A co-worker of mine will sell me his 2003 Lexus IS300 5 speed manual with factory navigation. Its the metalic blue with black leather. The car is a clean title and has 85k, the least he will take is $11,500... Worth it?

 

hard to say with no description of exterior/interior or mechanical point of view.

 

Inteior is perfect, no rips barley any wear in the leather. Runs perfect, ice cold a/c. The body is also great with very few scratches. Also has the factory spolier. He is also including his kenwood dvd/navi double din.

 

 

has 90k major service been done yet?

 

Looks clean, fairly low mileage, relatively rare 5 speed.

If you like the car, it's a great find, you'll be hard pressed to find one with lower miles. But I don't know about the price, you have to check what the market value on them is.

 

The nada guides show "clean retail" at 14,300 and "clean trade in" 10,925....

 

The IS300 was generally quite reliable (one of the most reliable cars in the Consumer reports data base), but had a few annoying quirks, most of them in the A/T and shifter design, which won't affect you since it is a manual (I had an IS300 for over 4 years). But check out the center climate/control ****......my IS300 had a tendency to often kick over, in and out, of the recirculate position when I wanted fresh air (it is supposed to go to fresh air, of course, in Defrost mode, to prevent fogging). I often had to re-set it myself. Also, don't expect very good gas mileage out of that in-line 6.....it guzzles premium gas like a V8.

 

Yeah I know they waste gas I had an auto for a while..

 

i say get it, i hae been searchin for a 5 speed manual for months, i found an 01 with 21k on the odo, completly clean, some old guy owned it, they wanted 14.5 otd, but i couldnt sell my car in time. it was gone in days.

 

Did a quick search and found 2 manual IS300s, both 2002, with about the same mileage for $10.5k. They're not located close to you though.

Here

and

here

I found a great deal on an auto IS300 last year:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/4982486-post42.html

 

That is a great looking IS, but I would keep looking too. Good Luck!

 

i am curious, what mpg do you get in city?

 

Priced too high but NAV/manual is hard to find.

 

That is a nice find. As for the other 2 is300 your found, it would end up costing me about the same amount as this one having to travel...