foxwiz

I have the 250C and love it. I got it June 24th and have put over 2600 miles on it so far. Drive is smooth and the biggest issue I have is sharing the driving with my wife! Got the Matador Red with the black interior. I wouldn't get the white interior as it's tough to keep clean. The first week I had the car, I took a trip from Los Angeles to San Diego early in the morning when the freeway was pretty open. About 150 miles and averaged 34 MPG! Funny thing is that I haven't seen another IS C on the road yet!

I've had my IS 250C just over a month and it's rated at 21/29. Two weeks ago I took trip from Los Angeles to San Diego, about 150 miles. I reset the mileage gage and when I arrived in San Diego I got 33.9 MPG. Granted I left home around 6 AM so there was no traffic and I was pretty light on the gas. In normal street/highway driving I get an average of 26. Love the car and since I've purchased it, I haven't seen another one yet!

Weird! Mellow down, this is hardly a serious discussion! Sorry if this chit chat seems to offend you? Perhaps there are one too many dealers frequenting this forum. If so, perhaps you dealers should understand that a customer's concerns are a priority, not your desire to get him into any car you can. Twisting the truth to your own ends may work on some customers, but it can backfire if you come across as disingenuous. Those are the only dealers I give up on. There's one I am talking to right now who is worlds above the others in knowledge honesty and all-around just being a nice person. He's going to get 100% of my business, and I think I'm going to have to pay almost retail too (though I'll try to at least squeeze something extra out of the deal). Yes it can take 3 months to get a car by order (not 6 from what I'm told) but if the config I'm looking for isn't available, I have no choice but to wait longer. One odd thing a dealer told me was that if I order now, I'll probably get a 2010, but then he started saying since he doesn't have the new pricing he didn't know if that was possible. When a product is much loved and anticipated, you will find many rumors regarding it! I love this car! :D It's as serious as we the moderators and management want it to be young man. We will be the ones to decide that. If you want to dealer bash, go ahead if justified, but mod bashing is frowned upon on this forum. Now you chill before your mouth gets you off to a bad start on LOC. Bartkat, Just to make sure "my mouth" doesn't get me into more "trouble," could you please point out where I was "mod bashing." Just want to make sure I understand what you define as mod bashing and/or unacceptable/disruptive behavior. I agree that mod bashing (and member bashing for that matter) is not conducive to anyone. Sorry you took it that way, but looking over my reply to you, I think it was appropriate considering your comments to me. This a car lovers forum... I cannot think of another place that is meant to be more relaxing and cool, in other words, one place where you dont have to be so serious! You're giving me a rather cold reception as a mod. Chill out and go for a nice drive. Turn up the radio and don't sweat the small stuff.

I have the IS 250C in Red/Black. Had it just over a month and only drive 6 miles to work. Don't know how I managed to get 2300 miles on it!

The manual recommends changing the oil at 5k miles. The first oil change is free from the dealer according to what I was told. Since they will be changing the oil, I am sure they will put in the right one.

Wow - A dealer had the "audacity" to give his opinion about when the vehicle will be coming out and you hung up on him? A little harsh don't you think? Usually in America we can express our opinions.

My new 2010 IS 250C has the latestest gen 6 nav. It isn't DVD based, it's Hard Drive based along with the RX 450h. I still haven't mastered the voice commands yet but I will. Gary

I went to work today and was looking for a co-worker because I had to install some software on his PC. I aksed where Charles was and the guy in the next cube said that he died yesterday. I read your post and it really rings true. We take life for granted and it could be gone in an instant. I think I'll cut out the hamburgers and fries and stick with Chicken and Vegetables. Thanks very much for your post.

Just purchased a new IS 250 C on June 24th and as of tonight, July 6th, I have 907 miles on the car (Picked up the car with 10 miles). I was wondering how many miles you put on your new car during the first couple of weeks! Thanks, Gary

WOW - Another new 2010 IS 250C owner. Congratulations. I have had my car now 11 days here in Los Angeles and so far I haven't seen another IS 250C on the road. Maybe we are the only ones!!! Gary

Sorry to sound uninformed but what is an 08 335 vert and a 10259 vert?

