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Enjoy the numerous drives to/from in the Lexus. Hopefully your winnings pay for the gas, etc. Report back at end of week on your even bigger winnings!

Just us chickens with IS350's, lol. Best of luck for a speedy recovery on eye surgery.

Thank you, I've enjoyed it mostly as a weekend car since purchased in late 2008. The signature picture does not show the F-sport exhaust added last year, (one of my favorite mods).

IS350 people, anybody home?

^ Wow, like 2 Chainz (song: I'm Different).

Yes, at least by NHTSA criteria.

Yes, it's been mentioned here before. IMHO, I see it's less of a quality issue and more of a cost-cutting move(s) to use lower cost materials across the board, although I'm not finding it to be alarming. I find the trend applying to all the automakers including the major premium brands. Probably the worst interior of recently owned vehicle was 06 Mercedes ML350 (although the small amounts of real wood trim was nice), the steering wheel was so crappy and had sharp dangerous edges that even Honda and Toyota would not use in entry level cars, (not to mention the crap quality of mechanical and electrical systems).

I just ordered a set if those for my Mercedes C300 Sport (rwd) today. How many miles do you have on them so far?

Dasrakete - Congrats on your new upcoming IS350. btw - I wouldn't expect the average owner to be able accurately measure wheel offsets. Certainly a good question as to what the 2014 wheel offsets are, Lexus made a point of telling us that they chose wheel setups to better fill the wheel wells on the 2014's (suggesting slightly more aggressive offsets than previous version).

Yes, it's way too early to really gauge sales traction. This car needs to get traction and is expected to be the sales leader for Lexus when it comes to sport sedans in linup, just like the 3 series, C-class and A4 are the highest volume sport sedans for those automakers in US market. The compact sports sedan class is typically the most "fun to drive" class of sedans, much of it to do with the compact dimensions that contribute to handling twisty mountain roads with confidence. It's nice to see Lexus take the attributes of a drivers car so seriously in the IS sedans.

Holly Batmobile!

Yes, they have done a very nice job with the new IS. (I've driven new IS350 F-sports on 2 separate occasions). I wonder how sales traction is so far. I've only seen 2 or 3 on the street so far.

Serious coupe no doubt, got my interest....

I read "I am a firearms guys" above.

Congrats on the SC430, looks like a great find.

Yiiieeccchs.... What kind of driving record is necessary for $7K/year insurance bill. It's more than just age and marital status.

^ Good idea, I should have thought of that.... The attached picture was from the previous Lexus event I attended in Pebble Beach (the launch of the new GS350)

Welcome and congrat on SC400. Best of luck with restoration.

Welcome to LOC and congrats on the new IS250. Post up a picture when you have a chance.

btw - they didn't show Kim's whips...

Hello 3deez. Did you find out what happened?

I see LFA's at the annual SF car show. But at the Lexus drivers event in June I got to watch one on the autocross course (sounded great too) and later they just parked it for us to sit in. Luv it.

Wow, I was wondering if Paris was still alive....

Wow, the toothpaste worked pretty well I can see above. Must be the polish in the toothpaste.

Agreed, don't really enjoy a 2 seater/low slung sports car for a daily driver. My last one was a Boxster S and was only used only as a weekend car.