New Is 250 Owner

J Henderson · August 16, 2015

Hi everyone,

Some of you may remember me as I've been a member of the site for a while, albeit I was mostly active in the 1st Gen section and haven't been visiting much at all in recent times.

I'll be a lot more active now though as I just bought an IS 250 a few days ago and I'm delighted with it.

I don't have any pictures yet, but it's a late-2010 F-Sport with the auto box and ML Navigation system. It has the Baransu / G-Spider wheels, which I'm kinda undecided about, so I might try and change them for something else at some point. Sometimes they look great, but I dunno...I think I prefer the Hoshi-style wheels that most F-Sport models of a similar age seem to have.

Anyway, that's nit-picking because the car is brilliant and a joy to drive. My old 200 was always in good mechanical order and felt smooth & refined to me (and well-equipped for that matter), but the 250 is on another level altogether.

It helps that the newer car is much younger, and has done way fewer miles (only 21K), but considering there's only 7 years difference between them, I'm amazed at how much more advanced it feels and the level of technology and equipment it possesses - I'm constantly finding something new every time I get behind the wheel!

I'd love to tell you what colour it is, but I don't actually know the name. The car was advertised as "grey" so I thought it might be Cadoxton Slate, but as soon as I went to view it I could tell it was clearly something else. The paint code is 4T5 and I don't think I've seen another IS in this colour. A google search suggests "Truffle Mica" is the US name, but since Lexus paint often has a different name depending on region, I'm wondering if anyone knows what the colour is called on these shores?

Cheers,

John

madasahatter · August 16, 2015

Welcolme a google search reveils same colour as well......

johnatg · August 17, 2015

Welcome back!

4T5 is known as Sable (metallic) in UK.

normski2 · August 17, 2015

I remember your monniker from the Mk1 section....I spent time there too.

Glad you're liking the 250 ...they are cracking cars aren't they.

The auto box is brilliant. Get to play with the paddles in time...they are great for a kick down and overtaking move.

Bluesman · August 17, 2015

Hi John and welcome back to the LOC, we are a
friendly bunch and some of us even know how to pull them to bits and
put them back together again, with of course the one bolt and washer
left over. Regards Mike.