Topic: CTC Review: 2007 Lexus IS350

[Oz]

Newbie here.  I'm a traffic engineer and here's my big idea to clear the roads : outlaw automatics !!!! 

Welcome to the Forum.

What a useful comment.  I drove nothing but manual transmission cars for the first 37 years of my driving career, but switched to automatic due to medical concerns. I guess I should have been banned from driving instead. I appreciate your input. 

You know, you dont have to take everything personally.

[Blueprint]

I was just being sarcastic, as always.  It just gets very frustrating that you can't buy the car you want with the tranny you want, especially at today's price levels.  In my case, I wouldn't consider the IS350 because of the slusbox, but I'd take a look at the IS250, this one being still available with a proper gearbox.

[AVToller]

Newbie here.  I'm a traffic engineer and here's my big idea to clear the roads : outlaw automatics !!!! 

Welcome to the Forum.

What a useful comment.  I drove nothing but manual transmission cars for the first 37 years of my driving career, but switched to automatic due to medical concerns. I guess I should have been banned from driving instead. I appreciate your input. 

You know, you dont have to take everything personally.

I WASN'T taking it personally, just responding to the apparent, recurrent bias against slushboxes. Manual IS more fun to drive and does offer significantly more control, but automatic does not necessarily make a car a boring dud, nor does it automatically make the driver an ignorant incompetent.   

[dbw]

I recently leased a tsx with a mt. Considered the mt is250 - two options I wanted were hid headlights and heated seats and the only way to get them were to purchase a 10k luxery package. Apparently the hid's are available in the is250 in the USA for less than $1k and you can get heated seats in a vw golf for less than $300 mentioned for comparison only. Looked at a bmw325 but couldn't find a demo to drive with a mt. The is250mt while light on power was still a fun vehical but once you have hid's you don't ever want to be without them - and I wasn't about to spend 10k to get them. Here on the prairies away from the cities it's pretty dark with lots of critters to watch for. The is250/350 are great vehicals but bang for the buck the Acura tsx made more sense for me. Though every time a Lexus IS series vehical goes by it catches my eye.

[Oz]

You should have just bought and had aftermarket HiDs installed or retrofitted for 5-600. Makes much more sense. Oh well, enjoy the TSX, nice car.

[Blueprint]

I recently leased a tsx with a mt.

Fine choice !  A Honda four with mt is a playfull combo.

Bear with me guys, I'm suffering from mt withdrawal, with our double minivan stable 

[UmroAyyar]

I recently leased a tsx with a mt.

Fine choice !  A Honda four with mt is a playfull combo.

Bear with me guys, I'm suffering from mt withdrawal, with our double minivan stable 

Driving an automatic transmission vehicle, like many others do you blame your spouse for that? 

[mdxtasy]

Bear with me guys, I'm suffering from mt withdrawal, with our double minivan stable 

Ouch....

[Loudpedal]

I recently leased a tsx with a mt.

Bear with me guys, I'm suffering from mt withdrawal, with our double minivan stable 

Talk about vehicular castration...

At least it was only vehicular and not testicular 

[mdxtasy]

I recently leased a tsx with a mt.

Bear with me guys, I'm suffering from mt withdrawal, with our double minivan stable 

Talk about vehicular castration...

At least it was only vehicular and not testicular 

But to not be able to enjoy the pleasures of rowing your own.....that's pretty limp. 

[initial_D]

Md ... too much hand actions kinda make the hand go sore ...  and sticky too.

[mdxtasy]

Md ... too much hand actions kinda make the hand go sore ...  and sticky too.

Lube up the gears if it's too sticky.  The lever should be smooth as silk.  A nicely shaped knob also makes the rowing that much more enjoyable. 

Okay ID....you're a sicko.  I'm talking cars....

[UmroAyyar]

You are both Albertans, are you both connected by a long slippery highway?

[initial_D]

Md ... too much hand actions kinda make the hand go sore ...  and sticky too.

Lube up the gears if it's too sticky.  The lever should be smooth as silk.  A nicely shaped knob also makes the rowing that much more enjoyable. 

Okay ID....you're a sicko.  I'm talking cars....

Not I ...  ... I am as clean as the next guy. 

[initial_D]

You are both Albertans, are you both connected by a long slippery highway?

Albertans? Long Live the King ... Ralph Ralph Ralph ... don't  call him on the Big White Telephone tho. 

According to Miss Wanna ... the long and slippery ... is good for a #2! Fit for a Queen even  ... well, at least in Name!