Originally Posted by Yaroze86

What state are you btw?

Originally Posted by macmaster

CA the car mecca of the world. Should be easy right? No...

Originally Posted by macmaster

You guys are right, I need to see what the total cost is after delivery. I'll keep you posted. I could fly out there and drive it back but that would instantly put 1000 miles on the car, cost a plane ticket, and a few days of PTO. Not terrible but not ideal either.

As far as the clear coat treatment, I'm just not sure how much protection it provides. I mentioned doing ceramic instead and they said that's extra. It's really hard to negotiate when you're not in person. Then as far as the tech prep or whatever they call it, that seems non-negotiable. You need them to put the car into the right mode as far as they explained it to me.

I havent told my local dealership that I'm working with these guys. Not ready to betray their trust yet, and I feel like if they did a swap anyway, my local dealership would still slap on the $6200 add-ons to the USB in the end.

Originally Posted by macmaster

Got some more details. Shipping cost is $2400 so I would probably pick it up myself.

Interestingly they need a $1000 to put my name on it and its a non-refundable deposit I was told, unless the car comes damaged. I guess the law is different in CA? Here they're fully refundable. I'm holding off for now because this makes me very nervous.

Originally Posted by macmaster

Got some more details. Shipping cost is $2400 so I would probably pick it up myself.

Interestingly they need a $1000 non-refundable deposit to put my name on it. Non-refundable that is unless the car comes damaged. I guess the law is different in CA? Here they're fully refundable for any reason. I'm holding off for now because this makes me very nervous.

Originally Posted by Apv

It's just to make sure you actually get it and don't back out but if you do they get something for "holding it." It still goes towards your down payment as long as you don't back out. Lexus of Tampa Bay wanted to do a 5k non refundable

Originally Posted by TGPCanada

That's why vehicles like the IS500, LC500, etc. are prize possessions right now. Every video on the IS500 has the reviewer sporting a huge grin for pretty much the entire time they are driving the car. These sounds are simply irreplaceable. And I don't give two hoots if a Tesla Plaid can beat me off the line . His battery will die in 15 minutes if he does that repeatedly from red light to red light. I'd rather listen to the roar of the V8 even if takes a turtle crawling, measly 4.4 seconds to reach 60 mph (which of course is still faster than 99% of all vehicles on the road today).

Of course, if Lexus comes out with an electric IS that looks anything close to this, of course, I'll jump on it. But for now, let my ears enjoy while we still can.

Originally Posted by Kanpai

I may be surrounded by dealers that are slapping markups on their cars, but deposits are one thing I am happy that I am not dealing with. You seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place right now.

Originally Posted by ashschwin

Could have never imagined an IS sedan costing $100K.

Originally Posted by nmdjr

Congrats if you get that. I inquired about that last Friday and was told it was pre-sold, awesome if you are 2nd in line and get it. Let us know how is the mark up if any.

Originally Posted by macmaster

I need more help guys, so I contacted a dealer out of state that has a IS500 in USB! However they're requiring to charge me $1900 extra for tint, a clear coat treatment (not ceramic), and tech prep (basically switching it off from factory mode or whatever). They said I might be able to opt out of the additions but the $1900 charge would still apply.

Yes this price is better than the $6200 add-ons at my local dealership (for ceramic, security, windshield, and 3M), but I feel like these extras are even more useless. Plus I'd have to still pay delivery. What are your thoughts?