"i Had A Lexus But Had To Take It Back.."

[gears]

So, I was in my local last night and the subject of cars got raised. I mentioned my new Lexus IS200, yadda yadda, yadda.

The manageress overheard us chatting and said, "Oh yeah, we got one of those but I had to send it back" ....

I was shocked, but I readied my arguments and many, many, reasons for keeping the car. I asked her why ... WHY would she send back such a well crafed, sleek bit of machinery ?

Her response ? "I had to, I had to send it back - it was too fast"

... there's nothing you can say to that. She ended up swapping it for some noncey Audi Diesel thing ... Pffff... What can you say ?

[SHAHZ]

Her response ? "I had to, I had to send it back - it was too fast"

... there's nothing you can say to that. She ended up swapping it for some noncey Audi Diesel thing ... Pffff... What can you say ?

....you could drive a skyline...but it will only go as fast as the driver drives it!!

[lexicon]

"I had to, I had to send it back - it was too fast"

The IS is many things but fast isn't one of them ;)

[IS300]

The IS is many things but fast isn't one of them

Unless you have an IS300 !!!

[ricky_is200]

I'm sure the Audi Diesel is probably quicker.

[mudzs]

the 2.5 turbo is alot quicker beats my gs300 easy .

[ifraz]

Maybe it was a supercharged one. ;)

A standard IS isn't that fast....well it is depending on what her previous car was. :D

[Mark D]

Probably her perception, the clutch is quite fast and the steering is fast.

The low firm ride may also add to it.

[gears]

I think that the IS doesn't sound like it's doing much, but it sometimes shocks you when you're looking at the dial and you're going a lot quicker than you thought. :)

[LennyLexus]

going down motorways at :tsktsk: speeds

[aido]

Like we ever do that

Was on the M1 the other day and wondered why everyone was so slow - that's the problem with cars like this, they settle out as you speed up. When I hit a tonne in the Megane you knew about it but this feels great at a tonne (and the rest)..

Keep my eye on the speedo a lot more now though........

The IS does feel like it's going quicker than it is though - a few times I've had people ask me to slow down and they were amazed when I told them what the specs were on paper.. My Megane and Punto HGT were quicker on paper but didn't feel as quick 0-60 - I think the noise makes a big difference as well to the experience. My mate thought he was in a plane about to take off! Show's how much difference the sonics made to the experience (we were only trundling off the roundabout!)

Wonder what they'll be saying when all the mods are fitted hehe

[Bob King]

Maybe she had an early one..... the one where the floor mat sticks on the throttle pedal :D .

[Brian Berry]

I think any conversation in a pub should be taken with a pinch of salt. The landlady probably said that to get a discussion going and sell more beer!