This deal is profitable. The price is 2.5 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $9288
Fair price: $10256
High price: $11223
MPG: 21 mpg city / 29 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Tan
Color: Black
Dealer: Beach Auto Sales
Mileage: 103,202
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 Lexus IS 250 Base
Estimated: $44360 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2957
$1419
$1242
$1124
$1005
$7747
Insurance
$1742
$1803
$1866
$1931
$1999
$9341
Fuel
$1773
$1826
$1890
$1965
$2054
$9508
Maintenance
$2763
$2118
$1238
$1368
$2291
$9778
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1032
$1032
$1032
$1032
$1032
$1528
Total Ownership Costs
$11244
$8422
$7683
$7901
$9110
$44360
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Knee: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2500.0
Displacement CI: 152.55936023683
Displacement L: 2.5
Doors: 4
Drive Type: 4x2
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine Model: 4GR-FSE
Make: LEXUS
Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC
Manufacturer Id: 962
Model: IS
Model Year: 2008
Plant City: Tahara Plant, Toyota City
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Corp.
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Aichi
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: USE20L
Series2: F/250
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
STEERING
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF. THE STEERING GETS VERY STIFF AND BARELY MANAGE TO GET SAFELY TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. (A DRIVER WITH LESS ARM STRENGTH WOULD MOST LIKELY CAUSE ACCIDENT DUE TO STIFFNESS OF STEERING) WHEN PULLED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF THEN TURNED ON AGAIN. THE STEERING WORKS PROPERLY AGAIN. WHILE IT DOES THIS THE "P/S" LIGHT ON DASH COMES ON. ALSO THE VEHICLES HID LIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. WHEN TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN. THEY CONTINUE TO WORK. *TR
2008
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I PURCHASED A 2008 LEXUS IS250 IN FEBRUARY 2011, I HAVE LOVED MY CAR AND HAVE TAKEN THE UTMOST CARE OF IT, BUT RECENTLY ON A LONG ROAD TRIP I NOTICED MY DASH WAS ACTUALLY MELTING CAUSING A DISTRACTING GLARE TO THE POINT MY VISION OF THE ROAD IS BLOCKED (PRETTY HAZARDOUS, IF YOU ASK ME). I BEGAN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, AND FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH LEXUS AND TOYOTA. LEXUS HAS EVEN ISSUED A TSIB, YET DOESN'T TELL THEIR CUSTOMERS IN TIME BEFORE THEIR 50000MI/4 YEAR WARRANTY IS UP, SO THEY WONT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING THE COST. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG ISSUE IN THE STATE OF FL AND OTHER STATES WITH HOTTER WEATHER. I RECENTLY TOOK MY CAR INTO A LEXUS OF NORTH MIAMI (AS I FOUND ONLINE THEY HAVE DEALT WITH SEVERAL CUSTOMER WITH THE SAME ISSUE). THEY SENT THE REQUEST TO CORPORATE AND CAME BACK AND SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR LABOR FOR THE DASH (AROUND $200+) AND THE DOORS THEY WOULD GO 50/50 WHICH WOULD COST ME OUT POCKET ROUGHLY 1400 PER DOOR. FOR A SAFETY HAZARD, I FORGOT UNLESS PEOPLE DIE DOES TOYOTA MOTOR CORP DO ANYTHING TO FIX DEFECTS IN THEIR CARS! THE MELTING EFFECTS ALL THE CAR PANELS, IT RUINS MY CLOTHING, AND UNFORTUNATELY I AM NOT A SCIENTIST BUT I AM SURE THE BREAK DOWN IN CHEMICALS, COULD ONLY BE JUST AS HARMFUL. I REALLY HOPE YOU CAN HELP, AS THIS IS UNFAIR FOR A CORPORATION TO KNOW THEIR ISSUE AND NOT AT ALL STAND BY THEIR CUSTOMERS. FOR YOUR REFERENCE: HERE IS THE TSB: HTTP://WWW.CLUBLEXUS.COM/FORUMS/ATTACHMENTS/IS-SECOND-GENERATION/238283D13306721 24-MELTING-DASH-AND-DOORS-TSIB-L-SB-0144-11.PDF HERE IS A PETITION BY OTHER OWNERS: HTTP://WWW.CHANGE.ORG/PETITIONS/LEXUS-FIX-DEFECTIVE-INTERIOR-DASH-PAD-AND-DOOR-P ANELS HERE IS ANOTHER DRIVER WITH A MELTING DASH A VIDEO SHOWING HOW ITS BEYOND DISTRACTING: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=RXXNMQLXAVO. *TR