How many F-sports are there.....
01-31-12, 08:37 PM
#77
Pole Position
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: CA
Posts: 310
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There is no way there are only 500 made.
I live in SoCal, in Alhambra, and there are about 10+
I've seen many of them driving around on the daily basis.
And the sad part? They are mostly asian ladies in their late 50s or so :[
Makes me want to go up to them and ask them to trade cars, assuring them the car would be better in my hands!
I live in SoCal, in Alhambra, and there are about 10+
I've seen many of them driving around on the daily basis.
And the sad part? They are mostly asian ladies in their late 50s or so :[
Makes me want to go up to them and ask them to trade cars, assuring them the car would be better in my hands!
50s?! dang, i go down there every other week. Haven't seen any of them yet. I should throw a deuce at them next time i see them
01-31-12, 09:12 PM
#78
Rookie
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: CA
Posts: 92
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I've seen maybe.. 5 or 6 F Sports near LA. Mostly driven by young white females possibly between 20-30? I haven't seen a IS350 F Sport yet.. I guess I still can feel special right?
01-31-12, 10:47 PM
#80
01-31-12, 11:05 PM
#83
Lexus Connoisseur
Not in North America, but if you are in the European or Asian Markets, you can get an IS 200d F Sport or IS 250 F Sport in Manual Transmission.
01-31-12, 11:25 PM
#84
Ok, I'm guilty of a F-Sport 350. I didn't even consider an IS before. I was e-mailing Longo about the CT200h F-Sport. The internet sales manager "accidentally" e-mailed me the sticker of an IS350 F-Sport, which wasn't that much more than the CT200 (I didn't even know an IS350 F-Sport existed. Hell, I didn't even know what F-Sport was!) So, I went to Longo, and saw the Nebula Grey IS350 F-Sport. They said they had 2, a Nebula Grey and a Black one. But they had a boatload of IS250 F-Sport. I wanted the Ultrasonic Blue one, but they want $400 "transfer fee". So Cal peeps, if you're looking for an IS F-Sport, and don't mind a 250, Longo still has those in stock.
01-31-12, 11:36 PM
#85
Pole Position
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: CA
Posts: 310
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I remember asking the sale guys before i bought my fsport, if there was a limited quantity...he said yes but does not know the amount that's being produced. But salesman can say anything...
02-03-12, 04:52 AM
#86
Driver
Join Date: May 2011
Location: PA
Posts: 184
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
They are rare. Go to web (Cars.co, etc) and search "all miles". Geographically placed at dealers too. On the East Coast, not as many as CAL ad FLA. When I bought my '11 350 in SE PA, there was 1 around 100 miles away and had summer tires. I took the "get exactly what you want" approach and decided to "F-Sport it" slowly. I have added the 18" F-Sport Wheels and Cold Air. Exhaust and Pedals this month and Springs down the road. You also have the flexibility to add other aftermarket MODS to OEM if you like something better than what LEX put on it.
02-03-12, 07:01 AM
#88
Rookie
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Nor Cal
Posts: 70
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
They offer 6spd manual but a dealership has to special order it that wAy. Now a days auto gets just as good gas miliage or even better than manual so dealerships don't order the manual. It's just rare to see manual now. All my cars have been manual but my is250 is auto. Low and slow nowadays. If there wasn't any manual in north America why do they offer the f sport clutch? Maybe for Asia? Lol
02-03-12, 09:14 AM
#89
Yes you can get a 6MT IS250, but not with F-Sport package.
They actually only offer it for the IS200d and IS220d (which only come with the 6MT, no AT is offered on any model), the IS250 F-Sport even in Europe/Asia is only offered with the Auto.
Jeff
Jeff
02-03-12, 09:49 AM
#90
Pole Position
I was just at the Lexus of Stevens Creek and they have quite a few 250 F-Sports and saw 1 350 F-Sport. I had to wait two months before purchasing my 350 F-Sport back in June 2011.