Please stop me before..
#16
Haha, maybe not the IS350 but definitely the IS250. My friend's IS350 is pretty fast in the lower power band but after that it doesn't hold up. Plus the IS250 and IS350 suspension is so smooth so it feels more like a luxury car than a sports sedan whereas the ISF lacks many luxury option and has a stiffer suspension with tighter steering so it feels more "race-car" like.
#17
If you haven't go test drive an Isf make sure to put it on sports mode! It's a game changer!! I had an is 350 before but always had my eye on an F !! Once I was ready to buy it took me 5 months to find the perfect one but it was well worth it
#19
#21
What is next on your list besides a car? Looking to buy a house, pay off school loans, things like that. Cars are fun and the F is a blast, but it took me years before I was in the right place. I enjoy it more now that I have other things settled in my life. Or you can say **** it, live at home with the rents and buy a baller car!😜😜😜😜
#22
It was an incredibly long explanation of my situation.. But basically. Remind me why I should get an ISF over making my 350 show worthy.
#24
If you want my option, it's IS-F all the way!!
-Mike
#25
That's the thing, back when I had approximately 25k miles less (about 7-8 months ago) they offered me a bit over $9k.. I still had my stocks, wasn't that low, fenders weren't Shaved and ugly, and the car was generally in a more sellable condition. Yet they low balled me on that offer. I said no thanks and figured I'd rather keep modifying it instead. But nowadays I see that on the street you can sell these for around $9-10k even with higher miles than mine. Mine is almost a fully loaded car too, I have Mark Levinson, navigation, Sport package, and everything other than illuminated door sills, sunshade, and that parking sensors. Screw that if Carmax thinks I'm giving it to them for that cheap..
#26
What is next on your list besides a car? Looking to buy a house, pay off school loans, things like that. Cars are fun and the F is a blast, but it took me years before I was in the right place. I enjoy it more now that I have other things settled in my life. Or you can say **** it, live at home with the rents and buy a baller car!😜😜😜😜
#27
That's the thing, back when I had approximately 25k miles less (about 7-8 months ago) they offered me a bit over $9k.. I still had my stocks, wasn't that low, fenders weren't Shaved and ugly, and the car was generally in a more sellable condition. Yet they low balled me on that offer. I said no thanks and figured I'd rather keep modifying it instead. But nowadays I see that on the street you can sell these for around $9-10k even with higher miles than mine. Mine is almost a fully loaded car too, I have Mark Levinson, navigation, Sport package, and everything other than illuminated door sills, sunshade, and that parking sensors. Screw that if Carmax thinks I'm giving it to them for that cheap..
they still gave me 8k for it with 99.7k miles on it lol.
but aint nothing like an F .. the alternitive is to find a dealer with an F who is willing to give you somewhere close to what you want.
as a finance guy ... nothing wrong with giving the cx what he wants but its all value related ... if i buy your car for 12k and kbb on it in perfect condition is 12k, and i mark it up to 13 to sell ... its still a risk for a few reason ... the main being ... will a bank finance the car, will i have to put money in it to make it sellable, and who's my target market ...
just some stuff to keep in mind.
sidenote: people love speed... high horsepower cars never have a problem selling ... anytime we had a vehicle over 400hp .. we couldn't get it to last a week.
#28
I've been in and test drove a Chevy SS with my brother not that long ago out of curiosity to see how it compared to his G8 GT. Let's just say I'm not impressed. The exterior is boring in my opinion, the power was whatever since we compared it to his exhaust, header tuned G8 (obviously) and in the end the only cool thing about it was the interior. Which even at that point is not that much better than an ISF interior other than the fact that it's more roomy. I gotta say I expected more out of it then what we experienced. Oh and on top of that it's still over $30k easily and it has a more boring traditional automatic compared to the 8 speed in the ISF. No contest between the two in my opinion.
#30
I leased a 3IS350 F-Sport two years ago, fully loaded. Loved the car, thought the sound system was great for stock, dropped the car on 19" Work VS-XX and received a lot of complements on the car. But something still felt missing. I see 3IS everywhere I go and didn't feel that the car was anything special. I found myself constantly looking for used IS-F's on forums and Craigslist until I found a low-mileage '08 SFP. Once I did a visual inspection and test drove the car, I knew what I was missing. IS-F is the perfect car, its practical being a sedan, its fast, its exclusive, its fast, its reliable, its fast, and oh its also fast. Everyday I look forward to driving my car.