Pics of my speed.

[jcgemt2003]

Here go a couple pics I took of the Protege Garage speed6. Let me know what you think! Should I keep it or traded it for the 08 Lexus IS350? Anyone interseted in making me an offer? Kens gonna kill me (bicker)

 

[jcgemt2003]

A few more....

 

[Akaveli]

damn! keep it!

 

[SilverBulletES]

Trade it for a good car, like a 335i.

 

[Mazdaspeed2oo35]

Nice looking car, but You can't go against a 2008 Lexus IS350, i'll say sell it and jump to another level of pimping a real bad ass Car !!!

 

[SilverBulletES]

Drove an IS350.... boring. Sequential tranny.... boooring. What's the point in anything other than a race car or maybe a Ferrari?

 

[Igve2shtz]

335i or bust.

Or Lexus IS-F ... Or M3 ...

 

[Rican219]

335i or bust.

(mswerd)

 

[SpcyOrngMSP]

i335 pwns, does anyone make a software upgrade for it yet? curious to see the #'s it would put down with a little more boost and a tune

 

[Igve2shtz]

Vishnu has an upgrade ... 400 hp, 400 lb-ft.

Thats M3 territory! I dont know how reliable it is at those levels though.

 

[acidbug]

In all honesty..It really has to do with what you goals are. IMO the speed6 is a great buy considering price, options, AWD and hp! You cannot tell me another car that is in same price range and includes as much.

If you are looking for high performance & luxury..I would suggest going BMW. New M3's are hot. I raced my friend brand new M3. Off the line i would get him but from a roll he would put a killin on me.

He let me take it for a ride..Thing had all kind of cool options and he even let me drive it in sport mode.

Thing was sick...but than again..his car costs nearly double what i paid for mine.

-C

 

[snooky]

i gotta say your ms6 looks sweet, my buddy got the is350 he loves it.
if you end up keeping it you gotta smoke the side marker

 

[Wintermute]

Well the Lexus IS350 is a nice car. Lexus has outstanding reliability and their customer service is second to none. The cars are flawlessly built and everything in them is of the highest quality.

However Lexus is Toyota, which tends to be conservative in the styling and performance department. The LS-F is a nice new option, but $$$! The IS350 is more about comfort and luxury than performance. Day in and day out, a great car to live with but just not very exciting.

The 335i is more about performance than luxury. Outstanding car (there's a reason it almost always wins the sports sedan shoot-outs). But reliability is not that great, and maintenance is expensive. It's much more refined than the MS6, but you pay for that refinement pretty dearly. So IMO, it boils down to this:

Luxury, and reliability: Lexus IS350
Luxury, and performance: BMW 335i
Performance, and value: Mazdaspeed 6

 

[acidbug]

The 335i is more about performance than luxury. Outstanding car (there's a reason it almost always wins the sports sedan shoot-outs). But reliability is not that great, and maintenance is expensive. It's much more refined than the MS6, but you pay for that refinement pretty dearly. So IMO, it boils down to this:

Luxury, and reliability: Lexus IS350
Luxury, and performance: BMW 335i
Performance, and value: Mazdaspeed 6

IMHO Should be:

High Luxury, and low Performance: Lexus IS350
High Luxury, and High Performance: BMW 335i/M3
Luxury and Performance: Mazdaspeed6
High Performance and Low Luxury: Evo/STI

 

[Igve2shtz]

IMHO Should be:

High Luxury, and low Performance: Lexus IS350
High Luxury, and High Performance: BMW 335i/M3
Luxury and Performance: Mazdaspeed6
High Performance and Low Luxury: Evo/STI

High Luxury, and low Performance: Lexus IS350
High Luxury, and High Performance: BMW 335i/M3
Luxury and Performance: Mazdaspeed6
High Performance and Low Luxury: Evo/STI
psuedo-High Performance, and low Driving Enjoyment: Mercedes

 

[scnzzz]

Well, if ur gonna sell it, at least get something fun to drive. 335 with the Vishnu chip comes to mind - have heard great things about it.

But not for a slushbox IS350...

 

[Klip]

jcgemt2003, Your car looks great man.
1 question? the paint on the stock wheels, what color is that? (stock black mica or another black)

 

[that_guy]

Trade it for an M3

 

[Boosted03MSP]

Why would you trade that on an IS350. Plus your trade in will definately suck on it. I rip everyone off everyday on their trade it. LOL

 

[jcgemt2003]

Well, if ur gonna sell it, at least get something fun to drive. 335 with the Vishnu chip comes to mind - have heard great things about it.

But not for a slushbox IS350...

I dont like the interior of the bmw 335 and the wheels are powder coated not painted. The color is satin black.(drinks)