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That's good mileage. My IS350 gets about 21-22 in mixed city/suburban/freeway driving. I always use premium 91 octane Chevron gasoline.

^ Glad you are enjoying it! Regarding: 3. Ticking sound is normal at idle on engines with direct injection. Both my IS350 and CX-5 do this.

Timberpoint - Hope you are still enjoying the new Lexus after a few hundred miles, should be broken in by now. Let us know any observations now that you've accumulated some miles....

Wow, sounds like a nice setup in the IS350. What's your opinion of new Max detector? Also, do these things have any useful detection of Laser?

Thanks, I'd like to be there too (assuming they weren't in one of those horrible smog alert situations).

What's the timing of the NX?.....

Looks good, and minty fresh too.

Thanks for checking in Rocco B. Best of luck with the sub upgrade.

Blingtastic. I like the recliners in back seat of LS. I can live without air scrarf in convertibles.

Welcome gil505 to LOC, great to have dual Lexus's in the household.

Outcome w/Tesla investigation, pretty much what I expected. If I owned one, I'd have the no charge fix done.

Thanks for the followup report. Glad to hear the Lexus service department took care of the problem and damage. I guess that off-track message kind of means get it flat-bedded in to dealership right away. btw - Does the IS-C owners manual advise against operating the hardtop on unlevel surfaces?

Drove one and it sounded great, but so does MB C63 and Mustang GT, all have great V8 sounds.

Realistically with a IS350, good summer tires.

Does it matter that it's a sibling? I read on the DMV website that use tax is exempt except for siblings who are not minors. we are both in our 20s. I guess the only other way would be for him to put it as a gift and i pay him in cash later? How did you do it and what was the relationship between you and family member? Sorry don't know about siblings. Sold one Jeep GC to a stepson, no sales tax. And I bought a Jeep Liberty from my mother, no sales tax.

Some good explanations of the IS250 carbon buildup issue ^ here.

I have no experience with the IS250 (direct injected) carbon buildup problem, since the IS350 (direct and port injected) does not have that issue. But from what I read driveability issues with IS250 can be result of carbon buildup. My IS is always serviced at Lexus dealership for convenience. The more involved services are at intervals of 30K miles (around $500 from what I remember). and the annual Mobil 1 synthetic oil changes for me have been at 5-7K miles, approximate cost of $120. Yes, those are 19's on Eibach350 springs (they are same as F-sport springs sold by dealer) on my IS, plus F-sport exhaust (not shown in this picture below).

Welcome gorden42. Please let us know outcome of service visit.

My 2007 IS350 was involved in related recall and fixes made a few years ago. By Toyota's own admission, these safety issues were handled poorly in the past. They claim to have changed.

I very much want to see production version of NX, and I expect it to be toned down significantly from concept car. Lexus needs to succeed in this lucrative and high growth segment of compact SUVs.

Most importantly, you safely brought the car to side of road. Fortunately most new cars would handle situation in a similar fashion when equipped with common safety features these days (including stability control and tire pressure monitoring systems). Glad to hear everything is okay.

Nice color combo, smoky granite over black. Some people actually seek out the black leather interior even though most of them come with gray leather (like mine). I wouldn't worry about belts, hoses and water pump at this point, on a late model Toyota and/or Lexus these are very long life items. Brake pads have long life, I'm on original rear pads and front pads were replaced under warranty (per TSB when customer complains of excess front brake dust). In short these cars have similar high level of reliability of Honda Civic and Accords, near best in class. Service is more expensive, but compared to other premium cars relatively cheap.

That's a decent deal, especially considering the known good history of the car and the $1500 savings on CA sales tax on sales within family. You should have no problem in avoiding the sales tax, check DMV website for instructions. I sold a Jeep Grand Cheroke to a family member years ago this way, no smog certificate (for me being the seller) or sales tax payment (for buyer) required. I have 47K miles on 07 IS350, still runs like new. Tires, brake pads, battery, wiper blades are really all you need to keep an eye on in near future with this car. Check that recalls were addressed (these cars have had a few), but those will be handled by dealership at no charge so it's not an cost issue. Try to get the maintenance receipts from seller, but if Lexus dealership service performed maintenance, the information is available on-line once you register the car on Lexus website. What color exterior and interior is the IS250?

R.B. - Got your subs installed in your IS250 yet?

I saw that, with more New Jersey politics at work. These auto dealership special interest groups are very powerful and have successfully protected ability to use deceptive practices unavailable to other retail groups. btw (somewhat related) - I'm guessing that Tesla's huge new battery factory will end up in Nevada (not Texas, Arizona, New Mexico).