#164578 - 01/10/06 06:42 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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Black98EX
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Well the IS350 only comes in auto. And you have to learn the up down left right left right A B A B code to defeat the final boss err, I mean VSC.
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#164582 - 01/10/06 06:57 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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POS_Dodge
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It's a 6spd automatic...
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#164589 - 01/11/06 02:57 AM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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cliff st-clair
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Wait, you could buy like 2 new Sis for the price of a new IS.
What kind of crossshopping is that????
Anyway, the IS is a really nice car, but no manual tranny for that 3.5l = the loss.
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#164592 - 01/11/06 09:20 AM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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CommonGutterTrash
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what aboot that BMW 330ix?
(or whatever it is)
about the same $ as the AWD lexota and I'm pretty sure you can have AWD+manual
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#164595 - 01/11/06 04:35 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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GNN60GT500
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Im cross shopping a new Ferrari 430 and a Cobalt SS- which one should I buy?
any info on these two?
Thanks-
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#164596 - 01/11/06 04:49 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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stickaz_old
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The Accord, obviously.
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#164597 - 01/11/06 05:21 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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Andrew Miller
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Wait till the Manual comes out
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#164598 - 01/11/06 05:22 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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Andrew Miller
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Wait till the Manual comes out
I was reading about a possible paddle shifter option for it too
all in the future....of course
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#164603 - 01/12/06 10:20 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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vtvtecsi
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buy the accord
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#164608 - 01/14/06 01:54 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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ajuesnEx00
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Either a IS350 6 speed, or the new Si.
Any info on those two? Like base price, power, perfomance, MPG, and such.
Thanks...
I really don't understand how you come up with these choices/comparison?
So you're thinking about buying a 40K+ or 20K car, and you can't decide? uh......
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#164610 - 01/14/06 09:59 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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Russ2kSE
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1) The G35 still is faster, (except the one bogus test the IS350 got which was way faster)
2) The G35 still handles much better.
3) You can disable traction control and still have fun in the G35. The Lexus you can't.
4) Manual available in the G35
5) Without wood in the Lexus, the interior is even more cheap (hard painted plastic on doors, console, etc) real alum in the G35.
6) Performance parts are everywhere for the G35 due to the 350z. IS350 will not have many.
But the looks of the Lexus is just sweet compared to the G35 Sedan. But nothing compares to the coupe looks. 
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The 3.5 maximar SE is probably the better car than the is350 still all around 
*I mean accord
i'm just going to assume you're not serious.
also, g35? the is350 is a better car than the g35. yeah, just about that much. the ONLY thing the g sedan has on the IS is the option of a manual gearbox. that considered, i'd rather go for the boring IS350 than the snooze-button g sedan. the lexus just feels tighter. the problem with both is that they look like shit next to the infiniti m35/m45 to me. thankfully the m35 (let alone 45) in rwd and optioned up nicely is well out of price range of the IS. I can't consider the G because I just can't get comfortable in it.
I don't like how the IS facelift removed a large portion of the car's character. it was a necessary evolution, but there were facets of the old IS that really should have carried over in order to tie the evolved 350 more solidly to its progenitor
Edited by Russ2kSE (01/14/06 10:01 PM)
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#164611 - 01/14/06 11:13 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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cliff st-clair
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1) The G35 still is faster, (except the one bogus test the IS350 got which was way faster)
2) The G35 still handles much better.
3) You can disable traction control and still have fun in the G35. The Lexus you can't.
4) Manual available in the G35
5) Without wood in the Lexus, the interior is even more cheap (hard painted plastic on doors, console, etc) real alum in the G35.
6) Performance parts are everywhere for the G35 due to the 350z. IS350 will not have many.
But the looks of the Lexus is just sweet compared to the G35 Sedan. But nothing compares to the coupe looks.
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The 3.5 maximar SE is probably the better car than the is350 still all around
*I mean accord
i'm just going to assume you're not serious.
also, g35? the is350 is a better car than the g35. yeah, just about that much. the ONLY thing the g sedan has on the IS is the option of a manual gearbox. that considered, i'd rather go for the boring IS350 than the snooze-button g sedan. the lexus just feels tighter. the problem with both is that they look like shit next to the infiniti m35/m45 to me. thankfully the m35 (let alone 45) in rwd and optioned up nicely is well out of price range of the IS. I can't consider the G because I just can't get comfortable in it.
I don't like how the IS facelift removed a large portion of the car's character. it was a necessary evolution, but there were facets of the old IS that really should have carried over in order to tie the evolved 350 more solidly to its progenitor
Oh shit, look who's back?
Anyway, still a fanboi uh?
The IS350 consistently tested faster than the G35 in all the comparison tests I have personally seen. That Lexus's 300hp rating is so much more convincing than the VQ's. It also gets better MPGs than the VQ.
Heck, time for an engine swap. 
Edited by cliff st-clair (01/14/06 11:14 PM)
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#164612 - 01/15/06 02:34 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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Russ2kSE
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Please show me all these tests. I only know of one and its the questionable 13 sec time that one magazine got. All the other tests were slower than the current G35.
Well, I get 20-21 city and 25-27 highway in my G35.
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1) The G35 still is faster, (except the one bogus test the IS350 got which was way faster)
2) The G35 still handles much better.
3) You can disable traction control and still have fun in the G35. The Lexus you can't.
4) Manual available in the G35
5) Without wood in the Lexus, the interior is even more cheap (hard painted plastic on doors, console, etc) real alum in the G35.
6) Performance parts are everywhere for the G35 due to the 350z. IS350 will not have many.
But the looks of the Lexus is just sweet compared to the G35 Sedan. But nothing compares to the coupe looks.
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The 3.5 maximar SE is probably the better car than the is350 still all around
*I mean accord
i'm just going to assume you're not serious.
also, g35? the is350 is a better car than the g35. yeah, just about that much. the ONLY thing the g sedan has on the IS is the option of a manual gearbox. that considered, i'd rather go for the boring IS350 than the snooze-button g sedan. the lexus just feels tighter. the problem with both is that they look like shit next to the infiniti m35/m45 to me. thankfully the m35 (let alone 45) in rwd and optioned up nicely is well out of price range of the IS. I can't consider the G because I just can't get comfortable in it.
I don't like how the IS facelift removed a large portion of the car's character. it was a necessary evolution, but there were facets of the old IS that really should have carried over in order to tie the evolved 350 more solidly to its progenitor
Oh shit, look who's back?
Anyway, still a fanboi uh?
The IS350 consistently tested faster than the G35 in all the comparison tests I have personally seen. That Lexus's 300hp rating is so much more convincing than the VQ's. It also gets better MPGs than the VQ.
Heck, time for an engine swap.
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#164615 - 01/15/06 05:59 PM
Re: I'm thinking about buying a IS350. Any thoughts?
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Flix1023
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Please show me all these tests. I only know of one and its the questionable 13 sec time that one magazine got. All the other tests were slower than the current G35.
Here is one of ClubSi's very own members, RoRoRacing, and his IS350 turned in a few 13 second timeslips. They're posted within the link. Car isn't even broken in yet and that was completely stock on stock tires. Suck on that for a second and get back to me.
GG
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