Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Art wrote:
> I would not waste money on either. I would buy a Honda or Toyota or other > ordinary car. Do you enjoy $300 oil changes? I have no idea where you got that figure from. I'm on my 3rd Acura and I've never paid anywhere near $300 for an oil change. For instance, the last oil change (at my Acura dealer) I got on my RL was $36. It included the normal visual inspections, a wash, interior vacuum and an alignment (toe-in) check. |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Having recentley faced the same decision myself, I ended up choosing a
new Honda Accord Euro (Acura TSX) here in Australia over a new Lexus IS250. While I enjoyed driving both, the Lexus was just a little bit too expensive and I could get similar features in the Accord Euro (TSX) without having to pay an extra federal 'Luxury car tax', so I went with the Honda/Acura. |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Having recentley faced the same decision myself, I ended up choosing a
new Honda Accord Euro (Acura TSX) here in Australia over a new Lexus IS250. While I enjoyed driving both, the Lexus was just a little bit too expensive and I could get similar features in the Accord Euro (TSX) without having to pay an extra federal 'Luxury car tax', so I went with the Honda/Acura. |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Having recentley faced the same decision myself, I ended up choosing a
new Honda Accord Euro (Acura TSX) here in Australia over a new Lexus IS250. While I enjoyed driving both, the Lexus was just a little bit too expensive and I could get similar features in the Accord Euro (TSX) without having to pay an extra federal 'Luxury car tax', so I went with the Honda/Acura. |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Well I am actually going by the experience of a friend with a similar
Infiniti. Any time the car was in for maintence it required $300 of work not covered by warranty. "Lee Florack" <lflorack@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message news:XvMJg.31510$uH6.31066@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > Art wrote: >> I would not waste money on either. I would buy a Honda or Toyota or >> other ordinary car. Do you enjoy $300 oil changes? > > I have no idea where you got that figure from. I'm on my 3rd Acura and > I've never paid anywhere near $300 for an oil change. For instance, the > last oil change (at my Acura dealer) I got on my RL was $36. It included > the normal visual inspections, a wash, interior vacuum and an alignment > (toe-in) check. |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Well I am actually going by the experience of a friend with a similar
Infiniti. Any time the car was in for maintence it required $300 of work not covered by warranty. "Lee Florack" <lflorack@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message news:XvMJg.31510$uH6.31066@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > Art wrote: >> I would not waste money on either. I would buy a Honda or Toyota or >> other ordinary car. Do you enjoy $300 oil changes? > > I have no idea where you got that figure from. I'm on my 3rd Acura and > I've never paid anywhere near $300 for an oil change. For instance, the > last oil change (at my Acura dealer) I got on my RL was $36. It included > the normal visual inspections, a wash, interior vacuum and an alignment > (toe-in) check. |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Well I am actually going by the experience of a friend with a similar
Infiniti. Any time the car was in for maintence it required $300 of work not covered by warranty. "Lee Florack" <lflorack@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message news:XvMJg.31510$uH6.31066@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > Art wrote: >> I would not waste money on either. I would buy a Honda or Toyota or >> other ordinary car. Do you enjoy $300 oil changes? > > I have no idea where you got that figure from. I'm on my 3rd Acura and > I've never paid anywhere near $300 for an oil change. For instance, the > last oil change (at my Acura dealer) I got on my RL was $36. It included > the normal visual inspections, a wash, interior vacuum and an alignment > (toe-in) check. |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Art wrote:
