So I was having a conversation with a Lexus Internet Manager and he told me something that shocked me.

"For a custom order (90-120 days generally from deposit to delivery) most any configuration will be available (apart from Luxury package which I believe is only now produced on IS 350's)."

is there any truth to this? i was looking forward to a 250 MT with memory seatss, power steering column and heated/ventilated seats.

 

I don't see what the big deal is. If true, just get a 350.

 

Naw, I think he's being lazy. Luxury & Sport pkgs are not normally allocated to CA on the 250, so you have to special order from the factory to get it. Also, he may be trying to talk you out of a MT, since he's afraid that if he orders it and you back out, he'll be stuck with a car that he can't easily sell . . .

 

Good point. A Lexus with a manual is very very hard to sell.

 

because a MT is important to me, so therefore the 350 is out of the question.

 

good point there. i was hoping it was just him not bothering to check, but i had to get my info straight before ordering.

thanks

 

dang.. throw in nav and you've got my car!

i was lucky with mine... glendale just happened to have it sitting on their lot.

 

actually, i was trying to decide between the Lux or Nav with HIDs.

how do you like the MT? are there things you wish they did differently with the clutch, transmission, gear ratios?

 

haha what color r u trying to get? because damn the lexus dealerships in LA are JERKS! haha they told me they ordered my car but they apparently didnt oh well

 

Here in the south, it was very difficult to find a 250 with luxury package. My fiance had to put in a special order. Since both of us will be driving it, I thought memory seats was a must.

 

If you are the primary driver of the car most of the time, I'd just skip the Lux package. As I said in another thread,

I was having buyer's remorse over not getting memory seats until I started breaking down the Luxury Package contents and the value I assign to each. It turned out after you subtract the Premium Package and HID, you are left with a $1,330 package for memory seats, illuminated scuff, tilt down right mirror, rear shade, and rain sensing wipers. Out of all that, I'd only miss the memory seats. I'd pay maybe $100 each for the other items, leaving the memory seats costing about $900...

I'll adjust my seats and steering wheel 20 times a year MAX (unless valets are rude). I can live with that...

 

don't the 07's come with hid's standard anyways? if i had to choose, i rather get the nav over the lux package.

the MT is good enough for me. ppo complain about the hanging revs, high release point in the clutch n a bunch of other lil things. i do notice those things but they don't really bother me. i'm happy i went with the manual over the auto n i'd do it all over again too.

 

i'm hoping for the Starfire with black interior. let's see if my dealer can manage to find one.

/crosses fingers

 

that was the way i started looking at it as. the illuminated scuff plates, i can buy separately and IIRC, there's a thread floating around here that explains how to install it yourself. out of all those, i would probably miss the memory seats, like you, and the heated/ventilated seats.

i'm a gadget person, so i know i would miss the Navigation immensely. so now with what you have brought up, and trying to weigh which one package i would miss the most i am now leaning towards the Nav and HIDs.

 

i don't believe the HIDs come standard. they have it listed as $875 on the Lexus site.

thanks for your input, i still can't find a MT to drive in the Bay Area so i'm a little worried. hopefully i can find one by Friday so at least i can form my own opinion.