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That was my old ISF. I owned her for about 5 years and she was a pleasure to own. She didn't look like that when I sold her (attached) Got rid of her during Covid for about 10k while she had 93k on clock. She did need some TLC wrt stone chips and some wear and tear to seats as she was used daily for school runs while also being used on track. The paint has been sorted and she has since been put onto a different plate but used to be MK58 VKU. As you can tell, she has also been "modified" somewhat although I did put exhaust on and some RR Racing bushes. The rest was done by chap who bought her Has been up for sale for years now both privately and via a trader so am interested to see if/when she finally goes. I plan to return to the Lexus fold some day but can't face £700 a year in tax compared to £160 a year or so on the FK8 😉 Mind you, High Command has an NX300h which is slower than death but fairly comfortable so I haven't left the fold completely I am just waiting for @RichGS11 to put his up for sale 😉 Good luck in your search... great cars 🙂

Saw one many moons ago in Germany on display 🙂

https://www.torque-gt.co.uk/ for the Honda. They don't list Lexus but if you contact them directly, they can pretty much get hold of anything from Japan (well for cars anyhow 😉 )

Look like Dixcel Type Z's to me... I currently have them on my FK8 front and rear. Incredible pads 🙂

Randomly I got chatting to the owner back in August. My friend parked his 2011 USB ISF next to him at Brunnchen (although can't find the photo) Lovely motor and it carries a lot of war wounds that need more than a polish 😉 Really pleasant chap, he has put an LSD on the rear and apparently had it mapped to remove the rev limiter (although the beeps remained). His rear wing is a copy of the Lexus ISF race car wing that his friend made up for him out of carbon. Asked him about the standard exhaust and it has to stay as no TUV approved aftermarket exhausts for the ISF in Germany. We thought it was a face-lift at first because of lights until we saw the dash. I explained that I used to have a 2008 ISF in black myself, pointed out I replaced it with a Civic... he did not look impressed 😉

Sounds like you went on same journey as me from ISF to FK8. I was toying with an RCF but new job (albeit with a decent car allowance) has me commuting 2 days a week from Poole to Basingstoke so the FK8 remains as the fun daily driver. The wife has joined the Lexus club with an NX300h which is slower than death but "comfortable" 😉 Currently waiting to get my hands on the new Civic Type R before I decide what to jump to next. Also a Honda fan boy having owned 2x DC2's, a DC5 and an S2000. To keep me interested, my FK8 has now been "tweaked" to over 400bhp and is a rocket (not that it was slow before) I will confess that she doesn't sound anywhere near as nice as my old ISF although the Remus valved exhaust has helped improve the standard exhaust note 😉

Afraid not buddy. Long gone.

Definitely... I have owned 2 x DC2s, a DC5, an S2000, an ISF and come back full circle to an FK8 🙂 There was a BMW 335i (which we won't talk about) and a 350z in the mix as well 🙂

I used to have a DC5 and a couple of DC2s. Great cars. I ran an ISF for about 4/5 years. Loved it. It sorted the V8 itch out 🙂 The FK8 is incredible. Genuinely the most fun and capable car I have driven to date. Pace is on par with the ISF except the FK8 stops and corners in a totally different league. Paying £150 road tax rather than about £600 and 25mpg around town and 40mpg on the motorway are also a bonus. My only issue was the noise. I have sorted that with a suitable ASBO exhaust to match the looks 😉 although I have just bought a Remus valved one so I can go quiet or loud at touch of a button. Also I know the looks of the FK8 isn't for everyone but I think it looks great 🙂

https://www.funkypower.com/index.php/shop-by-vehicle/lexus/is/08-10-is-f/afe-takeda-cold-air-intake-system-is-f.html These guys are based in Scotland and are really good. I imported an exhaust from the USA for my FK8 through them so the price you see is what you pay rather than getting hit with import tax and the like.

So heard it changing down gear and pulling into the Shell Garage at bottom of Holes Bay Road (you are local so should know that) At first I thought it was a nice sounding superbike until I looked around. Only issue was that the noise was masked by the construction work at the station for the Costa drive thru 😞 Didn't hear it start as I think the driver was trying to negotiate the £35 limit on petrol and was going to fill/pay twice. At 1.60 a litre for V Power motion lotion, not cheap. Luckily for me with my 40 litre tank nowadays... Lasts a good month 😉

Yep. Appears to have been driven around by Pistonheads last month so may be part of something they are doing. On Matt Birds Twitter, someone else has picked up on the plate not appearing registered as well. Rather odd.

Think he even put 99 in 😉

Heard it before seen suffice to say 🙂

Randomly my neighbour had a Tesla on a weekend test a few years ago. He decided against it and no word of a lie, bought a 1984 Ferrari Mondial. Ugly thing but sounded lovely. You couldn't go from more of an extreme to another although he potters around in an SC430 nowadays. I drove a friend's electric Mini Cooper S the other day and must say I wasn't blown away although it weighs more and has less power than my Type R, something with a bit more go may change my mind. That being said... The wife is currently EV shopping. The Hyundai Ioniq-5 appears to be the front runner at the moment. She works from home and has to go to Bristol from Poole about once a month so for school/shop runs it makes sense. I also think the Ioniq-5 looks awesome, like an old school Cylon on wheels 😉 I am sticking with fossil juice as long as I can using her as my carbon offset 😉 It's just whether to stick to my Halfords Civic or return to the F fold that I am on the fence with at the moment.

It's an obvious question... But do you not miss the noise? Went I went from my ISF to my FK8 I really struggled with lack of noise of a V8 compared to the 4 pot turbo even though my Type R is faster accelerating mid range. New exhaust has sorted that to a degree ofc 🙂 I can't imagine going from a V8 to nothing. The only people who do that are failed F1 (V6) or Indycar drivers who end up in Formula E 😉 Or am I wrong and the whoopie cushion sound effects while sat in front of an open fire make up for the lack of V8 😉

Lexus Swindon appear to have turned into F specialists recently http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109307952909?atmobcid=soc3

Assume this is the grey one... http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109287892776?atmobcid=soc3

The blue one is showing as 1st registered on 28/12/11 so in theory you can get a warranty on it until midnight of 27/12/21 (I did the same on my old 58 plate ISF)

Thanks. Cool. I don't have that problem with a "Championship White" Civic Type R as I can just use Tipex 😉

Assume same colour although I thought USB/AB were different colours.

It certainly was. I started in Dec 97 as IT Support for what was UK Retail and UK Corporate Banking.

Someone somewhere is googling racist insurance companies and getting directed to a Lexus forum 😉

Get the same interest rate if you keep it under your pillow as well 😉

Now is the time to mention... Before working in insurance (Although I was at Fitness First for a year in between) I worked for Barclays for 14 years... 😉 They certainly had some interesting ethics 😉