Shopsey'IS300

I got my 03 IS300 yesterday and its great! I had so much fun driving it home! Its a smooth ride, big diff then driving a 4 cyl miata.. but its great! Fully Loaded with everything. Well mods start from now. Teins are comin next week! Thanks Guys.

Marley

Congrats and welcome to the club.

EvgeshaIS300

Congrats welcome to the club!!!
Are you gonna make it to the FBF meet??
To sport your new toy

Shopsey'IS300

I dunno if i will be able to make it on Sat......

gavron1

Congrats on the new ride. Welcome to Club Lexus as well.

aznserpent

Got mines recently too. 2003 Silver 5sp, fully leather, except Nav.
So glad to be part of the family now.

LadyLexusIS300

ALRIGHT! good for you!
this week i finally broke 1K and i finally got to drive it on the freeway. the IS sure handles better than the TT.

bagwell

what kind of a deals did you guys get on your cars ???


anything off MSRP ??

SmokeyBurnout

I ordered an Absolutely Red '03 IS300 with factory-installed L-Tuned Series 1, Nav, leather, E-Shift, moonroof, Limited Slip, Stability Control, blah blah blah for $5k off the MSRP. The dealer made about $825 off the top and $400 for the salesman. It'll be here in three weeks.


I hope the TRD (L-Tuned) exhaust isn't too loud.

gavron1

The L-Tuned exhaust is perfect IMO if you ae wanting to keep a quiet classy sound. It does have a nice and deep sound though when you open up the throttle. It has a nice look too. The tip is not to large(coffee can) but bigger than stock for a little more aggressive look. I have been very pleased with mine.

bagwell

what was MSRP ??

and what dealer did you go thru ....salesmans namenumber ???

I have a MB C320 I need to DUMP !!

thanks !

pbm317

Smokey, where did you get this deal? I see you're in IL, I wasn't aware that L-tuned equipment was available in the midwest. I thought it was still only West Coast... It sounds like an awesome price... 5 grand off MSRP.. wow. Were there any changes to the 2003?

SmokeyBurnout

Folks seem to be interested, so I'll finish the post;

L-Tuned is available everywhere, and in any color - though the brochures say only graphite, silver, and red. It's $150 more to get yellow, green, etc. I requested the documentation from my salesman (who is in Houston, TX by the way, at Sterling McCall Lexus) regarding variations on the standard L-Tuned Series I and II. There is a LOT of info available to the dealers about these packages.

I'm a little bummed that since I ordered the car with L-Tuned that I will not receive the parts that were removed from the assembly-line car like the front bumper and the stock muffler. With dealer installed kits, you get to keep these parts (AND SELL THEM ON THE WEB). I would have stood the bumper in my office, as a conversation piece.

I don't like spreading this around, but dealers want to sell cars. They don't really want to spend all day haggling. The key is to ask for the salesman of the month (sometimes dealing with one a thousand miles away), and one that wants to move vehicles. I found one that would take a few hundred dollars for himself and the dealership in exchange for ordering me a car. Salesmen are competing these days nationwide to sell cars (crap economy) so expand your search and you too can get a good deal.

I found a dealer by researching the top volume dealers in the country and calling until I found someone ready to sell a car over the phone (with my credit card info of course). Hope this helps.

DjXquizit

I juz got a brand new '03 IS300 today in Graphite Gray...DAYAM SEXY...

Although i had a 2001 IS300 before, i sold it 2 months ago for about $28,000...n get this. The IS300 i juz bought today cost me $29,700 + tax. Yeah, i know ur jealous =P neways juz thought id share..

2Lexos

some of you new IL members should check out the Chicago Lexus Club forum. we have a meet this weekend if you'd like to come out and join us just post for any need info. later

welcome to CL

Alex
Chicago Lexus Club Moderator