Lexus Specialists

[kev dood]

Anyone know of any good Lexus specialists in the S/SE region?

Or, has anyone used any of the below and could recommend them?

Thanks

Discounted toyota specialists

Albin B Motors

Westfield Motors

[w481ggc]

TDI are at lakeside , you can't get more "special" than them :)

[RazRazor]

Hi.

Have used ABM a couple of times now, seems very good, the main guy there kevin is very nice and helpful, their prices seem pretty good to.

Which is always good, nice fast clean services, would defo use again.

[kev dood]

Cheers, my parents only live down the road so would be nice and easy to get to.

Don't suppose they could be approached to provide a GOLD memebers discount scheme? Not sure who on LOC now deals with this?? Ideas?

[DJ Wozza]

Have a word with Rikos

as i think he deals with discounts, or ask a Mod as they will know for sure.

[Rikos]

I most certainly do (well try anyway) PM replied Kev.

All gold members keep your eye out on the gold forum for more discounts and also if you have any suggestions.

Thank you.

[DJ Wozza]

Rick any news on LOC discounts for the places mentioned above ?

[nevarthur]

Hi.

Have used ABM a couple of times now, seems very good, the main guy there kevin is very nice and helpful, their prices seem pretty good to.

Which is always good, nice fast clean services, would defo use again.

Hi all,

As it happens, I just had my car done by ABM a few days ago. I needed a 60,000 mile service, I knew a couple of other bits needed doing and I wanted some semblance of Lexus specialist care, but I didn't want to pay the wince-causing sums being demanded by the Lexus main dealers. I did a search for Lexus specialists, and this came up with ABM or Albin Motors which is their full name.

When I spoke to them on the phone, the guy sounded helpful, and knowledgable.

When I dropped the car there, I felt the car was in safe hands, as apparently they were all ex-Lexus people there. I can't know that of course, but they did all seem competent and I have been full of praise for them to my friends. I liked the way my options were presented to me for the work that was either required immediately, or that which could wait until the next service. I felt that Kevin, the guy you'll deal with, was very thorough when we went through all the bits that had been replaced, and was good on the phone explaining what needed doing before that.

There's no doubt that my service cost a lot of money, as I had a lot of work done, but I'm satisfied so far that it was done properly, with the right bits, and all the work needed was fair. I also feel it was done at a labour rate more in keeping with a six year old car. So I didn't get a curtesy car, big deal. It's very near Lower Sydenham station, so no problems there.

I will without a doubt be using them again.

Cheers, Nev

[Rikos]

Rick any news on LOC discounts for the places mentioned above ?

Not yet mate i've been really busy but will try and contact them this week.

[Raz_IS200]

You can also try a place called Japarts which are based in North London and sell parts...:D

If you want them fitted they have a garage right next door and they are Lexus Specialists, they had a 2 page cover in Banzai magazine a few months back, not sure if anyone reads Banzai...

If you want I probably hook the club up with a discount...but thats if anyone wants it...if you just want it done...PM me your details and i'lll hook it up.

Nice guys and really professional...check out the website http://www.japarts.co.uk for the parts, http://www.jemservice.co.uk for the garage :D

wikid bunch of people...all used to work for Jemca (Lexus Edgware Road) down the road...!

[kev dood]

ABM sound like a good bet then.

Nevarthur - if you don't mind me asking, how much did you end up paying in total? Did you need cambelt changing?

This is mainly what I need to have done, so would be nice to know roughly what I am in for!

[nevarthur]

ABM sound like a good bet then.

Nevarthur - if you don't mind me asking, how much did you end up paying in total? Did you need cambelt changing?

This is mainly what I need to have done, so would be nice to know roughly what I am in for!

Call me Nev, please :D

In total, I paid £1680, but don't let that put you off, I had a lot done!

I think it was £247 all inclusive for the cambelt, which is a genuine one, and I got what I regard as an honest appraisal regarding the state of the tensioners and rollers. There was also evidence of water leakage around the water pump, (which was shown to me) so I had all these things done, plus some suspension bits. With the service since I picked the car up, I have been very happy, it feels like stuff was done, which sometimes you don't always get that feeling eh?

If you need any more help, just let me know. Obviously, we all get on with people differently, but I found this place very friendly, but most of all, very capable.

[Rikos]

If the gold members would like to have a look over in the gold forum you will find updates on the discounts mentioned above thank you.

[Rikos]

Up date on gold members area

[DJ Wozza]

Good work Rik

[kev dood]

wicked news, cheers. Was there any word back from ABM at all?

[Rikos]

Nothing yesterday will hopefully hear something today

[Guest inicol63]

I have been using Westfield Motors for the last Five years or more.

They are a nice bunch of lads and dont take the :tsktsk: .

I highly recommond them.

If you want anymore info drop me a PM

[postie]

I just dropped my rx300 at albin motors in sydenham for its 60k service. will let you all know how it goes but was impressed with the whole set up so far

[nevarthur]

I just dropped my rx300 at albin motors in sydenham for its 60k service. will let you all know how it goes but was impressed with the whole set up so far

Good luck, I hope it doesn't cost too much money!

If you ask, and perhaps even if you don't, he'll keep all the old parts and then go through them with you. I appreciated that a lot, as you can then sense whether everything that was replaced was fair game.

[postie]

I just dropped my rx300 at albin motors in sydenham for its 60k service. will let you all know how it goes but was impressed with the whole set up so far

Good luck, I hope it doesn't cost too much money!

If you ask, and perhaps even if you don't, he'll keep all the old parts and then go through them with you. I appreciated that a lot, as you can then sense whether everything that was replaced was fair game.

got the car back! great service as far as i can tell! everything was explained to me and he did a few extra jobs including a complete valet. very good service prompt and expertly carried out. this will be my garage from now on!

[DJ Wozza]

Can you list the work you had done and the charges ?

There are many interested LOC members who want

a local reasonably priced specialist.

[kev dood]

Excellent news. All looking good then.

As Wozza says, a list would be good. I bet there are loads of people in that area who would welcome a decently priced trustworthy specialist.

Lets hope we can work some sort of Gold discount too.

[Rikos]

Info about Albin Motors on gold members area

[kev dood]

excellent, you are a star - fingers double crossed.