IS350 Pricing!
Originally Posted by radjack79
They drive like a donkey anyway...I took one out a few months ago and was not impressed at all. Not to mention you cannot get the 350 with a manual transmission, which is a deal breaker for me anyway. They look good, but that is where the good points end for me.
I drove a 6MT IS250, and the shifter feel reminded me of stirring warm oatmeal... vaguest-shifting POS tranny I've ever used (worse than a '78 BMW 520i 4MT with blown syncros).
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Originally Posted by picus112
I'm having the conversation in another thread interestingly enough. Sometimes quality is only part of the equation. As nice as it is to have an ultra-reliable car, sometimes "good enough" is exactly that, good enough. There are a number of trade-offs you have to accept for that Lexus quality, and for some of us they aren't worth it.
Originally Posted by 350Zed
Trust me... you wouldn't want an IS350 with Lexus' 6MT tranny.
I drove a 6MT IS250, and the shifter feel reminded me of stirring warm oatmeal... vaguest-shifting POS tranny I've ever used (worse than a '78 BMW 520i 4MT with blown syncros).
I drove a 6MT IS250, and the shifter feel reminded me of stirring warm oatmeal... vaguest-shifting POS tranny I've ever used (worse than a '78 BMW 520i 4MT with blown syncros).
Originally Posted by Balzz
Driving an S2000 has ruined transmissions for me...everything else is poo by comparison.
BMW makes a great 6MT too, but Lexus/Toyota are wayyyyyyyy behind in distant 4th (or 5th, behind 4th place Mitsubishi, who also makes a pretty rubbery-feeling stick).
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Originally Posted by Balzz
Driving an S2000 has ruined transmissions for me...everything else is poo by comparison.
The S2K box is MT heaven
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Originally Posted by 350Zed
Ya, I thought Nissan's 6MT was the cat's ***, until I drove a 2006 TSX with the Honda 6MT... they really have that part of the car down-pat.
BMW makes a great 6MT too, but Lexus/Toyota are wayyyyyyyy behind in distant 4th (or 5th, behind 4th place Mitsubishi, who also makes a pretty rubbery-feeling stick).
BMW makes a great 6MT too, but Lexus/Toyota are wayyyyyyyy behind in distant 4th (or 5th, behind 4th place Mitsubishi, who also makes a pretty rubbery-feeling stick).
i've driven my friends 330ci and i don't htink that shifter was any good either...it was too smooth, too soft. the new z4 m coupe shifter seems good (only used it in the showroom) and i have not tried an m3 shifter before.
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