Hello all:
I posted about this event maybe a month back, i'm not sure if people weren't interested in it, or were too far from it, but i'm now posting a follow up and post-event post. I signed up with my friend, I would have invited my other friends and cousins but they were all under 21, and I didn't think they'd wanna spend a whole day waiting in lines to ride shotgun. So anyway my friend and I embarked on a nice ride through the city(NYC) and had minimal difficulty finding the place, Belmont Park.
From the second we got in we were kindly assisted by a very nice and friendly Lexus staff :xyxthumbs . Main reason why we came was to test drive the Lexus. First thing we hit up was the RX300h, hybrid model, because of the short line. A very nice truck IMO. When I got in I didn't even know the car was on it was so quiet. This had a short course but you still got to feel it had a very nice amount of power.
After this we went to the main event; the IS Grand Prix. Here you can drive three different cars; Lexus IS250, IS350 and BMW 330i all on the same course to see how they did. According to the announcer there are only 20 new ISs (both 250 and 350) in the world and 16 of them are in the states, and 5 of them were at the event. That was pretty cool that we really were some of the first from the public to drive these cars. First car we drove was the 330i. This car was really fast and the suspension was really tight. I wasn't too comfortable in it though and my lower back was kinda sore after the ride :nervous: . Next we drove the IS250 on the same track. As soon as I got in, I was on cloud 9. I'm not accustomed to super nice luxury cars, but sitting in this car was SOOO comfortable I couldn't believe it. By far the most comfortable car I sat in all day, maybe my whole life :grinno: . Anyway this car really didn't impress me, it was pretty fast, but it was sliding all over the place on the turns. The weird part is its AWD, yet it felt the sloppiest out of the three, and the other 2 were RWD :nixweiss We then drove the IS350 which was the most anticipated car there, with the longest lines. That car really was fast and it gripped the road much nicer then the IS250. I was also driving it harder because it was my 3rd time around the track, and I was more comfortable with it.
They also had the entire Lexus lineup to test drive, so naturally we drove the most expensive one, the SC430. The SC430 was a really nice, elegant droptop. The steering wheel felt great and it had nice power. We didn't drive the GS400, but we drove the competitor, BMW 530i. That car was pretty nice, but the course really wasn't to big, so we passed on the rest.
Anyway the event overall was great. Even if you didn't come there to test drive cars, they had golf clinics, spa treatment and a very nice showcase of their cars. I was really impressed with the event and Lexus as a whole. It got a big :xyxthumbs from my friend and I.
Here are a couple pics, not the greatest, but I went there to test drive cars, not take pictures.
I posted about this event maybe a month back, i'm not sure if people weren't interested in it, or were too far from it, but i'm now posting a follow up and post-event post. I signed up with my friend, I would have invited my other friends and cousins but they were all under 21, and I didn't think they'd wanna spend a whole day waiting in lines to ride shotgun. So anyway my friend and I embarked on a nice ride through the city(NYC) and had minimal difficulty finding the place, Belmont Park.
From the second we got in we were kindly assisted by a very nice and friendly Lexus staff :xyxthumbs . Main reason why we came was to test drive the Lexus. First thing we hit up was the RX300h, hybrid model, because of the short line. A very nice truck IMO. When I got in I didn't even know the car was on it was so quiet. This had a short course but you still got to feel it had a very nice amount of power.
After this we went to the main event; the IS Grand Prix. Here you can drive three different cars; Lexus IS250, IS350 and BMW 330i all on the same course to see how they did. According to the announcer there are only 20 new ISs (both 250 and 350) in the world and 16 of them are in the states, and 5 of them were at the event. That was pretty cool that we really were some of the first from the public to drive these cars. First car we drove was the 330i. This car was really fast and the suspension was really tight. I wasn't too comfortable in it though and my lower back was kinda sore after the ride :nervous: . Next we drove the IS250 on the same track. As soon as I got in, I was on cloud 9. I'm not accustomed to super nice luxury cars, but sitting in this car was SOOO comfortable I couldn't believe it. By far the most comfortable car I sat in all day, maybe my whole life :grinno: . Anyway this car really didn't impress me, it was pretty fast, but it was sliding all over the place on the turns. The weird part is its AWD, yet it felt the sloppiest out of the three, and the other 2 were RWD :nixweiss We then drove the IS350 which was the most anticipated car there, with the longest lines. That car really was fast and it gripped the road much nicer then the IS250. I was also driving it harder because it was my 3rd time around the track, and I was more comfortable with it.
They also had the entire Lexus lineup to test drive, so naturally we drove the most expensive one, the SC430. The SC430 was a really nice, elegant droptop. The steering wheel felt great and it had nice power. We didn't drive the GS400, but we drove the competitor, BMW 530i. That car was pretty nice, but the course really wasn't to big, so we passed on the rest.
Anyway the event overall was great. Even if you didn't come there to test drive cars, they had golf clinics, spa treatment and a very nice showcase of their cars. I was really impressed with the event and Lexus as a whole. It got a big :xyxthumbs from my friend and I.
Here are a couple pics, not the greatest, but I went there to test drive cars, not take pictures.
