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Sedans Lexus IS Lexus IS 250 Color Combos - Which One Did You Pick?
42 messages, Last post on Oct 31, 2007 at 4:44 PM
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Replying to: jerry k (Mar 06, 2007 12:16 pm)  Let's get back to the subject of this discussion which is indeed color choices for this IS. |
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Replying to: mimicat3872 (Mar 05, 2007 5:23 pm) (A woman I met who had an IS300 with black interior, followed by an IS250 with sterling said she'd never do black again.) But again, we all may be in the minority. You should sit in both the dark and light interiors and see how you feel.
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Replying to: optimom (Mar 08, 2007 6:21 pm) mmmmmmmm...Now I am gonna compare both of them AGAIN and CAREFULLY!!! Thank you my friends and hope more of you come here and throw your ideas here!!! Thank u!!!  
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Replying to: mimicat3872 (Mar 09, 2007 1:29 am)  
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Replying to: k9gal (Mar 10, 2007 7:49 am) 
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| Anyone seen the Black with Sterling interior? Would really like that combo, but according to a few dealerships those don't come together. | |
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Replying to: mimicat3872 (Mar 10, 2007 5:03 pm) most dealers said starfire/cashmere is a popular color or hard to come by. there were starfire/black but my friend didn't settled.
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Replying to: fbi888 (Mar 28, 2007 3:06 am)
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Replying to: mimicat3872 (Mar 28, 2007 3:20 pm) i see quite a few starfire/black. however, i think starfire/cashmere is the best combo if you are going to tint - makes a good contrast. a caveat, this combo is quite difficult to keep clean, especially the floor mats - cashmere as well. if you want the internet salesman, i can probably ask about it. keep in mind that if the salesman knows that you are intent on the color combo and if it's a high demand combo, the discount is much less. my friend could have bought her lexus for much less.... good luck. |
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Replying to: mimicat3872 (Mar 28, 2007 3:20 pm) From my experience, color choice can be a factor in the bottom line price, as you are likely to get the best price on a car on the lot that the dealer wants to move. There are more black interiors around, but they were unacceptable to me. I also wanted a light exterior (easier to maintain). That really limited my options for deals. Many dealers did not have that combo, several who did only had them with spoilers (another $300+). The dealer who had one was unwilling to go more than 1K under invoice (which would have been $32354). In the end, I paid about $32K for a car that was still on the boat - but I got exactly the colors I wanted. I also spent a lot of time monitoring the ‘prices paid’ thread on this board. While you might be able to do a little better than I did, I doubt your $31K target is realistic at this time. The best price reported for MSRP 37772 was $31150 (post #1590 by onlinespending), and even he thought it was a fluke. After that came $31500 (#1603), $31800 (#1623), and most recently $31699 (#1695). Two of these were Bay area, two were So. Cal. Only two mentioned their colors – one was silver, one was black – and they both had black interiors. I wanted to get a great deal, but it was worth it to me to spend a few hundred dollars more – less than 1% of the price - to get the colors I wanted. This would be a good weekend to shop, as it’s the end of the month. If you want to estimate how much better you might be able to do at the end of the model year, look back in the prices thread at the end of the ’06 year to see what deals people were getting. But remember if you have specific color choices, you may not be able to find what you want then. In the end, the deal you get depends on factors somewhat beyond your control – that is the cars available and how motivated the dealer is to bargain.
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