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But, I love the 3.5 Engine.
You want to lease for 4 years, put down 10K and then get lease payments of $574/mo before taxes (about $610/mo after taxes), but you want to negotiate down to a 48 month lease payment of $480/mo ($510/mo after taxes)? do I have it right?
If that is the case. I wouldn't recommend leasing at all.
if you are leasing I assume you are driving less than 12k per year so the car will have less than 48K miles at the end of the lease.
Around here you buy a IS 250 with Premium and sport package for about $36 out the door (taxes vary of course).
If you put down $10K you can get a 5 year payment of $515/mo at 7%. After 4 years of the 5 year loan (the lease term you spoke of) you will owe $7.5K on a car that should conservatively be worth $15k. $7.5K of equity to roll over into the next car. Or you can keep the car, plus at any point during the 4 years you can get out of the car if you want to and not be trapped by a lease.
The 350 with Premium and sport package can be had locally for $40k out the door. Using the same 5 year loan ($10K down)the payment would be $595/mo. At the end of 4 years you would still owe about $9k on vehicle that should be worth at least $16k.
the math doesn't work out to lease the car if they really want 5-$600/mo after $10k down.
Good luck
I have never leased before. I don't even know how it works. I think I got my deal by paying cash for the car. If you can't pay for it cash, take out a line of credit. Your interest rates on your line of credit will be lower than 6.9% and plus you have something to show for your money. Just another option for you.
Heres a video link to a Lexus commercial that only airs in Taiwan. OMG I feel like that guy in it after seeing this!
link title
Suave Tequila :shades:
That is a pretty nice video. The only thing that gets me is that even though it was done a million times better than Nissan, that is the same theme that Nissan's commercials commercials plays with. Lexus' ad agency is pretty damn good. Sexy, Sexy car!.... although I think it was a tungsten pearl IS. If that was GFM I would have known it. You can't get GFM with the cashmere leather and that leather was cashmere.
Suave Tequila
The US always has better options to choose from than us Canucks.
Ignoring the fact that (as was pointed out) the commerical was a rip off, the Lexus commercai misses the outstanding payoff, when the girl says "Not on the first date". That is THE big moment, and Lexus left it out. To their credit, the Lexus commerical has great production values. But it's the cleverness that's missing. So, no, I don't think it is a better commercial. The car does look great, though. On the other hand, the commerical where the IS rumbles down a snowy incline sliding all over the place at slow speeds, is terrible, so I would't say Lexus ad campaigns are infallible.
Congrats on your new IS. Sounds verrry sweet.
I've never seen an IS blue onyx/sterling interior. Could you post some pics? I'd like to see how the color combination looks.
Thanks!
Does anyone know which models/years are affected?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060413/ap_on_bi_ge/lexus_recall_1
I must admit I haven't taken the SE V6 on a super windy (as in twists and turns, not wind)road yet. On the clover leafs that you mentioned, I didn't really feel that much of a difference between the two.
In terms of price, after doing internet and in-person negotiations, the best offer I've gotten so far on an IS250 RWD premium + Nav is 33,791. For an '07 Camry SE V6 with Nav and leather, the best offer I've gotten is 28,800. That's $5K more for a smaller, slower car with a big "L", awesome looks, and quiet ride.
So I decided to go with the Lexus. Essentially I'm choosing this car in a manner similar to how I chose girlfriends & wife - based on looks vs. what's good for me!
I am doing the same!
Here you go
">Blue Onyx Sterling
Where do you live/which dealer?
I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area and can't seem to get a blue onyx/sterling no matter how hard I try.
There's a blue onyx/black with my name on it, coming in two weeks but if I don't like it, I'll hunt in your part of the country for a blue/sterling.
There was another blue one in their showroom when I went back for the plates last week. Not sure what color the interior was or if it was a 250 or 350.
The black interior looks great on that color blue though. I used to have a BMW 325 in those colors. It gets so hot here in the summer the black leather burns your legs, which is why I went for the sterling plus the vented seats. The sterling goes well with the blue.
I just put down my $1000 deposit and ordered myself an IS!
I ordered a glacier frost mica with sterling leather IS 350 with moonroof package which includes Power Moonroof, P255/40R18 (Rear), Performance Summer Radials, P225/40R18 (Front), Woodgrain Trim, 18" Aluminum Alloy Wheels. I decided on the sterling after being in the black leather IS and finding that even with the ventilated seats, the black leather holds heat much more.
I requested to have it arrive on my birthday, which is the end of July.
I made this ever-so-rash decision after the salesperson offered to have me drive it alone around town and see how it felt. I was grinning ear-to-ear the whole time and yelping out of joy. Granted, it does not have the same feel as the sport package, but you gotta hold back somewhere, ya know. Otherwise, what is holding me back from getting the next package up, and then after that: the next package up!? Money!
Guys, I am so happy. Now, to count down the days until it gets here; then, the negotiations begin! Also, May will be the last month that orders will be placed for the 2006 models. When my car is arriving, I will have the lowest rates for leasing possible. After fetching the low lease rate, I will get my payments dropped. The timing couldn't be better. What do you all think? Sounds like a plan?
Hey how much is ur IS? When you were driving it, were you thinking to yourself "P.I.M.P" :P What a cool salesman!
Suave Tequila
BTW:
...Also, May will be the last month that orders will be placed for the 2006 models....
Mike: Is this offical? How do you know about this?
Thanks,
This one is gonna be a good one!
