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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Lexus IS 250 / IS 350 Prices Paid and Buying Experience
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Replying to: ajfinoak (Nov 27, 2007 5:34 pm)
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Replying to: ahagans (Dec 11, 2007 2:50 am)
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Replying to: ksilver2000 (Dec 11, 2007 8:26 am) |
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Just bought my is 250 in Tx last wk. PT/XE package. sports tune. The only difference that i notice is the Front lip spoiler, with 5 spoke alloy wheels. Sport/metal gas/brake peddle. Door sill lighting. HID/AFS. OTD $35,500. This car also comes with perforated ventilated/heated leather seat. rear spoiler. The only thing is NO Nav. I figure i can get the Garmin and take it with me anywhere. I had one dealer not budging an inch even for $100 dollar so i took my business else- where and got a better deal. I also ran into some rude salesman pretending to be all nice at first then the evil comes out when dealing. I walked out. No need to put up with rude salesman. Exhaust all your options before making your decision and take your time. Just remember that you have the cash and they need to move the cars. GL">
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Replying to: pdxrain (Dec 08, 2007 2:04 pm) |
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Help! My lease on my 2005 Audi A4 ends the first of February and I'm starting to gather prices and information so we can make a 'real' decision. I am between the 325xi, the IS250awd and the new C Class (not the Audi, only because of the '09 body style change). So far all of the other makes are eager and willing to give me prices and lease rates via email but I have contacted 3 Lexus dealerships here in L.A. and they all insist I come in and test drive before they'll talk price - presumably so they can hard-sell me. Wondering if this is just the way Lexus does business or if anyone in the L.A. area has a dealer they can recommend?  I hate the hard-sell approach so much, I won't even consider buying a Lexus if this is what I have to deal with!! Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer.
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Replying to: bogart05 (Dec 15, 2007 4:00 pm) 
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2008 IS 350 Options: FT HL NV PT Color: Smoky Granite Mica MSRP: $42,425 Buying price: $37,680 OTD: $41,165 (with tax rate 8.25%) Through edmunds I sent my request to 5 local dealers. Got two responses that meet my spec. One gave an internet quote as $39,480. I said I expect to be around invoice number. He said by how much, I said $200 above. He said come and pick it up. We did not say what the invoice number is, a mistake on my part, more on this later. Another dealer called. I mentioned about above invoice deal. The sales person said I could have it for invoice price, the quote given is $37,719. The cars has above options with spoiler. I selected the first one since I don't want the spoiler. So I went to the dealer. Everything went smooth until we got to the invoice number. The sales person gave me a dealer invoice with $37,480 (which includes some dealer promotion and advertising fee etc.). With my promised $200 above invoice it was $37,680. The one in my mind was $37031 (with above options) from www.kbb.com (I was using dealer's computer to get the number to show them). After spending a long time to try to get it down without success, I went to my car and ready to leave, thinking I have another option to go to another dealer or wait for another day. So I sit in my car for some time and thought about this: 1. Another dealer gave me $37,719. Yes it has spoiler which I really don't want. Those two numbers are very close. 2. This color and options are what I want. It's not easy to find the the perfect match. The fully loaded car has a lot of other options which I may not need, but they add cost a lot. 3. The price I got is $4745 off MSRP. I feel I can live with that. 4. I could wait to shop around during Christmas, but I may not get the right color and options I wanted. So I went along with the dealer price. Side Notes (if you care to read): I asked the sales guy what I need to do for the "break-in" period, he said nothing as long as I don't drive over 100MPH. I ended up driving on the highway with 65-80MPH for 40 miles. Then later I found from the web that maybe it's better to drive with varying speeds, not exceeding 35,00rpm, not breaking hard. That's what I did after that. The manuals says not braking hard for the first ~600 miles. I have put 700 miles on the car. The fuel efficiency I get is around 21 MPG, with ~15 miles one way to work (2-3 local miles it it). For the last tank of gas, I got 22.3 MPG. This is a powerful car. At first I needed to watch out for the car in front of me when I merged into the highway. Or moving from the stop sign or the traffic night, the car would "leap" forward since I did not have a feeling about the gas pedal at first. Now I am used to these stuff a little bit and could drive quite smoothly. I have not tried the "power" mode (for car racing?) yet. All in all it's a terrific car and I love it!
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Replying to: isguyis (Dec 26, 2007 5:54 pm) thanks
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