I just paid 43k for my SFP/ red interior 2012 with 33k miles over the weekend. A few factors came into play for me. First, I live in New England and ISF's are super rare only 3-5 ever for sale at a time (I check the market regularly). Second, I factored in the time to fly out and ship the right car from down south or west. Third, it was a Lexus dealer with a 2 year unlimited mile warranty. I may have over paid by 2-3k but I would have spent close to that between a plane ticket and shipping the car back and that's if the first car I flew out to see was "the one". Overall I'm very happy with the purchase and feel like everything worked out perfectly. Life's too short to nickel and dime every transaction( not implying that you are). For the record I'm not the best negotiator I hate haggling over the price of anything I purchase. I think it comes from being self employed in the restaurant business and dealing with people complaining.

 

Wow! It's awesome to have another person with a similar story. I ended up deciding to purchase a 2012 with 4860 miles from the private party for 48k. I will have to pay California taxes which is about 7.5% (~$2300). I think I will have to pay for license fees and a few others. We agreed on the price today and it is scheduled for a smog check first thing in the morning. We will go to AAA Auto Club to complete the transaction.

I paid the premium for the mileage I guess.

Thanks for your input. BTW I know your struggles in the food industry. Cheers! I hope to be a part of the IS-F family tomorrow morning.

 

Congrats and post some photos when you get a chance.

 

congrats! Definitely post up some pics!

 

Congrats! As long as you're happy with your purchase, who cares what others think about price. Money comes and goes but your satisfaction is priceless!

 

I would do no more than 35k, n finance the rest if possible. Giving up less upfront could mean more appreciation for the vehicle.
giving up more can slowly lead you to buyers remorse, only cause you knew you coulda got a better deal.
Overall its still a LEX ISF. U get both sides of the coin on this post ;0

 

I usually try to figure out what monthly payments I'm comfortable with and then use a car loan calculator.

That's my opinion on this matter. I bought my IS-F new, I got $9,000 on a Honda Accord I traded in, and added $17,000 cash. Financed the rest, 84 months loan @ 2.875%, monthly payment came to $552.

I don't feel he will have buyer's remorse if the car is clean and runs good, AND he's comfortable with his monthly payments.

 

Here she is on Day 1. Well, Day 1 for me as the owner.

Welcome Home!
I drove about 50 miles today.

 

Congrats bro!!! Wishing you many more happy miles!!!

V.

 

OMG she is a BEAST!!!
Happy Miles on the Road.

 

Even after 5 years, she still has the new car smell.

However, when driving without A/C and the fan on, it gets stuffy and there is a mild stench. Could this be the air filter?

 

hmm, I noticed a Trend of this topic. My IS250 does the same thing. Its all the leather seating and a bit of plastic parts in ac componets. My Honda coupe did the same thing. Depending how hot it is can be worse. Lift the hood and spray something where the air sucks in at in the top area where the hood latch is to open it. Cant pay all that money for the Whip yet it smells like toddlers feet.

 

Same on my wife's is350 with new filter. Some plastics smell or something...comes and goes, never had it in any of my cars before

 

Good find and good score and as long as you are happy, that is all that matters because it is your money. It is not like there are a ton of well-kept; or not-so-well-kept ISF's popping up for sale all over so for one with those miles, my opinion is you did well.

Now go put some miles on her and drive the ISF like it was meant to be driven!