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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 09:18 AM
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After seeing the pics in this post, I'd get the GFM over CW any day!

GFM Photos by knihc2008

Check it out if you haven't seen it...

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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
After seeing the pics in this post, I'd get the GFM over CW any day!

GFM Photos by knihc2008

Check it out if you haven't seen it...
It's teh SEXY!
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 09:27 AM
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Haha! I posted those on page 1, but it's always good to know other people appreciate my pictures I will take pictures this weekend that will for SURE get all you fence sitters over to the GFM side.
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 10:31 AM
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Hopefully you'll have a choice of getting GFM... when I bought mine, I was told that only 5% of the production run of the IS350's were GFM's - don't know if it's true or not, but to this day I've only seen ONE GFM IS (other than mine), and it was a 250.

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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by pkvir
I keep going back and forth, and can't decide which color to get, white or GFM. GFM looks so blue on the Lexus website (I don't want a blue car), and so different in person. Some pictures of GFM on this site just blow me away. Crystal white also looks great, very classy, but is much more common. Convice me one way or another.
i love the IS in the dark colors, but i'm just a light-colored car type of person. i was stuck between getting white or silver. then, i saw the glacier frost mica. i was amazed because that color is right between white and silver, and i'm like, this color was meant for me. the choice was obviously easy.
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by javylsu
Hopefully you'll have a choice of getting GFM... when I bought mine, I was told that only 5% of the production run of the IS350's were GFM's - don't know if it's true or not, but to this day I've only seen ONE GFM IS (other than mine), and it was a 250.

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Hey Javier, where in California are you located?

It looks like there will be quite a few GFM IS350's in California.

I believe the GFM still accounts for the tiny 5% of production.
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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Get the GFM, I want my Crystal White w/ Black to be rare here in California

Actually, I saw both on the same dealership once, it was a cloudy day so it did look bluish...
Then it looked off white (when the sun came through...). For me, I wanted as primary white as I could get. One of the reasons I never got a TSX two years ago.
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by is350WHT
Get the GFM, I want my Crystal White w/ Black to be rare here in California

Actually, I saw both on the same dealership once, it was a cloudy day so it did look bluish...
Then it looked off white (when the sun came through...). For me, I wanted as primary white as I could get. One of the reasons I never got a TSX two years ago.
So...You wanna be rare in California with Crystal White? hah! Don't make me laugh!

I see a CW on every block. j/k j/k!

Just yanking your chain! Please don't hurt me!
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by pocky
So...You wanna be rare in California with Crystal White? hah! Don't make me laugh!

I see a CW on every block. j/k j/k!

Just yanking your chain! Please don't hurt me!
I wanted my IS350 to be GFM/Sterling, but there was very little production of it (there were going to be like, 6 going to 55 west coast dealers). Ah well... I did get a good look at a GFM IS250 though, nice color. I still have yet to see many 2IS's around. The most I've seen in a day was two, and I've seen maybe four total. Why don't people like driving their 2IS's around when I'm on the road?
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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There was a really young blonde ( 18 - 19 years old ) driving a Crystal White IS 350 around my neighborhood in Alpine, NJ today. I've never liked white cars, but the 2IS looks pretty nice in Crystal White.
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AznJason
I wanted my IS350 to be GFM/Sterling, but there was very little production of it (there were going to be like, 6 going to 55 west coast dealers). Ah well... I did get a good look at a GFM IS250 though, nice color. I still have yet to see many 2IS's around. The most I've seen in a day was two, and I've seen maybe four total. Why don't people like driving their 2IS's around when I'm on the road?
Guess it really depends on the area?

One weekend, I saw a total of 25 2IS's. I counted. I see one at least every night when I go home from the office, or run some errands at night.

But....it's just so sexy. Makes me all jealous inside.
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by S L I C K
There was a really young blonde ( 18 - 19 years old ) driving a Crystal White IS 350 around my neighborhood in Alpine, NJ today. I've never liked white cars, but the 2IS looks pretty nice in Crystal White.
Are you sure you even noticed the car?
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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At night under the lights my baby looks Blue....I love the color and was just lucky they had an extra one on the lot.

Around here the closest dealer is about 1 1/2 hours away, I never see any other 2IS's. I don't see many 1IS's either!
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by AznJason
Are you sure you even noticed the car?
lol, seriously. He thinks CW is nice cause of the hawt girl.

I'm sure he has his radar set to find CW 2IS's now.

Last edited by pocky; Apr 20, 2006 at 04:41 PM.
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by pocky
Hey Javier, where in California are you located?

It looks like there will be quite a few GFM IS350's in California.

I believe the GFM still accounts for the tiny 5% of production.
I'm in Beverly Hills, and the only GFM 2IS that I've seen I actually saw here in BH on Monday. I sure hope it stays that way, because I get stopped all the time at the car wash and while driving errands by people staring at my car, asking what color that is, etc...

Javier
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