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I sometimes adopt the practice, when getting into position within parallel stripes, of turning the steering-wheel to full-lock and leaving it there so as to maximise the protuberance of the front wheels and thus visibly increase the car's width. I like that idea Renato. I shall give it a go

18000 miles on the original tyres; still plenty of life left My parking solution is to park on the end of a row as far away as possible from other cars.

Do keep the news coming Terrance, and pictures if possible

Not quite as clean, with many bug splats from the EVO triangle

Yes I do need to try harder. it was my first ride on that road so I wasn't sure it was safe. I think 55mph is possible, which would be nice as there is a 50 speed limit sign at the bottom of the hill

I agree with all of this. Apart from the bike bit. The fastest I've got to is 49.8mph on the Buxton to Leek road

They did a Mesa Red one. It was the best colour, but all the owners of red ones are shy retiring types so don't post on here much

If you are ever in Las Vegas, take a couple of hours for a tour of the Shelby museum and factory. The history is fascinating, they have iconic cars on display and I found myself pondering a Shelby Mustang as a next car. They have also recently opened a site near London which can do any of the Shelby modifications. I tried to rent a V8 Mustang in Colorado for a ady, but they had none. We had to make do with a V8 Camaro

The C63 was my second choice when I got the IS-F. It was £10,000 more for a similar age and mileage. More of a problem was the need to interact with MB dealers. Of all the ones I've met, only one of them made the potential customer experience anything other than awful. In the end I test drove the C63 from an independent garage

I bet that takes a while to sell in that colour. I would imagine they would be better off stripping the wrap and selling it in white

Yes please; do try it and let us know. I don't like driving without a spare either.

I had no B pillar problem Rhys, though I am a relatively stumpy 6'4"

The hinges are why I sold my IS-F. Didn't I mention it at the time?

Carry on Top Gear I say. It makes them rarer and cheaper to buy. Double win.

I think they all have ML sound, but I think here are two levels of ML. I think mine has the basic one. As you can tell, I'm not really a music nerd and don't really care. What I can say is that the system I have does a great job of playing The Dambusters and 633 Squadron whilst blasting down the autobahn at 177mph on a dawn raid. I'm also not a driving god, so I suspect all the TVD stuff would be lost on me. It handles and goes perfectly well as standard. I had all the radar cruise stuff on my IS-F and used it once, so I have no problem without it As for buying, anyone who specs their own brand new RC-F would be a loony, or have some trust fund to cover the depreciation. Therefore, as Martin F said, you are left with trade-offs of price, kit, mileage and condition when looking for a used one. I think I found a real bargain so put in an immediate bid when I saw it. I had constrained myself to go for Blue as a first choice, then Red, but would not want any other colour (cue abuse from the monochrome groupies), so the kit level was immaterial. (cue more abuse and gender stereotyping about girls choosing a car by colour over kit)

I really like the colour contrast in the rear, highlighting that there are just two seats rather than a bench...though you have turned the contrast up to 11 though

Not having one fitted would explain the absence of a warning. I understand some sort of warning system is now mandatory for new cars. It makes sense as slowly deflating tyres are not always obvious

Yep, the RC-F is much more economical than the IS-F. And has 54bhp more (depending on whose figures you believe). Yet another reason to change. And, no, I'm not trying to big up the RC-F to sell you mine; I'm keeping it at least two more years

Didn't the tyre pressure warning system give you any advance warning? I thought that is what they were there for?

PS My IS-F was never mistaken for an Avensis. Has this ever happened or is it just urban myth?

Any children in the back should be under 5'8", even if you have a short(ish) wife in the front. Usefully we only have one son, but he is now 6'1" so family trips are short or delegated to the wife's Yeti. Its nice to hear many more positive comments about the RC-F. I got the impression when it came out that the forum was influenced by some negative media coverage and the reception was a little luke-warm. I was wondering if I'd made an error. Now I'm sure I haven't I hope more of you make the leap and see how great it is; no more being mistaken for an Avensis.

Yes for me Flytvr; the IS-F was my best ever car (by quite a margin) until I got the RC-F. That is now my hero. It wasn't love at first drive though; it taken a while to really grow on me

Colorado has most of what you wish for, and very few police cars. Bits of Oregon and Washington are good too

Looks a bit like the RC-F home screen. I wonder if they were testing some functionality on later IS-Fs?

We borrowed this from Avis in Colorado Springs for a day last week to blast around the mountains. And yes, it is the SS with the V8