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Old 05-04-12, 12:44 PM
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So I decided for the fun of it to take a day off work and drive 4 hours to go check out the 350. I can tell you what, I did not notice it any faster than my 250, not sure if its the AWD thing or not, I <3 my SGM compared to the SP, so in the end I am just keeping my 250 lol, though I wasted a day for a car that did not wow me. I guess if they had a 2011 IS350 in SGM I might have done it but all in all I learned a little bit by the trip. BTW the Nebula Gray is not a great color at all, SGM is a much better looking color.
Old 05-04-12, 01:06 PM
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Maybe try the 350 again because the AWD and RWD should be faster than the 250 regardless because of its engine.

Did somoene put it in snow mode? Did you try gunning it as a test?
Old 05-06-12, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by IamNate
So I decided for the fun of it to take a day off work and drive 4 hours to go check out the 350. I can tell you what, I did not notice it any faster than my 250, not sure if its the AWD thing or not, I <3 my SGM compared to the SP, so in the end I am just keeping my 250 lol, though I wasted a day for a car that did not wow me. I guess if they had a 2011 IS350 in SGM I might have done it but all in all I learned a little bit by the trip. BTW the Nebula Gray is not a great color at all, SGM is a much better looking color.


SGM > Nebula Grey. But IS350>faster>IS250 AWD or NOT. Glad you realized it wasn't worth it because when the new scion FRS comes out youll be considering it.
Old 05-06-12, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Vroomin350
Like Calvin said this is a routine phonecall. Dont let them make you believe that they need YOUR car.


I dont agree that all the relevant information has been laid out,

1. Are you leasing? finance?
2. What are the current terms? months, interest, etc....
3. Sale price of said IS350

If you're financing, find out what they are doing to get your payments to be $140 more.
Dealerships can work their "magic" to make it seem good to you but in the back end it could turn up to be a horrible scenario.

HONESTLY, unless your usually speeding up and down the highway the extra 100HP is not worth the $140, personally I drive an IS350 and apart from the occasional rush of wanting to step on it, I never use the extra power.
This is 100% correct. There is nothing special about your car's value, as dealers send these out to everyone at some point in time. The sad thing is, many uninformed people fall for it and that's how dealers make a lot of money. Never negotiate a car based on monthly payments. ALWAYS buy a car based on negotiated prices off of invoice and what they will give you for your trade. Figure that balance, what the APR would be, and that's how you get the monthly payment. If you did it the way you listed out originally, a dealer could be making thousands more off of you without you even knowing it, because all you did was think about the $140 more a month.
Old 05-07-12, 07:36 AM
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The IS350 is definitely faster. You must have not done any 0-60 runs
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