The V8 is back: IS 500 F SPORT Performance
12-20-21, 08:48 PM
#4306
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This kind of crap makes me so mad! 
Take something that doesn't even belong to you and abuse it just for a ****ty promo video trying to sell a car that doesn't even need the hype! I hope they all get their nuts twisted off by an alligator.
I've had 4 new cars in the last 12ish years... my first ever new car was abused for over 200 miles before I purchased it. The salesman told me they would routinely take the car on lunch runs etc. and hammer on it. It was my first new car and I was too excited and ignorant to know anything about it. It ended up with the lifters replaced before 20k miles. I also had a dealer tech caught on dash cam joy riding in my C7. People abusing cars t hey don't own really strikes a nerve! I've already had the discussion with my sales guy for the IS 500 that NOBODY is to drive the car except the tech for PDI and to not abuse it. I just may request I be present for the PDI drive to make sure some tech doesn't have a good 'ol time with the new 5.0L Lexus that I'm paying $70k for (thanks CA taxes).
Take something that doesn't even belong to you and abuse it just for a ****ty promo video trying to sell a car that doesn't even need the hype! I hope they all get their nuts twisted off by an alligator.I've had 4 new cars in the last 12ish years... my first ever new car was abused for over 200 miles before I purchased it. The salesman told me they would routinely take the car on lunch runs etc. and hammer on it. It was my first new car and I was too excited and ignorant to know anything about it. It ended up with the lifters replaced before 20k miles. I also had a dealer tech caught on dash cam joy riding in my C7. People abusing cars t hey don't own really strikes a nerve! I've already had the discussion with my sales guy for the IS 500 that NOBODY is to drive the car except the tech for PDI and to not abuse it. I just may request I be present for the PDI drive to make sure some tech doesn't have a good 'ol time with the new 5.0L Lexus that I'm paying $70k for (thanks CA taxes).
I run new engines hard right out of the gate, and I've built a few. Run it soft and you get an oil burning pile of crap. Run it hard and you get full power and low oil consumption. Up to you.
I don't agree with revving the crap out of an engine with no load though. That's just stupid.
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12-20-21, 08:49 PM
#4307
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I had the demands of I did not want any customers around the car or in it and only the tech to PDI it could drive it. I got there pretty much right after it was pulled off the truck and was actually able to talk to the tech that was sitting in my car getting all the systems started before it went to PDI. I asked him a favor for when he set the car up and he said he would try if the option was still in tech stream and he was able to actually fulfill the favor which made it even better.
12-20-21, 09:04 PM
#4308
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I had the demands of I did not want any customers around the car or in it and only the tech to PDI it could drive it. I got there pretty much right after it was pulled off the truck and was actually able to talk to the tech that was sitting in my car getting all the systems started before it went to PDI. I asked him a favor for when he set the car up and he said he would try if the option was still in tech stream and he was able to actually fulfill the favor which made it even better.
12-20-21, 09:07 PM
#4309
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No, it was actually shutting off the seatbelt chime for it being unbuckled lol. I despise the loud ringing when I am moving it around in the driveway. I'm not trying to buckle up to move it around every time especially when it isn't even into the street
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12-20-21, 09:19 PM
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Fixing that is like an NES cheat code....but it works!
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12-20-21, 09:43 PM
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If revving the car for a promo video is going to cause damage, I don't want the car. I have revved every car I have test driven because I do care how it sounds. I would get it more if this was some fragile, limited edition supercar with a nearly race car style engine.
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12-20-21, 09:46 PM
#4312
Instructor
Just an update!
I have now put Michelin Alpin PA4 on the IS500 and can confirm this tire is amazing for Westcoast snow (minimal) and rain(all the damn time). I have had Michelin X-Ice before and Nokian Hakkas but sadly these were not available fast enough for the upcoming snowfall. About 300km into the 1600km break-in, let me know if you guys want more photos or updates
Hopefully you are all receiving your IS500s soon!
I have now put Michelin Alpin PA4 on the IS500 and can confirm this tire is amazing for Westcoast snow (minimal) and rain(all the damn time). I have had Michelin X-Ice before and Nokian Hakkas but sadly these were not available fast enough for the upcoming snowfall. About 300km into the 1600km break-in, let me know if you guys want more photos or updates
Hopefully you are all receiving your IS500s soon!
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12-20-21, 09:48 PM
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Up to you brother. No load revving is a great way to ensure the rings don't fully seal. But you can do whatever you like. Won't matter in 10 years, we'll all be driving electric because we'll have no choice.
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12-21-21, 12:10 AM
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I’m like don’t they know how to let go of the gas pedal just before the needle approaches red line
Sample of feathering the gas pedal just before 6,700 rpm on my 2UR-GSE
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Joe Z
12-21-21, 01:48 AM
#4317
Ha, I just realized your stock mufflers aren’t even hooked up! No wonder it sounds so awesome. Bet it’s loud in the passenger compartment!
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12-21-21, 03:36 AM
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12-21-21, 03:43 AM
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^^ I agree, and to be totally honest (and I'll likely get flamed for this), I don't really get the hype about car reviewers putting the camera by the exhaust and trying to make us hear the sound it makes. First, rare does the quality of the audio is able to truly capture the full depth of the sound, and also, the exhaust sound is not the most important factor to me. But that is just me....
On the IS 500 topic, it is interesting to see more and more youtube clips of dealers showing their cars - I saw a few last evening, one of which Carolina already posted They had called me to pose on the hood but I was busy and couldn't make it otherwise, that would have surely driven the market adjustment to 35k (lol)
On the IS 500 topic, it is interesting to see more and more youtube clips of dealers showing their cars - I saw a few last evening, one of which Carolina already posted
They had called me to pose on the hood but I was busy and couldn't make it otherwise, that would have surely driven the market adjustment to 35k (lol)
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12-21-21, 03:56 AM
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