Would you trade your GS for an IS-F?

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04-05-09, 01:00 AM

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I would trade up in a heart beat. The GS is no limo on the inside. Yes the ISF is smaller , but it also has about 35% more HP

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04-05-09, 08:40 AM

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I thought IS-F was much more money too. Probably the guy at the Lexus dealership talking nonsense I guess.

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04-05-09, 03:19 PM

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I thought IS-F was much more money too. Probably the guy at the Lexus dealership talking nonsense I guess.

that's my guess. i was serious enough to get actual quotes and stuff on the is-f. the payment was around 100 bucks more than my gs350

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04-05-09, 09:19 PM

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NO for me. Would you? have you made your decision for the IS-F?

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04-06-09, 01:25 AM

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It seemed a little crazy that he would be able to trade up with just a small increase in price. The price of an ISF is significantly higher than the 350

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04-06-09, 06:37 AM

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Just brought my car in for the recall and they gave me a RAV 4 as a loaner (groan)

Anyway, the dude at Lexus said I could trade my car in for an IS-F if I wanted to and it wouldn't be much difference in price (I'm financing my 07 GS350)

Doubt I'd do it but wondered what you guys would do? I love my GS but on the way home I seen an IS-F on the road (for the first time) and it seemed like such an odd coincidence. That car sounded awesome when it drove by.

Hey whats up Bozer time too drop that dealer you go to, you and I live around the same place and I do not take my car to bay rige lexus at all a RAV 4 oh hell no I would of taken back my car . I take my car to ralley lexus and they would give me a 08,09 car the last time I went there I got a 09 RX450H and ralley take care of you never and any problems trust me.

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04-06-09, 11:22 AM

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Hmm where is Ralley? NJ?

they said I'm stuck with a RAV4 because so many people have loaners right now due to this recall nonsense.

UGH

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04-06-09, 12:03 PM

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Bozer, its the oldest book in the trick. Sure they can get you in a IS-F for a small increase. A small increase is what? $100 a month, 2 hundred a months, for some people, even $300 more a month is a small increase. If the loan is for 6 years then the payment is only a small increase too.
Once you bite and you run thru the real numbers, it will not be a small increase.

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04-06-09, 12:38 PM

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heh yeah. I'm not doing it. 2 days with this RAV4 made me realize how much I love my GS.

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04-06-09, 01:02 PM

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heh yeah. I'm not doing it. 2 days with this RAV4 made me realize how much I love my GS.

lol i hear that. i got stuck is a crappy eclipse for a rental car and i cant wait to get my GS back from the body shop tomorrow.

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04-06-09, 03:10 PM

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Just got my car back. they said they fixed the dash rattles too (we'll see, of course its really warm here today).

Man I love this car. I hated it for a while because of the dash rattles and brakes problem but right now I love it. It feels so tight and drives so nicely and all the nice features.. to hell with that Rav 4.

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04-07-09, 12:16 PM

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lol i hear that. i got stuck is a crappy eclipse for a rental car and i cant wait to get my GS back from the body shop tomorrow.

At least you got an Eclipse. I got stuck w/ an HHR for 4 days when our GS was in the body shop. No wonder GM is going bankrupt... these cars are nothing but crap inside and out.

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04-07-09, 01:05 PM

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Most GS owners have a love hate relationship with their GS, they love the GS in summer and hate it in the winter

Maybe its time to move down south.

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04-09-09, 06:29 PM

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I would not even think about getting into an IS-F.....way to small for me and I am not that big.Now,an LS460.....UMMM let me think......YES I would think about it.