TraciPhan

I'm curious to know if people think this is a good price. Also how much did everyone else buy their 2009s' for either pre-owned or new. This car is also certified.

eub

navigation?

TraciPhan

yes it has nav-backup cam, ventillated seats.

lilbluu

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i think that price would be good for a 350 i dunno about 250

TraciPhan

Looking on Carmax I found pricing for 250's anywhere between 31-33k. So then that would be high?

Namster

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With 600miles that's almost practically brand new. I got mine in 07 CPO 700miles with Nav for 32K but that's 3 years ago. If you can get it for 30K would be a great deal.

ISThree

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600miles? maybe the miles are from dealer demo or? can you find out?

eub

another way u can go about this is to go on sites like truecar.com to see what price u can get a new 2010 is250 for, and see if the $ difference justifies 600 miles + 1 year in age + lexus enform, in your mind.

gentledent

Hi all, I'm getting ready to buy a Lexus IS350, but I just wondering how much everyone paid for their car, so i dont get shafted.... Thanks!

MBTC

Interesting topic, was just discussing this with someone earlier.. some people might be reluctant to throw out actual numbers, but I will hazard a guess and say $2,500-$3,500 below sticker is probably a reasonable guess. My deal fell in that range, and I'd expect the amount below MSRP to be more with more options (because more profit margin movement there) and less with less options. And what you actually pay is going to vary with geographical location (one reason all the car websites ask for zip code up front).

dsadsauser

Mine was 3,000 under MSRP plus $750 off for the Lexus military discount

Fizzboy7

So you don't get shafted, go to Edmunds.com's "Town Square" and research what deals people have been getting in your local area. Shoot for just below that. And always a great idea to use the internet to pit dealers against each other. I emailed all SoCal Lexus dealers when I was looking for mine and took the one who would go the lowest. That ended up being $750 below invoice back in 2008. At this late date in the 2IS game, you should get yours for well UNDER invoice. Forget sticker.
Good luck!

Evitzee

This topic has numerous threads over the years, so if you do a bit of searching all will become known. Of course prices paid when the IS was new back in 2006 would probably show less dollars off MSRP than you would get today when the vehicle's design is over 4 years old.

MBTC

I'm sure that's true, not only because of the original design year but the movement of the economy in the last 4 years.

Personally I like buying a car in the last year or two of it's design cycle, because a lot of bugs have been worked out / production refinements have taken place by that time, but there is more than one angle to that. Buying a brand new model gets you more looks,... buying it after the bugs are worked out buys you less time at the dealer and possibly a better price.

It's interesting to go to the Lexus website and build based on different zip codes. It seems if I lived in Beverly Hills, I would not have been able to order without wood trim (might have been a deal breaker for me, I just like the look of no wood in a car so metallic trim is a must).

Kurtz

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Shopping by zip code doesn't actually end up giving you what you can "build"

It gives you how the cars are shipped pre-configured to your area.

If you were to actually "order" a car you could get whatever legit combo of options you wished.


As to pricing, much more useful to discuss amount above/below invoice than it is to discuss amount off MSRP or "out the door" because the later two confuse the issue with the various markups and taxes involved...while discussing $ relative to invoice addressed the actual cost.


As previous poster said, I'd surely be looking to pay well under invoice at this point in the model cycle.