View Poll Results: How many of you would actually buy an IS 350 6MT
I would have purchased it over my IS350 6AT
119
42.20%
I would have purchased it over my IS 250 6MT/6AT
51
18.09%
I would come from another brand to purchase it
16
5.67%
No thanks, happy where I'm at
96
34.04%
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If an IS350 6MT was available, how many would buy it?
#16
This is my first auto and i love it in traffic and putting around town. The only time i miss my manual is backroad blitzing. Now if Lexus were to get a DSG type transmission I would be all over that in a heartbeat.
#17
Lexus Fanatic
WOW nice topic.
One of the criteria for a new car was, automatic w/paddle shift. Now i can pretend im driving a Toyota TF107... yes yes i know, i should pretend im in a MP4-22 but im in a toyota not a benz.
I AM NOT LYING this is the gods honest truth for getting/wanting an auto.
One of the criteria for a new car was, automatic w/paddle shift. Now i can pretend im driving a Toyota TF107... yes yes i know, i should pretend im in a MP4-22 but im in a toyota not a benz.
I AM NOT LYING this is the gods honest truth for getting/wanting an auto.
#18
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I don't like the IS250 Stick
It is an ugly awkward shifter in the IS250 MT. I had a 92 SC300 with a 5-speed and that was sweet. I drove the IS250MT and was not impressed with the transmission itself. I am on my second IS350 and just today it chirped 2nd off the line. If the stick was like my buddy's new 335 then I would definilty be interested!
#19
If Lexus made the IS350 with a good manual transmission (e.g. one that shifts like a Miata or an S2000, rather than like a truck), I'd definitely have bought it over the automatic.
I have no trouble driving a luxury car with a stick, that what my previous car (Audi S4) had.
I have no trouble driving a luxury car with a stick, that what my previous car (Audi S4) had.
Another option that I would prefer is a sequential manual; Same shift pedals, just better shifts like VW/Audi DSG/s-tronic.
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#22
Originally Posted by TmirK
If I was single and not married... maybe, but now after going 4 years since my last manual I don't think I'd buy a manual car ever.... So that puts me at happy where I'm at.
#24
Actually, I've got my dealer looking for an IS 350 now, but she (the wife) more against it than for it, though she's coming around. I need to come up with a reason to keep her out of the Lexus now
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
#26
Lexus Fanatic
Just tell her, when shes in the car with you, you get horny and wanna sexzor, she'll stop riding around with you in no time
#28
2IS OG
iTrader: (21)
Here's some food for thought... Of all the new Ferrari's sold in 2006, only 17% were sold with the manual gearbox. The rest were Ferarri's F1 paddle-shifter transmission. And Ferrari's are ordered, which means these fortunate ones chose this transmission, and didn't "settle" for it. Now I know that the A760E in the IS350 is nothing like the F1, but it helps me make the following point: If the IS350 was available with a DSG or SMG-like gearbox, then HELL YEAH I would have ordered one. Otherwise, I'll stick with my auto, thank you very much...
Javier
Javier
#29
All my other cars have been manual, this is my first automatic actually, out of 7 cars now i think. Anyway for me transmission didnt really matter. I wasnt set on one or the other, i also looked at the cts-v which only comes in manual and the s4 which can be had in either. Since i bought used, i prolly would have gotten whichever transmission came with car that i found and liked, not based on tranny. I have another car for funfilled shifting so an Auto as my DD is actually kinda nice for a change. Now if there would have been a 350AWD i might have heavily considered that depending on how much it hurt mpg and performance.