Blake2000

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the cheapest price I got was at JEM in Colindale.

£497 (inc. VAT and labour) for cam belt replacement, intermediate service, air-con service and new Battery. They also collect the car and bring it back for free.

Thanks for all your help. Saved me £500!

Thanks for the sound advice, scudney and atce4. Will get the cam belt sorted.

And thanks for the Romford tip, tonyr500. I'm going to do a ring-round for quotes tommorrow, so I'll let you know who's cheapest.

Thanks for these tips. Much appreciated.

The car has only done 52,000 miles, so I'm not sure whether we actually need to get the cam belt replaced this time round. Obviously, the Lexus garage is advising that we do (ker-ching!). Do you think we could leave the cam belt service for another year and just get a normal service for now. Car is 6 years old.

Hello,

We bought a six-year old Lexus IS300 sportcross last summer which is just about to come up to its 60,000 mile service (which will involve replacing the cam belt).

Lexus Woodford has quoted us nearly £1,000 to do the service.

Since the car is over six years old, I don't think there's much benefit to its value to have an expensive service at a Lexus garage.

Can anyone recommend an independent garage in London (preferably North) that specialises in servicing Lexus cars?

Many thanks.