Originally Posted by cdrazic93 (Post 2014611)

Don't forget about insurance. The ISF will be more to insure than the IS350 AWD.

Originally Posted by shiro (Post 2014728)

Daaaaaa Hump!

Haha, I just like how the people on the clublexus forms talk about "da hump." It's true there is a small hump on the AWDs but it doesn't seem to bother many people.

Though, it seems I might go against the consensus this time and roll with an IS350 AWD. I figured if I go this route and get a 2nd generation (before ~2nd half of 2013) for fairly cheap and do some fun mods on it over the winter. The IS F is great but it some Lexus owners are saying it's hard to see it full potential if your not on a track/straight away. The IS350 is "supposedly" a well rounded car for performance, luxury and fun factor. Otherwise I see it as a learning curb, in which my real toy [FRS] is still in the garage.

Love the discussion guys! Appreciate all the input too!


Agreed on that too! The small increase in performance and style might not be worth the $$ on the side. When I compared my insurance rates from the Camry to IS30 to ISF with the exact same coverages this is that I had:

Camry rate + $30 = IS350 insurance/month
OR
Camry rate + $67 = IS F insurance/month

Originally Posted by 86tylerfrs (Post 2014803)

If you're going through Lexus of Omaha and you talk to the sales manager, tell him his son says hi :)

Originally Posted by shiro (Post 2012936)

Plus I just found out today that Vivid Racing found a way to tune the IS250/350. The EUC maps have been locked for years and I only know of one tuner in japan that has access to the maps from Lexus Japan. I'm leaning more towards the IS350 for the daily and my FRS for the power/joy ride. I don't need two 400+ whp car's right? lol

Originally Posted by shiro (Post 2014728)

Daaaaaa Hump!

Haha, I just like how the people on the clublexus forms talk about "da hump." It's true there is a small hump on the AWDs but it doesn't seem to bother many people.

Though, it seems I might go against the consensus this time and roll with an IS350 AWD. I figured if I go this route and get a 2nd generation (before ~2nd half of 2013) for fairly cheap and do some fun mods on it over the winter. The IS F is great but it some Lexus owners are saying it's hard to see it full potential if your not on a track/straight away. The IS350 is "supposedly" a well rounded car for performance, luxury and fun factor. Otherwise I see it as a learning curb, in which my real toy [FRS] is still in the garage.

Love the discussion guys! Appreciate all the input too!


Agreed on that too! The small increase in performance and style might not be worth the $$ on the side. When I compared my insurance rates from the Camry to IS30 to ISF with the exact same coverages this is that I had:

Camry rate + $30 = IS350 insurance/month
OR
Camry rate + $67 = IS F insurance/month