Car Mag Reports on IS350
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
The big lesson of the day: no matter what magazines say, it's best to find out by test driving the car.
I think no one would buy a car (unless it's an exotic or collectible) without finding out the truth for themselves.
I think no one would buy a car (unless it's an exotic or collectible) without finding out the truth for themselves.
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Sry had to throw that in there!
I also put too much weight on what car mags say so it is good to get reminded about testing out
the car for yourself!
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The IS isn't designed to ride like a luxo-barge.
That's what the ES is for. I drove my grandfather's ES for a few weeks while my IS was being repaired. The ride is silky smooth, the driver is completely isolated from the road, road/engine noise is about as loud as a TV on mute, and I absolutely hate it.
That's what the ES is for. I drove my grandfather's ES for a few weeks while my IS was being repaired. The ride is silky smooth, the driver is completely isolated from the road, road/engine noise is about as loud as a TV on mute, and I absolutely hate it.
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yea i have an is350 with sports suspension and it was pretty bad at first, but by now it softened up just a little bit. overall the ride quality is not the highest selling point of the car, but everything else is pimppp
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Originally Posted by knihc2008
Yeah, the ride quality is actually not all that great, and all reports about it being skittish and bouncy over expansion joints and such are very much true.
Originally Posted by bebechica
I agree that the IS 250 AWD isn't as smooth (ride) compared to the sedan and 4x4 BMW's in X-drive, however, the seats in the IS is a lot comfier than BMW (firmer, harder seats) so it evens out.
Obviously, these things weren't enough to keep me from buying the car, though
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Originally Posted by ff_
On top of that, the tramlining is pretty severe compared to what I'm used to (S2000, 330i).
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Yeah we're not talking about firm rides here, guys. This car by no means has an overly firm ride; it's actually pretty gentle over bumps. We're talking about tramlining over expansion joints, and the bounciness of the vehicle over these expansion joints. I get firm, I love firm. I'm coming from a rough-n-tumble RSX and a tightly suspended SLK350. Both cars will jostle you but they will not bounce you up down up down over freeway joints like the IS does. I'm hoping a new set of springs will fix it; I heard the Eibach ones get rid of the bounce a little?
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