speedkar9

I agree with you - these older Lexus cars make for some great bargains considering the features you get with them. They are fairly reliable compared to a lot of its competition. I also bought my GS350 last October after having an ES330.

I did expect to spend slightly more on premium fuel, but I am overall much more happy with my purchase than if I had gotten an ES350 or Camry SE V6. I love that sense of a quality built car, it's reasonably quick, comfortable and has some neat features, all of which non-premium vehicles cannot match.

As for IS350 vs Camry - you should take driving dynamics into consideration, namely RWD vs FWD.

Aron9000

^ The gas mileage and premium fuel thing on my SC300 drives me nuts. I don't know if the IS350 the op is looking at requires premium, but out on the road yesterday, I got off the exit, premium was $2.89 a gallon, regular, $2.05. Some gas stations just bend you over on premium fuel for no damn reason IMO. $0.84 cents a gallon more meant that fillup cost me an extra $13.86 vs regular fuel, considering I bought 16.5 gallons. And I averaged 19.75mpg on my last fillup. Its just stupid how bad the gas mileage is on the 2JZ. My old 1991 Cadillac Brougham, shaped like a brick, 5.7 liter "350 TBI" Chevy V8 got similar mileage in town, 25mpg on the highway(best the Lexus does is 22-23mpg highway) and ran on regular fuel. That car weighed about 700lbs more and was shaped like a lego brick.

Anyways, advice to the op, go onto www.fueleconomy.gov and click on "compare side by side". Gives you gas mileage of about any car built in the last 30 years, weather it uses premium or regular, all figures are the more recent up to date EPA measuring figures.

Johnhav430

Totally agree on the premium fuel, one feels like a second class citizen buying it most of the time, with the exception of the warehouse clubs....I just wish Costco were located closer to where we live or where I work (sometimes the delta is 20-25 cents, like the old days).....it really comes down to what the car was designed for and if you want the numbers that were published. Again VW switched to regular on the fuel door of the GTI in 2016, but says if you want the hp/tq they publish, you need premium.

JDR76

The difference around the nation for premium is insane. Our gas here in Washington State isn't the cheapest, but it's still only around $0.20 more for premium over regular. Right now our Costco is $2.44 for regular and $2.70 for premium. Chevron is $2.90 for regular and $3.10 for premium.