steveoexige

Cheers for the comments guys. I'm still thinking about the Proveeda car. Oh and in other news, the cheaper, same spec blue ISF for sale at the moment was Lexus own press car. I rang the indy dealer to get the reg to speak to Lexus and check rrout the missed service intervals we all know about and the reg didgits seemed familiar. Have a google at all the 2010 ISF reviews by all the usual suspects; Top Gear, Car, Evo, AutoExpress, etc and they all show images of that very car going sideways around different roads all over the UK. What with the overly long service intervals and now his news I've decided it's not worth a punt at any price.

No the Cardiff car is a gen 1 ISF without the LSD. Shame as I liked the rare red colour. For me a mechanical LSD is almost essential. I love my RWD track time and have lots of experience of both non, elec and mechanical LSD's to know I need a mechanical one to get the most out of it. My last 5 cars were, Exige S, Exige cup 260, E60 M5, M3 CSL and most recently turbo'd Gt86 (which is now a dedicated track car and a keeper). The Exiges were all about grip, turn in and balance whereas the 350bhp + cars steer as much from the rear as the front wheels hence they need an LSD unless I'm to smoke the inside wheel everywhere and get black flagged (been there and done that!) Saying all this as with any car I've owned I'll buy my LSF on condition. If a decent '08 car with the right miles, spec and price came up I'd just have to think about changing my heavy right foot driving style .

One other quick question: do you know if the earlier cars ('09) had bluetooth audio/music streaming as a function?

The Proveeda 2011 car is a 2010 MY then. Shame as I like the look of it but struggling to justify the extra £5k over the cheaper blue one on eBay. I know this one has gone longer between services and has had a non-standard wheel refurb but to be honest I've had enough cars to know that with modern japanese engineering a few thousand miles extra between 2 services isn't necessarily the end of the world. I could do a hell of a lot of track days and rear tyres with the £5k difference! I think a road trip to both is in order. So - are we agreed then that both salesmen are wrong and that the blue cars are LSD equipped ??

Thats what i thought....just odd that both sales guys are wrong especially when they're both telling me they've spoken to Lexus direct to confirm they dont have LSD's fitted. Also the 2011 Proveeda car has the earlier dash layout (equal sized speedo & rev counter) and no daytime LED running lights so I'm inclined to think that car is a 2010 MY. Just goes to show that the registration is no sure fire way of knowing the model year. MMmm this is causing me some head scratching as I really want to pull the trigger on one of these!

Hi fellas, Long story short I bought a 150k miles GS450h as a company hack 2 months ago and am now so deeply impressed with the Lexus engineering and build quality that I've decided to sell on the GS and buy an ISF. Trouble is I'm getting conflicting reports over which cars came with the LSD. I was under the impression that all the 2010 plus cars had the LSD as standard spec however both salesmen selling the cheap 2010 blue/cream leather ISF for sale at £24k on Ebay and the Proveeda 2011 blue/cream leather ISF at £28k state that neither car has an LSD and they've checked with Lexus to be sure :eerrrmm: I like my track days and even though I've got a toyed with Gt86 I can easily see the LSF doing the odd quiet track day (ones with lots of run off ) so an LSD is big plus for me. Anyway of knowing for sure? are the sales guys wrong? Any help much appreciated. Steve