exilio

Hey all,

I have been looking at some of the pricing threads, but not everyone list the name of the dealership or what region they bought their IS in.

I am looking at the IS 250 RWD in Auto, with just the Prem Pkg, no Nav.

MSRP is ~33,900, Dealer is offering at ~31,900. Should I feel good about this?

If anyone can recommend a good dealership in the Bay Area (San Jose/San Francisco), it would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Sun3rgy

I bought my 350 in stevens creek, for 2500 off MSRP, I thought it wasn't the best deal there is, but the package i wanted was "so rare", so i pulled the trigger. But i think the IS250 is more available, at least to my knowledge. So your 2000 off MSRP doesn't sound that great IMO.
You might want to shop around more. I know Stevens creek is the biggest dealer in the area. If you go to a dealer, try their "internet department", supposedly, they have more leverage when asking for approval from their managers. Also, You might want to try to deal with a fleet manager. For example, try to contact one of those reps from www.fleetrates.com see if they can give you closer to invoice.
good luck

CeoStatus0

i know for a fact that you can do better than 31900 in the bay area.... I agree with Sun3rgy you can get better deals right off the bat with fleet managers...I'm here in Az but originally from the bay, but i have people heading to some dealers doing some recon work this weekend.. i got qoutes from a couple dealers in the bay and i'm gonna see if how much they're willing to bend on price...the only place i haven't heard back from yet is the Fremont dealer... a buddy of mine bought his 01 or 02 IS300 there for a good deal.. plus he said they treated him fairly nice

but i may buy either here in az or back in the bay.. i'm scouting prices too... looking at threads and all that stuff.. i would agree with Sun3rgy again that 31900 price isn't all that great.. i wouldn't settle for it... and if there are no extras in it.. forget it

Flipsonic

I bought mine at Lexus of Concord (east bay). I don't know how far that is away from you. I got the same car as the one you're considering (my work commute car). I offered $1250 over invoice and that became the final price. Goodluck.

sanwong

Call Cliff Lee @ MAgnussen Lexus in Fremont.....He is my cousin and he is in the fleet Dept......Tell him I sent you!!!!!!!!!!

Flipsonic

Hey I know Cliff. I worked with him at Nextel.

sanwong

We were roomates in fremont in the early 90's

exilio

Hey thanks for the help guys!

So Sanwong, is San Wong your name to drop with your cousin? Thanks again guys. And I will check out Magnussen as well.

exilio

Thanks. I am going to send them an email and see what I can find out. Do you remember your salesman?

Flipsonic

Mark Lattimer

exilio

Thanks. I left a message for the guy and I guess we will see. It would great to get a deal similar to yours. At 1250 over invoice, that would make the car just a tick over $30k. The best price I have at the moment is $31,350 ($2,600 below MSRP) which I think is fair. But if I can save an extra $1k ...yeehaw.

sanwong

So Sanwong, is San Wong your name to drop with your cousin? Thanks again guys. And I will check out Magnussen as well.[/QUOTE]

Yeah Sanford from Arizona

acl15

i got 3100 off a 250 with nav about 3 months ago at stevens creek. you should be able to push for something more