View Poll Results: Would you get the exact same IS?
I'd get the exact same car - model, options & color!
34
18.99%
I'd downgrade/upgrade to 250/350/F.
30
16.76%
I'd get a different color.
12
6.70%
I'd get different options.
25
13.97%
I'd mix the choices above.
22
12.29%
I'd get an entirely different car.
56
31.28%
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Would you get the same IS next time?
05-07-08, 07:58 PM
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I still think the IS350 is the best car out there in the price range, especially when you consider the true OTD selling price. I'd keep mine, though I do wish I got memory seats and the tilting mirrors function. It's embarassing how far I park away from the curb sometimes... It was my mistake to assume the memory seats and tilting mirrors were standard, or at least with the "premium package"...
I really don't see a car on the road that I'd prefer to my IS. People around here just don't drive $100K cars, and they really can't out-tech my car, out-style or have softer leather, just more power while driving with the same speed limits as I do. The IS is IT (for my ballpark price).
If they come out with an ISx50 AWD convertible, or a redesign, then I'll think about altering my 10-year ownership pattern. I don't care how nice the Hyundai Genesis is, it won't have the same sporty look as my IS, and the new TSX is no better in the pictures than the old TSX. Everything else that I considered was already on dealer lots. If I wanted to spend 50% more, I'd get a black/black MB E-Series, but I don't know that I'd be happier, just apprehensive about reliability.
05-08-08, 12:05 AM
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Wow, I see the clear winner in the votes and I'm surprised - don't know why though.
I've owned about 10 cars and Lexus is the best overall, guess you can call me a "lifer". lol
I've owned about 10 cars and Lexus is the best overall, guess you can call me a "lifer". lol
05-08-08, 08:31 AM
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This segment is more crowded and competitive, and Lexus is newer to serving it. Some of their choices, such as the decision not to offer all wheel drive or a manual transmission with the more potent engine may not jibe with the desires of buyers coming from cars like the WRX, Evo, Audi S4/RS4, etc.
Plus I think many performance car enthusiasts just like a bit of variety. I have a favorite restaurant, but I wouldn't want to go to it every time I eat out.
05-08-08, 08:49 AM
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Its not about the quality of the car its just having something different. To me having the same car takes away from the excitment of it being a NEW car. IMO then its not really a NEW car its just nice and clean!!!
I guess we are all different. I have only stuck with one make for several years but they where leased for work and being friends with the owner I was driving the Acura TL while my co-workers where driving a Ford Taurus
I had to take advantage of that set up!! It was at no cost to me
But the quality of that car went down hill very fast and I will not step foot in another TL.
Personally I would like to get and RS4...this is what I was going to purchase when I got the IS coming from the S4 but the gas was just to crazy for the amount I used to drive. Now that I am not driving as much I wish I had given the car a shot. It may just end up being the replacement for the IS come next summer?!?!?
I guess we are all different. I have only stuck with one make for several years but they where leased for work and being friends with the owner I was driving the Acura TL while my co-workers where driving a Ford Taurus
I had to take advantage of that set up!! It was at no cost to me But the quality of that car went down hill very fast and I will not step foot in another TL. Personally I would like to get and RS4...this is what I was going to purchase when I got the IS coming from the S4 but the gas was just to crazy for the amount I used to drive. Now that I am not driving as much I wish I had given the car a shot. It may just end up being the replacement for the IS come next summer?!?!?
05-08-08, 09:13 AM
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I would have got the same IS350 but with a different package.
I will get the NAVI as the backup camera is an indispensible tool. I can live without Mark Levinson but in Canada, Navi is bundled with Mark Levinson for IS350.
I will get the NAVI as the backup camera is an indispensible tool. I can live without Mark Levinson but in Canada, Navi is bundled with Mark Levinson for IS350.
05-08-08, 01:02 PM
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Since this car is already at the upper end of my budget, I can't imagine getting more car...loving every minute so far. That said, I wish I coulda got Nav and ML, but it wasn't available.
P.S. Black is a pain to keep clean, but worth every hour of detailing on a sunny day!
P.S. Black is a pain to keep clean, but worth every hour of detailing on a sunny day!
05-11-08, 02:41 PM
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Well said, Bichon
If you did the same poll in the LS forum, I'll bet you'd get the results you were expecting. Lexus knows its traditional luxury car customers to a "T".
This segment is more crowded and competitive, and Lexus is newer to serving it. Some of their choices, such as the decision not to offer all wheel drive or a manual transmission with the more potent engine may not jibe with the desires of buyers coming from cars like the WRX, Evo, Audi S4/RS4, etc.
Plus I think many performance car enthusiasts just like a bit of variety. I have a favorite restaurant, but I wouldn't want to go to it every time I eat out.
This segment is more crowded and competitive, and Lexus is newer to serving it. Some of their choices, such as the decision not to offer all wheel drive or a manual transmission with the more potent engine may not jibe with the desires of buyers coming from cars like the WRX, Evo, Audi S4/RS4, etc.
Plus I think many performance car enthusiasts just like a bit of variety. I have a favorite restaurant, but I wouldn't want to go to it every time I eat out.
05-12-08, 07:35 AM
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After my accident my car isn't the same. I tried to get it totaled. I tried to get the dealer to take it as a trade in for what I owe. Given the horrible treatment by my dealer I don't see my next car being a lexus. I test drove a G37, it was nice, but in the end the dealer wanted too much. I'm thinking about the BWM 1-series, so far they don't have any on island yet.
