Sports PKG vs Luxury PKG
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Sports PKG vs Luxury PKG
My sales man told me the IS's with the sports packages sit a bit lower and have titghter suspension than the ones with luxury packages.... NOW after seeing pics of IS's with LUXURY pkgs it seems to me that there really isn't any difference in the wheel well space in either of them, unless you have the smaller wheels. Wierd I hope I wasnt jipped into gettin the sprts for nothing, cause I really wish I did get the rear window shade and DVD based NAV system
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Originally Posted by IS350spBLK
Wierd I hope I wasnt jipped into gettin the sprts for nothing, cause I really wish I did get the rear window shade and DVD based NAV system
If you want a nav console that can play DVD movies, what you're actually looking for is the Mark Levinson/Nav package -- an option that can go into either a sport package or luxury package car, but isn't available without a special order in many areas (including the Eastern region).
The sport and luxury packages are very similar -- the only differences are:
- Luxury has wood trim, Sport has aluminum trim
- Luxury has rear sunshade, Sport does not
- Sport has aluminum pedals, Luxury does not
- Sport has aluminum doorsill scuff plates, Luxury has lighted ones
- Sport has lowered and stiffer suspension
So really, I wouldn't get buyer's remorse over not getting the luxury package -- the sunshade is the only thing you're really missing, and it's really just a gimmick -- I find I barely ever use it, and I live in California, of all places.
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Originally Posted by Cypren
All nav systems in the 2006 IS are DVD-based. CD-based navs are a thing of the past, and hard-disk based navs are only found in Japan at the moment.
If you want a nav console that can play DVD movies, what you're actually looking for is the Mark Levinson/Nav package -- an option that can go into either a sport package or luxury package car, but isn't available without a special order in many areas (including the Eastern region).
The sport and luxury packages are very similar -- the only differences are:
So really, I wouldn't get buyer's remorse over not getting the luxury package -- the sunshade is the only thing you're really missing, and it's really just a gimmick -- I find I barely ever use it, and I live in California, of all places.
If you want a nav console that can play DVD movies, what you're actually looking for is the Mark Levinson/Nav package -- an option that can go into either a sport package or luxury package car, but isn't available without a special order in many areas (including the Eastern region).
The sport and luxury packages are very similar -- the only differences are:
- Luxury has wood trim, Sport has aluminum trim
- Luxury has rear sunshade, Sport does not
- Sport has aluminum pedals, Luxury does not
- Sport has aluminum doorsill scuff plates, Luxury has lighted rubberized-plastic ones
- Sport has lowered and stiffer suspension
So really, I wouldn't get buyer's remorse over not getting the luxury package -- the sunshade is the only thing you're really missing, and it's really just a gimmick -- I find I barely ever use it, and I live in California, of all places.
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
You've got an IS350! Luxury or sport, ain't nothin' wrong with that!!!
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Originally Posted by IS350spBLK
...which suxs cause now im stuck with the standard sound system and no DVD.
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Originally Posted by Cypren
Yes, but you also have a car -- if you wanted ML, you'd be waiting 4 months for a factory order. =)
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Originally Posted by Cypren
- Luxury has wood trim, Sport has aluminum trim
- Luxury has rear sunshade, Sport does not
- Sport has aluminum pedals, Luxury does not
- Sport has aluminum doorsill scuff plates, Luxury has lighted rubberized-plastic ones
- Sport has lowered and stiffer suspension
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Luxury has ALUMINUM lighted scuff plates.
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Originally Posted by Cypren
So it does. I was thinking of the plastic moulding around the plate when I wrote that -- and at the time, it was tickling my head, "is that right? Maybe I should go out to the parking lot and check before posting." But I forgot about it by the time I hit the end of the post and let it go. =)
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Originally Posted by IS350spBLK
Yea I got NAV in my IS, just only after I bought it realized that there are 2 different kinds of packages for the NAV...(since the sales man swore to me that the IS350's were all the same except for the LUX or SPTs packages)...which suxs cause now im stuck with the standard sound system and no DVD. but thanks for you insight!! I appriciate it.
you should have gone to the lexus site and built one to see what was available or read a brochure. its your own fault. be happy with what you have and learn from your experience.
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Originally Posted by digital_b
you should have gone to the lexus site and built one to see what was available