Ok, when i got my car, the dash looks like a lion went crazy inside and scratched up all of the dash. there's a car cover covering most of it, but the middle console and the area around the stereo is visible.

what can/do i do?

 

nothing much. unless you have the dash change or paint them.
i heard it is a common problem with the 1st gen is

 

really? you mean it wasnt a cat??? lol

 

i don't know, may be you should ask the seller if they have a cat that live in the car. you can't tell? so what are you going to do about the dash?

 

Yes it's a common problem since it scratches easily and yes it looks like a cat went through it.
I'm gonna paint that part of my car's dash and center console in the near future just like some IS300 owners I saw online.