m. as the cold starts are ferocious. Gave myself a few extra minutes for the drive simply because I knew I wouldn't touch the throttle until out of the neighbourhood, idling for accel and neutral while braking. Fortunately there are no shortage of deep chugging V8's with throaty exhaust in the area, so during the day nobody seems to mind.