First Drive: IS250 AWD & IS350
#61
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Update:
I should have the article and photos up by this evening. Thanks for your patience guys.
I should have the article and photos up by this evening. Thanks for your patience guys.
#62
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Originally Posted by flipside909
Update:
I should have the article and photos up by this evening. Thanks for your patience guys.
I should have the article and photos up by this evening. Thanks for your patience guys.
What's the ISP you use, flip? It's very unusual that an ISP can allow a 3-day downtime these days. Be sure to demand your 3 days of credit back.
#63
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Can't wait.
What's the ISP you use, flip? It's very unusual that an ISP can allow a 3-day downtime these days. Be sure to demand your 3 days of credit back.
What's the ISP you use, flip? It's very unusual that an ISP can allow a 3-day downtime these days. Be sure to demand your 3 days of credit back.
#64
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Originally Posted by flipside909
Verizon DSL. They are giving me a free month for all this stupid hassle.
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lol, as supposed to...? HP and Torque ratings are single most important performance info about any car. Of course, there are other important things as weight, drive, gearing, etc......
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Originally Posted by TheRupp
Verizon... the nation's "most reliable network", and what seems to be the least reliable DSL
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Originally Posted by flipside909
Verizon DSL. They are giving me a free month for all this stupid hassle.
Sorry you had to go through all the trouble, glad to see your back up and running
#68
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Originally Posted by IS JOE
Wow, you got a free month from them?? When my SBC Yahoo DSL went down for a week, all I got was an hour on the phone with some dude in India who was completely useless and who didn't have authority to give me any kind of refunds
Sorry you had to go through all the trouble, glad to see your back up and running
Sorry you had to go through all the trouble, glad to see your back up and running
#69
Originally Posted by IS JOE
Wow, you got a free month from them?? When my SBC Yahoo DSL went down for a week, all I got was an hour on the phone with some dude in India who was completely useless and who didn't have authority to give me any kind of refunds
Sorry you had to go through all the trouble, glad to see your back up and running
Sorry you had to go through all the trouble, glad to see your back up and running
And nobody really thought about PEAK hp, until you mentioned it, it is somewhat of oximoron unless we are talking about 4cly. And I also own an car with very peaky 4cly 2zz engine, which is an blast to drive and was considerably faster than my MRS (before it got turbo), even though papers suggested otherwise (weight especially was on the side of MRS, but 2zz was much better performer than 1zz in MRS even though looking at figures you would never figure it out).
Its a bit off topic but not really. I have a feeling that a lot people are simply wanting to put down IS350 numbers (not suggesting you but others) just because and if you actually check IS350's torque curve (lexus.co.jp) you will see how wrong is to put peaky in the same sentence with IS350. Everyone wanted high hp and now when we got it, people are putting it down as not that important. It sure is - dont get me wrong, many things are important in performance vehicle, but hp/tq is the major one (unless you are BMW owner, they maybe subscription to major mag is the most important thing to carry around :-))))).
I am sure that flip will confirm that IS250 is an pretty nice vehicle for people not thinking that HP is that important :-).
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Originally Posted by flipside909
Update:
I should have the article and photos up by this evening. Thanks for your patience guys.
I should have the article and photos up by this evening. Thanks for your patience guys.
are you going to post your review here or somewher else?
cant wait to read your review!
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Originally Posted by DC52E55
are you going to post your review here or somewher else?
cant wait to read your review!
cant wait to read your review!
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Originally Posted by flipside909
To my dismay, this new Verizon DSL sucks for upload speeds. Uploads in progress as we speak.
Thanks flip!
forget Verizon! go with SBCDSL. cheap and good. i pay only 14.99 for a month
#75
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Originally Posted by DC52E55
Thanks flip!
forget Verizon! go with SBCDSL. cheap and good. i pay only 14.99 for a month
forget Verizon! go with SBCDSL. cheap and good. i pay only 14.99 for a month