Hello all!

Welcome!! I do not believe you will be successful in a swap but to be honest, the car is certainly not boring to drive so I doubt you will miss shifting that much. It is an outstanding car.

Forgive me for being blunt but you asked. If you must have a manual then go look at an M3. It has one and unfortunately thats all you get. I know, I looked. Now about the IS-F, the car doesnt need one and shouldnt have one. In track form it holds its own without a manual. Its almost more fun to me to hit the paddles on track day than a manual. Its instant and it blips well on downshifts and holds the RPM's. Its had to deny the feel of a manual but this car goes well beyond it. Good luck and I hope you atleast go drive one. And Welcome to the forum!!
Andy

I guess you haven't driven an F yet huh? The tranny is bullet proof, up shifting at .1's of a second(I dare you to try and beat that) and even blips the throttle on down shifts. All new super cars are only coming in auto, like Ferrari's and Lambo's.

I can honestly say I don't miss rowing through gears AT ALL. The oh shit feeling of missing a gear, the on no's I held the clutch a bit too long for this take off, and mostly because of this Miami traffic.

Like you said if it's a deal breaker then you should look somewhere else like an M3...but I hope your not too sad when I pass you up on the street in my F

Thanks for all the interesting and honest feedback! Yeah I guess having a six speed wasn't that important to me because after you mentioned missing gears and all that I wasn't to thrilled on getting another car where because of my error I either would destroy my synchros or mess the car up any worse! As for the test drive I've only been in a is350 but that was enough to convince me to get an is-f! As for the m3's, I wasn't impressed and for that amount of money to be spent the interior should've been way better than what it is. I'm at that point now where Im making a lot better money now and I want to get away from the kid racer look and have a nice clean family oriented sedan that can still turn heads and haul kids, wife and a trunk of groceries! I have a test drive coming up and after that I'll be looking for that USB color because it just calls out to me! Again thanks for all the feedback!

hi guys i am new to this site!!!that's a nice stuff.. would help me a lot.. Thanks for the post(s).

OP:

1. Go test drive an ISF.


2. Wait for July-August, that's when the 2013's usually come out, the 2011's will take a big dump in price.

I would go 2011 or 2012.

For a very long time I was looking for information on this topic. Thanks to all!