Originally Posted by linh811

a lexus is a known commodity, hard to go wrong.

here's how my purchasing experience went:
my old car had gone out of warranty, the AC wasn't cold anymore and I didn't feel like spending money fixing it. I knew I wanted a sporty sedan, my immediate choices were the IS, G35, 330, A4, or TL. At the time, the IS was the newest model. I already had the G35c and thought having 2 G35's was a bit much.
Having never actually seen the IS, I jumped on the lexus website and found it was pretty powerful and looked pretty good. I emailed a bunch of dealers with the color and options I wanted. A dealer in Dallas responded to me the next day with the car on the lot. We haggled for about 5 minutes over the phone, deal was made and the car was delivered to my driveway the next day via covered flatbed transport. I had actually never seen any IS in real life, first one I saw was when they uncovered mine in my driveway. I would not have purchased this way had it not been a lexus. Again, a lexus, like a camry or accord, is a known commodity.