Sorry guys, I hate to say bye :(
08-24-09, 08:40 PM
#26
Thanks everyone for the replies
I picked the M6 because I needed to stay under 55k$ and I wanted a car with warranty
Plus I needed something faster than the IS-F since my sister has that now
There is a convert, cheapest I could find was 62k$ for one though
I knew the M3 would'v been too much flamebait 
My dealer has told me LF-A is dead???
That's a beautiful car!!!
Here are some of my thoughts I emailed to my friend
HUD, extended leather, soft close, comfort access -- it's pretty much loaded
It has 2 years of factory warranty and maint. left, so it'll last at least that long for sure
It has SMG, I really did not look for a manual, I do too much driving
I put 470 miles on it in the last two days, I drove upto Austin and back, helped move in my sister for her apartment, the car is amazingly smooth
You can do 100mph cruise no sweat, and the car is perfectly honed -- it's brilliant how planted the car feels and the engine is just... designed for epic voyages
some pictures
Compared to the IS-F it's different, obviously
The IS-F had a sunroof, the M6 just has a carbon fiber covered by alcantara (nice).
The IS-F felt like it had a lot more torque, but it also redlined much faster
By the time you would shift in the IS-F, the M6 is just getting ready to party
The M6 also has a sick HUD which displays your MPH (speed) and a gool graphic mimicing the tachometer
On this visual display there are no markings indicating RPM#, but just green, yellow, and red coloring.
I am still practicing shifting with the paddles and gear selector, but ideally I understand you want to be at the edge of the green and beginning of the yellow when you let off throttle a bit and shift
In the IS-F it was similar but you didn't have to lift, you could keep banging away when the car beeped (indicating redline)
It is true the IS-F is incredibly easy to drive fast, or at least enjoyably fast. You can really just floor it and tick off the upshifts at the beep, and after a while it becomes easy enough to anticipate when the beep will arrive
Also the copious amounts of torque made by the IS-F means any gear you can get up and go -- plus everything makes a nice muscle car natured sound, not raspy but the intake growls.
Contrast, the M6 sounds like a loud racket at idle, but really sounds refined at WOT. People comment the M6 is louder, but I think the gurgling of the IS-F was more attractive.
At the end of the day it's clear the M6 is faster. Going in a straight line the M6 will do 150 and still have plenty of acceleration to take it beyond that, but the IS-F seems like it runs out of steam near 130mph -- but those times are so rare it doesn't matter
The IS-F had a usable backseat too, but that's a given considering it's a sedan while the M6 is a coupe.
Free 2 years maintenance on the M6 is very nice, especially finding out the Lexus dealer wanted more than 700$ to do a front brake pad change -- maybe the service is built into the price of the car - but that's the point of buying used
I still do not drive in P500 mode all the time, mostly P400 mode. I rarely engage M Mode with the EDC on stage 2, nor do I bother making shifting speeds S1 or S2, I keep it at S3 or S4, I'm just not that trained in the car yet
I'm sure I will think of more things later on
Plus I needed something faster than the IS-F since my sister has that now
That's a beautiful car!!!
Here are some of my thoughts I emailed to my friend
HUD, extended leather, soft close, comfort access -- it's pretty much loaded
It has 2 years of factory warranty and maint. left, so it'll last at least that long for sure
It has SMG, I really did not look for a manual, I do too much driving
I put 470 miles on it in the last two days, I drove upto Austin and back, helped move in my sister for her apartment, the car is amazingly smooth
You can do 100mph cruise no sweat, and the car is perfectly honed -- it's brilliant how planted the car feels and the engine is just... designed for epic voyages
some pictures
Compared to the IS-F it's different, obviously
The IS-F had a sunroof, the M6 just has a carbon fiber covered by alcantara (nice).
The IS-F felt like it had a lot more torque, but it also redlined much faster
By the time you would shift in the IS-F, the M6 is just getting ready to party
The M6 also has a sick HUD which displays your MPH (speed) and a gool graphic mimicing the tachometer
On this visual display there are no markings indicating RPM#, but just green, yellow, and red coloring.
I am still practicing shifting with the paddles and gear selector, but ideally I understand you want to be at the edge of the green and beginning of the yellow when you let off throttle a bit and shift
In the IS-F it was similar but you didn't have to lift, you could keep banging away when the car beeped (indicating redline)
It is true the IS-F is incredibly easy to drive fast, or at least enjoyably fast. You can really just floor it and tick off the upshifts at the beep, and after a while it becomes easy enough to anticipate when the beep will arrive
Also the copious amounts of torque made by the IS-F means any gear you can get up and go -- plus everything makes a nice muscle car natured sound, not raspy but the intake growls.
Contrast, the M6 sounds like a loud racket at idle, but really sounds refined at WOT. People comment the M6 is louder, but I think the gurgling of the IS-F was more attractive.
At the end of the day it's clear the M6 is faster. Going in a straight line the M6 will do 150 and still have plenty of acceleration to take it beyond that, but the IS-F seems like it runs out of steam near 130mph -- but those times are so rare it doesn't matter
The IS-F had a usable backseat too, but that's a given considering it's a sedan while the M6 is a coupe.
Free 2 years maintenance on the M6 is very nice, especially finding out the Lexus dealer wanted more than 700$ to do a front brake pad change -- maybe the service is built into the price of the car - but that's the point of buying used
I still do not drive in P500 mode all the time, mostly P400 mode. I rarely engage M Mode with the EDC on stage 2, nor do I bother making shifting speeds S1 or S2, I keep it at S3 or S4, I'm just not that trained in the car yet
I'm sure I will think of more things later on
