atomarchio

I am leasing a 2011 RX350. It's coming up on a year now and I've really like the "Enform" feature where you can sync destinatons to the Navigation from a computer.

My salesman told me originally that the cost would be $120 per year. Just received letter today from Lexus that the price is $265 per year.

Apparently, I can't order just the Enform but have to buy the "Safety" also.

Anyone been able to get a better price by just buying the Enform?

Please let me know. Thanks.

LexBob2

Here is your answer.
https://secure.drivers.lexus.com/lex...bscriptions.do

atomarchio

My salesman must have had that backwards. Apparently, I would have to buy the safety features in order to get the ENFORM feature which I want.

The $264 price is a bit high just to sync my destinations. That's a bummer.

LexRexBlue

Yes the safety part is cheaper. Actually I rarely used the Enform portion of the package so just renewed the safety portion.

atomarchio

I am the opposite. Don't need the safety part but Lexis is forcing me to buy both.

rxsuperman

Is my understanding correct that even if I don't subscribe to Safety Connect, Lexus still provides complimentary 24x7x365 roadside assistance via a phone call away for the first 4 years of new vehicle ownership?

Evitzee

The road assistance is part of the Lexus 4 year/50,000 mi warranty, it is separate from Safety Conect/Enform. You don't these services to have the roadside assistance, just call them up on your cell phone if you have problems.

MEP7557

I too just wanted the enform portion of the service. I loved having the e-destination being a Realtor. Lexus does not offer this, however I called Lexus and filled a complaint/ request that they offer that portion as a stand alone like the safety. They said several people have requested such, so I figure the squeaky wheel gets the grease, so I squeaked.

Evitzee

If you are a realtor and found the e-destination useful I would think you could easily justify the 72.5 cents per day cost (even cheaper if you go for a multi year plan). Get lost and drive a mile or two out of your way with a client and you have wasted that kind of money on gas and depreciation. Plus if I was a client and the realtor had already downloaded properties to show me on the NAV I would think he/she had their act together. Image is important.

atomarchio

I will be doing that also. Should I call Lexus corporate office? Do you have that number?

wa3cuj

I did not renew because I only liked the Enform service. I had set up two folders called Golf Courses and People and then synced the destinations from my computer. The little Lexus L on the maps was nice also. I did not remove my folders before I let my subscription lapse. Now the folders remain in my NAV system under eDestinations, however, I am not able to delete or modify the items that are in these folders. I guess the only way to get rid of them is to go through the operation that removes all user data from the NAV system. I don't want to do that and have to go through all of the effort of reinputting all of the items in my Address Book.

DunWkg

Thanks Bob for that pointer. I have the maximum number of folders, some with destinations from a vacation I probably won't repeat.

Good to know should I decide to cancel, thanks!

elizabethb

I'm a Realtor also and just discovered Enform. I thought the eDestinations would be great for showing appointments but I'm starting to think it might not be worth it. I'll probably stick with what I've always done, put all the addresses in before I meet the client. Then when I'm in the car with the client I just click on previous destinations, select the next property and off we go. If anyone has a better suggestion please let me know. Thanks;-)

atomarchio

I do like the Enform service but it's a bit pricey in my opinion. I wish they would separate the e-destination feature from rest of enform offering instead of forcing you to buy the entire package.

Tom558

It looks like Eform is a bit cheaper than OnStar.

In our shopping for a SUV, being able to contact a live person and have a destination loaded into our navigation service became important to us. We went into the purchase of our RX budgeting about $300.00 a year for this service.

We call the Destination Assist folks about once a week. Sometimes to demonstrate the service to friends, when a search in the Nav system does not find our destination or when driving and not wanting to be distracted with a Nav System search.

We have asked for a destination using garbled information and the DA folks have figured it out.

We have not called asking for a hotel or restaurant recommendation along our route but we have not taken a long trip in our new RX yet but plan to give it a try in the future.

The safety part of the system has not been needed yet but it is nice to know it is there.