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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: Gamus (Jan 04, 2009 9:08 pm) Remember, with the price I've posted of $36,850 - a portion up to $595 of that is XM. And as I mentioned in my last post, if I could be flexible on the color and package (Silver/Tungsten w/ Luxury Package), not grabbed one w/ a spoiler, etc, I think I could have pushed this down another grand. I just really wanted the sports package and the Smokey Granite Mika color. |
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Replying to: Gamus (Jan 04, 2009 9:08 pm) I posted earlier about my 2008 IS 350 purchase today (err.. yesterday, it's past midnight) for $36,850 w/ XM included. It's in Smoky Granite Mika w/ Sports Package (which has Navi), Rear lip spoiler, parking assist, headlamp washers, and dealer preferred accessories. I mentioned there that there were some other 2008 IS 350s still around in the DC area, but they were all in Silver/Tungsten w/ Luxury Package so I decided to get my preferred car. Well, when I e-mailed the other dealer I was talking to (Lexus of Annapolis) to let them know that I was sorry, but I went ahead with the sale at Silver Spring because they had the car in the color and build I preferred (it was a nice e-mail because Lexus of Annapolis had been really friendly with me and I really did want to buy from them if I could have)... .... Lexus of Annapolis replied and said they're sorry it didn't work out too, but they were willing to go as low as $34,500 for getting rid of their 2008 IS 350 Silver/Tungsten w/ Luxury Package. I still dont' feel too bad because I did prefer the Smoky Granite Mika color and the Sports package - and had been waiting to buy this car for too many years to not get as close to what I wanted as possible - but if anyone likes the Silver Tungsten color w/ luxury package, I suggest giving a Lexus of Annapolis a ring. I posted this over in a couple of my.is threads too - hopefully I can help save someone some money: http://my.is/forums/f101/left-over-08-is350-pricing-373991/#post5674674 http://my.is/forums/f101/2009-350-purchase-377523/#post5674664 Maybe I can help save someone some money (plus, I want to see if the Dealer really would be willing to go that low because when I had spoken w/ him face to face, it seemed that we weren't going to be moving past maybe another $500 or so under $36,950 w/ XM included) |
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So I am looking to buy and IS250, there isnt much of a difference between the 2008 and 2009. Currently this is my deal. MSRP is $33935.00 Their offer is $29,500 The car includes tinte windows and a clear bra on the front bumber along with the Lexus package of HID lighting. The car is a smokey granite with black interior. I am located in Oklahoma and the car is nearly 600 miles as well. Also, I am not financing the car either. What do you all think? |
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MSRP 35,850 0 down 0 security deposit 0 first pmt (35pmts for 36 months) +tax and registration. Any good? Leasing newbie in Roch NY.
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Replying to: lasersam (Jan 17, 2009 3:28 pm)
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Replying to: kyfdx (Jan 17, 2009 3:54 pm) $399/mo 2009 IS250AWD |
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Replying to: nguyen918 (Jan 17, 2009 8:37 am) I think you can do better esp if the car you are being quoted has 600 miles and it is a 08. Work with the internet dept and grind them down as they are more interested in volume. |
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Replying to: Gamus (Jan 17, 2009 5:00 pm) |
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Replying to: Gamus (Jan 17, 2009 5:00 pm)
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Replying to: aldyt (Jan 18, 2009 9:48 pm) I bought this is the Bay Area in Nothern California. I had been looking for one since November 2008. Couple of things that almost made this purchase impossible: One, very few dealers respond via email or even give quotes. Secondly, I even went through Costco and got 34K plus TTL and last of all even showing up in person to did really nothing to improve the opportunity as they all politely told me to take a hike at 32.5K OTD for just NAV. So at 35Kish for the whole package I guess it did not seem unreasonable and like I said 08 was 35.1K OTD. Here go my tips on buying a Lexus, no expert but this is my short experience with it. If you get a dealership to respond via email, keep the correspondence going regardless of where you are at in the buying process and continue to assure him it is going to happend ( you buying the car) but are hung up on pricing and avail. Keep grinding the price down when you have his attention and hold a "no profit or a loss" price point as they will keep telling you, you arent even close. When he understands you will be buying soon because you are indicating through your emails that you want to close he will get more agressive; at the sametime I went to different delaership to throw out a OTD price to gauge their reaction to see if I was close. I never was close when I went in person. This is when I got fed up with the sales cycle and told the internet guy we are not even close and told him to give me a realistic price that would make me jump into my car and close it today. He gave it and we grinded it down some more, not much but still and then made real agressive phone calls to see where the deal was since some dealership had my contact already. No dealership would touch his price and were holding their ground at 34.5K plus ttl. even though I said I would buy it TODAY. So done deal on my end with the internet guy. Lots of stress as once they throw out a price , they give you til end of day to close-makes you feel you have to close it, but he had done it before and I never jumped. That's what I felt, horrible feeling even though you might say they can do that price anytime. The dealership said they lost money on the deal, but they have to move a set amount of cars a day. So look or try to deal with a large dealership who can take losses in today market to survive and possibly look forward to larger allocations of the IS convertible that is coming out where they can make money on. Non volume dealerships are a joke to deal with as they want to maintain 2007 margins in today's market. Even now, I don't even know if I bought at a good price but it is done and can live with it. |
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