Micaiah

You say it's your friends car that you have known for a while and if it were me, I'd rather buy from him than a stranger. If he's that close to you, he wouldn't sell you a car that's been beat. With the others you never know what happened to them. You have your fast car and you're looking for luxury. There you have it. And from a trusted friend at that!

Acingteam

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Depending on where you live, if it's going to be your daily driver I say go for the IS250 AWD. It's pretty slow, but at least it's amazing in the snow unlike a RWD IS350 (since you aren't looking at brand new). That's the only reason I bought an IS250.

Jmags

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Yes, that's heavily weighing on it too. We've been friends since middle school and I've seen him buy and sell cars to all different friends in our friends group for years. None of them have ever had a bad time with him.

Part of why this is attractive is because it's low stress:

- There's no problem getting a loan for this small amount (when looking at it from a bank's view it's small)

- This friend always has had great cars and taken care of them.

Jmags

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Yeah, I have a 4wd 1993 Bronco with big tires...


so I think I'm set with snow... I just can't take the bronco out of state.

Acingteam

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^ Then I say go for the IS350. Especially if you're buying used... they're not that much more expensive. I think the 250 will be really slow coming from an SS.

Jmags

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seem to be 5k or so more... no good -

also I'm not selling the SS

mong

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I came from a scion tc, and when i test drove the 250.. I was thinking to myself" is this really an upgrade from a tc speedwise??!" the answer was HELL NO! get the 350, or you're gonna cry later on. Like acingteam said.. the price difference in a used 350 and a 250 is not much different..(2-3g apart)

Micaiah

Anyone's best suggestion would be to drive a 250. Only YOU can be the one to judge if it suits your needs.

llamaboiz

well since you're keeping the SS... who cares if the 250 is slow, its a nice entry lvl luxury car for dates/taking parents around, something stylish and more... grown up

Jmags

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Yea - I'm 30 and it's time to grow up a bit. seems like the girls who love the camaro are getting a little too young for me (18-20) It was fun this past summer but during the winter I'd like to pick up a nice chick

Micaiah

30? Hopefully the chicks will be chickens by now. Lol.

my95tsi

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I went from a 2005 Evo 8 to an 2008 IS250 AWD. At first I was fine and loved the luxury compared to the Evo. Then the luxury and niceness wore off real quick and I realized that instead of being faster than 95% of the cars on the road, 95% of the cars on the road were now faster than me. I traded it in after only 11 months, yes I bought the car new, and traded it in for a 2008 IS350. I'm extremely satisfied now that I have luxury, comfort, and power! You don't realize how much you miss power until you don't have it.

Jmags

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You must live in somewhere that everyone spends tons of $$ on cars. I'm in a wealthy part of CT and I assure you that 95% of the cars on the road are not even as fast as my 1993 bronco. LOL

my95tsi

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Suburb of Chicago. However you don't realize how slow the 250 is until you drive it, the car is underpowered due to the power to weight ratio.

mikez

Yeah wealthy people dont spend a whole lot on their daily drivers lol, but for every one of their Camry's and Accords they have at least 2 Ferrari's in the garage to make up for it.

I dont know what you mean 250 by slow, 90% of the cars are on the road are slower than the 250. I can hit the speed limit in 5 - 6 seconds, I can cruise at 70, speed to 80 in like 1 sec to over take. 250 is not for street racing if thats what you mean.

I like to have my 250 as a daily driver, nice, stylish and preppy. For speed and sheer excitement, I got something very nice in mind to get