Purchasing IS500 for 2023
05-02-23, 04:02 PM
#151
Pole Position
05-03-23, 03:26 AM
#152
05-03-23, 05:22 AM
#153
05-03-23, 05:35 AM
#154
I ended up driving a few hours to get a white on red instead. But USB is hawt, no doubt.
05-03-23, 05:39 AM
#155
Racer
This is also the same dealer that shamelessly asked for a $100,000 markup on a 2022 LX.
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DLPTony (05-03-23)
05-08-23, 11:45 AM
#156
Unbelievably, I just got word from my local dealer: They're getting a black/red example, built close enough to my specifics, in about 2 months. The car isn't spec'd with the sills that I wanted, but it does back the black BBS wheels that I wanted (after they didn't offer them in 2022).
Guess patience does pay off... Somehow. Now, fingers crossed that finance rates improve in the next 2 months.
Guess patience does pay off... Somehow. Now, fingers crossed that finance rates improve in the next 2 months.
05-08-23, 11:52 AM
#157
Pole Position
Unbelievably, I just got word from my local dealer: They're getting a black/red example, built close enough to my specifics, in about 2 months. The car isn't spec'd with the sills that I wanted, but it does back the black BBS wheels that I wanted (after they didn't offer them in 2022).
Guess patience does pay off... Somehow. Now, fingers crossed that finance rates improve in the next 2 months.
Guess patience does pay off... Somehow. Now, fingers crossed that finance rates improve in the next 2 months.
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wthrman2 (05-08-23)
05-08-23, 12:09 PM
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05-09-23, 10:43 AM
#159
Racer
Back at yall with more under MSRP deals but this time for my Florida Peeps:
New 2023 Lexus IS 500 for sale in Miami, FL 33156: Sedan Details - 680845228 - Autotrader
Also the market is riddddleeeeddddd with used IS500s. Some of which are decently priced. There is one IS500, perhaps the first, listed under $60,000 (by $1 but hey, baby steps) and most LE's are sitting around $65-67,000. This example caught my attention:
Used 2023 Lexus IS 500 for sale in Albuquerque, NM 87109: Sedan Details - 681498721 - Autotrader
$2500 off the new MSRP for a car with only 800 miles. Yes it is a used car but someone may be willing to get it to save $2500, and I'm sure you'd probably be able to haggle it down to $63,500. My favorite example is the @DLPTony spec 2022 IS500 at a Mitsubishi dealer in my area that has been on their lot for over a year and has gone from $80,000 to just north of $65,000. I'm glad a greedy dealer took the L on that car. The sad part is that it won't even sell at $65,000 so they have a couple more thousand to lose before it sells. At that point I feel like no one should buy it since its been sitting for months and who knows what toll that has taken on the car.
New 2023 Lexus IS 500 for sale in Miami, FL 33156: Sedan Details - 680845228 - Autotrader
Also the market is riddddleeeeddddd with used IS500s. Some of which are decently priced. There is one IS500, perhaps the first, listed under $60,000 (by $1 but hey, baby steps) and most LE's are sitting around $65-67,000. This example caught my attention:
Used 2023 Lexus IS 500 for sale in Albuquerque, NM 87109: Sedan Details - 681498721 - Autotrader
$2500 off the new MSRP for a car with only 800 miles. Yes it is a used car but someone may be willing to get it to save $2500, and I'm sure you'd probably be able to haggle it down to $63,500. My favorite example is the @DLPTony spec 2022 IS500 at a Mitsubishi dealer in my area that has been on their lot for over a year and has gone from $80,000 to just north of $65,000. I'm glad a greedy dealer took the L on that car. The sad part is that it won't even sell at $65,000 so they have a couple more thousand to lose before it sells. At that point I feel like no one should buy it since its been sitting for months and who knows what toll that has taken on the car.
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DLPTony (05-09-23)
05-09-23, 12:07 PM
#160
Pole Position
My favorite example is the @DLPTony spec 2022 IS500 at a Mitsubishi dealer in my area that has been on their lot for over a year and has gone from $80,000 to just north of $65,000. I'm glad a greedy dealer took the L on that car. The sad part is that it won't even sell at $65,000 so they have a couple more thousand to lose before it sells. At that point I feel like no one should buy it since its been sitting for months and who knows what toll that has taken on the car.
05-09-23, 12:25 PM
#161
What would someone trade in a Lexus for at a Mitsubishi dealer? They have nothing anymore. Maybe they bought it through an auction?
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DLPTony (05-09-23)
05-09-23, 12:40 PM
#162
Pole Position
The heck if I know, I settled on the auction theory as well or a non-Mitsubishi product. Next to the Aztec, the face on their SUVs are frightening so it couldn’t have been a trade.
05-09-23, 03:30 PM
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Bechtold (05-09-23)
05-09-23, 03:33 PM
#164
Racer
Yeah it’s definitely an auction car. A buddy of mine was a SA at the sister dealer and the stories I heard of that dealer are scary lol. Just knowing and seeing videos of how some of the cars were treated, I wouldn’t touch it with a 10 foot pile even if I was blind.
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DLPTony (05-09-23)
05-09-23, 03:49 PM
#165
Yeah some dealers are shameless. Coming into the Lexus world for the first time I was shocked at the same shenanigans I expect from the Kia store or something.
There are good ones out there. I got mine of course for MSRP but the best thing is just a $59 filing fee and that’s it, when other dealers around them charge $1000 or more.
And the used markups are silly on the LE and Molten—a GMC dealer on CA has a Molten for $79k and a private seller has one for $81k. I’m not mad, I just can’t imagine they think it’ll sell for that much.
There are good ones out there. I got mine of course for MSRP but the best thing is just a $59 filing fee and that’s it, when other dealers around them charge $1000 or more.
And the used markups are silly on the LE and Molten—a GMC dealer on CA has a Molten for $79k and a private seller has one for $81k. I’m not mad, I just can’t imagine they think it’ll sell for that much.
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DLPTony (05-10-23)