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Why???? IS-F250. hahaha

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Old 08-03-13, 10:50 AM
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Default Why???? IS-F250. hahaha

So I go to my local Toyota dealer this morning at 7am to get oil changed with Castrol Edge 5w-30. I pull up to service bay of Courtesy Toyota in Tampa, and low and behold I see what I thought was a pristine IS-F. So I get out start looking at the back of the car. Guy comes out like that ISF? I said I sure, I go to open the door, and BAM IS250 AWD!!! Guy I was talking to was convinced it was a poorly taken care of ISF. I had to show him the brakes, engine, and complete interior were all wrong. I take him to my car and show him this my ISF trim thats supposed to be in an ISF, and tell him mine is a IS350, and this 250 is beat up. I guess per the tech who was working on my car, he said that the guy who traded it in was going to put an ISF powerplant in it. I told the tech, it's probably a good thing he traded it in. I see that car on the auction block in the near future.

I will give the owner this, the paint work was done well, inside is trashed.














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Old 08-03-13, 10:54 AM
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Default Why???? IS-F250. hahaha

So I go to my local Toyota dealer this morning at 7am to get oil changed with Castrol Edge 5w-30. I pull up to service bay of Courtesy Toyota in Tampa, and low and behold I see what I thought was a pristine IS-F. So I get out start looking at the back of the car. Guy comes out like that ISF? I said I sure, I go to open the door, and BAM IS250 AWD!!! Guy I was talking to was convinced it was a poorly taken care of ISF. I had to show him the brakes, engine, and complete interior were all wrong. I take him to my car and show him this my ISF trim thats supposed to be in an ISF, and tell him mine is a IS350, and this 250 is beat up. I guess per the tech who was working on my car, he said that the guy who traded it in was going to put an ISF powerplant in it. I told the tech, it's probably a good thing he traded it in. I see that car on the auction block in the near future.

I will give the owner this, the paint work was done well, inside is trashed.













Old 08-03-13, 10:58 AM
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thats pretty crazy. bunch of money into it.
Old 08-03-13, 11:07 AM
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I can understand getting the bumpers and fender/side skirts, but the badges . I'll say this though, the color coded fog light surround doesn't look bad.
Old 08-03-13, 11:08 AM
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That's too funny! I know the dealer is smart enough to check the vin number, perhaps the owner got away with some ISF value...hehehe...
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Not a bad looking clone. How many miles were on it?
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I sure hope so, cause the guy was talking to was an employee haha
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Lol poor people
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Hahaha. This is so dumb and waste of money. I saw someone selling an isf rear bumper in cl classified ad. I believe the member had 250. I started busting out laughing and said really????? Cmon man!!! Smh
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Originally Posted by MisterSkiz
Lol poor people
Dont be like that. Appearently this guy is not poor cuz he spent a lot of money on those body kit to make it look like an isf. Not all F owners are rich. Just smart financially.
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hey if youre going to go all out, at least do the inside/brakes also
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I hope he's not running a staggered setup on an AWD either... :/
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Lol for some reason I came into this expecting pictures of an F-250 truck with Lexus badges hahaha
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Poor people stay poor for a reason...such as spending more money on a conversion than buying the actual car. I stand by my comment.
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Originally Posted by GriMan
Hahaha. This is so dumb and waste of money.
+1, I think that about sums it up.


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