Thoughts on 2018 Camry from IS owners?!
12-30-17, 10:53 AM
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Thoughts on that?
Personally I know that it not being certified has kept the price down and allowed me to negotiate so not an issue with me but I'm not too sure if the Lexus being non-certified means issues down the road perhaps.
12-30-17, 10:58 AM
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So that 2016 IS 300 F-Sport is not Lexus Certified. Price is close to $28K + Taxes. As far as Carfax goes, the car had 1 owner, 37K miles on it in 1 year and 10 months of leasing. Carfax's estimation is 20K miles per year.
Thoughts on that?
Personally I know that it not being certified has kept the price down and allowed me to negotiate so not an issue with me but I'm not too sure if the Lexus being non-certified means issues down the road perhaps.
Thoughts on that?
Personally I know that it not being certified has kept the price down and allowed me to negotiate so not an issue with me but I'm not too sure if the Lexus being non-certified means issues down the road perhaps.
lexus is extremely reliable, so i’m not sure why it wouldn’t be certified, but i wouldn’t worry about the car breaking down or electrical problems as that is extremely unlikely
12-30-17, 11:01 AM
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Anyhow, I'd much rather have it at this price. I've tried to lower it even more but at this point, $28K is their final price as "$28K is below their cost".
12-30-17, 02:11 PM
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So... the car ended up being sold to someone else while I was driving there. I was told just as I was got on the freeway. I did get to go to the Toyota dealer with the white 2015 IS 250 and the 2018 Camry XSE. This was my first time driving the 2018 4 cylinder but man it definitely was “boring” in a certain way. Once I changed it to sport the pickup and throttle response became more enjoyable. Overall the car looked great but was lacking in areas. I’ll update some more thoughts soon.
12-30-17, 02:14 PM
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So... the car ended up being sold to someone else while I was driving there. I was told just as I was got on the freeway. I did get to go to the Toyota dealer with the white 2015 IS 250 and the 2018 Camry XSE. This was my first time driving the 2018 4 cylinder but man it definitely was “boring” in a certain way. Once I changed it to sport the pickup and throttle response became more enjoyable. Overall the car looked great but was lacking in areas. I’ll update some more thoughts soon.
that sucks, damn! i would keep looking for IS300’s in the area if you can!
12-30-17, 06:57 PM
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Test drove it and absolutely fell in love with the power. The car itself was smooth, no rattling or any another noticeable issues. The interior looked great, it did have a few faint scratches. I'm very picky about this stuff since I baby the hell out of my car and avoid potholes/bumps on the road like the plague. You were absolutely right about getting IS 300 and skipping the 200t or 250!! This car felt so light and picked up much much faster than my IS 250!
Additionally, the manager let us bring the car home for the night so I can inspect it in the morning for any scratches or issues. Left my IS on their lot of course. Wife and I totally loved her service, didn't pressure us or anything at all.
All in all... I was able to lower the price $300 more to $27,700.
$29,400 OTD w/taxes and all other fees.
Thoughts about the deal or anything else I should make sure of before green lighting this tomorrow?
12-31-17, 07:39 AM
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So... here's another update! She emailed me early evening saying the person didn't get approved for the financing and asked if I wanted to come in the next day. Since my wife and I were still out, we decided to go test drive the car late evening since the manager was ok with it.
Test drove it and absolutely fell in love with the power. The car itself was smooth, no rattling or any another noticeable issues. The interior looked great, it did have a few faint scratches. I'm very picky about this stuff since I baby the hell out of my car and avoid potholes/bumps on the road like the plague. You were absolutely right about getting IS 300 and skipping the 200t or 250!! This car felt so light and picked up much much faster than my IS 250!
Additionally, the manager let us bring the car home for the night so I can inspect it in the morning for any scratches or issues. Left my IS on their lot of course. Wife and I totally loved her service, didn't pressure us or anything at all.
All in all... I was able to lower the price $300 more to $27,700.
$29,400 OTD w/taxes and all other fees.
Thoughts about the deal or anything else I should make sure of before green lighting this tomorrow?
Test drove it and absolutely fell in love with the power. The car itself was smooth, no rattling or any another noticeable issues. The interior looked great, it did have a few faint scratches. I'm very picky about this stuff since I baby the hell out of my car and avoid potholes/bumps on the road like the plague. You were absolutely right about getting IS 300 and skipping the 200t or 250!! This car felt so light and picked up much much faster than my IS 250!
Additionally, the manager let us bring the car home for the night so I can inspect it in the morning for any scratches or issues. Left my IS on their lot of course. Wife and I totally loved her service, didn't pressure us or anything at all.
All in all... I was able to lower the price $300 more to $27,700.
$29,400 OTD w/taxes and all other fees.
Thoughts about the deal or anything else I should make sure of before green lighting this tomorrow?
yes! yay! congrats!!! it feels very quick off the like because the torque band of the IS300 and IS350 are almost identical, only when the cars hit about 4000-4500 rpm is when the 350 starts pulling much harder. i don’t think you really need to check for anything under the hood, but definitely look at tires being replaced
12-31-17, 07:56 AM
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yes! yay! congrats!!! it feels very quick off the like because the torque band of the IS300 and IS350 are almost identical, only when the cars hit about 4000-4500 rpm is when the 350 starts pulling much harder. i don’t think you really need to check for anything under the hood, but definitely look at tires being replaced
Would this still be a good buy due to the rock chips on the front bumper? Not sure how much it'll cost if I we're to re-paint down the line.
12-31-17, 07:59 AM
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Finally got to inspect the car in daylight since its 10AM here. That front bumper is rock chipped to hell. I'm guessing from the obvious highway miles. There's a very slight paint cracking issue on the trunk door but I'm not sure if that's a big of an issue.
Would this still be a good buy due to the rock chips on the front bumper? Not sure how much it'll cost if I we're to re-paint down the line.
Would this still be a good buy due to the rock chips on the front bumper? Not sure how much it'll cost if I we're to re-paint down the line.
it’s still a good buy, unfortunately the IS and most other lexus models have such soft paint materials, i have a rock chip on my front bumper after owning my car for 5 months, post some pics of the car if you can too!
12-31-17, 08:04 AM
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Will definitely post pictures soon. Will be heading down to the dealer soon and see if they can do anything.
12-31-17, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jmull3r
not sure... i’m assuming $2000 or more, i would bring it to a paint correction detailing place to see if they can do anything about it
01-01-18, 02:06 PM
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Ended up not getting the car due to the customer experience at the dealer. They were willing to repaint the bumper and trunk lid for me.
But my experience with the sales executive was terrible. Mentioned the extra $300 off should be noted on the computer but they couldn’t find it and then when they said they did, they had the audacity to say it’s only if I get some paint protection and nitrogen air combo which costs $1200.... so add $1200 to drop $300.
Although my creit edit form was filled out, I asked if my credit will be run since there were some issues figuring out the price... before you know it I got an alert that my credit was checked. They were willing to take off the $1200 and leave everything as is but the experience left a sour taste and my gut said to walk away from that shady stuff.
But my experience with the sales executive was terrible. Mentioned the extra $300 off should be noted on the computer but they couldn’t find it and then when they said they did, they had the audacity to say it’s only if I get some paint protection and nitrogen air combo which costs $1200.... so add $1200 to drop $300.
Although my creit edit form was filled out, I asked if my credit will be run since there were some issues figuring out the price... before you know it I got an alert that my credit was checked. They were willing to take off the $1200 and leave everything as is but the experience left a sour taste and my gut said to walk away from that shady stuff.