Is Dealer service a complete waste of money?
#17
Driver School Candidate
Axle bolts tighten or not...
There is minimal vibration therebut I have seen them get loose ang fall. Vibration on your cra at ..100mph, will be a deal more, the blots tends to run slack and can eventually fall off, even the whole plate. Fir the little effort time and money it is good to have the undercarriage check and tighten.
Hold on my mechanic told me it a waste of money and they do nothing to the undercarriage, they just charge, and he said he knows he was the fireman in a big shop for years.
Once I had said mechanic slacken a bolt, loose, sent it for a job undercarriage tighten up included. Yes the car came back bolt slack as I left it.
Manager called, all he'll broke loose.....
Lexuspcl88
#19
Driver School Candidate
Strut bar
U have a reall classy car, I have a gs300year2006'
U are quite knowledgeable so I ask you should I put on a strut bar ? I refer to the longbar of steel that goes across the engine from end to end bolted down to the shock top.
Also I have a problem wit my car the low pressure tire light stays on all the time, I inflate and initialize but it stays on. How do I find out exactly what is the priblem
Lexuspcl88
#20
sensors
Dear blister,
U have a reall classy car, I have a gs300year2006'
U are quite knowledgeable so I ask you should I put on a strut bar ? I refer to the longbar of steel that goes across the engine from end to end bolted down to the shock top.
Also I have a problem wit my car the low pressure tire light stays on all the time, I inflate and initialize but it stays on. How do I find out exactly what is the priblem
Lexuspcl88
U have a reall classy car, I have a gs300year2006'
U are quite knowledgeable so I ask you should I put on a strut bar ? I refer to the longbar of steel that goes across the engine from end to end bolted down to the shock top.
Also I have a problem wit my car the low pressure tire light stays on all the time, I inflate and initialize but it stays on. How do I find out exactly what is the priblem
Lexuspcl88
The tire pressure problem is most likely one or more of your tire pressure sensors. The sensors have a non replacable lithuim battery in them. They usually only last up to 6 to 7 years, You will have to replace one or most likely more. Lot of members here disconect the device so as to not have to deal with the light and especially the warning buzzer you may also get. If you do a search on the forum you will find lots of information about how to disconect the devices receiver.The other choice is to spend the big money that lexus wants for the sensors as much as $ 170.00 per sensor or less + labor and then have to dismount all 4 tires install sensors then balance and re -install its a lot of work to go through.
Good luck
Last edited by mrblister; 03-12-13 at 10:59 AM.
#21
Other than the tires, nobody other than the local Lexus dealer has or will ever touch my SC.
For $45 I get an oil change, while I wait in a palatial waiting room with free coffee and snacks, watch TV or browse on the internet. Or I can watch some of the best looking women. I am talking about those who work there, not the customers.
To compensate me for all that suffering, they wash my car, mats included. They dress up the tires. When done, they bring the car to the front of the showroom and hand me the keys: "Sir, your car is ready".
If Jiffy Lube ever does all of this for free, I will still go to Lexus because I get a documented service record. As a buyer, no service records no deal. Also, I will never buy a car from a guy who has a loan on it, but that is a different subject.
For $45 I get an oil change, while I wait in a palatial waiting room with free coffee and snacks, watch TV or browse on the internet. Or I can watch some of the best looking women. I am talking about those who work there, not the customers.
To compensate me for all that suffering, they wash my car, mats included. They dress up the tires. When done, they bring the car to the front of the showroom and hand me the keys: "Sir, your car is ready".
If Jiffy Lube ever does all of this for free, I will still go to Lexus because I get a documented service record. As a buyer, no service records no deal. Also, I will never buy a car from a guy who has a loan on it, but that is a different subject.
I agree with everything except the last sentence. What is your reasoning?
Today with money as cheap as it is It makes good sense to leave cash invested and finance. USAA rates are as low as 1.49% https://www.usaa.com/inet/pages/bank...ucts_bank_auto And Penfed as low as 0.74%. https://www.penfed.org/PenFed-Car-Bu...icker-02282013
JR
#22
This is off subject but worth a look. Can you imagine if they stagged this at a Lexus Dealership with an sc430
While you were in for service
Check out this video on YouTube:
While you were in for service
Check out this video on YouTube:
#23
Off topic, but also fake. The salesman is an actor. And the driver was a professional stunt driver. NASCAR doesn't allow their drivers to drive in commercials or promotional videos.
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