Why doesn't Lexus offer manual transmission in the IS350?

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11-08-11, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by CalitriSC

Good thing you made it clear that your wife was a girl. People might have wondered.

Especially when she apparently bought a car to be more manly

Seriously though- I think Jeff Lange summed it up well... in every measurable way sticks are inferior. That's simply a fact.

If you have some intangible, emotional, reason to want a stick, by all means you're welcome to find a car that offers one... but you're a shrinking, already tiny, minority...(and buying things for emotional, rather than practical and logical reasons, is a behavior more commonly associated with women than "manly" folk)

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11-08-11, 08:35 AM

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My wife (a GIRL!!!) bought our IS250 because it was a manual. It was one of the things she insisted on.

Yeah... that's right slush-box boys: my WIFE bought the manual because it was more manly to drive.

what are you trying to prove? congrats on marrying a girl?

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11-08-11, 08:58 AM

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Especially when she apparently bought a car to be more manly

I have to disagree with your comments about "emotion" on car purchases. A car purchase is not always based on 100% "logic and practicality." If that were the case, I could probably come up with at least one reason why someone shouldn't have bought his/her yyy-model from xxx-brand and there is no reason why there are so many car makers with different models. What you seem to be referring to is "an mpulse buy," which is a different matter altogether.

Anyways, the folks who prefer manuals may be a dying-breed, but it is all the more reason why I find what Audi did (at least in US) very refreshing.

Last edited by Gymniac; 11-08-11 at 10:56 AM.