> Well I am actually going by the experience of a friend with a similar > Infiniti. Any time the car was in for maintence it required $300 of work > not covered by warranty. > > > "Lee Florack" <lflorack@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message > news:XvMJg.31510$uH6.31066@twister.nyroc.rr.com... >> Art wrote: >>> I would not waste money on either. I would buy a Honda or Toyota or >>> other ordinary car. Do you enjoy $300 oil changes? "Similar Infiniti?" Similar to what? A Honda Infiniti? A Toyota Infiniti? Another car with 4 wheels on the ground? Jeez, that's about the dumbest argument I've ever heard. I'm sure we can recite anecdotal experiences with just about any auto dealership and I have little doubt that your friend may have suffered through a couple of $300 oil changes that were change-ups to a hefty service bill. OTOH, one can walk into just about any Jiffy Lube in the country and if you're a gullible moron, walk out with a change of oil, transmission flush, some new filters and wiper blades and have your wallet $125 or better lighter. Does that guarantee that the same will happen to you? Nope, only if you too are a gullible moron. An informed consumer is an informed consumer. Perhaps it's just that a higher proportion of those folks driving luxury cars don't know all that much about the inner workings and are ripe for the picking. OTOH, I have a friend in Texas who recently took delivery of a brand new, specially ordered (color combo) Lexus. When he took it in for the first oil change and break-in check, they gave him the same model car as a loaner. Car had about 500 miles on it AND it had the exact set of wheels on it that he'd been told were unavailable when he bought his. He commented on this to the Service Writer. Service Writer excused himself and asked Dee to stand by. Came back with the GM in about ten minutes and asked him if he really wanted those wheels and had 45 minutes to spare. He did and he did. He drove out of the dealership with the exact wheels he wanted with his own tires mounted and rebalanced - NO CHARGE! Soooo... Will it happen to me or you if we go to that dealership or another one? Maybe, maybe not. But I'll be damned if I'll forgo driving the car I want because of one or two half-cocked general bitches about a manufacturer's dealers. Especially when it's based upon the ALLEGED misdeeds of ANOTHER manufacturer's dealerships. That makes about as much sense as saying "I'm NEVER going to travel to Bermuda because a friend was treated so shabbily when he went to Sweden!" |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Art wrote:
> Well I am actually going by the experience of a friend with a similar > Infiniti. Any time the car was in for maintence it required $300 of work > not covered by warranty. > > > "Lee Florack" <lflorack@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message > news:XvMJg.31510$uH6.31066@twister.nyroc.rr.com... >> Art wrote: >>> I would not waste money on either. I would buy a Honda or Toyota or >>> other ordinary car. Do you enjoy $300 oil changes? "Similar Infiniti?" Similar to what? A Honda Infiniti? A Toyota Infiniti? Another car with 4 wheels on the ground? Jeez, that's about the dumbest argument I've ever heard. I'm sure we can recite anecdotal experiences with just about any auto dealership and I have little doubt that your friend may have suffered through a couple of $300 oil changes that were change-ups to a hefty service bill. OTOH, one can walk into just about any Jiffy Lube in the country and if you're a gullible moron, walk out with a change of oil, transmission flush, some new filters and wiper blades and have your wallet $125 or better lighter. Does that guarantee that the same will happen to you? Nope, only if you too are a gullible moron. An informed consumer is an informed consumer. Perhaps it's just that a higher proportion of those folks driving luxury cars don't know all that much about the inner workings and are ripe for the picking. OTOH, I have a friend in Texas who recently took delivery of a brand new, specially ordered (color combo) Lexus. When he took it in for the first oil change and break-in check, they gave him the same model car as a loaner. Car had about 500 miles on it AND it had the exact set of wheels on it that he'd been told were unavailable when he bought his. He commented on this to the Service Writer. Service Writer excused himself and asked Dee to stand by. Came back with the GM in about ten minutes and asked him if he really wanted those wheels and had 45 minutes to spare. He did and he did. He drove out of the dealership with the exact wheels he wanted with his own tires mounted and rebalanced - NO CHARGE! Soooo... Will it happen to me or you if we go to that dealership or another one? Maybe, maybe not. But I'll be damned if I'll forgo driving the car I want because of one or two half-cocked general bitches about a manufacturer's dealers. Especially when it's based upon the ALLEGED misdeeds of ANOTHER manufacturer's dealerships. That makes about as much sense as saying "I'm NEVER going to travel to Bermuda because a friend was treated so shabbily when he went to Sweden!" |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Art wrote:
