Hello Acuraziners.
I used to come to the forum daily but didn't post much. I thought I would share things I miss after switching from a '12 TSX to a '15 IS350.
Fuel efficiency: Unfair comparison but I truly miss the fuel efficiency of the TSX. Given my TSX was a 4-cylinder 5-speed and now I'm V6 with AWD. I used to get 8 L/100 km and now I'm lucky to get 11 L/100 km.
ELS vs Mark Levinson Audio: ELS handsdown. Although the ML audio has much deeper bass, it just doesn't have the pure clarity that ELS had. The midtones in my IS350 are very muddy. Adjusting the equalizer just makes it worse. The virtual surround with ML is not as good as the Dolby technology with ELS.
Storage: There is zip, zilch, zippo storage in the IS. Cupholders are the stupidest design ever with awkward reach and are sized way too small.
Visibility: This stems from design, but the TSX had much better visibility. I have no idea how IS drivers without the back up camera get by.
HIDs: Also, hands down TSX. I don't have the LED headlights on my IS because they are not available in Canada on my trim, but I'm sure even with them, they could not beat the TSX stock HIDs. Even in the ClubLexus forums, the community admits Acura has the best stock HIDs available. :thumbsup:
Navigation: Sure the display is slightly higher resolution in the IS, but it's smaller! The menus in the IS are slow and laggy. The system constantly needs to think. Although the software in the TSX was dated, everything work flawlessly. My phone takes almost a whole minute to pair with the IS compared to the TSX, which was near instant.
Paint: If you thought Acura/Honda paint was soft, you haven't experienced anything yet. The paint on my IS, while arguably more brilliant, looks more pitted after 8 months than TSX did after 3 years.
Interior room: Even though the 3rd gen IS is much improved over the 2nd gen, it's still smaller than the TSX. I would attribute that also to design partly because the IS feels very cockpit like and snug whereas the TSX has more breathing room. If you carry passengers frequently, the IS is not for you.
TPMS: For some unknown reason (rather to profit more), the 3rd gen IS can no longer remember 2 sets of TPMS sensors. For those with a second set of wheels, you get to pay the dealer upwards of $50 to reprogram the bloody sensors. Worse yet, there is encryption technology for the sensor IDs so only Lexus dealers can program them at the moment. TSX was a simple swap and reset.
No huge regrets though. My dad drives the TSX now and he likes everything about it (coming from a '98 Camry). She still runs like new and I haven't had any problems. :wish:
I used to come to the forum daily but didn't post much. I thought I would share things I miss after switching from a '12 TSX to a '15 IS350.
Fuel efficiency: Unfair comparison but I truly miss the fuel efficiency of the TSX. Given my TSX was a 4-cylinder 5-speed and now I'm V6 with AWD. I used to get 8 L/100 km and now I'm lucky to get 11 L/100 km.
ELS vs Mark Levinson Audio: ELS handsdown. Although the ML audio has much deeper bass, it just doesn't have the pure clarity that ELS had. The midtones in my IS350 are very muddy. Adjusting the equalizer just makes it worse. The virtual surround with ML is not as good as the Dolby technology with ELS.
Storage: There is zip, zilch, zippo storage in the IS. Cupholders are the stupidest design ever with awkward reach and are sized way too small.
Visibility: This stems from design, but the TSX had much better visibility. I have no idea how IS drivers without the back up camera get by.
HIDs: Also, hands down TSX. I don't have the LED headlights on my IS because they are not available in Canada on my trim, but I'm sure even with them, they could not beat the TSX stock HIDs. Even in the ClubLexus forums, the community admits Acura has the best stock HIDs available. :thumbsup:
Navigation: Sure the display is slightly higher resolution in the IS, but it's smaller! The menus in the IS are slow and laggy. The system constantly needs to think. Although the software in the TSX was dated, everything work flawlessly. My phone takes almost a whole minute to pair with the IS compared to the TSX, which was near instant.
Paint: If you thought Acura/Honda paint was soft, you haven't experienced anything yet. The paint on my IS, while arguably more brilliant, looks more pitted after 8 months than TSX did after 3 years.
Interior room: Even though the 3rd gen IS is much improved over the 2nd gen, it's still smaller than the TSX. I would attribute that also to design partly because the IS feels very cockpit like and snug whereas the TSX has more breathing room. If you carry passengers frequently, the IS is not for you.
TPMS: For some unknown reason (rather to profit more), the 3rd gen IS can no longer remember 2 sets of TPMS sensors. For those with a second set of wheels, you get to pay the dealer upwards of $50 to reprogram the bloody sensors. Worse yet, there is encryption technology for the sensor IDs so only Lexus dealers can program them at the moment. TSX was a simple swap and reset.
No huge regrets though. My dad drives the TSX now and he likes everything about it (coming from a '98 Camry). She still runs like new and I haven't had any problems. :wish: