I found a used 06 IS350, Red with Black interior, 10,000 miles. Woman leased it (according to my Autocheck report), and then traded it in on a new Acura TL (from what the salesman, who i know enough to trust, told me). Seems to have the sport package (has the metal pedals), nav/Levinson, mem seats with power tilt/telescopic steering column, has clear bra guards on it already, etc. Pretty well loaded. Listing around $37,000.

I currently have an 07 Infiniti G35X, but have since bought an suv, so I don't need the AWD on the sedan anymore, and I've always preferred Toyota/Lexus products, but at new-to-new prices, the IS350 was a lot more money. Especially in Seattle, we only have like 2-3 dealers. But this one, with only 10,000 miles on it, looked like it was in great shape.

Anything to look for in low vin IS350's? I've seen a couple TSB's listed here.

 

Might want to find out the build date .... maybe a car that was not one of the first few off the line for '06 would be best. If you know the salesman try and get her name and number .... give her a call to check its repair history. I got mine with 10k on it a few weeks ago .... real happy so far. Also though i got it from a Lexus dealer whom i bought from before .... was confident with them.

KC

 

Caudlek what arims are you rockin on your car?

 

These are my "winter beaters" !

Wheel is SPYN D5 Hyper Silver running NOKIAN HAKKAPELIITTA RSi winter rubbers.

front 225/45R17 94 R XL
rear 225/50R17 98 R XL

I'd like to see what a 18" might look like on a 250/350 ,,,,, but i still have the std lexus wheels/dunlops for the summer.

 

No other input??

 

You could do a search to find all the posts mentioning "TSB" (or "TSIB"). What else could we tell you? There are no TSBs that should concern you enough to prevent a purchase of an '06, in my opinion, unless it is the one about the small oil leak, which was just posted in the past week, or so.

I drive a used '06, myself. (But, I'm the only one who "used" it, so far.)

 

check on e-bay, carsdirect.com and autotrader for some good comp prices. one month ago i got my 2006 IS350 with NAVI & premium package for $32K with 10K miles. The car had been sitting on a honda lot for three months and the dealer was very anxious to get it sold.

 

37K is a ridiculous asking price. It should be around 34k IMO. Make sure you do all the check such as carfax and stuff.

 

yeah i wouldn't pay 37... was looking to get closer to 33-34 range. 32 would be great, but i don't think the seattle market would go down to that.

carfax and autocheck come up clean, but they come up clean on a lot of cars that aren't

thanks everyone, we'll see what happens

 

That's for sure, my last car was a 2005 Dodge Magnum R/T, I bought it new and after 10 months the car was hit in the front end by another driver, the total damage was $13,000 and took 3 months to fix...the repair was spot on perfect and 2 different inspectors with no vested interest in the car could find no faults with the repair, the car honestly felt better than new, I sold that car before I bought the IS (and yes I did disclose the facts to the seller) and to this day you can run carfax and auto check and they both come up clean.

 

Im pretty sure your gonna take a beating on the G

 

wait for 08

 

No beating on the G, since I got a random deal on it anyways (short version of a long story.... Acura paid me back more than what I actually paid for a TL due to electrical problems, and I used that to buy the G.) So I ended up "paying" about $34 for the G, which listed around $39. I told the dealer to make it a 34-34 swap on the IS and I'd think about it.