DoubleURX

Good choice! It's good to see a fellow utah driver, I don't see too many Utahns on this forum let alone anyone that mods IS's in Utah.

juice14

I was gona say... but since u dont care about speed uve just made the best choice of your life.

fasteddy91

iTrader: (5)

somebody needs to make a car with a soul of a BMW and the reliablity of a Lexus. One more thing.....Bring back a decent manual tranny (lexus are you listening?)

TripleL

Congrat's on your purchase and welcome back to the Lexus family!

PS I saw you mentioned tires, FWIW I have Michelin PS AS+ and I think they are the perfect tire for the AWD car.

ijulmimi

Congrats dude. I must say I was a big fan of BMW, but after driven the 320i, I cant be more happier with my 2IS so u sir, made a good choice. Lol. Welcome to CL. I am sure u will enjoy it here. Fellow members here are the best

Likwid XTC

iTrader: (5)

i love the awd in the is ive had the s2k and is300 in the snow and its not pretty, past to winters for me are a breeze driving

Koz

My friend had a 335 for a short time. He ended up getting rid of it because of the fuel pump problems (and other issues). He said before the pump would fail it would give signs it was about to fail (starting issues). When he went to the Stealer they told him they could not do anything until it failed. So every time he drove the car he was waiting for it to fail. He could not live with this dark cloud hanging over the car.

Koz

cda888

There is something to what you say. The 335 definitely felt more "solid" and refined. No question there is a long heritage of engineering that goes into the 3'ers. I would get a random rattle here or there in the 335, but first thing I noticed driving the IS is that every significant bump produces a multitude of rattles from the dash/stereo area. Big difference from the 335 or even the SC400. I know there are TSBs for these, but the car is just barely out of warranty.

Which, by the way, is one thing I may do differently if I had to buy this car again. Prior owner took excellent care of the car, but no TSBs were performed as far as I can tell. The dash rattle and the rearview mirror as well as the ground loop so you can avoid interference while charging an Ipod would have been nice. The chrome on the shifter and the shift gate was also peeling, which the dealer told me would have been replaced under warranty if the prior owner had gotten in there 2 months ago and asked for it. Since I didn't buy it from them, goodwill fixes were out of the question.

cda888

Have you driven them much in snow at highway speed?

TripleL

I've had these tires about 15 months now so I've been thru a full New England winter and a half I'd say. I find them to be superb in the snow on both highways and secondary roads. Driving appropriately to the conditions the car feels very planted and tracks well. This is a far cry from the OEM RE92s that came with the car in which the car would get twitchy when snow or even rain was just in the forecast. (ok thats a slight exaggeration but point made )

I find them to be a quiet and smooth running tire. I should point out that although I do have the OEM wheels I did upsize the aspect ratio of the tires from 45 series to 50 series. I did this because a wanted a little better ride quality over these rough NE roads and a little better snow/rain traction. They also very nicely fill in the wheel well. I did have to do a 15 min mod with a heat gun in two little spots to avoid rubbing but it was a snap.

Again congrat's on your purchase and please let us know if there is anything we can help with.

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

Welcome to the Lexus fam!

Infra

iTrader: (1)

Welcome back to Lexus!

Throw some F-sport sway bars on your 2IS and you won't miss the BMW at all when you're driving through some twisties.

NCLexi250

iTrader: (1)

Congrats on your new ride. I had a major issue too at first going from a 300+ hp car to one w/ slightly over 200, but the pure rush and enjoyment of crazy acceleration did run out after awhile.

Welcome back to the awesome Lexus family!

cda888

Yeah, I was starting to feel like it may be more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow. Add AWD so you can really stick through corners, and its has its own kind of entertainment.

Gaugster

It's usually well documented on a website like tirerack.com

The customer ratings were spot on for the OEM rubber as well as the showtires that I proceeded to buy.

Instead of taking a chance, you can look your current tires up and decide best how to upgrade if need be.