Humm...that happened to me once. I was driving the car hard on an exit ramp - shifting down and then bang the same thing happened. That was about three weeks ago. I am going in for an oil change in a fe weeks and was going to see if it had registered a code I was told anytime the check engine light came on it registered a code... I too turned off the car shortly after the lights came on hoping to "reboot" which it did. I'll let ou know what happens to me. In 2 years a 60,000 miles that is the first mechanical issue to ever happen. .. I recently bought the 7 yr/100000 mile extended warranty for $1005 US so I am not as worried about it... I see you have the IS 250 and you just got the 7/100k warranty for $1005? I just purchased an IS 250C and bought the same warranty for $1365. Where did you get your warranty? Thanks, Gary

UPDATE - I made an appointment to get the car checked on Friday 6-26 but in the morning when driving to work, the system corrected itself. No more freezing up. The dealer suggested bringing in the car because they spoke with the Lexus GODs and thought the computer needed to reboot. I did bring in the car and they disconnected the battery for 5 minutes. After connecting the battery back, the hard drive rebooted when the car was started. No personal settings were lost. Everything is working great now. It should - It's a LEXUS! Just love the car.

Just saw your thread and yes, the IS350 has a hard drive based nav. The region based maps are the same as previous generations and I haven't played around with the voice commands yet. I am having way to much fun driving the car! I don't thin there is any user accessible space on the drive. So far it's just for internal Lexus programs. I hear that the IS350C should be coming out within a couple of months. Good luck.

I was under the impression that there is no nav disc in the 2010 model. I thought it is now hard drive driven. I'll find out later today at the dealership. I went over all the functions with the salesman yesterday and in the lot, everything worked perfect (isn't that always the case?)

I just picked up my new IS 250C yesterday and it's beautiful. Red with black interior and really nice to drive. On the way home I got on the freeway and one of the first things I noticed was when I got near an on ramp or off ramp, the NAV system said "Calculating" and a display of the EXIT appeared on the right. That is where the display froze. No data appeared when the word "Calculating" was on the screen. Also, when I touched the MAP, CLIMATE, INFO, AUDIO buttons, nothing worked. I couldn't change the radio station. Once I got off the freeway, everything went back to normal. I only have 67 miles on the car! I guess it's a trip to the Lexus dealer later today or tomorrow. That sucks!

If you have them change out the rims on a car before delivery they should credit you something for the existing new rims. also. Also which Lexus rims (upgrade) are you looking at. I would shop the rim you are looking for on the web with different dealers/suppliers, which may get you a better price to then go back to your dealer and negotiate. They make their money on these extras, but there is alot of "play" in the price - so don't just roll over. Hindsight is 20/20, but next time negotiate the price of the vehicle with the rims ( and all the options) you want, rather then making the deal and then adding on. Just my 2 cents. I went to the dealer to pick up the car yesterday and I am happy with the rims that came with the car. You are right about negotiating before the deal rather than after the deal but I wasn't thinking about different rims until my daughter suggested it.

I don't know how to answer that question except to look at the pics on the lexus site. By the way, I did pick up the car yesterday and have decided not to get aftermarket rims. Stock rims look nice and I saved a bunch of cash!

I should be getting my new IS 250 C on Thursday and I ordered the car with the stock rims. I think I want custom rims but the dealer wants Mega-Bucks. They have add-on rims for $2500 to $5000. OUCH!. I was looking online and was wondering if it would be better to purchase rims for a fraction of the cost and then have them installed by Big-O or a local tire company. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks, Gary

I checked Costco on a price of the Lexus RX400h a few years ago and they were giving a $2500 discount. Then I checked www.carsdirect.com, and their price was about $3100 off of sticker. I took that number to a few dealers and received the $3100 discount.

I would never purchase a car that adds a "dealer markup" to a vehicle. Looks like you live in Santa Monica. Go to Longo Lexus in El Monte, CA as they are the number one dealer in the US. They never add markups. At least give them a call.

I didn't want to pay Lexus $800 either for Sirius so I went to a local Stereo shop here in Southern California and for $300, they installed a tuner that hooks up to the Lexus radio and I can control everything right through the radio. Works great.

I am 6' and I just got rid of my Infiniti M35 for the 2010 IS 250 C. I ordered it from the dealer and it should be here next week. After test driving the car, I was hooked. I am 54 years also and have wanted a convertible for a few years now. When Lexus finally came out with the C, I didn't wait.

Thanks for the info. I wonder if I can cancel the policy and then call your guy in MA?

What you could do if the payments are to high, you could get a five year loan for the same amount $16,800 at 6% and your payment will be $338.32. Pay off your dad right away and you will be able to afford the car and have more money in your pocket. The beauty of this is if you want, you can make extra principal payments to help lower the balance if you have the money and pay it off sooner. If you become strapped for cash, revert back to the $338.32 a month.