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@ColinBarber spot on 👍🏻

Couldn’t agree more - I know from the Lexus dealers that they often have to send them away to specialists. There have been quite a few members who have chosen a more available colour & got all the wheels done to solve the issue. It may prove easier to do the same, but hope you get it sorted whatever you decide.

The BBS wheel colour is quite hard to match as it’s apparently made up of 2 colours. Thankfully I didn’t need to do this while I owned my ISF. The following is the paint info I made a note of from the various discussions on this forum so I hope it helps. ISF Wheel paint codes: Dark silver metallic (11GY39) Silver (11GY38) buffed finish Toyota touch up kit? Gray Mica Met 1E2 PZ449-W1E30-09 PD05/10. ED05/12

The sport button on the sterring wheel was only on the later models with the larger central rev counter & LED DRL’s. The blue panel steering wheel came in when they updated the ISF to include the mechanical LSD around 2010 - all depends when the car was registered. I had the sport button, large Rev counter & LEDs on a late August 2011 but did see one of these models registered as early as March or April 2011. Until I bought my ISF everything I read had lead me to believe this model was only available from 2012 onwards. Good luck with the search - they are a brilliant car & you won’t find anything else with its performance that is as bomb proof.

They look brilliant - love the design👍🏻

Welcome to the club & great choice, they are a brilliant car. Look forward to seeing some photos👍🏻

Congratulations 👍🏻

Made sure I removed reg plate from all the photos I posted for a while only to find it turned up on a car spotting web site after a Bluewater meet. 🙄 Coincidence - I think not, but thankfully nothing untoward happened thereafter.

That’s a cracking model - the more expensive one you have ordered will have to go some to top it as the detail is excellent. It’s in the right colour as well 😉

Do love the ISF in white, but then I’m biased having owned one in F sport white😉😂

Really sorry to hear that & I hope you have a speedy recovery so u can return in the future👍🏻

@Big RatNice find Paul - the bias still annoys annoys me as much as it did when I watched it the first time🙄😉 @Vlady M3 is quicker If a seconds difference a lap on a track matters to you - on the road would make little noticeable difference IMHO. When I originally test drove a 2009 ISF I was surprised how good the ride was in comparison with my Audi S4 at the time given everything I had read/seen. Made the S4’s ride seem far more unrefined & I had not seen a single review of the Audi even mention its ride quality. You just need to test drive one & make your own mind up - I bet you will be surprised. As far as gearbox & the rest of Clarkson’s criticisms, most of the German manufacturers followed suit meaning the ISF was ahead of its time as others have already said.. Interestingly I was struck watching the video at how fresh the ISF looked - I thought the M3 by comparison was showing its age IMHO (although still a very attractive car).

@Big RatPaul interesting video, especially the RCF GT - seemed very rapid & well planted, without all the tyre squealing of the BMW’s. Looked very impressive to me👍🏻 Got to love the sound of the LFA, just brilliant. What’s the score on the ISF - any ideas?

Same with my 2011.

Most likely as they are the biggest market for Lexus & where I did most of my research before buying my ISF. I’m sure some knowledgeable soul will be along shortly to help 😉

Not seen that but if you are interested there is a similar recent thread on here about an ISF with 340k with no issues in the US. I appreciate it’s not an RCF but the engine & gear box in the RCF are later versions of those in the ISF. There are also members on hear running higher mileage ISF who can confirm how reliable they are. I honestly can’t think of a single performance car out there that has the reliability of any of the F models to date.

Congratulations & welcome to the club. Dont forget lots of pictures area requirement😉

@NothernDan Dan called Lexus Derby today & spoke to Nick & Alex to thank them for looking after us so well. 👍🏻

Hi Bob it was great to meet you both & really sorry you made the run from Buxton to Ladybower only to see us leave. I hope the run at least was an enjoyable one - I made a right hash of it after leaving you at Buxton. Hopefully it will be more successful for us both another time.👍🏻

Thanks Paul & It was great to catch up as alway mate & likewise👍🏻

I’d hoped they might be able too but as my late decision was after 1:00 apparently they couldn’t - never mind.

Pity I didn’t think of that Dan as my room was also available for free.

I thought they did an excellent job. They had someone ready to show me where to park on my arrival & I was then greeted by the dealer principal. They were very attentive & made me feel very welcome - couldn’t have asked for more👍🏻

@Peter P18thanks Pete he’s doing ok - these things are to be expected when your only a few months away from your 90th. Was surprised to see you all parked up after leaving Ladybower - was it for photos? Hope you all had a fun evening & good journeys home via some great roads 👍🏻 @NothernDan Dan hope your wife & son are doing well. Thanks again for all the work you put in choosing some stunning roads. Combination of perfect weather & autumn colours was just amazing. Have driven the Buxton/Glossop/Snake Pass section in the past but hadn’t travelled the roads south of there before so had no idea how spectacular they were. Will definitely being doing that again. 👍🏻 It was good to meet so many people & see so many F’s together yesterday. I thought Lexus Derby did a great job making us feel very welcome. There were bound to be hiccups with such a large group TBO. It’s difficult enough staying together in smalll convoys so I expected it to break into smaller groups anyway. Thought I had planned for that by programming the whole route in the satnav so I didn’t miss any of the roads chosen, except I hadn’t tested how well that actually worked before hand Drrrr!! - so loosing the group then arriving late was entirely my own fault 🙄 Never mind at least I now know what not to do in future & got to drive some amazing roads that were not on the itinerary. Also got to at least do the Winnet’s Pass route on the way back to Buxton with @Big Rat & @Warrington guy which was just brilliant 👍🏻

Hi all it was great to meet you all. Perfect weather stunning scenery & some cracking roads. Sorry for my tardy departure without saying goodbye but unfortunately I got a call as we left Ladybower that my very elderly father in law had been taken Ill. Hope you all have nice evening & a great day tomorrow👍🏻