I am just wondering...did you think that a $33,000 car would compete well with a $55,000 car? If you had the means and the desire to get a car in the class of a 530, why did you even bother 'going cheap' and getting an IS300? That is like saying, "I can't believe I wasted my money on this civic, I should have bought an IS300". They are in two different classes IMO.