I was told by the salesman (yea.. I know :P) that next month is the last month they will be taking orders. The new 2007s arrive on the lots in late September/early October. Worst case scenario is that it takes roughly 3 months for the car to get to the dealership. That should allow for enough time for all the lot to be cleared of the 06s. That makes sense to me. However, I don't know how "official" it is. Either way, late July/early August should have the best prices. Where is everybody? :P
I take it you have empirical data on this one?
It's not really a deal-breaker for me. I love the car and I've begun internet price-shopping around my area. Hopefully, in the next few days I'll be a proud, new owner! :P
I'll post my purchasing details in the proper section.
I'm in California, and apparently on the West Coast there's a conglomerate of 56 dealers in 13 states. NO ONE in this conglomerate can get me a blue onyx exterior/sterling interior. It's just not routinely made, they say. I'd have to special order from Japan and wait 6 months. That would suck.
Then Truckasaurus on this forum shows off pictures of his gorgeous blue/sterling IS350.
So I know blue/sterling's are made. And the Lexus web-site says so. And I'm guessing they're made routinely, just not distributed for some strange reason to the West Coast.
So for those not living on the West Coast, have you ever seen a blue/sterling on a dealer's lot? I'd be willing to buy it, 250, 350, RWD, MT, AWD whatever, just as long as it's blue/sterling with Nav and ship it to Cali.
Or I was thinking... the Lexus dealers in Colorado have to get their cars from Japan somehow, I'm guessing they disembark at the port in Long Beach, CA... I wouldn't mind buying it from a Colorado dealer, and shipping it from Long Beach...
It's not like I'm obsessed with getting a blue/sterling or anything like that...
In this picture, you will see right above the shiftknob, right beside where you can barely make out "WMA", it says "MP3".
The only difference between ML/NAV and base is that it will not support DVD, Dolby Digital, and DTS.
Here in So Cali, was originally told by local dealer that 6 speed & Sports pkg DID NOT EXSIST. I kept telling them they are making it for the East Coast. NO-ONE here wanted to look (they would rather sell what they see (have) not see what they can sell) FINALLY found a guy who would order it AND offer a discount. Wil be paying $31,715 PLUS tax, tages, license, fees & etc (JUNK FEES)
That equates to $2,500 OFF MSRP.
Would you or any1 else reading this suggest negotiating MORE once the car arrives at the dealer? Or take the deal & run.
BTW ... this will be our 3rd car (replacement car for US ... really the MRS :P ) The Kid gets the '00 Acura TL w/ 90K and I still drive my '99 E36 3 series Bimmer rag top w/ 105K
What's up with the digital clock in both setups though? This design detail to me looks like pure Toyota in an upscale car. Minor detail, but missed opportunity to do something simple/inexpensive but nice to further distinguish marques.
I am not a fan of analog clocks for readability, but Infiniti got this detail right in my opinion in terms of style in their line, and for a while they even seemed to point out this minor detail as a distinguishing item...
Thanks for the info regarding the ability to play MP3s and the photos. I did finally notice the text at the bottom of the stereo system when I was taking delivery of my car. Time to start burning my MP3s for my mobile juke box! :shades:
Also, is it true the Dunlop's it comes with aren't safe in cold climates?
People buying $40k cars are going to spend time burning CDs (which you listen a couple of times and toss)?
{/Shakes Head]
Isn't life too short?
What? First of all, when were you privy to my listening habits? You think I'm going to burn a CD of MP3s listen to it a few times, then toss it?
Second, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you still have to convert your CDs to MP3 or WMA format to play on an IPOD? If so, where am I saving time by purchasing an IPOD when I can use a freeware version of realplayer that automatically converts any CD I play in my computer to MP3 format and then just copying those to a blank CD that costs the amount of change I can find in my sofa, versus a 2G+ IPOD.
If anything I've assumed is incorrect, please feel free to correct me.
Also, for the people who have the memory seats, is it worth the extra money?
Thanks
Also, for the people who have the memory seats, is it worth the extra money?
I believe the 2 colors you're referring to are glacier frost metallic and smoky granite mica. I could've purchased either of those colors and I went with the glacier frost. It just looks so cool in the sunlight. It's got kind of a bluish or purplish hue to it from different angles. It's a very cool color, I think. The smokey granite had a nice metallic look to it, but I opted for the glacier frost. The one thing is, it is basically, white so I'm thinking it's going to be a bear to keep clean. I've never owned a white vehicle, so it'll be a new experience for me. I plan on having the windows tinted, but I'm no pimp, so I'll keep it conservative.
As for the memory seats, time will tell. If my wife ends up driving my vehicle every now and then, then it'll probably pay off for me. If not, then it probably won't get much use. I believe it comes as part of the luxury package, though, and there's a lot of nice things in that package, so it was worth the extra money to me.
Good luck in choosing your vehicle.
Rick, the Real software you described sounds exactly the same as iTunes. It converts CD tracks into MP3 or AAC files and then from that point, you can transfer them to the iPod or burn mix CDs.
All music software has to rip or convert CD tracks to a compressed file (in MP3, WMA, AAC, whatever). An iPod, or any other digital audio player, lets you store these music files in infinite combinations (or until the thing breaks down,). With most players, you can store far more than a CD. So you don't have to worry about making the files fit on a CD or waiting for the files to burn, taking the CD and marking it so you know what's on it, putting it in some protective wallet or jewel case, etc.
anyway... my friend is250 steering wheel shake sometimes like an old car. that's something too.
They may be out of balance or just bad.
Thanks!!
Has anybody had this same issue and what did you end up doing? Are you happy with your decision?
Also, I think the spoiler (front and rear) is sharp looking. Has anybody purchased that?
Thanks...