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On 1/1/2022 at 8:42 PM, Mantas88 said:

Hey guys.

I drive IS F and there's literally nothing wrong with my car. I love it. But I do love GS F as well. 

Now the question is - who had both of them, how different does GS F drive and feel? I know it's much larger car. 

Can anyone please talk me out of it as even my lady is for it. 🤣
 

I have both ISF and GSF, plan on keeping both as they are incredibly difficult to source here in Australia considering the situation.

I have had the GSF for 3 years now, absolutely fantastic car, a pure sleeper and fun car to be in. Like others have said the TVD really transforms the GSF and gives you more confidence vs the ISF which seems more RAW. I have only recently acquired the ISF, it has plenty of miles on it but feels solid.

My ISF has headers and feels as quick as the GSF in a straight line, although I am planning on doing some track work with both cars later this year. I am interested to see my times on both cars, I am certain they will even.

GSF is definitely more fuel efficient considering it runs in Atkinson cycle whilst cruising, ISF drinks more juice for sure. 

If you have kids, then I would highly suggest to source the GSf as its very comfortable ride. ISF does feel firmer than the GSF.

32 minutes ago, Spunkmeyer said:

Love the fact the speedo goes to 200mph but not in a millions years will the mpg go above 40! 
 

i wasn’t in a rush so was just trundling along at 56 up the M6 behind a lorry. Might be completely unfounded but it did feel like cruise control was more economical than normal driving at constant speed in eco mode (contrary to my experiences in other cars)

You got a nice slip stream that really does help with the fuel economy behind the lorry.

Nice work...

3 hours ago, Spunkmeyer said:

Well I’m back in an F car. Managed 38.2mpg on the journey home!

Congratulations on the Car. Post up some pictures. How did you manage to get 38 miles to the gallon??? Thus is Camry economy.

Valley plate and cracked headers, here in Australia these two issues are the most common. Infact some of the early model GSF and RCF are also prone to the valley plate 

I am surprised not many being reported in the UK for valley plate .

58 minutes ago, Arth_Vader said:

If you have, or plan to have, more than one child I’d avoid both, unless you have another car.

RCF boot is bigger I believe but getting young kids in and out of a three door coupe will get tiresome very quickly, especially if the little darlings are not helping or actively resisting….   I quickly deduced that I would do my back in at some point, then you’re not much use as a parent. (I’m 50 odd.)

Me and the wife have argued in a mostly good natured fashion about the ISF practicality all the time but overall the car is just about big enough for family of three and their stuff.  When we needed space for another person or two plus stuff I had to take the boxster as well.

 

 

 

 

 

We use our ISF with 2 baby seats and it's been fine so far. I understand it's not the most practical car but it can be done. My wife prefers to drive the smaller size cars and ISF was fitting. She does complain it's a tad loud considering I have PPE headers on it ( OEM headers cracked - seems like a common issue).