Just got my UltraSonic Blue Mica (USB) IS350 F-Sport!
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Hi all!
A little background
So I'm 29 and I've been an IS fan since the first generation came to North America (Altezza). I remember I was in my first year of high school (or 7th grade for americans) and I was dreaming about that car. I even bought two 1:18 AutoArt models of the IS300 just like this one!
![](http://www.modenamotors.ca/resource/25504//products/111.143.lg.jpg)
Fast forward 12 years, in 2013, we got my wife her 335i (after debating and test driving extensively between the 335 and the IS350); I was still driving my 2006 Civic!
Image is cropped because my wife is standing to the right![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![](http://i57.tinypic.com/23h0xmv.jpg)
And then this year I finally got my dream come true! After a 2-months wait my IS350 came in. It's a RWD, mind you, so very, very rare in Canada, especially in USB! It's got the Premium Package. It's my first new-car ever, and my first Lexus. My previous cars were a Protege and a Civic, so it's a HUGE difference!
The day the dealership got it (my brother works there!)
![](http://i60.tinypic.com/2usx6w2.jpg)
The day I went to get it!
![](http://i60.tinypic.com/2a5ljzp.jpg)
![](http://i61.tinypic.com/dmyzux.jpg)
![](http://i57.tinypic.com/4tkrc1.jpg)
I'm privileged enough to have a (covered) semi-private parking spot at work where nobody else parks their car, and my car is literally 5 meters (15 feet) away from me. I can see it from a window just by turning my head!
I don't even have to move!
This is what I see when I look from the window
This was last night.
![](http://i58.tinypic.com/219picp.jpg)
Today was a rainy day
but I still snapped a nice picture at a friend's house
![](http://i59.tinypic.com/2e1b28p.jpg)
Sorry for crappy pictures! This car looks even better in real life. I can't believe how well the blue compliments it. It's a definite head turner. I already got a thumbs up from a trucker on the highway!
Aero.
A little background
So I'm 29 and I've been an IS fan since the first generation came to North America (Altezza). I remember I was in my first year of high school (or 7th grade for americans) and I was dreaming about that car. I even bought two 1:18 AutoArt models of the IS300 just like this one!
![](http://www.modenamotors.ca/resource/25504//products/111.143.lg.jpg)
Fast forward 12 years, in 2013, we got my wife her 335i (after debating and test driving extensively between the 335 and the IS350); I was still driving my 2006 Civic!
Image is cropped because my wife is standing to the right
![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![](http://i57.tinypic.com/23h0xmv.jpg)
And then this year I finally got my dream come true! After a 2-months wait my IS350 came in. It's a RWD, mind you, so very, very rare in Canada, especially in USB! It's got the Premium Package. It's my first new-car ever, and my first Lexus. My previous cars were a Protege and a Civic, so it's a HUGE difference!
The day the dealership got it (my brother works there!)
![](http://i60.tinypic.com/2usx6w2.jpg)
The day I went to get it!
![](http://i60.tinypic.com/2a5ljzp.jpg)
![](http://i61.tinypic.com/dmyzux.jpg)
![](http://i57.tinypic.com/4tkrc1.jpg)
I'm privileged enough to have a (covered) semi-private parking spot at work where nobody else parks their car, and my car is literally 5 meters (15 feet) away from me. I can see it from a window just by turning my head!
![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
This is what I see when I look from the window
![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![](http://i58.tinypic.com/219picp.jpg)
Today was a rainy day
![Crying](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/Peace.gif)
![](http://i59.tinypic.com/2e1b28p.jpg)
Sorry for crappy pictures! This car looks even better in real life. I can't believe how well the blue compliments it. It's a definite head turner. I already got a thumbs up from a trucker on the highway!
Aero.
Last edited by Aeromotive; 05-27-14 at 06:26 PM.
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Nice. Congrats.
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What a feeling on these first days of ownership. Enjoy the honeymoon. I'm still on it after almost 9 months. ![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
PS. I have yet to see a single USB on the road - it's definitely unique.
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PS. I have yet to see a single USB on the road - it's definitely unique.
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Everytime someone posts a thread of a new USB IS, I get so angry all over again at Lexus for banning the color in the U.S. Just enjoy what you have, because there are a million people across the pond who have to put up with some far-sited corporate decision that makes zero sense.
