2008s Get Free Servicing?
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2008s Get Free Servicing?
I see on the Canadian site that the scheduled maintenance is for 2008s is free for 4 years / 80,000km on a complimentary basis? Is this correct?
That's unfair, I'm gonna have to go out of my way and take my car to Toyota for servicing to avoid paying $600 for a service while new owners can do it for free at Lexus?
That's unfair, I'm gonna have to go out of my way and take my car to Toyota for servicing to avoid paying $600 for a service while new owners can do it for free at Lexus?
In the US at least you only get free 1k and 5k service... after that you pay.
I could see them offering it free in Canada though if all the stories about how they pay 10k more for the same car are true.
I could see them offering it free in Canada though if all the stories about how they pay 10k more for the same car are true.
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The footnote on the bottom of the page says it is being offered for a limited time only.
The 1k is for LPS.... My original window sticker mentions the "free" 1k and 5k service... On the Lexus owners website under LPS is also mentioned you get the settings done once for free if you bring it in for the 30 day/1k service.
I'm sure I've read you can get LPS once free anytime in the first year of ownership, but the "free" 30 day/1k maintence seems to be when they're pushing for you to do it.
I'm sure I've read you can get LPS once free anytime in the first year of ownership, but the "free" 30 day/1k maintence seems to be when they're pushing for you to do it.
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I paid about 42k$ for an IS250 MT with 17" wheel, sunroof and ventilated seats. (36K$ base price with 6k$ option) 
We paid a lot more then you for our IS. A IS350 is near of 50K$. Maybe it's not free, they just don't want to lower the price of IS here in Canada.
If it stay with that difference price for car in US and Canada, I will buy my next car in US!
We paid a lot more then you for our IS. A IS350 is near of 50K$. Maybe it's not free, they just don't want to lower the price of IS here in Canada.
If it stay with that difference price for car in US and Canada, I will buy my next car in US!
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Tell me about it... the IS is around $15,000 less in the US at this point in time. In fact what I pay for for my IS250 per month, I could get an IS350 in the US for 1/3 less payments per month.
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Before taxes my 2007 IS 350 with luxury and Nav package, basically fully loaded, along with winter tire/17" wheel package was about $59,000 and about $70,000 on the road if I recall correctly. The least Lexus Canada should do is offer free service for four years to make up for the huge price difference we Canadians pay for our cars.
Simply put, it's all about labor costs.
Service in the U.S. is expensive. Labor costs are very high; typically $80/hr for a dealership. If you do an oil change, $20 is for the filter and oil, and $40 is for the labor. A 30k mile check-up is $50 in parts and $500 in labor!!!
To add free service to U.S. vehicles is to add pre-paid costs of service to the MSRP/invoice, which will make Lexus less of a bargain compared to BMW and MB...
Service in the U.S. is expensive. Labor costs are very high; typically $80/hr for a dealership. If you do an oil change, $20 is for the filter and oil, and $40 is for the labor. A 30k mile check-up is $50 in parts and $500 in labor!!!
To add free service to U.S. vehicles is to add pre-paid costs of service to the MSRP/invoice, which will make Lexus less of a bargain compared to BMW and MB...
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