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Ben Socratous
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Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 09:23 am, by: Ben Socratous (Socrates)

Well, I just took the manual sports model out for a spin today and have come to this conclusion... i like, very nice, wa wa we wa, sexy time!

As expected it was a tad slow as it only has 153kw at the fly, but after 4500rpm it really pulls ok (as was evident by me doing 140 through the hills, and the sales bloke loved it!) Now it makes me want a 6 speed soarer

Oh, and with the magical gizmos that thing has in the way of parking sensors and plane projectors (all displayed on a 8" screen), even a woman could park it (***runs and hides***).

Still, if anyone ever wants an upgrade to their current ride, hold off another year or so as the IS-F is due for release in late '08. Picture a IS250, with factory wide body kit, 19" BBS rims, an alloy block quad cam 5L V8, AND a 8 speed paddle shifter box

You may drool here... http://www.lexus.com/fcv/is_f.html

Don Bagnall
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Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 12:43 pm, by: Don Bagnall (Baggs)

Velly SHEKSY! Me WANT!

Brenton Trafford
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Monday, April 23, 2007 - 01:38 pm, by: Brenton Trafford (Traff)

I'll take two. Don't care what colour..

Daniel Czechowski
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Monday, April 23, 2007 - 03:17 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Yeah I've been looking at this car lately, and I love it. The US has a IS350 model as well with a 3.5L engine which is quite respectable, I've read somewhere it might be coming here as well, hope it does soon.

Looking forward, I will probably have the Soarer for another year and a half and get the new IS packaged through work. And value for money wise, it beats the 3 series Beemer and the C class Merc in terms of pretty much everything. IS-F would be just awesome though!

Either that, or the dorky looking 130i Beemer (aka. M1)

Ben Socratous
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Monday, April 23, 2007 - 05:28 pm, by: Ben Socratous (Socrates)

M1, ummmmmmm?!? I'm assuming that is sarcasm hey? I would love a M1 beema, one of the first true supercars!

Daniel Czechowski
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Monday, April 23, 2007 - 05:59 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Ben Socratous wrote on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 05:28 pm:
M1, ummmmmmm?!? I'm assuming that is sarcasm hey? I would love a M1 beema, one of the first true supercars!

I am serious! A mate of mine has had one for 6 months (he needed a bigger car for second baby so bought an E class) it is the 1 series hatchback RWD beemer, with the 3L 6 cyl high performance engine, obviously lower tune than the M3, however the power to weight ratio makes it just as good performance wise. They never called it an M1, but unofficially this version is know as M1. It's a poor man's M3, put it this way. For $70K you get a beemer with M3 performance. Back when my car was stock, it absolutely slaughtered my soarer off the lights, and still managed to gain a lot on me on roll ons too. Here's one:

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/dealer/BMW/130i/details.aspx?Model=130i&__Nne=20&__N=4294967079 +0+4294954619++834+285+258+287&Make=BMW&RegionID=&State=All%20States&silo=1000&state_id=0&distance=2 5&Cr=0&seot=0&__sid=1110D762B2A0&R=967739&__Ns=pCar_StatusSort_Int32|1||pCar_Price_Decimal|0&Region=All%20Regions&trecs=19

Google it for any reviews etc, that's one hatchback that will give your Soarer a run for its money

David Vaughan
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Monday, April 23, 2007 - 09:34 pm, by: David Vaughan (Davidv)

No, I think this is what Ben was talking about Daniel:
http://www.bmwworld.com/models/vintage/m1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M1

Ben Socratous
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Monday, April 23, 2007 - 09:41 pm, by: Ben Socratous (Socrates)

Yep, that is the one mate!

Daniel Czechowski
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Monday, April 23, 2007 - 11:30 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Pardon me. I was referring to brand new cars haha.

Benny Gammelmark
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 11:33 pm, by: Benny Gammelmark (Oldfield)

Daniel Czechowski wrote on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 05:59 pm:
obviously lower tune than the M3

It's not the M3 engine. It's the 330I engine. The old M3 engine was a 3.2l.

It is also overprices by at least $10,000.
If you want something that drives well, looks good and has a lot of room, buy a VW R32.
Or if you really want a BMW (can't understand why), then buy a used M3.

Daniel Clarke
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:20 am, by: Daniel Clarke (Dieseltrain)

My mate owns a 2003 330I coupe. Lets jsut say he got owned in a way he never thought possible!!! Hahahaha.

Daniel Czechowski
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 09:15 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Oh yeah, if you modify your soarer it will own anything. My reference was to both cars being stock...

Used M3 hmmmm... *looks up on carsales.com.au*

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Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 03:22 pm, by: Peter Beer (Pmb☺57)

For anyone who hasn't seen this yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGTVOT2R3xg

Daniel Czechowski
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 04:17 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Noice!!!

Peter Burrett
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 05:37 pm, by: Peter Burrett (Burrett)

My IS200 went in for a 40km service (groan, nearly $1k) and they gave me an auto IS250...it was the duck's guts.... I didn't fang it with a salesman in the death seat, but I did give it a bit of curry, and I think they are on a winner....I want to see the IS350 here..

Daniel Czechowski
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 06:06 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Peter Burrett wrote on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 05:37 pm:
My IS200 went in for a 40km service (groan, nearly $1k) and they gave me an auto IS250...it was the duck's guts.... I didn't fang it with a salesman in the death seat, but I did give it a bit of curry, and I think they are on a winner....I want to see the IS350 here..

Yeah they did that to me as well, except I had it for a couple of days. Did they also ask you if you wanna buy it when you gave the car back? Very sneaky