I too live in Houston and picked up my IS-F at Sterling McCall Lexus a week ago today. Love it. My wife and I drove it to a convention in Ft Worth last weekend so we now have a little over 800 miles on it. My BMW driving son drove it today for the first time and thinks it is really great. Thank goodness I ordered my wife a new BMW 335i convertable or I would lose the F to her in a minute. She loves driving it. She has had MGs, three different Trans Ams, including a convertible, so she likes the power.