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Congratulations! I know it must have seemed an eternity for you to get your IS! It's just in time for summer too ![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
I drive to work in downtown Toronto every day, and I've noticed that it gets a lot more attention with the sun out and enhancing the pearl effect of the mica paint!
Enjoy and take a drive somewhere this weekend!
![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
I drive to work in downtown Toronto every day, and I've noticed that it gets a lot more attention with the sun out and enhancing the pearl effect of the mica paint!
Enjoy and take a drive somewhere this weekend!
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USB 3rd Gen IS is achingly beautiful.
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Hi all!
A little background
So I'm 29 and I've been an IS fan since the first generation came to North America (Altezza). I remember I was in my first year of high school (or 7th grade for americans) and I was dreaming about that car. I even bought two 1:18 AutoArt models of the IS300 just like this one!
![](http://www.modenamotors.ca/resource/25504//products/111.143.lg.jpg)
Fast forward 12 years, in 2013, we got my wife her 335i (after debating and test driving extensively between the 335 and the IS350); I was still driving my 2006 Civic!
Image is cropped because my wife is standing to the right![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![](http://i57.tinypic.com/23h0xmv.jpg)
And then this year I finally got my dream come true! After a 2-months wait my IS350 came in. It's a RWD, mind you, so very, very rare in Canada, especially in USB! It's got the Premium Package. It's my first new-car ever, and my first Lexus. My previous cars were a Protege and a Civic, so it's a HUGE difference!
The day the dealership got it (my brother works there!)
![](http://i60.tinypic.com/2usx6w2.jpg)
The day I went to get it!
![](http://i60.tinypic.com/2a5ljzp.jpg)
![](http://i61.tinypic.com/dmyzux.jpg)
![](http://i57.tinypic.com/4tkrc1.jpg)
I'm privileged enough to have a (covered) semi-private parking spot at work where nobody else parks their car, and my car is literally 5 meters (15 feet) away from me. I can see it from a window just by turning my head!
I don't even have to move!
This is what I see when I look from the window
This was last night.
![](http://i58.tinypic.com/219picp.jpg)
Today was a rainy day
but I still snapped a nice picture at a friend's house
![](http://i59.tinypic.com/2e1b28p.jpg)
Sorry for crappy pictures! This car looks even better in real life. I can't believe how well the blue compliments it. It's a definite head turner. I already got a thumbs up from a trucker on the highway!
Aero.
A little background
So I'm 29 and I've been an IS fan since the first generation came to North America (Altezza). I remember I was in my first year of high school (or 7th grade for americans) and I was dreaming about that car. I even bought two 1:18 AutoArt models of the IS300 just like this one!
![](http://www.modenamotors.ca/resource/25504//products/111.143.lg.jpg)
Fast forward 12 years, in 2013, we got my wife her 335i (after debating and test driving extensively between the 335 and the IS350); I was still driving my 2006 Civic!
Image is cropped because my wife is standing to the right
![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![](http://i57.tinypic.com/23h0xmv.jpg)
And then this year I finally got my dream come true! After a 2-months wait my IS350 came in. It's a RWD, mind you, so very, very rare in Canada, especially in USB! It's got the Premium Package. It's my first new-car ever, and my first Lexus. My previous cars were a Protege and a Civic, so it's a HUGE difference!
The day the dealership got it (my brother works there!)
![](http://i60.tinypic.com/2usx6w2.jpg)
The day I went to get it!
![](http://i60.tinypic.com/2a5ljzp.jpg)
![](http://i61.tinypic.com/dmyzux.jpg)
![](http://i57.tinypic.com/4tkrc1.jpg)
I'm privileged enough to have a (covered) semi-private parking spot at work where nobody else parks their car, and my car is literally 5 meters (15 feet) away from me. I can see it from a window just by turning my head!
![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
This is what I see when I look from the window
![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![](http://i58.tinypic.com/219picp.jpg)
Today was a rainy day
![Crying](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/Peace.gif)
![](http://i59.tinypic.com/2e1b28p.jpg)
Sorry for crappy pictures! This car looks even better in real life. I can't believe how well the blue compliments it. It's a definite head turner. I already got a thumbs up from a trucker on the highway!
Aero.
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Lexus Test Driver
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Very very nice. Congrats especially on getting a RWD model. My dealership does not even have any available for test drive. AWD is all that is available for test drives.