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Lots of new IS's in NYC

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Old 05-01-06, 09:52 AM
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Hey All,

Like other people around the country, I too have noticed a huge increase in IS's in my neck of the woods over the past 1-2 weeks. I used to see maybe one a month, but for the past week I've seen one every day. It's weird though, all the other ones I've seen have been 250 AWD. I saw a crystal white without nav, a blue onyx with nav, and a tungsten pearl with nav...

Have any of you guys been cruising in NYC? Are people in the rest of the country still seeing a lot more 2IS than they were before?
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Diablo,

Why don't you put this list together and come over to one of the NELOC cookouts, we have one probably every two weeks now and haven't seen the IS gen represented at all. Check the NELOC forum for pics and info, the more the merrier.
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im down wheres it at
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Still have only seen one (350) on the road in the nearly two months that I've had mine.
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Originally Posted by FrankyJ
im down wheres it at
Check out the NELOC forums.
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I've only seen 2, in manhattan and one in queens but none here in jersey
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I've see them everyday around where I live, around the NY area, it is mostly the AWDs. I don't feel special any more since I am not the only one with the 2IS.

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I am in NYC, Westchester, Rockland, and Bergen, NJ all the time. Most of them are 250 awd only seen one other 350 but still I have only seen about 6 different 2IS
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I see them alomst every day down here. There was a Matador red 250 in the movie theater parking lot yesterday. Base model, not one option other than the 18" wheels which every car down here has. But for the most part, I see as many 250's as I do 350's.
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Originally Posted by Payam
I see them alomst every day down here. There was a Matador red 250 in the movie theater parking lot yesterday. Base model, not one option other than the 18" wheels which every car down here has. But for the most part, I see as many 250's as I do 350's.
The reason you see as many 250s as 350s in florida, is because it doesnt have harsh winters, thats why u see mostly 250AWD in NY
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In Pittsburgh it is still a rare sight for me(about 1/mo). None in our neighborhood or our huge parking lots at work.

I was in Indy last month and saw two in about 30 minutes I got to peek my head out of meetings. In DC last weekend, saw one. All were 250 AWD. Haven't seen a 350 outside of the dealership yet in the areas I have been to.
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i've been seeing about 1 a day average..and they are all is250 awds here on long island..i dont think i've seen a 350 yet..i've seen every color in person while driving around except blue onyx, desert sage, and mystic gold
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I have yet to see another IS 250 or 350 anywhere in Manhattan or NJ. Its a amazing to me that so many people from California on this site alone have it. Actually, I asked my dealer today when I called them about how they sold the IS. They said it was moderate but did not keep up with GS and ES models.

Lexus is promoing the hell out of it. The ran a spot right before the 6pm news on sunday (big money spot) at my tv station that I work at. They have bene running the IS commercial more often as of late.
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lol i like rarely seeing 2IS on the roads, makes me feel more special, the only ones i see everyday are the same 4. A Mystic Gold, Pearl White, Black Onyx, and a Red Matador ALL 250 AWD. havent seen 350s yet, cause in the snow they gotta be a *****
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I also forgot to mention I like having a more unique car too. There are tons of Bimmers here in the city esp 3 series. Ive seen so many of them. Not the IS, and i really like that!


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