Yes, $$$$ was a factor :/

 

You cannot reasonably compare $ savings between the IS350 and IS250 to $ savings between the IS-F and IS350.

There's a $6k difference between the IS250 and IS350 (new). The difference in price used to be even less (more like $4k) and only grew to $6k recently.

The difference between the IS350 and IS-F is $20k. That's not even close, especially when you consider the time value of money. $20k saved today is $40k saved 12 years from now...is $80k saved 25 years from now, so on and so forth. And, that's assuming rather conservative market returns.

 

What is the price for a car like Superbrinos? The F Sport edition?

 

Brand new it's about $50k OTD.

 

For my wife and I we really didn't need the extra power cause there no where to speed to with all this traffic these days in the city. For our daily driver in the city, the 250 is more than enough.

 

i think i saw that they even make 250 f-sports lol

there are a lot of threads like this already. i started one like a year ago. 250 is more than enough for the average driver. my decision to get a 250 is not because i couldnt afford it but because it wasnt worth the extra money (to me) at the time. since i only bought new cars it was a bigger difference. harder to find the color combo you like also because the ratio of 250's to 350's.

 

Oy. That's a lot. Makes mine look inexpensive. Granted mine was previously owned for 9 months, I got a couple of things on it that they don't have on the newer models as well as F Sport BBK, wheels and exhaust.

 

I got a is250 because it stick I know its slow,but I have lots of fun driving it .also I got a realy good deal $26k out the door with 250miles on it!

 

yea yur right, the difference between my ride and the ISF was atleast 15k I had to draw the line somewhere i spose ....


i see whatcha mean, i couldve ordered my ride in either AWD or RWD but i went with rear although i drove both and i didnt feel any power loss when driving AWD ...

perhaps i over paid, im not ashamed to admit but thats exactly what i paid OTD

I dont think its bad either way i know ultimately its all about preference and all different factors, I just thought and assumed maybe they didnt produce as many of the 350's ... I also dont want offend any owners of 250's I just honestly wanted to pick some peoples brains about this ... i did read some threads previously posted i just thought i would reach out

I love all Lexus' !!!!!! please know this

 

That's because you work there!! NO FAIR!!

 

good for him! i didnt get no damn discount! lol i just went for it, lil problem i have haha

 

Hey Im the same way. That's how I ended up with it. At least you didn't suffer from buyer's remorse like I did for two months.

 

the reason most people get the 250 is because you paid more than twice what i did for a car that looks exactly the same and has 100hp more. ofcourse mine was used and older but still...im rather content with my purchase...i only keep cars for 1-2 years anyways.

 

Manual Tranny here

 

For me, I got the IS250 to get something comparable to a 99 Camry Solara which I had before. Maybe a bit slower than the Solara (even thou about the same HP but IS weighs more) but I gained better fuel economy.