My IS350 is here!
02-17-06, 08:13 AM
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My IS350 is here!
Well, it's really "there"--i.e., at the out-of-town dealer I wound up ordering it through. I will be picking it up tomorrow. I am going to be like a kid on Christmas Eve trying to sleep tonight! 
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Great!! I think a bunch are coming in now. Mine is supposed to be at the port in Jacksonville tomorrow and "here" in a week. Please post when you get it. How long was yours on order? Mine was actually ordered on 11/14.
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Originally Posted by Langdell
Well, it's really "there"--i.e., at the out-of-town dealer I wound up ordering it through. I will be picking it up tomorrow. I am going to be like a kid on Christmas Eve trying to sleep tonight!
where in Tx are you?
02-17-06, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by is4me2
Great!! I think a bunch are coming in now. Mine is supposed to be at the port in Jacksonville tomorrow and "here" in a week. Please post when you get it. How long was yours on order? Mine was actually ordered on 11/14.
Slightly longer version: I placed a special order with my local dealer on 1/9 and was told the standard 3-4 month wait time. Still no word that the 1/9 order is anywhere close to coming in. In the meantime--as a generally impatient person--I took matters into my own hands, e-mailed around, and found this out-of-town dealer who had one coming in that was exactly what I ordered (Black/Black, Sport, ML/Nav). I gave my original salesman a chance to keep my business by trying harder to locate an equivalent car sooner. He did not really even try. So I put down a deposit on the other one and expect to be driving my new baby tomorrow instead of waiting till May!
02-17-06, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Langdell
Well, long story short, I reserved this one just about 3 1/2 weeks ago. But it happened to be one that this dealer already had in their incoming allocation.
Slightly longer version: I placed a special order with my local dealer on 1/9 and was told the standard 3-4 month wait time. Still no word that the 1/9 order is anywhere close to coming in. In the meantime--as a generally impatient person--I took matters into my own hands, e-mailed around, and found this out-of-town dealer who had one coming in that was exactly what I ordered (Black/Black, Sport, ML/Nav). I gave my original salesman a chance to keep my business by trying harder to locate an equivalent car sooner. He did not really even try. So I put down a deposit on the other one and expect to be driving my new baby tomorrow instead of waiting till May!
Slightly longer version: I placed a special order with my local dealer on 1/9 and was told the standard 3-4 month wait time. Still no word that the 1/9 order is anywhere close to coming in. In the meantime--as a generally impatient person--I took matters into my own hands, e-mailed around, and found this out-of-town dealer who had one coming in that was exactly what I ordered (Black/Black, Sport, ML/Nav). I gave my original salesman a chance to keep my business by trying harder to locate an equivalent car sooner. He did not really even try. So I put down a deposit on the other one and expect to be driving my new baby tomorrow instead of waiting till May!
02-17-06, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ChuckieBoy
Did you end up paying MSRP? I can't seem to get anyone to take anything off MSRP in Texas.
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She's finally mine! IS350, Black/Black, Sport package, ML/Nav (plus Park Assist and Headlamp Washers, which I didn't really need but she came with). I got the dealer to install a clear bra. I paid MSRP for the car, but they supposedly cut me a $200 break on their normal clear bra price ($400 instead of $600) to help make up for their alleged inability to discount. I can understand their unwillingness to sell for less than MSRP. My car was apparently the only unspoken-for black/black IS350 with ML bound for Texas when I reserved her. My saleslady said she had several inquiries trying to buy my car out from under me. I don't doubt that given (1) the effort I put in to find my car and (2) the fact that , during the couple of hours I was waiting at the dealership, several people could not seem to keep their eyes (and in some cases their hands 
) off my baby.
Picked her up yesterday and drove her the 200 miles home. It was a sweet, sweet drive. Though--just my luck--after a mostly dry Texas winter with temps between 50 and 80, it picks this weekend to drop below freezing and rain!
If I can figure out how to attach them, here are a few pics. (Note that my lousy cell-phone photography does not do my baby justice. But if you have seen good pics of other black/black, sport models, minelooks the same ).
P.S. If anyone is looking to get a similar vehicle in Texas in about 2-3 months, PM me. I know of a special order that is about to be released!
) off my baby.Picked her up yesterday and drove her the 200 miles home. It was a sweet, sweet drive. Though--just my luck--after a mostly dry Texas winter with temps between 50 and 80, it picks this weekend to drop below freezing and rain!
If I can figure out how to attach them, here are a few pics. (Note that my lousy cell-phone photography does not do my baby justice. But if you have seen good pics of other black/black, sport models, minelooks the same
).P.S. If anyone is looking to get a similar vehicle in Texas in about 2-3 months, PM me. I know of a special order that is about to be released!