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AWD
4
0.56%
Upgrade from IS250 to the 350
56
7.83%
Sport Pkg
42
5.87%
Luxury Pkg
54
7.55%
Navigation
97
13.57%
Manual Shift
9
1.26%
ML Package
144
20.14%
Spoiler
39
5.45%
Nothing at all
270
37.76%
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Old 08-07-06, 04:10 PM
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Default What Factory Option Do You Regret Not Buying?

Now that you have your IS, what option do you wish most you had gotten now that you look back on it?

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Old 08-07-06, 04:11 PM
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I got mine exactly how I wanted it and don't regret a thing.
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I really regret not getting the Luxury Package and ML - my dealer said it would have to be a special order and I was impatient.

on a side note I'm so so glad I got a IS250 over a IS350 though - I had a chance to get either but after driving my car and driving my friend's 350 I really don't see a 6k difference + the extra cost of gas + the higher cost of insurance.
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i will be regretting not waiting for the 2008 v8 is500 =P
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I'm still on the fence...

I really liked my packages: Prem + Nav + spoiler. Simple and has all the features I wanted.

But I really missed having HIDs and everytime I see the auto-tilt mirrors in reverse or the steering wheel adjustment I think wow thats pretty cool.

I've added aftermarket HIDs which helps with the lighting and works out pretty good but not having auto-level is annoying at times. I could care less about the AFS feature.

I guess HID is the only thing I wanted and unless I had waited for 07 I would have been stuck paying out alot more than what I did just for some shinny lights since the other features in Lux I can easily live without.
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not getting navi and ML
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is there a difference in insurance between a 250 and 350? did not know that...........
im happy with my 250, i have driven the 350 and for what i use it for i agree to me its not worth the 6k difference.

but im not knocking it.
Old 08-07-06, 04:30 PM
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It was a long wait but I got exactly what I wanted. No regrets.
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Originally Posted by kilo6_one
is there a difference in insurance between a 250 and 350? did not know that...........
im happy with my 250, i have driven the 350 and for what i use it for i agree to me its not worth the 6k difference.

but im not knocking it.
the 350 is a magnificent car and i don't mean to demean it in any way - i could have put out the extra money to get it if i really really wanted it, but im coming from a stock 2006 honda civic ex which was plenty quick enough for me already.

yes for me there was a difference between the 250 and the 350. im paying 3600 per year right now on the 250, and that's if i can go a year without getting another ticket or another accident.
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The ML only for the DVD feature with the hack. Oh well.
Old 08-07-06, 04:48 PM
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no regrets but it would have been cool to have pcs and radar cruise.
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Well I'm with Ken on this. The only option I didn't get isn't listed and that's the adaptive cruise control. I think I'll manage to live without it though but it would be neat! :-)
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I regret not having the ML, but it was either wait for a special order to come in, or take the car they had on the lot that had everyting I wanted EXCEPT ML... so I took the car... I don't regret it to the point where I say "man I should have waited" but it would have been nice to have it.
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No brainer for me. I NEED NAV.. PERIOD
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None. My car came with everything I want and little extra.


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