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Hi everyone,
My first post here, so a big hello to fellow enthusiasts.
My situation: A few years ago the wife (then girlfriend) needed a car, and I found her a low milage 2018 Lexus ES350 for a safe daily driver for her. Just our luck, this past March we clipped a deer and totaled the car. Needing a car in a hurry, we ended up buying a new Lexus ES350. She wanted the panoramic roof and good stereo, so we took an Amtrak train up to Albany where a dealer had one with the options we wanted.
Now, five months later, I find myself doing most of the driving, and aside from the times I prefer a quiet long distance drive on the highway, I’m getting completely bored with this car.
My gripes, it’s bigger and heavier than our last ES, weighing about 3600lbs. As you can probably guess, it drives like a grandmother’s Buick. Worse than that though (and from what I’ve read this is inherent with all of them), the 8 speed transmission has a very noticeable shudder at low speed/low throttle. Almost as if the tcc is locking/unlocking and can’t decide what to do, or it’s just the 2 to 3 shift doing the same. Other than that, the rear springs sag in the ass end, making the car perpetually look like the trunk is completely loaded.
So, fast forward to the present. We’re on vacation, and while browsing through the magazine section at the supermarket, I see Car & Driver with a new ITS on the cover. I picked it up and read through it while sitting on the beach.
I’ll say I’m impressed, and now seriously thinking of trading in the new car for an ITS. One slight issue, I’ll need to teach the wife to drive a stick with it, but the good side is she has always said she wants to learn.
Sorry for such a long winded first post, but I thought perhaps some of you may have found yourselves in similar situations and I was wondering what actual owners might think. If I sell the Lexus, I’d probably take a 10k hit.
My first post here, so a big hello to fellow enthusiasts.
My situation: A few years ago the wife (then girlfriend) needed a car, and I found her a low milage 2018 Lexus ES350 for a safe daily driver for her. Just our luck, this past March we clipped a deer and totaled the car. Needing a car in a hurry, we ended up buying a new Lexus ES350. She wanted the panoramic roof and good stereo, so we took an Amtrak train up to Albany where a dealer had one with the options we wanted.
Now, five months later, I find myself doing most of the driving, and aside from the times I prefer a quiet long distance drive on the highway, I’m getting completely bored with this car.
My gripes, it’s bigger and heavier than our last ES, weighing about 3600lbs. As you can probably guess, it drives like a grandmother’s Buick. Worse than that though (and from what I’ve read this is inherent with all of them), the 8 speed transmission has a very noticeable shudder at low speed/low throttle. Almost as if the tcc is locking/unlocking and can’t decide what to do, or it’s just the 2 to 3 shift doing the same. Other than that, the rear springs sag in the ass end, making the car perpetually look like the trunk is completely loaded.
So, fast forward to the present. We’re on vacation, and while browsing through the magazine section at the supermarket, I see Car & Driver with a new ITS on the cover. I picked it up and read through it while sitting on the beach.
I’ll say I’m impressed, and now seriously thinking of trading in the new car for an ITS. One slight issue, I’ll need to teach the wife to drive a stick with it, but the good side is she has always said she wants to learn.
Sorry for such a long winded first post, but I thought perhaps some of you may have found yourselves in similar situations and I was wondering what actual owners might think. If I sell the Lexus, I’d probably take a 10k hit.
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