Is This A Good Price...

[Huggy...]

Hi, it's been a while but I'm back...

My first LEXUS has come up for it's 60,000 miles service. It's an IS200 52 plate... (Born Sept 2002) I shopped around and have had varying quotes from as much as £1100...!!! (All Lexus dealers) But the most competitive has been Croydon at £699. Is this a competitive price for a full service inc Cambelt, tensions, plugs, oils and filters...

I wouldn't mind my wheels refurbed in the price either...

Please advise (and sorry if this is another service discussion)

Thanks in advance

[Scorps01]

If its in warranty....yes if not then i would go independant and save a couple of hundred.

[Ellz]

Cambelt alone on mine cost over £400

[dave1]

I paid £505 after LOC discount at Lexus Leicester for a "B" service,cambelt,plugs,brake fluid,diff fluid etc. on a Series 1 GS300 Sport couple of years ago. Had been quoted £900+ at Coventry so try E-mailing a few dealers.

[Huggy...]

I paid £505 after LOC discount at Lexus Leicester for a "B" service,cambelt,plugs,brake fluid,diff fluid etc. on a Series 1 GS300 Sport couple of years ago. Had been quoted £900+ at Coventry so try E-mailing a few dealers.

So if my understanding is correct... £699 is a good quote; and with an LOC discount it will be cheaper. Do I simply tell LEXUS Croydon that I am a member of LOC and they will give me a discount?

Should I be eligible for a courtesy car also?

Thanks

[kam05]

I paid £505 after LOC discount at Lexus Leicester for a "B" service,cambelt,plugs,brake fluid,diff fluid etc. on a Series 1 GS300 Sport couple of years ago. Had been quoted £900+ at Coventry so try E-mailing a few dealers.

Do I simply tell LEXUS Croydon that I am a member of LOC and they will give me a discount?

The dealer will ask to see your LOC membership card

[Realitycheck77]

I paid £505 after LOC discount at Lexus Leicester for a "B" service,cambelt,plugs,brake fluid,diff fluid etc. on a Series 1 GS300 Sport couple of years ago. Had been quoted £900+ at Coventry so try E-mailing a few dealers.

Do I simply tell LEXUS Croydon that I am a member of LOC and they will give me a discount?

The dealer will ask to see your LOC membership card

How comes I have got no memebership card?

Please give me one.

[dlayen]

gold member that is

[Rikos]

Discounts are only applicable for gold members (sorry it's the rules)

I have been quoted £360 from Leicester for a cam belt change only and £265 from Hanley for the same!

Have a good shop around and maybe see if one dealer will price match to another (although not sure if they will do this)

[Huggy...]

So, are all LEXUS dealers bound or must honour an LOC discount up to 15%...?

If I join for £25 get a card plus the benefits it brings (anyone know how long this takes) and then tell Croydon LEXUS... I should get a discount?

Thanks in advance

[swfcdan]

i always mention this is these types of thread, my advice would be to get your waterpump done at the same time. Its a matter of when, not if it will go. will save you having to fork out labour charges again, at prices similar to having you cambelt done.

Makes sense imo to have it done whilst having you cambelt done.

[eXOBeX]

So, are all LEXUS dealers bound or must honour an LOC discount up to 15%...?

If I join for £25 get a card plus the benefits it brings (anyone know how long this takes) and then tell Croydon LEXUS... I should get a discount?

Thanks in advance

No, not all Lexus dealers give LOC discount, but the majority do.

Worth shopping around, you may find it's cheaper to drive to a more distant dealer, such as Hanley, and get it done there.

Alternatively why not get the timing belt & water pump done at an independent, then get the rest of the service (and the L stamp in the book) at Lexus?

Incidentally when the water pump failed on my Carina E, Toyota in Builth Wells asked me if they wanted the belt changed at the same time (as it had to come off to do the pump). The extra cost? About twelve quid, the cost of the new belt!

[Huggy...]

So, are all LEXUS dealers bound or must honour an LOC discount up to 15%...?

If I join for £25 get a card plus the benefits it brings (anyone know how long this takes) and then tell Croydon LEXUS... I should get a discount?

Thanks in advance

No, not all Lexus dealers give LOC discount, but the majority do.

Worth shopping around, you may find it's cheaper to drive to a more distant dealer, such as Hanley, and get it done there.

Alternatively why not get the timing belt & water pump done at an independent, then get the rest of the service (and the L stamp in the book) at Lexus?

Incidentally when the water pump failed on my Carina E, Toyota in Builth Wells asked me if they wanted the belt changed at the same time (as it had to come off to do the pump). The extra cost? About twelve quid, the cost of the new belt!

Awesome... thanks for that advice... but I dont really know any good independants who I would trust to take the whole front off and put it back together. I am in SW London if anyone knows of a good mechanic

[Scorps01]

.I am in SW London if anyone knows of a good mechanic

Why does the whole front have to come off?

D.J Garages (Dean Harris)

46 St Andrews Rd

Carshalton

Surrey

SM5 2DY

020 8669 2344

He did mine and his mum has an IS too.