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How Old Were You When You Got Your First Lexus?

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Old 11-13-07, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by BaLLzZz
ordered mine at 17 got it at 18. Aint spoiled just work for what i got(which is totalled now).

How the hell did you order an IS350 at 17 years old?
Old 11-13-07, 10:51 AM
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purchased my first one several weeks ago, paid down and currently paying monthly fees at age 20.
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I just got my 2008 IS350 I am 15 turning 16 soon....
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Originally Posted by asianrock
I just got my 2008 IS350 I am 15 turning 16 soon....
Nicely well-established family.... must be nice.
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having an IS350 at a young age shouldnt be that much of a surprise. it's similar to the kids getting a4's and 3 series'. if you live in LA it's really common. i actually have one of the cheaper cars out of my friends. one of my friends who is 18 is already on her fifth car: 06 SLK350, 07 SL550, 07 SLK 55...those were her old cars, now she rocks 07 SL55 and an 08 C350 daily driver. now that is outrageous, but an IS350? relatively common around my way.
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shoot i even forgot to mention. only one person out of my friends has a Is350. but the car is actually his daily driver. his main car is a hooked up 2004 911. same age as me.
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Originally Posted by ron_is350
shoot i even forgot to mention. only one person out of my friends has a Is350. but the car is actually his daily driver. his main car is a hooked up 2004 911. same age as me.
To tell you the truth, more power to all ya'll. It still shocks me ALOT, and also builds alot of contempt within me. Where I come from, most kids who were 15-18 did not have cars, and if they did, they were usually a 10 year old cavalier, celebrity, or some other piece of junk that provided basic, unreliable transportation.

At 19, my 10 year old lexus was, and continues to this day, the most advanced, powerful and expensive car out of all of my friends rides, and I'm 25 now.

15 year old kids do NOT drive brand spankin' new lexus' in my area.
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Originally Posted by nmmuzykam
Hey there everyone,
My parents spoiled me rotten when they got me my IS250. Being a 17 year old, I naturally was curious as to the age of other IS (or any other Lexus) drivers. Please feel free to interject anything as you wish.
I was given my first lexus an... 2000 Lexus ES 300 when I was 16 (which was my second car)
and worked for my second lexus, an 07 IS 250, which is my fifth car, and the first car that i earned, when i was 18.


2003 - 16 - 2003 Mazda RX-8 - taken away after i got in trouble
2003 - 16 - 2000 Lexus ES300 - got broken into
2004 - 17 - 2003 Honda Accord coupe - sold in 2007 had 104k miles
2007 - 18 - 2004 Nissan 350Z Roadster - still have
2007 - 18 - 2007 Lexus IS 250 (first car bought myself) - awesome

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29. After dental school I leased an ES300 (2003) for like 485 a month with absolutely not a penny down. I literally left the dealership paying NOTHING. At the time, that was the same price as a G35 and a VW PASSAT 4 cylinder!!!! I couldn't believe how a 4 cylinder PASSAT lease could cost the same as a Lexus lease!
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Originally Posted by asianrock
I just got my 2008 IS350 I am 15 turning 16 soon....
wow, grats. wish i couldve been driving a car like that right outta drivers ed

around here in bellevue, wa, theres plenty of rich kids as well, but not to the extent of ron_is350s area
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23. I just got an 08 IS350 after finishing grad school in June and getting my first full time job.
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where are you from ron_is350
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Owned my first at 20 second at 23.
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Originally Posted by ron_is350
having an IS350 at a young age shouldnt be that much of a surprise. it's similar to the kids getting a4's and 3 series'. if you live in LA it's really common. i actually have one of the cheaper cars out of my friends. one of my friends who is 18 is already on her fifth car: 06 SLK350, 07 SL550, 07 SLK 55...those were her old cars, now she rocks 07 SL55 and an 08 C350 daily driver. now that is outrageous, but an IS350? relatively common around my way.
haha ironically this is my second car I have a BMW Z4 M coupe. Parent's didn't think it was convinent nor too safe cause of its size. But the Lexus is going to be my main car.
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picked up an is250 awd this past summer. turned 19 on july 4th 2007 =)

a lot of people at my school (carnegie mellon) have some sick rides. e60 m5, m6, rs4, carrera 4s, probably at least 4-5 e46 m3s, and i think ive seen almost every 05+ bmw north america production car on campus in a rainbow of colors.

a handful of 250 awds, a 350 (rare in the northeast!), plenty of 3GS, an SC430, a few 1IS..

keep in mind, these are student owned cars.... (or should i say 'parent' owned...)


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