Graeme Baker

Hello.

The pixels on the stereo head unit failed, which I understand is a common problem, on my '99 GS300 head unit. I've taken the unit to Maple Audio www.mapleaudio.co.uk 01225 442180. They are charging £189 to fix it. I think this is a good price, as I've been quoted £500 by Lexus for a new unit. They offer a postal service too.Hope this helps.

Check out www.blackcircles.co.uk. They offer supply only or supply and fit, with participating tyre dealers. I found them cheaper than the nationals. The nearest participating garage was about 4 miles away. Being lazy, I popped into ATS with a printout from blackcircles and they matched the price.

Cheers :)

Dont know what is included in service but most lex/toyota dealers use the same mechanics :)

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Thanks for the feedback.

My mechanic never cahrged me more than £150 for a sevrice, so £500 seems very steep for was in ostensibly the same work. Seems to be an awful lot of 'checking', from what I gather and not a lot of 'replacing'. I could do oil changes myself!

Dont know what is included in service but most lex/toyota dealers use the same mechanics :)

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Hello.

Recently bought a '99 GS300, which will shortly be due for it's 81,000 mile service. I have phoned two dealers for quotes. Twickenham said £500 and Bristol told me it would be £500 plus VAT. Mmmmm.. I also learned, from reading items on LOC, that the Twickenham dealer ships cars for servicing off to Toyota at Isleworth.

I have a couple of questions:

1. what's included in the service for £500

and

2. are Toyota mechanics trained to sevrice Lexus cars?

BTW - I got a good deal at ATS on tyres by showing them the prices from www.blackcircles.co.uk - they have a price-matchinng policy. The prices blackcircles quote are either supply only or supply and fit. The nearest dealer wasn't as convenient for me as ATS.