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Surrender

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  1. There was a new guy there who I bought my car from (it was his first car sold). He was pretty knowledgeable about the car, although there were some technical questions I asked that he did not know, he got his manager who helped with the questions. Overall I knew what I wanted so he didn't have too much work to do haha.

    He showed me the car in a few different colors. And when I decided on the color that I wanted (I never thought pictures did colors justice) he showed me the actual car (IS-250 with luxury and X packages). The reason he didn't show me the car right away and let me pick the colors instead was due to the fact they literally just got off the truck (truck was still on the lot). 9 miles when purchased! was a nice number to see...

    They were very helpful throughout the process and I actually drove the IS-350 and 250 models, 350 was a lot faster but I wanted more interior comfort for a daily driver and I couldn't afford it with the 350.

    When we got into the details of payment they helped cut off some more money because I stayed with their new salesman (guess they thought I was doing it out of concern for him...oh well.. extra $$ for me). The new salesman seemed to be more interested in what I wanted rather than selling me the car, which I found refreshing.

    Just before going to Lexus I went to an Acura dealer to try out the Acura TL and I could not understand what the salesman was saying (really strong accent). That right there ended all chances of me buying one lol.

  2. Okay, well as the description says there is a high chance I am going to New York in the next few months (got accepted to Syracuse University) from Southern California (seen snow maybe 11 times).

    My question is not about snow tires, already read up on those in this forum :) . My question is about protecting my car. I hear that the salt on the roads eats away at a car's undercarriage and I was wondering if there was any way to prevent this, or slow the process. I got my IS almost a year ago and have really been trying to keep it in perfect condition. I want it to last me 200k miles, and right now it is at 7400.

    I really am hooked on this car and have a blast every time I drive it but I don't want it to get ruined. So is there anything I can do? Or am I exaggerating the problem?

    I could leave it at home (sad day that would be :( ) and just buy some old thing to get me around but I REALLY don't want to.

    Any help would be appreciated!

    I tried looking in the forums already but all I found was information on the snow setting and snow tires.

    Thank you!

  3. I took my car in a few months ago and complained about the recirc not working right. The outside smells are coming into my car. The service tech didn't understand me, apparently, and said nothing was found. So as I'm driving my loaner car back today (car went in for oil change, and thought I'd try this again with the recirc button), I'm about a block away, and I get a phone call that my car won't be ready until Thursday night or Friday because it's all apart. Apparently they found the problem, which was the little door inside that's supposed to keep everything out, was broken. Aha!! So I'm not crazy.......

    Just thought I'd pass along the info in case anybody else has the same problem happening...

    And I'll have you know that since my recirc is now working, I have more rattling in my dash.....I know, I'm just never happy.......... :rolleyes:

    Doesn't that just drive your nuts. Such a beautiful car... and all we seem to do is drive back to the dealer every 3000 miles or so with a new tick, rattle or pop and hope that they don't think us nuts. I think it is a life lesson for me ...that nothing is perfect...still p-sses me off though.

    Solution: Turn the music up so loud you cant hear anything but the thumping in your ears! works for me! ;)

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