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Old 09-17-05, 11:12 AM
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i drove the ls430,rx400h,gs300,bmw530i and the mb500, all the vehicles handled very well.the best imo an not by a great margin was the bmw. lexus was the most luxurios,but the bmw ws good also. the mb was nice but the inside was too stiff for me with a little too much going on. the idrive wasnt bad at all so i would consider owning a bmw. now i want a new car. the ls430 is a beast and even though i said b4 that i would take a 745 over it and i still would i would def. purchase one if i had the chance. the lines for the 430 and IS models were just too long for me so i didnt get a chance to test them out, but i can always do it next year. i drove ALL these vehicles harder than i do my car and they performed very well. i dont know whyeveryone says the mb and bmw handle better than the b/c if they do its only slightly. nothing that drivers like me will REALLY notice unless your a real racer.they are a little tighter but not enough to justify all the extra cash. i like to drive fast and race from time to time but even my ls holds its own in the streets and highway imo. if you can make it i suggest that you go out and have some fun.

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Old 09-17-05, 11:22 AM
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hey i was there too...the freakin is350 was fast and the breaking felt a little too responsive...but in comparison with the bmw....the is350 is a lot superior!!
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hey i was there too...the freakin is350 was fast and the breaking felt a little too responsive...but in comparison with the bmw....the is350 is a lot superior!!
i wanted to drive one real bad b/c the people were really letting them drive hard over there. from what i could hear the is accelerated real smooth whereas the bmw you could hear it from takeoff. i know you had fun. were you over there when one guy was hitting the turns really hard? i thought he was going to spin out.
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i came right after they kicked out the guy who kept spinning out and hitting cones.....my friend is a crazy guy who drives the car at the edge, you are prolly talking about him. i sat in the car with him and the vsc/trac chime was on the whole time he drove!!
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