Shoeboy4

Looks good in cloudburst. Thank you for posting the video!

DLPTony

Dear God in Heaven, this is amazing! And here I thought the first order of business was to switch out the Enkei wheels. Now that I’ve seen them in action, I’m actually digging the look!

cremaster

iTrader: (1)

I was pretty set on powder coating the wheels but they actually look pretty cool as is, esp in motion. now I'm seriously torn between cloudburst/red or black/red, which was my first choice.

Kandyman1

I wish Lexus would add a little more bark/growl to the engine start.

Shoeboy4

i have been steadily in the White/Black camp but seeing that cloudburst is pretty tempting.

cremaster

iTrader: (1)

my IS F was obsidian w/ the white interior. the white held up pretty well and although not my first choice, I grew to love it. but now I'm dead set on the circuit red guts.

Shoeboy4

I should have been more clear, I want Ultrawhite with a black interior, I always have stuff on my clothes after work, the joys of working outdoors with kids all day, so to have anything but a dark interior wouldn't work

wthrman2

I agree - Seeing real life video with the Enkei wheels and I think I could live with them (minus the part of cleaning them) - I am still going to go white on white if that combo is available in Canada - Getting excited!! As soon as the order sheet is open, mine will be put in!

DLPTony

::chuckling:: I had a mini-nightmare after I realized the wheels were okay. Not looking forward to an additional 10 minutes of scrubbing every week! 😜

wthrman2

^^ I agree, but the V8 will make up for it!! (lol) - I also have a hydraulic lift in my garage so I may periodically lift the car and just remove the wheels to give a good clean

Racer00J

Here's a walk around video of the same Cloudburst on red IS500.

Nvicta

I’m seriously impressed owners on here hand wash their own cars. But maybe you all are like me and get annoyed or nervous with someone else washing for you.

wthrman2

^^ I won't even go into the level of my OCD on people touching my vehicles!!

BTW - I know this will come as a shocker but I MAY even consider this color with a white interior....It looks amazing!

TGPCanada

Too bad they will never make an AWD version of this, but it's understood. So the question for us here in the Greater Toronto Area is 1) slap on the winter tires and live with it during the winter or 2) try to find a beater for the winter and ride the IS500 in the summer only thus avoiding winter tires together (not to mention only insuring the car for 6 months during the year) ? Even when it snows here, they clear the roads fast (although with too much salt), so I don't think driving a RWD in the winter is all that menacing as it used to be.

wthrman2

^^ That is exactly what I would do - Get a daily driver for a winter beater and preserve the IS500 for the spring/summer/fall. That is what I do now with my current IS350 (and what I did with previous toys) and that way, it makes the spring that much more special when you take it out.

But I agree with you - driving a RWD with winter tires in today's day and age is totally fine - I mean most roads are cleared as soon as the snow ends and people used to drive RWD exclusively back in the days before FWD were introduced. People now fell you MUST have an AWD in Canada and follow the whole SUV craze! Don't even get me going!! (lol)