Rocco B.

Hey Rocco, why not do this as a Poll. Oops... ...don't really know how to...and I figured it would be hard to put every single feature that people like on the poll.

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Scottish

Well I did one of these in the 2IS forum so...why the heck not do it here! List your Model, Year, and of course favorite features. 2006 Lexus IS250 AWD: Keyless Entry Bluetooth Nav. System Paddle Shifters LED interior lights Lexus Premium Sound System :) Light Saber Gauges Back-up Camera

Tonic water

It is unlikely you're going fast enough in a tight spot for a parking space to be experiencing any degree of "understeer"...at least any that would be noticable. I see you have the AWD, and what you are experiencing is most likely the wheel travel difference between the front wheel and the rear wheel. In any turn, the differential allocates the majority of power to the outside wheel. This is due to the fact that the outside wheel has a longer radius and a further distance to travel than the inside wheel. The differential simply see's this as the least resistance. On your car, you have two differentials - front and rear. Since the rear wheels basically cut off the angle of the arc of the front wheel travel, the rear wheels are travelling a shorter distance than the front wheels. An exagerated (and somewhat incorrect) example of this is the hypotinuse of a triangle. More specifically, the rear outside wheel is travelling less distance than the front outside wheel. The transfer case that sends the power to the front and rear differentials is unable to compensate for this degree of difference and you feel the symptoms you describe above. This is also the reason that 4WD/AWD vehicles have to have the same size diameter tires on the front and rear. In most circumstances, you can't notice this. But it is magnified in a very tight turn...and the IS has a decent turning radius. Hope this helps. I feel this a lot too and I'm glad that someone brought it up because I always thought that the wheels were being turned at such a sharp angle that I was riding on my rims :o ...but I've never thought of it that way CrunchySkippy, thanks.

BMW Driver (just a joke)...(kinda) :)

Haha...this is true, but absolutely nobody can top the interior and features of the 2IS

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welll................they are close, but the Mitsu Lancer is even more of a copy. Oh I know! They're practically identical.

Mr. Rogers

Congrats...I have a sister that lives there, she loves it. I'm sure you will too, best of luck.

Rediwhip

bacon bits

Dang, that's a nice M3 too. What I am wondering is how she got the pik axes in the car and how she could do it without anyone noticing because it looks like the car is in a populated spot.... ...actually I think I can answer my own question...WHO is going to stop a woman with like 8 pik axes and the devil's look in her eyes

Couch Potato

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Hey RB, welcome to this thread. Good to get some new blood on board! Thanks! Glad to finally be here as an "offcial" Lexus owner

Well the taillights of the Hyundai Sonata look reletively similar to the 2IS taillights...

Cripple

Well I would have done exactly this but the IS stock subwoofers are awesome! I was really impressed they hit the low notes almost better than the highs but I'm sure the bass cravers out there brought in the Jack Hammers.

Wow. It really does make you think about what you have. This guy is good.

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