Jeffk

>>> I agree with you about it not sounding great. I ran this thought by my service rep at Lexus after receiving my 15K service and he said, "You don't want someone working on your car that might have been selling hot dogs off a cart the week before."

LOL! So true! Do not take your LUXURY car to a Jiffy Lube! They have no idea when it comes to specialized, sealed cars. You really need to do some reading and training before tackling the repairs yourself. Do you think the average tech at those places will have had any of your experience/readings let alone a Lexus tech's training?

I just had my 15k Service done at a Toyota dealership in the Atlanta area. It was about $30.00 for the oil change. My Lexus dealership wanted about 250-300 for the 15k service. If you look at your Owners Manual Supplement, it tells you what services you need at what time. Most of it is a lot of “inspect”. I have been told your Toyota dealer can do A LOT of those services for less then 1/2 the cost. IMO if you rotate your tries and change your oil on schedule you can save a lot of $$ going to the Toyota dealership. Hope this helps

Jeff

I have a 06 GS300 I lost one of my Smart Keys. Lexus wants about 250.00 for a replacement. I found one (OEM same #'s) online for less. My ? is do I have to have dealer reprogram this Smart key or is there someplace out here that shows you how to do it yourself? The dealer whats to change to reprogram.

Thanks

JK

PS I was thinking I could just go the the dealer and tell them my extra key stopped working???