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Jul 5, 2013 | 11:59 AM

ISTrey5

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Another New Member!

Whats up everybody!

Finally stepped up from my 2004 civic and got an IS350. I had a 07 is250 before but it was totaled when I got blindsided a couple years ago in an intersection...

She's completely stock excluding the tint but I do have some plans for her!

Jul 5, 2013 | 02:11 PM

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Congrats and welcome to CL.

Jul 5, 2013 | 06:08 PM

MrFRJ

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welcome ,
until I got on CL I didnt even know they had an IS350 , yeah I didnt do any research on these , and all the ones I see around my way are 250's , Love mine though

Jul 5, 2013 | 06:22 PM

IS350AWD

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Hello there!

Jul 5, 2013 | 06:57 PM

Nikon

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welcome and happy modding

Jul 5, 2013 | 10:04 PM

Seize

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Congrats on the IS and welcome to Club Lexus

Jul 5, 2013 | 10:11 PM

jdmSW20

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welcome aboard man. always good to see another black 350

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Jul 5, 2013 | 11:03 PM

Hoovey689

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Welcome back to Lexus

Jul 6, 2013 | 05:34 AM

ISTrey5

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Thanks guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrFRJ

welcome ,
until I got on CL I didnt even know they had an IS350 , yeah I didnt do any research on these , and all the ones I see around my way are 250's , Love mine though

Tell me about it. It seems like 75% of the time I spot an IS in NoVA, its a 250.

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Originally Posted by jdmSW20

welcome aboard man. always good to see another black 350

Thanks man! Love my car, but sheesh... Its a part time job keeping her clean!

Jul 6, 2013 | 02:56 PM

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Wunko

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Good choice!! IS350 isn't that common. I see a lot of IS250 AWDs where I am.

Jul 6, 2013 | 03:41 PM

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magnuscat

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ISTrey5

Thanks guys!

Tell me about it. It seems like 75% of the time I spot an IS in NoVA, its a 250.

Thanks man! Love my car, but sheesh... Its a part time job keeping her clean!

That percentage sounds close to right. According to production estimates from Lexus only about 20% of the IS built are 350. If you look at the IS 350 for sale within 75 miles of the northern Virginia area there are a total of 12 cars. There are 118 IS 250 for sale.

By comparison there are over 130 BMW 335 and over 800 3 series bimmers dating from 2006.

When I bought my 350 I compared it seriously to a 3 series and Mercedes C class. Comparing like mileage and features I could have had a 3 series for less than an IS. There are a number of factors for that, but one of them is supply and demand.

Since Lexus by all measures didn't seem to have a hard time selling the 350, so it must be assumed they intentionally kept production low. Not sure of why.

I have a SGM 350 and find it nearly as difficult to keep clean as black. I probably would have preferred silver, but it took me months to find a 350 of the year and mileage and features I wanted, so I grabbed it. The SGM is a beautiful color though.

Last edited by magnuscat; Jul 6, 2013 at 03:47 PM.