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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #60 on: August 16, 2009, 09:27:01 am »
^^ ... a few good choices ... pick the right time of the month to have a female companion on the passenger seat, playing a sensored version of Eddie Murphy / Chris Rock CD, and have a $39.99 Waltmart Special Radar detector on the dash ...
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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #61 on: August 17, 2009, 11:13:05 am »
rrocket is going to be foaming at the mouth over day 4 ;)

Anyway, I wasn't surprised to read this part.  I had always suspected as much:

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One is the transmission: although excellent, it has too many gears which means it can take too long to get to the proper one despite its lightning-quick changes.
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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #62 on: August 18, 2009, 04:22:44 pm »
The IS-F has all the right ingredients to make an excellent car, but it is missing one major component for a great sports sedan: a soul. Perhaps, over time, Lexus will improve this offering and make it more a driver’s car than a cruiser.

Kia that! I have doubts that Lexus' gonna make a perfect Zoom Zoom, but they will make one make prints perfect money.
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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #63 on: August 22, 2009, 08:10:36 pm »
Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.
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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #64 on: August 22, 2009, 11:00:21 pm »
No he's a charlatan.
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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #65 on: August 23, 2009, 01:31:25 am »
Isn't that the definition of a professional?
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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #66 on: August 23, 2009, 07:00:44 pm »
 Charleton D'Accord...............let Queen sign the note.....can those buggers even..PRINT.... :D....
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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #67 on: August 24, 2009, 02:17:06 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on August 13, 2009, 01:01:54 am

That's GT-R list prive vs. ZR-1 list price... :stick:


But the cars you were comparing the base IS250 against were likely not base cars., especially the 328i you sampled comes base with 16" wheels.

I'm curious...what about the IS250 you could not get comfy about?  The IS250 has 2" more front legroom than a 3 Series.  Was it the seat you didn't like??  Or??


Down here in the Bay area, a GT-R goes for 79k(MSRP) + 15k markup(mandatory). I don't know how the hell is that a lot cheaper than the ZR1....
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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #68 on: August 24, 2009, 02:21:32 pm »
mandatory? haha
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Re: CTC Review: 2009 Lexus IS-F
« Reply #69 on: August 25, 2009, 08:45:37 pm »
Quote from: wing on August 24, 2009, 02:21:32 pm
mandatory? haha

Well the price tag that's plastered beside the usual MSRP/spec sheet shows "Dealer markup" as an item above the final cost. Yes they don't even bother calling it something other than markup.
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