Anyone have an ISF as a daily drive?
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I use mine as a daily driver, although as I don't work, it doesn't get used for a commute. I get about 14 -16 around town and can get 29mpg on a long drive if I pussyfoot it. However, realistically you'll not get that; more like 24mpg.
I just had it serviced this week and for a full service it was £517.
It's easy to live with but does draw attention as they're still pretty rare. Mine's currently for sale in the classifieds.
I just had it serviced this week and for a full service it was £517.
It's easy to live with but does draw attention as they're still pretty rare. Mine's currently for sale in the classifieds.
Hi, we have one, not quite a daily driver, but 10k in the last year. It's a great car, better on fuel than you may think, but we found the ride unacceptable and replaced the suspension with Tien adjustables. It's addressed what was the only real issue ( for us, at least ). Worth talking to Adrian Smith at Fensport for an experts opinion, as he runs one as a daily driver, and has done a fair bit of development. Lexus gave him a car to evaluate, iirc.
On balance, I prefer it to the M5, better steering, feels like it has more torque, and is almost certainly likely to be more reliable.
On balance, I prefer it to the M5, better steering, feels like it has more torque, and is almost certainly likely to be more reliable.
japgt said:
Cant believe you replaced your sus for teins in favour of standard, is it really that bad?? Ive got tein coilovers on my scoob and they are very very harsh, even when backed off to the softest setting available..
Suspension was specially developed by Adrian at Fensport for the ISF...took him a few goes to get the rates right, but he had the same reservations as me about the standard set-up....too harsh for bumpy back roads, throws the car off line on mid-corner bumps, which somewhat defeats the object!He had it set on the middle setting out of 16 possibles, took me for a test drive, and I saw no reason to change from anything he'd done. Much better ride, same ride height, car doesn't ground, handling better on bumpy roads, otherwise as good as standard everywhere else.
Yes, it was very hard as standard....my other car's an Evo 8...before the ISF had the suspension changed, the Evo rode like a limo by comparison!
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