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Righty

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  1. Great write up and very helpful for someone like me who's looking to buy a S/H IS250! :)
  2. I think FWD is out of the question to be honest, I've put up with it for the past 6 years, and rather not have to deal with it for another 5 haha. The other car that's currently on my short list, is a 06-07 Subaru Liberty GT/SpecB/STI range. Not quite as much luxury as the IS250, but still a decent amount of goodies & comfort. So i'm torn between the two at the moment.
  3. Thanks for your thoughts guys. Has anyone driven/compared Audi A4's & Mercedes C180's to the IS250? Would be good to get different opinions on how each drive etc. I've got a mate who has an A4 and is selling it in the price range I'm looking at, it seems quite sharp and responsive, although has a smaller engine than the IS250. I'm planning on heading to some dealers to do my own comparisons, but would be good to get opinions from others, particularly if you've owned them or driven them for a long period of time. I know in here people will be a bit bias (aren't we all with our own car?) but try to be as objective as you can :)
  4. Hey Guys & Gals, I've been a proud owner of a '99 Mitsubishi Verada Xi for the past 6 years and have loved my leather, sunroof, climate control and comfort. It's come to the time where I need to upgrade to a newer model, but i've been struggling to find cars that I "love" like I did when I bought my Verada 6 years ago. However after months of searching for different models, I've ended up with the IS250 on my short list, I won't be buying new, I'm searching in the lower end of the S/H market with a $35,000 budget, and at current market price that can be me something with around 70-80kms on the clock and about 3-4 years old, which works good for me. While I have driven an IS250, that was back in 2007 and it was a brand new one in the showroom, what I want to know is, how are they holding up 4 years later, and what are your predictions for the next 5 years? As owners, what do you love about your car? and what do you hate about it? How to you find the power? Is there enough grunt to over-take on a freeway, zip in front of someone at the lights? What would you compare the power to from other manufactures? As I'm coming from a 3.5lt V6 down to a 2.5lt, one concern is the power. Lexus/Toyota are quite well known for their build quality, but every car has it's issues, I've had a look around on these forums for problems and so far they seem to be pretty clean, is there something in particular I should be looking out for when purchasing? Tell tail signs of issues that are known? One last question for you to ponder on; If you had $35,000 to spend on a car, and you couldn't get an IS250 - what else would you get?
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