Why did you buy an F-Sport?
03-03-17, 12:45 PM
#1
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
Why did you buy an F-Sport?
Sheer curiosity, why did you choose an F-Sport over the base?
I test drove a couple of F-Sport GS350's and did not find the F-Sport to be worth the extra money from a performance perspective, it seems to me like it's more appealing from an appearance perspective. I would agree that when putting it into the top Sport mode it certainly tightens things up, but I guess I don't really want my Lexus to be all that tight anyway. The base that I drive is more than competent on any road I've put it on.
I test drove a couple of F-Sport GS350's and did not find the F-Sport to be worth the extra money from a performance perspective, it seems to me like it's more appealing from an appearance perspective. I would agree that when putting it into the top Sport mode it certainly tightens things up, but I guess I don't really want my Lexus to be all that tight anyway. The base that I drive is more than competent on any road I've put it on.
03-03-17, 12:56 PM
#2
Lexus Test Driver
It costs $10,000 more. I just like the look, I'm a sucker for anything Sport Edition model, from cars to watches, etc. Even phones, I used to call my iPhone 6S as iPhone 6 Sport. 
And now my Phantom 4 drone has the Sport mode. I'm happy.
And now my Phantom 4 drone has the Sport mode. I'm happy.
03-03-17, 12:59 PM
#3
All depends on driving style and previous vehicles. I had the shortest test drive of my life in a base 4GS. It was boring and unresponsive after coming from a tuned E60 BMW 535. I went a half mile and turned around. I drove the F Sport and it was like a totally different car. It still wasn't up to the power and handling of the BMW, but it was much better (so much better, that I bought one). If they didn't have the F Sport option I would have ended up in a different car all together (Non-Lexus)
The looks helped too :-)
The looks helped too :-)
03-03-17, 01:08 PM
#4
The looks alone did it for me, and then once I test drove the car I knew I wouldn't get the base model. To me it makes the 4GS stand out on the road, not just apart from the base model but from other vehicles as well (IMO).
03-03-17, 01:16 PM
#5
All depends on driving style and previous vehicles. I had the shortest test drive of my life in a base 4GS. It was boring and unresponsive after coming from a tuned E60 BMW 535. I went a half mile and turned around. I drove the F Sport and it was like a totally different car. It still wasn't up to the power and handling of the BMW, but it was much better (so much better, that I bought one). If they didn't have the F Sport option I would have ended up in a different car all together (Non-Lexus)
The looks helped too :-)
The looks helped too :-)
03-03-17, 01:35 PM
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03-03-17, 01:39 PM
#7
Lexus Test Driver
Did they lower the option price now? I thought it was $10K more.
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03-03-17, 01:59 PM
#8
Lexus Champion
It wasn't ever $10k.
I bought the F Sport mainly for two reasons:
Styling - I didn't care for the non F Sport front end
AVS - When I bought my IS I did not go for the F Sport. This time around I wanted AVS. You can get it with the luxury package too, but the lux package didn't have the front end that I liked and it had features like rear seat ventilation that wouldn't get used anyway, as my kids are too little.
I bought the F Sport mainly for two reasons:
Styling - I didn't care for the non F Sport front end
AVS - When I bought my IS I did not go for the F Sport. This time around I wanted AVS. You can get it with the luxury package too, but the lux package didn't have the front end that I liked and it had features like rear seat ventilation that wouldn't get used anyway, as my kids are too little.
03-03-17, 02:08 PM
#9
Lexus Champion
-Better handling (VGRS and AVS, stiffer suspension)
-Aggressive styling
-Red leather option
-F-sport LCD instrument cluster
-Aluminum trim
Like mentioned earlier, I tend to get the sport package on all my cars.
-Aggressive styling
-Red leather option
-F-sport LCD instrument cluster
-Aluminum trim
Like mentioned earlier, I tend to get the sport package on all my cars.
03-03-17, 02:58 PM
#10
Lexus Test Driver
Yes my FSport comes with ML and parking assist and all the FSport I've test driven do too, so I priced it base on that. Base model Vs. FSport optioned similar to mine.
03-03-17, 04:31 PM
#12
Lexus Champion
03-03-17, 05:23 PM
#13
I had a '15 non-F and now have a '16 F. In my opinion the F is like driving a totally different car due to the AVS & other sport suspension parts. Don't forget the AVS is active all the time making adjustments regardless of drive mode. The F actually drives much smoother than the non F in Normal mode because it rides very steady and is not pitchy even with aggressive driving and braking. in S+ it is just slightly noticeably stiffer, and that is only over a rough road. Even my wife prefers it over our prior non-F.
As for price, on a good lease deal, F sport is only about $50 more per month......a no brainer. I see a lot of people on this forum spending hundreds if not thousands to make their car "look like an F sport," when it probably would have cost not much more to have a real one.
As for price, on a good lease deal, F sport is only about $50 more per month......a no brainer. I see a lot of people on this forum spending hundreds if not thousands to make their car "look like an F sport," when it probably would have cost not much more to have a real one.
03-03-17, 06:00 PM
#14
Lead Lap
Like the front end more, and the larger wheels.
(And USB is only available on the F-Sport #wink)
(And USB is only available on the F-Sport #wink)
