IS300H

I want a comfy reliable posh cruiser to get to work relaxed. And since I'm a special snowflake I want to be the only one in the carpark who doesn't have a german overpriced shit. So what's your opinion on the hybrid IS? I know it's not as fun as the 350 but it's the only version we get in Yurop. I'm looking for a 2014/2015 unless I can get a good deal on a restyled which might happen since they sell like shit here.

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Do you have HOV lanes in your country? Do you get HOV lane permission with a hybrid car? I would be on that like flys on shit if I still commuted in LA.

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I accidentally deleted my post...shit, sorry user.

AMA, i guess...

Nice. So what's the actual fuel consumption? I guess pretty far from what they claim but is it comparable to a diesel if you drive it relaxed? How's the driving feel? The CVT is kinda scaring me but is it really annoying in normal driving? Also the noise insulation: One of the reasons why I want this hybrid is for the quietness; how is it? And last, did you have problems with it? I know Lexus are supposed to be bulletproof but with the complex hybrid system I don't know.

>complex hybrid system
It's less complicated than a turbodiesel.

First of all you have to cope with the hybrid system and adapt your driving style because you have to learn some "tricks" do's and don'ts (like don't drive only with the electric traction for a long time because muh 99 km per liter --> wrong!).

I'd suggest you to look for hybrid cars forums, in Italy we have hybryd synergy (if you understand Italian of course), because they're a gold mine of information and other users experience (real, not memes).

>fuel consumption

I personally don't give a particular shit about high mpgs but with this car it's fun searching for low figures, it's a sort of challenge, said that with my driving style I get 16 km per liter of gasoline.

If I drive in a better way I can see 17-18 km per liter, as a total tank consumption, but it's based on my typical roads because if you use the car mostly on countryroads and such you can se 20+ km per liter.

In this Italian test the car scored a 4,74 L/100 km consumption on their test: omniauto.it/magazine/28123/lexus-is-hybrid-prova-consumi-roma-forli

>comparable to a diesel

This car is 100x times better than a diesel, first of all because you can hear NOTHING even going @ 150 km/h (at highway speeds the engine runs @ 1300/1500 rpm), secondly because you don't have to deal with DPF regen and associated shit...also the e-CVT is the comfiest thing I've ever driven (on the other side it's not sporty but with a car like this it's an ok compromise).

>e-CVT

Remember, it's not a CVT but it's a "e-CVT", it's something entirely different from a CVT apart from the "user experience" with is similar to a CVT but it's even faster.

The only moment in which you'll experiment a peak of high rpm will be and will only be when you totally floor the accelerator on when you're going uphill (a "strong" uphill), and you just have to think about what happens when in a normal car you floor: kick down --> high rpm --> partially release gas --> comfort.

With the CVT the car goes [...]

[...] automatically in the zone in which the engine gives you the full power, as you're requiring it by flooring the accelerator, and stays fixed until you partially release. It may be weird the first times but it has sense, you just have to get used to not have fixed gears. Anyways with 223 combined hp you won't need to stay more than X seconds on the pedal because the acceleration is strong.

>quietness

Quiet as fuck, you'll only hear the rolling tires and that's it. The car is the best insulated model in its category, it's very comfortable.

Make sure to buy if possible the Mark Levinson surround system.

>Reliability

Lexus are bulletproof generally, the hybrid system is even more reliable because you don't have different parts that can be found in a normal car: one above all the clutch(es).

>complex HSD

You don't have to worry about anything, just make sure to do the regular manteinance and you're done.

All the hybrid part comes with a 5 years warranty and can be extended up to 8 total years (at the end of year 5 you have to go @ dealer and pay like 30€ for the hybrid system check --> if positive then you have a free extra 1 year of warrantly only on the hybrid parts*).

For what concerns the engine: it's a 2.5 atkinson 180 hp NA engine associated with an e-CVT...you're 100% safe.

*batteries and such, not the engine.

Thx user, I'll think I'll go to the dealership book a test drive to decide for myself. I guess it's expected it's a good car, but I still don't understand why it's so rare in Europe. I mean if you look at autoscout there are only 316 2014+ IS for sale in all Europe, compared to 15000 3 series or Audi 4s

It's a mix of marketing, memes and false advertising...in Europe people thinks that German cars are the best possible cars ever.

Since I drive Lexus (I drove German cars in the past) I realized the truth.

It's like the car world is one big joke. Finally a manufacturer who can boast tech, luxury, and reliability in the same package, and they have to make their cars look like retarded predators. Ugh.