NickTomsyc

After looking at the age thread poll - lots of younger people with 2IS... I certainly think it is a "younger" Lexus than the rest of the lineup, but I'm curious on how you guys got your lexus.

Like 25% of the owners from that thread are under 25... of the younger guys with them, how did you guys afford/buy them? I always worked through high school/college but during that time could NEVER have footed the bill on a car like these...

How many of the sub-25 owners paid for it themself and how many are lucky enough to have parents to help out with such a nice car?

I'm 23 and bought mine on my own after I was offered my first "real" job out of college - they gave me salary in Feb. while still in college (til May) so I figured I was making money doing nothing, might as well put it towards a "grown up" car.

Just curious - not trying to rag on anyone who got a gift from the parents, I've jealous, not a hater

b4k4kun

I'm 23 and I bought my 07 is250 off a used car lot. Took out a loan at a local bank of 15k, downed 7.5 with help of family. Now I'm doing full time work, part time schooling, paying 640 a month for 2 years. Almost one year down, one more left to go!

jbjones85

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25, bought my 07 used, got a great deal and traded in a paid off vehicle that covered 1/2 the price.

NickTomsyc

Thats what I did except I only got 3k for my trade.... then took a loan for the remaining 13k

A_Grasso

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Got mine when I was 17, 19 now. It was an 06 used but like all Lexus cpo cars, it was in 9/10 condition. Sold my rx, used the money from that along with parental help

Gville350

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31...got mine after getting divorced, paying down debt, selling $8k worth of parts off my turbo Honda, and a small loan. The first part was key!

dmk08

31.. I wish someone else would have bought it for me. Writing that check hurt!

don

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If you want an even bigger shocker, go to the ISF section. There are 20 year olders with ISF's.

GiantsFan

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I'm one of the lucky ones you speak of

Almost 21 now, but got it when I was 18, a one year old 2007 cpo with ~20k on the odo. Just hit 50k this week

BLexodus

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28, sold my two paid off cars: 2006 Honda S2000 and 1997 Lexus ES300, (that I had loans on and paid off myself with my real job) and paid cash.

Its like my S2000 and my ES300 had a baby and its the best of both worlds... Except I cant seem to figure out how the convertible part of the IS350 works???

***I did purchase an 04 IS300 in 2006 when I was 23, I had a real job and I got a loan.

MissLexus

I've been fortunate to have good paying jobs since I was 19...and some sense of financial responsibilty :-)

wyee99

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24 when I first bought my car, a year after I graduated from college.

IOWNALEXUS

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Im 31, ive had more cars than i can remember but my 2IS is by far my favorite....... I dont finance cars anymore id rather buy a used car with cash..... I sold my '03 Cobra and i was dead set on an E46 M3 or E39 M5, but i found a deal on my IS by accident and just happened to have the right amount of cash at the right time so it worked out.

And when i say cash i mean CASH...... (yes those are all hundreds)



= IS350

dmk08

Hey thats what my mattresses are made out of!

I would never mod a car I didn't have the title to in case something goes wrong. I remember making payments on a car i blew up for a year in my early 20s. Sucked.

IOWNALEXUS

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Im feeling sleepy can i stay at your place???

Dont get me wrong i would LOVE an IS-F or even a new F-sport but im allergic to payments Id rather mod what i have and save money every month instead of just throwing money away on interest and depreciation. So ill wait a couple years and pick up and IS-F down the road.