> Well I am actually going by the experience of a friend with a similar > Infiniti. Any time the car was in for maintence it required $300 of work > not covered by warranty. > > > "Lee Florack" <lflorack@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message > news:XvMJg.31510$uH6.31066@twister.nyroc.rr.com... >> Art wrote: >>> I would not waste money on either. I would buy a Honda or Toyota or >>> other ordinary car. Do you enjoy $300 oil changes? "Similar Infiniti?" Similar to what? A Honda Infiniti? A Toyota Infiniti? Another car with 4 wheels on the ground? Jeez, that's about the dumbest argument I've ever heard. I'm sure we can recite anecdotal experiences with just about any auto dealership and I have little doubt that your friend may have suffered through a couple of $300 oil changes that were change-ups to a hefty service bill. OTOH, one can walk into just about any Jiffy Lube in the country and if you're a gullible moron, walk out with a change of oil, transmission flush, some new filters and wiper blades and have your wallet $125 or better lighter. Does that guarantee that the same will happen to you? Nope, only if you too are a gullible moron. An informed consumer is an informed consumer. Perhaps it's just that a higher proportion of those folks driving luxury cars don't know all that much about the inner workings and are ripe for the picking. OTOH, I have a friend in Texas who recently took delivery of a brand new, specially ordered (color combo) Lexus. When he took it in for the first oil change and break-in check, they gave him the same model car as a loaner. Car had about 500 miles on it AND it had the exact set of wheels on it that he'd been told were unavailable when he bought his. He commented on this to the Service Writer. Service Writer excused himself and asked Dee to stand by. Came back with the GM in about ten minutes and asked him if he really wanted those wheels and had 45 minutes to spare. He did and he did. He drove out of the dealership with the exact wheels he wanted with his own tires mounted and rebalanced - NO CHARGE! Soooo... Will it happen to me or you if we go to that dealership or another one? Maybe, maybe not. But I'll be damned if I'll forgo driving the car I want because of one or two half-cocked general bitches about a manufacturer's dealers. Especially when it's based upon the ALLEGED misdeeds of ANOTHER manufacturer's dealerships. That makes about as much sense as saying "I'm NEVER going to travel to Bermuda because a friend was treated so shabbily when he went to Sweden!" |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Big Blue wrote:
> I have test drove a few Acura and was very impress with the engine and > "fun to drive" handling, suspencion, etc. However, Lexus just feels > so good and the ride is smooth. > > Now I know this is Honda group but which would you buy? > Which models are you considering? What are your personal priorities? John |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Big Blue wrote:
> I have test drove a few Acura and was very impress with the engine and > "fun to drive" handling, suspencion, etc. However, Lexus just feels > so good and the ride is smooth. > > Now I know this is Honda group but which would you buy? > Which models are you considering? What are your personal priorities? John |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
Big Blue wrote:
> I have test drove a few Acura and was very impress with the engine and > "fun to drive" handling, suspencion, etc. However, Lexus just feels > so good and the ride is smooth. > > Now I know this is Honda group but which would you buy? > Which models are you considering? What are your personal priorities? John |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
In article <NnNJg.4255$bM.1212@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.n et>,
"Art" <begunaNOSPAMPLEASE@mindspring.com> wrote: > Well I am actually going by the experience of a friend with a similar > Infiniti. Any time the car was in for maintence it required $300 of work > not covered by warranty. At the dealer, sure. They figure people who are silly enough to spend $50K for a new car, don't really care about the minimum $300 service bill. You should see what some Lexus dealers are soaking their customers for for simple oil changes. |
Re: Would you buy Lexus or Acura?
In article <NnNJg.4255$bM.1212@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.n et>,
"Art" <begunaNOSPAMPLEASE@mindspring.com> wrote: > Well I am actually going by the experience of a friend with a similar > Infiniti. Any time the car was in for maintence it required $300 of work > not covered by warranty. At the dealer, sure. They figure people who are silly enough to spend $50K for a new car, don't really care about the minimum $300 service bill. You should see what some Lexus dealers are soaking their customers for for simple oil changes. |
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