Road Test Of Tom's Is350 Coming Up Soon In Car Magazine

[Dave-Ellen]

Title says it all

Dropping the IS350 off with Car magazine on 26/9 for a road test of the IS350 Compressor :winky:

Quite chuffed but a bit worried.......................

[aztecbandit1]

Why you worried mate??

[DJ Wozza]

keep us posted as to when it come out Dave :D

[Steviewevie]

Excellent. I subscribe to Car Magazine so will look out for that.

[Dave-Ellen]

Why you worried mate??

I have to let them have it for a day...............

[aztecbandit1]

Why you worried mate??

I have to let them have it for a day...............

Ahh get what you mean mate so your not going to be with the car then? :shutit:

[Dave-Ellen]

Why you worried mate??

I have to let them have it for a day...............

Ahh get what you mean mate so your not going to be with the car then? :shutit:

Nope my baby is off with some journo blokey......................

[dazz32]

Good luck with that Dave...hope they bring her back in one piece..

[Dave-Ellen]

should be OK its not on a track

[Kazi]

Title says it all

Dropping the IS350 off with Car magazine on 26/9 for a road test of the IS350 Compressor :winky:

Quite chuffed but a bit worried.......................

Nice! Not been on here in a while Dave, you have any pictures?

[Parthiban]

That's great news mate, will get you great publicity for those orders to start rolling in :winky:

Which month's magazine will be it in? (Or please just let us know when it's out so we can get one!)

[Steviewevie]

Which month's magazine will be it in? (Or please just let us know when it's out so we can get one!)

I get a subscription copy of Car, so I will certainly post as soon as I see it in the mag.

[Dave-Ellen]

Date put back til 6/10 will post up publication dates etc as soon as I have them

[Steviewevie]

The review is finally out, in the April 2009 edition of Car magazine. Not sure if it's in the shops or not yet, I have a subscription copy.

Dave and Prolex actually get a name-check, nice work there ! :winky: :D

The review is only a short one. Basically they liked it, but say that the numbers don't add up. They quote that the IS350 plus charger cost £40K when they tested the car, but now this has gone up to £49K due to the exchange rate, and an IS-F only costs 1K more. Even if you can't get a new IS-F they said they found nearly-new ones for sale from 40K.

[Parthiban]

Cool, might have to try pick that up to have a look.........did they say anything about how it compared to the IS-F other than on price?

[Steviewevie]

Cool, might have to try pick that up to have a look.........did they say anything about how it compared to the IS-F other than on price?

They said that Dave's car with the added coilovers "rides about as well as the IS-F" (which is not that well, in their opinion). They said the uprated ARBs were gave a better turn-in than the IS-F.

They preferred the sound of the IS-F's V8 to the IS350's charged V6, and also the IS-F's gearbox.

[Gord]

The review is finally out, in the April 2009 edition of Car magazine. Not sure if it's in the shops or not yet, I have a subscription copy.

Dave and Prolex actually get a name-check, nice work there ! :winky: :D

The review is only a short one. Basically they liked it, but say that the numbers don't add up. They quote that the IS350 plus charger cost £40K when they tested the car, but now this has gone up to £49K due to the exchange rate, and an IS-F only costs 1K more. Even if you can't get a new IS-F they said they found nearly-new ones for sale from 40K.

You could get 2nd hand one (is350), with charger fitted in Japan, for less than 1/2 them quotes :D

[Scorps01]

should be OK its not on a track

Thats what they say!!.......................I'll look out for the video on You-Tube hooning around bruntingthorpe then