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[Phil_Allan]

Nice I have exige s great fun little car

[Stuno1]

Indeed. Fancy a proper sports car that can still take my daughter and wife.

Love the exige. Cracking looking car.

[Phil_Allan]

Off for second drive tomorrow but girlfriend is coming this time. Think only thing stopping me from putting deposit down so far are the few little stones chips, scratched window etc but I know these are all simple fixes so hopefully second drive will make my mind up

[Stuno1]

Enjoy, let us know how you get on :)

Stu

[Phil_Allan]

Certainly will, looking at this and also new fiesta st

[steveledzep]

? ? ? :eerrrmm:

[Phil_Allan]

Fiesta st for girlfriend instead of her corsa

[steveledzep]

Haha ! My apologies.....I read it as IS-F or Fiesta ST !

[Phil_Allan]

Just been checking insurance £363 through esure not bad for 27 year old.

[Phil_Allan]

Anyone near Newcastle area?

[toffee_pie]

how can you get insurance so low on the F?

[Phil_Allan]

Maximum no claims been driving 10 years and it's a pretty good/safe area.

My Exige S only costs me £287.50

[lotusdave]

Phil, its Dave from seloc. Good to chat the other day.

you wont regret getting an isf I'm certain. As I said its the opposite of our lotuses but for me that's what I wanted.

makes me enjoy the lotus all the more when I drive it. Steering feel and amazing brakes. But then the Lexus has that noise...

Dave

[Terry Barr]

I'm another Exige man , S1, seriously looking at the idea of an ISF.

[Stuno1]

You lot are like weeds!!! Lol

[JonP]

After an interesting few days I thought I would add a comment re tyres.

So far, I have used OEM bridgestones, Michelin Pilot Alpine winter tyres and the above mentioned sessantas, which came to me nearly new on a set of wheels I bought from another member of the forum. The refurbished wheels are great, the tyres less so.

In the dry they are not too bad though they break away more easily than either the bridgestones or the michelins. In the wet they are crap. No other way to describe it, seriously lacking grip.

So, do your research and decide what's important to you. I certainly won't be buying another set when these wear out, which frankly, they way they spin, won't be long.

Jon

[Stuno1]

After an interesting few days I thought I would add a comment re tyres.

So far, I have used OEM bridgestones, Michelin Pilot Alpine winter tyres and the above mentioned sessantas, which came to me nearly new on a set of wheels I bought from another member of the forum. The refurbished wheels are great, the tyres less so.

In the dry they are not too bad though they break away more easily than either the bridgestones or the michelins. In the wet they are crap. No other way to describe it, seriously lacking grip.

So, do your research and decide what's important to you. I certainly won't be buying another set when these wear out, which frankly, they way they spin, won't be long.

Jon

Interesting. Maybe I need push harder as I don't have any issues with them but not had any others on the car to compare against.

Stu

[lotusdave]

I never get front and back on any of my cars to wear out at same time! Still on oem bridgstones which have been fine including my track day recently. Never sure how hard I push but I suspect sometimes I am going quite fast without noticing. Easy to do when both cars are sub 4.5 to 60. I use avons on the lotus for track work but that's a different story...

[sofasurfer]

I keep trying to wear my tyres out as I want a change from the Bridgestones. Maybe I should try harder.

[Damien7579]

Phil: Did you take the plunge on the IS-F?

Stu: what kinda mileage do you get on your Vredestein's before they need replacing?

I switched to the 275 rears and 245 fronts as suggested elsewhere on here a year ago and rears are almost gone at only 12k miles :(

[Phil_Allan]

Not at the minute had a look at another today and was pretty impressed wheels had few stone chips but no kerb marks

[Damien7579]

IS-F alloys hold up pretty well, I've an '08 and a few minor scuffs/stone chips but when cleaned up they look excellent. The only thing to watch out for is the brake dust bed-in which most will suffer from caused by super hot dust embedding into the wheel edges on the fronts. Nothing you can do to remove other than full refurb.

[Damien7579]

Hope you make the plunge soon and join the IS-F dark side :) keep us posted.

It's pretty stress free motoring at least in my experience. I've had nothing go wrong other than wear and tear. The V8 is bullet proof and they really do age well. It's such an understated benefit of Lexus/japanese car ownership at times.

[Phil_Allan]

This second car is silver, 1 owner and full lexus history.

Do the door mirrors occasionally have a yellow tint to them?

[Damien7579]

They look great in silver! 1 owner and FSH sounds good certainly for this type of car. What reg?

No yellow tint I'm aware!