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Old 08-02-14, 12:54 PM
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From the magazine covers to my driveway, FINALLY after all these years by the grace of God I've taken ownership of a 2010 IS350C. Granted it's used with 54k on it but it was owned by the owner of the dealership in Novato with impeccable service records. Got the car for my wife as our anniversary is this August: D with ten years under our belt. A wonderful ten years with four kids and only one(6yr old) left at home. I figured a mom can be in a great car & look good:P
So there it is. Happy camper.

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Congrats.. welcome to CL
I like how you had to throw in that important point that ONLY one left at home!
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Originally Posted by rxonmymind
From the magazine covers to my driveway, FINALLY after all these years by the grace of God I've taken ownership of a 2010 IS350C. Granted it's used with 54k on it but it was owned by the owner of the dealership in Novato with impeccable service records. Got the car for my wife's as our anniversary is this August: D with ten years under our belt. A wonderful ten years with four kids and only one(6yr old) left at home. I figured a mom can be in a great car & look good:P
So there it is. Happy camper.
Happy anniversary! Nice present for the occasion. Wish I had the money to buy my parents such a gift for their anniversary as it is also in August. Welcome aboard
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Originally Posted by Re3iRtH
Congrats.. welcome to CL
I like how you had to throw in that important point that ONLY one left at home!
Right! I have a 26 year old to who just had her 1st baby last Sunday...making me a Grandpa at the same time! Woot! So TECHNICALLY my wife is a grandma at the same time. Grandma never looked so good:P
Old 08-02-14, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by lexi90
Happy anniversary! Nice present for the occasion. Wish I had the money to buy my parents such a gift for their anniversary as it is also in August. Welcome aboard
Thank you! I like your attitude. Maybe one day you will
Old 08-02-14, 11:25 PM
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Lets see the pictures.
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^^Absolutely. Just got through waxing it. Did it need it? probably not, but hey, excited.
After driving it some I felt as though the size of the car closely matched my other convertible that I had and loved many years ago and that was the 1988 Mazda RX7. It had a sense of familiararity to it. So I looked up the specs on both and hot damn it was close.

IS Length: 15ft .25" Mazda:14ft .75"
IS Width: 5ft 10.9" Mazda: 5ft. 54"
IS Height: 4ft. 7" Mazda: 4ft 1.5"
IS Wheel base: 8ft. 11" Mazda: 7ft. 95"
IS Curb weight: 3880 Mada:3030

It's any wonder I really like this car. The handling, acceleration and overall panache is impressive and familiar. it's definately a cruiser with pop when you want it,
Attached Thumbnails Hello. New IS350C owner-lexux.jpg   Hello. New IS350C owner-lexus2.jpg   Hello. New IS350C owner-lexus-3.jpg  

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Old 08-03-14, 09:00 AM
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Nice, looks like it already has the Fsport exhaust. I love the color I couldn't find it with black int when I was looking.
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If you haven't found it yet here is the ISC section.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-c-244/
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Nice, looks like it already has the Fsport exhaust. I love the color I couldn't find it with black int when I was looking.
Thanks. I couldn't find it either but my wife was DONE with black interior as we had it in our Mazda. A ***** to keep clean, hot in the summer especially here in Sac and overall PIA. Now we just have to keep our 6 year old from getting in there with dirty shoes, drawing on the leather etc..... Bah, never going to happen.
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Welcome to CL. Glad to see your so ecstatic about it.
Nice color choice
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Originally Posted by rawr2is250
Welcome to CL. Glad to see your so ecstatic about it.
Nice color choice
Thanks. It was either this or blue. While the blue was nice it didn't get either of us excited.
My best friend came over to test drive it and he's taking it to Monterey this coming weekend to um, look it over. Lol. (He does fix all our cars for free. A top certified mechanic. Also the kind of guy who never ask for money.)
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I love the color! It's so pretty. Thanks for sharing some pictures!
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