Originally Posted by Howiiieee

I had my 1 month / 1000 miles courtesy service last week. The car had passed 1000 miles mark in a couple weeks, but I just had time to check in the service. The service took about an hour while I waited in the customers' lounge.

Other than checking everything and makes sure they are all working properly, Lexus also offers a personal settings review and set. I was offered a check list on how I want my car to "behave" when certain button was pressed or when I stop the engine or other actions. For example, how long do I want my headlight to stay on after I exist the car? Do I want the driver's seat to retract or not on easy exit? Do I want the windows roll down when I hold the unlock button? If I touch the unlock on the driver's door should it unlock the other doors or not? And so on. There are around 30+ choices to make. Some are adjustable on the info screen and some can only be adjusted by the tech in the dealership.

I was pleasantly surprised by how many personal settings I can change around. It took me almost 10 minutes to think through and made my choices before I handed it to the service manager. I tested most of the functions again afterwards and they work just like I have chosen them. Very nice. Now the GS truly feels like "my car".

Luxury cars sure cost a lot more, but they sure have their rewards. I have also bought a Toyota minivan recently and they got me through all the departments quickly. They have to as there are a lot more customers in the Toyota dealership. Thank you Lexus for not been like Toyota.

Originally Posted by Room4Tu

My dealership didn't mention anything to me about a 1000 miles courtesy service. I only get a 5000 and 10,000 I believe. I wonder if it varies from dealer to dealer. I did however was set up for a meeting with the tech specialist about 2 weeks after delievery to go over all the computer and electronic nick nacks.

Originally Posted by dseag2

Did you buy from Sewell? I wasn't advised of a 1,000 mile courtesy service either. I was introduced to a service guy, but that was about it. Even my Audi was given a 1,000 mile check.

Originally Posted by Howiiieee

A clean source is the key to good reproduction. It takes DVD audios and videos (when parked), CD, MP3s, MWA, USB, and BT. I don’t like the sound from Bluetooth audio the most and it drains the phone’s battery. The 6 disks changer is gone and it only takes one disk at a time. However, I hardly miss it as I have put all the songs in an 8G USB and it sounds just as good. The only problem with such a big capacity is sometimes it takes a while to get through all the directories to get to where you want it. I can also hook up my iPhone to it, but the iPhone usually stay in the brief case and I don’t need to bother with it. If I really want to hear a song in the iPhone, I can use the BT link, but it is not as clean.

If you like good music and drive as much as I do, get the Mark Levinson audio. You will be glad that you did.