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Oct 5, 2011 | 07:31 AM

aesthetics

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Hey guys, I just bought my first Lexus. I went from a G37s, to a 2009 Lexus IS250. I bought it from CarMax for $28k. Its still being shipped and will hopefully be here in a week or so. Ill post pics as soon as I get it. Also I like these forums way better than the G37 forums, as they were quite boring.... anyway hope i enjoy the car.

Oct 5, 2011 | 07:44 AM

heyarms

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Congrats! What part of Texas are you?

Oct 5, 2011 | 07:46 AM

Hoovey689

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Welcome and congrats. The g35 forums ie g35driver is much more active than the 37

Oct 5, 2011 | 07:47 AM

MrBBQ

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Welcome to CL! I always liked how the G37 looked, what made you decide to get a IS250? Why not a 350 with similar power? Get some pics up, people will start demanding to see some lol..

Oct 5, 2011 | 08:09 AM

516IS

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Welcome to CL, congrats on new purchase...

Oct 5, 2011 | 08:23 AM

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Welcome to CL. Congrats

Oct 5, 2011 | 08:42 AM

calvin2376

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Originally Posted by aesthetics

I'm also curious why you went from a 3.7 producing 330 hp for 0-60 in 5.3 seconds to a 2.5 producing 204 hp for 7.5 seconds. I assume you drove both the 250 and 350 and made a conscious decision to go 250 over 350, even though the 350 is far more comparable to what you had. Was that because of price, gas mileage, etc?

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Oct 5, 2011 | 09:01 AM

brociouz

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Welcome to CL!

Oct 5, 2011 | 09:08 AM

Snubbles

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Welcome and congrats

Oct 5, 2011 | 09:22 AM

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Congrats on the car...

I'm also wondering why you are stepping down in HP.

If you don't need the speed anymore, I guess that's ok.

For me, IS250 was still an improvement from me because I upgraded from a Civic

Oct 5, 2011 | 09:23 AM

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Glad to see another member checking in from Texas on the boards! Congrats on the new car. But I do have to ask, was there a particular reason as to why you went with the IS250?

Welcome to the boards... we're quite a wealth of information!

Oct 5, 2011 | 10:03 AM

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aesthetics

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I live in the DFW area in Texas. I definitely downgraded on HP, but the gas milage on the 37 was ridiculous and this car is going to be a daily comute, plus the interior of the Lexus is just amazing. Thanks for the welcome guys.