cobbyy

Hi All,

5 weeks ago, I leased my 2014 IS250 NON F-SPORT.
This was my mistake. My car has Navi, BSM, Premium package.
basically all the options for 250 without F-SPORT.
I regret not getting it and now looking to replace my car with IS250/350 with F-sport.
I contacted couple of dealers near by but they don't have any white/red in stock..
Do you know any dealers in SoCal who has them?
I think I can find someone to sublease my current car.
I know its a mistake from my part and I'll eat some financially but would really want F-sport.
please help if you know any dealer who has them!
I would like to get it done before December to remember ends on Jan. 2nd.

cobbyy

If I cant find one by Jan 2nd.. i'll just start modding..

semoquer

How much of a hit would you take to end the lease early?

cobbyy

I am not ending the lease early. I am subleasing it to someone else. They take over rest of my 22 month. transferring name.

thaialism

it's a hot car right now in so cal, i had a lot of trouble finding it. call newport lexus they should have one coming in this week, if they haven't sold it already. i was at south bay lexus on december the 15th and they still had one...

i just put a deposit down on one white/red fsport is250 and it'll get here first or second week of january, but i called around and no one has it.

lexus of Carlsbad has a white/red f sport 350 if you don't mind paying a little more.

cobbyy

THANK YOU!!
do you know which salesman you talked to at South Bay and Carlsbad dealers?

iPinky

I saw one at Keyes Lexus - Van Nuys about a week and a half to two weeks ago. I believe it was a 250.

Slash300zx

Probably the only dealer that is going to have it is the one you go to and order it or put a deposit for the next available one incoming to their inventory.

The white/red combo is one of the combination that people want most and probably one that dealers don't get as much. When I got mine, the sales rep told me if I wanted it in that combination I'd have to either special order it or put a down payment for their next allocated car that was coming in.... which was what I did (it had all the stuff I wanted) because none of the ones they had received were ever making it to the lot without getting sold beforehand. So my advise is to just go to your dealer and put down for the next one available and probably wait about a month or so to get it... you'd be surprised but that one white/red one you see at a dealership might belong to somebody already and is just waiting to be picked up.

DreLo

That's going to be a tough one to find and to negotiate. I got an extra $2k off my car by choosing the black interior over the red. Just something to think about because you're running out of time and once January hits you simply won't get the same deal. I got $5k off my car. For that kind of discount, I have absolutely no problem with the black interior. It's still gorgeous and black always looks classy. I bought mine at Lexus of Cerritos and the service was awesome. You might want to give them a call.

cobbyy

Found two within 100mile range so far.. no 250.. only 350.. let the negotiating begin!

DreLo

Good luck! Let us know how it turns out.

morton87

I just got my IS 350 F Sport in ultra white with red but i had to Nebraska to get it even though i live in Arizona. They either don't have them or here or so many people waiting, its tough battle to find one unclaimed at least in that color scheme and with F Sport. For mine i had dealers in AZ, CA, CO, NE and KS watching there new allocations for what i wanted. Ended up being that Omaha had a IS 350 Ultra White with Red F Sport coming in with no claim yet, so i snatched it up, they had only known about it for barely 48 hours. The before that was the same except Silver and they said that was claimed the same day they got notified. The Ultra White with Red F Sport seems to be the rare one to find at least when i hunting back in late October early November.

I still had to wait about 7 weeks for the car to show up at the dealer and just picked it up on the 12/20/13 but it was all mine at that point Happy hunting and highly suggest your broaden your search and you may have to go out of your state or even region to find one they way you want it, until the hotness of the car cools down.

As for price there was much room the dealer would give, given the current popularity of the car at this point as they knew they could easily sell it if for some reason didn't like the price they offered.

thaialism

at newport lexus
Joseph Garcia
Product Specialist
josephgarcia@newportlexus.com
(949) 477-7150

i forgot the guy's name at south bay Lexus...he was unwilling to budge on the pricing...so i left.

jcheng

Same with the sales people here. They know if they don't sell it to you the next person will pick it up.

They aren't going to negotiate on a high in demand car. Business is business.

dstopsie

call Bob Lattimore at Lexus of Santa Monica. He is in the internet sales Department. Just ask for him in internet sales. He was pretty aggressive in pricing. Plus its the month end and year end and they want to sell cars.