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Old 11-23-05, 12:08 PM
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Walking back from my get ready for Thanksgiving haircut, I saw a Smokey Gray Mica IS 250AWD (nice and clean) on Route 9 East near the U Mass Medical Campus.

The car had a license plate frame from the Northborough dealer.

I am surprised that this is the first of these (any Is for that matter) I have seen on the road as the intro was over a month ago.
Old 11-23-05, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by S2000toIS350
I am surprised that this is the first of these (any Is for that matter) I have seen on the road as the intro was over a month ago.
I still haven't seen one and I live in SoCal It bums me out, I want to see how they look from outside.
Old 11-23-05, 01:16 PM
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I saw 2 so far (while driving in my own)...a black in beverly hills and a red one in pasadena (i have a silver one). Let me know which area of California you live in, and I'll drive around there more =P
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I finally saw my first one yesterday, a black onyx. It looked very cool. I couldn't tell whether it was a 250 or 350.
Old 11-23-05, 01:28 PM
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Black one in Anaheim...
Old 11-23-05, 01:42 PM
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I still haven't seen one on the road but I do know what it looks like. Over the past month since I've been in and out of the dealership, I've seen the test drives and the demo unit going to and from the dealership. No way that I could see how to tell between 250 and 350.
Old 11-23-05, 02:29 PM
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I saw one at night. Not sure what color it was but it could have been blue, black, or smokey.
Old 11-23-05, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ianneub
I still haven't seen one and I live in SoCal It bums me out, I want to see how they look from outside.
Where in SoCal are you? I'm in San Diego and you're welcome to take a look at mine.
Old 11-23-05, 03:29 PM
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I saw an exact same one as mine close to my work heading home. Crystal White IS350, as I approach it, it appeared to have the Lux Package... then it had dealer tags and appeared it came from Toyota Corporate. No fair!
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I haven't seen another one here in HI either. I feel like I am advertising for the new IS before it is released. I think part of the reason is that most of the people here who drive Lexus vehicles are more mature and the IS apeals more to the young crowd who can't normally afford it.
I like being the only IS on the road.
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I've seen a Black Onyx in Frisco Texas. That's the only one so far, besides my Crystal White Lux.
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ive seen one in red and one in white

the white looked nice
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Originally Posted by Kailua250
I haven't seen another one here in HI either. I feel like I am advertising for the new IS before it is released. I think part of the reason is that most of the people here who drive Lexus vehicles are more mature and the IS apeals more to the young crowd who can't normally afford it.
I like being the only IS on the road.
so this would be the second time i have purchased a new model "right when it came out." this time i am happy to be the only one on the road (because i basically know why); the last time i started getting worried when my car (acura cl-s) was rare, as if something might be wrong....

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I seen two black ones and a red one. Haven't even seen another white one besides me, then again allocation lists shows only 4 exists in west coast.. =D
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Originally Posted by Zephyr
I seen two black ones and a red one. Haven't even seen another white one besides me, then again allocation lists shows only 4 exists in west coast.. =D
Well, one is mine, so who has the other two?


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