gracielong
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Found a 2012 IS-F that's been listed for a couple weeks at a smaller dealer near the industrial area and I went to take a look yesterday and it fired right up with that intoxicating Yamaha tuned V8 rumble which almost made me want to ignore the little voice in my head telling me to be sensible about a twelve year old performance sedan that's probably been driven enthusiastically by every previous owner, the body looks straight and the interior is in way better shape than I expected but I noticed the radiator support had some fresh looking paint on the bolts and the Carfax equivalent the dealer showed me was a bit vague about a gap in 2019 when the car was apparently off the road for almost a year, I know everyone says Lexus is unbreakable and the IS-F is a tank but the valley plate coolant leak on these 2UR engines is a real thing and the transmission adaptives can mask a lot of hard driving if you don't know what to look for, I stumbled onto a page where I can Click to visit this page and see a specific Lexus inspection checklist they do out here which sounds reassuring in theory but part of me wonders if I'm just being too cautious about a car that's famous for being the reliable choice in this segment, anyone actually had a PPI done on an F car and had it reveal something that wasn't obvious just from driving it around the block because I don't want to be that guy who skipped the inspection and found out six months later that the torque converter is on its way out.