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also, how did you pay for it?
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.
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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? :confuse: 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.
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!
thanks
I have received the following lease quote from a local Lexus dealer in my area (Florida). Can I get some feedback on this from the group? I was hoping for a IS250 w/ Navigation with little to no money down and payments around $450, but this is what they sent. I'm also considering an Acura TL, which I seem to have received better pricing on (I suspect this is because of the new body coming in 2009).
2008 Lexus IS250 RWD (6spd MT)
Vehicle Base Model ..........................:$ 30455.00
18" Wheel Package ...........................$ 830.00
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Total Accessories .................................: $ 830.00
Destination Charge ...............................: $ 765.00
Total .......................................: $ 32050.00
Lease Term: 36
Total Payment: 441.14
Out of Pocket: 1,000.00
MSRP: 32,050.00
Residual: 18,589.00
Mileage: 12,000
My local dealer gets a limited number of option combinations on all his delivered IS vehicles:
Combo 1 . FT HL PT NV
Combo 2. FT HL PT
Combo 3. HL NV XE
On the 250 only, they also get this combination:
Option 4: FT HL
On the 350 only, they also get this combination:
Option 4: VN LT (note that VN and NV are different)
Question: Is this the way all dealers are? They have 4 or 5 standard option combos that they get and that's pretty much all you can choose from?
These combinations kind of suck for me - none are exactly what I want. All I really want is one with NV and LL - am I stuck begging my dealer to special order one or if I shopped around regionally (other nearby states) might I find some with NV and LL only?
Here's the list of options I'm referencing:
http://www.edmunds.com/apps/newtmv/TMV?path=lo&action=4&styleid=100908580
Thanks in advance for any help.
I'm new member and I would like to know how to get a decent dealer around NJ(central or north). I've been looking online forums about my interests(I'm still confusing to choose Lexus IS 350, Infiniti G37 or Benz C300), and very close to get IS 350. Recently I got a call from Ray Catina RT1 NJ through Samsclub member Auto program( I don't know how much I can save, if I used my Sam's Club card). A sale agent called me and told me t visit their showroom, but she didn't mention about howmuch(of course). She told me that these are some choices and will give me some discount because of Sam Club member. Any ways, I would like to get some suggestions from you guys how and where I can get a decent dealer. Thanks in advanced to all.
Mike
My wife and I opted for the G35X, although if we...I mean she wanted the IS I would not have been disappointed.
Mike
how much off list price are where? i saw one post in northern NJ for 5K off at prestige in ramsey,nj. anything closer with a decent deal?
rick
I think I did pretty good... any thoughts?
The car is a beauty. Black Sapphire Pearl looks black in daylight, but in dim light it's a deep sexy blue. The tanned interior looks awesome with the blue. I am loving this car!
2008 IS 250 AWD
- Z1 Cargo net, wheel lock, trunk mat
- HL HID headlamps
- NV Navigation System
- PT Premium Package
MSRP $39340.00
I paid $35205.00 before tax and excluding other license plate registration fee, inspection fee, and dealer application fee.
The invoice price is different at various sites. Edmund has $33607.00 (no price on Z1). kbb com has $34499.00. nadaguides com has $34404.00 . So the average invoice price is around $34500.00.
So I basically paid $805 above the invoice price with a good 5.9% rate for 24 months, currently most banks offer 6.6% or more.
Please feel free to let me know if my deal was good/acceptable or not.
Happy New Years!!!
I'm interested in where you get IS250. Is It in NY? Would you mind to share some informations about where you got your car and who you deal with? Thank you for your time.
Regards,
Walker
I just purchased an IS 250.
I think I got a good deal on the car except for the 'Tires for life program' that I purchased with it. I researched on everything else before buying this car but I made a mistake on knowing nothing about the Tires for life program.
Anyway, does anyone know if Lexus dealerships would give me a refund on this.
I bought it for $1,900 and I really think its not worth it. I had my car for three weeks now. I know if you purchased an extended warranty you have 60 days to decide and they will refund you if you choose not to continue with it.
So please does anyone know and had an experience on this??? :confuse:
Thank you.
Where did you buy your IS250 at below invoice? Do you think they would make the same type of below invoice deal for an IS350? Did you use their internet dept or a salesman?
Just purchased IS250 for 32,100.00 out the door total. Nothing fancy. Just HID headlamps, 18 Alloy wheels with summer tires and prefered acessory pkg. Called all 9 dealers in the state and either no one wanted to negotiate, or had no IS 250 in stock. Those who did have a car had the green or almond. I wanted the Matador red and got the only one on the lot that came in that day. I don't know if I really got a good deal, but I do love my car. Red with cashmere interior., which I also wanted over black. Any opinons on my price, fire back.
LT (Luxury Plus)
VN (Nav+ML audio)
LT (rear lip spoiler)
Z1 ([non-permissible content removed] accessories)
MSRP by my calculation: 45,619
Purchase price: $40,995 + tax + tags
I was all ready to negotiate price and feel like I did pretty well. I was not ready for the post-sale pitch for the service agreement and extended warrantee, so I passed on both. Is the Lexus extended warrantee a good deal at under $2k?
I LOVE THIS CAR!!
'08 IS250 (RWD AT) in Breakwater/Cashmere
w/NAV,HID, 18" Summer Tires, Premium Package, Accessory Package and XM.
MSRP 38,700.00
We paid 33,540.00 OTD. We spent such an exhasting amount of time haggling and waiting to get that price, that after hour 3 or so I coudn't tell if we were getting a good deal or not.. I hope I did well, but can never tell how well until a few months later. The salesman used every single trick in the book and by the end we were so irked and tired we barely paid attention to the car walkthrough. We passed on the service, but looking at it - maybe we shouldn't have. Does anyone know if you can purchase it later?
It drives quiet and smooth and the interior is absolutely stunning. I won't be driving it for a few days since California will be a mud pit until Tuesday and this is my first RWD.
Do you know what your price for the car was was before tax, license, etc?
Where was the dealership located?
Thanks
Thanks much.
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Other IS 250/350 resources:
http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showforum=93
http://my.is/forums/
can i no where and the dealers name? plz
can i no where and who was the dealer was..
thx
Did it work out for you?
I am about to send money to these guys for a car purchase for export to Canada.
Your purchase price without tax.
Dealer fees.
Dealer name.
WHERE DID U GET UR CAR WITH 32k ..
Anyways, to answer your question, since the x-pkg is so rare, he ended up paying sticker for it at the dealership and his OTD price was a tad above $45K. (This is in Phoenix, AZ by the way)
If you can, go for the x-package. So far, I haven't seen ONE other 350 with the x-package wheels, and I'm in SoCal. They look much nicer than the same old ISPs you see on EVERY OTHER ISX50.
You can negotiate an equal or even better deal on your own for a new Lexus. The reason is the Lexus brand is simply getting killed right now along with all of the other luxury brands. I heard Lexus sales in the months of Nov. and Dec. of 2007 were off by like 70% from 2006. They are starving and will make any deal within reason right now.
The car was the typical 38,145 MSRP car that the bay area in CA has, with the following:
Premium Plus package
Navigation
18" wheels
HID lights
Preferred accessory package (trunk mat, wheel locks, cargo net)
We have a 8.75% tax rate. So, my final price (with 7year/100K mile, $0 deductible Platinum factory warranty) OTD was $37,000.