Anyone get a Camry loaner from Lexus?(Hawaii Dealer)
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Anyone get a Camry loaner from Lexus?(Hawaii Dealer)
Not sure if this is the right area, so i figure i start here.
Serviced my 03 ES at the Lexus dealership in Honolulu for the third or fouth time two month ago. Overall service was great, but the thing that bothered me a bit was that my loaner was a 04 blue Camry. My previous loaner was a maroon one but this time I had the blue one for the weekend.
Don't get me wrong, the Camry is a great car, I owned a 2001 Camry before I upgraded to the ES. It just didn't feel right with my co-workers driving thier Infiniti and Benz loaners from their dealerships. I figured that the company that runs the Lexus dealership also operates the entire Toyota dealerships in Hawaii would be the logical reason why they gave out Camrys.
To sum up the Camry loaner experience, it felt as if I was riding a girl's bicycle.
Someone did tell me later that Lexus loaners are given on a requested basis only, so I guess the next time I'll request a SC or LS430.
Did any of you Lexus owners get a Camry for a loaner from the Lexus dealership?
Serviced my 03 ES at the Lexus dealership in Honolulu for the third or fouth time two month ago. Overall service was great, but the thing that bothered me a bit was that my loaner was a 04 blue Camry. My previous loaner was a maroon one but this time I had the blue one for the weekend.
Don't get me wrong, the Camry is a great car, I owned a 2001 Camry before I upgraded to the ES. It just didn't feel right with my co-workers driving thier Infiniti and Benz loaners from their dealerships. I figured that the company that runs the Lexus dealership also operates the entire Toyota dealerships in Hawaii would be the logical reason why they gave out Camrys.
To sum up the Camry loaner experience, it felt as if I was riding a girl's bicycle.
Someone did tell me later that Lexus loaners are given on a requested basis only, so I guess the next time I'll request a SC or LS430.
Did any of you Lexus owners get a Camry for a loaner from the Lexus dealership?
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oh.. I also got a solara, jeep, truck and all kind of weird sh*t.. but over all I think the service is still fine.. I like to drive around with all different kind of car, I think it's fun.. expecially the Jeep.. I don't like but it's quite an experience.... 
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Your timing into the service area is also key to what kind of vehicle you get. I ALWAYS make sure that I am waiting at the by doors before the open; that way I'm certain to get a Lexus car. I just dropped my car off for 125k service this morning and they gave me a gold '05 ES330 with 1200 miles. The new air-conditioned seat feature is Nice!!
When I dropped my car off for service after 10am - that's when I was stuck with Corrolla's, Grand Cherokees, Camry's and whatever crap they can give me that rides.
By getting there on time served me every lexus vehicle except the LX470. - so plan to get there early.
When I dropped my car off for service after 10am - that's when I was stuck with Corrolla's, Grand Cherokees, Camry's and whatever crap they can give me that rides.
By getting there on time served me every lexus vehicle except the LX470. - so plan to get there early.
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Originally Posted by lexus96817
Not sure if this is the right area, so i figure i start here.
Serviced my 03 ES at the Lexus dealership in Honolulu for the third or fouth time two month ago. Overall service was great, but the thing that bothered me a bit was that my loaner was a 04 blue Camry. My previous loaner was a maroon one but this time I had the blue one for the weekend.
Don't get me wrong, the Camry is a great car, I owned a 2001 Camry before I upgraded to the ES. It just didn't feel right with my co-workers driving thier Infiniti and Benz loaners from their dealerships. I figured that the company that runs the Lexus dealership also operates the entire Toyota dealerships in Hawaii would be the logical reason why they gave out Camrys.
To sum up the Camry loaner experience, it felt as if I was riding a girl's bicycle.
Someone did tell me later that Lexus loaners are given on a requested basis only, so I guess the next time I'll request a SC or LS430.
Did any of you Lexus owners get a Camry for a loaner from the Lexus dealership?
Serviced my 03 ES at the Lexus dealership in Honolulu for the third or fouth time two month ago. Overall service was great, but the thing that bothered me a bit was that my loaner was a 04 blue Camry. My previous loaner was a maroon one but this time I had the blue one for the weekend.
Don't get me wrong, the Camry is a great car, I owned a 2001 Camry before I upgraded to the ES. It just didn't feel right with my co-workers driving thier Infiniti and Benz loaners from their dealerships. I figured that the company that runs the Lexus dealership also operates the entire Toyota dealerships in Hawaii would be the logical reason why they gave out Camrys.
To sum up the Camry loaner experience, it felt as if I was riding a girl's bicycle.
Someone did tell me later that Lexus loaners are given on a requested basis only, so I guess the next time I'll request a SC or LS430.
Did any of you Lexus owners get a Camry for a loaner from the Lexus dealership?
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For most of us Lexus owners in the U.S., the ES and RX vehicles are the common loaners available from Lexus dealerships. Just go to any Lexus dealership lot and you'll see what I mean
Moving this to Car Chat to get a broader range of responses.
Moving this to Car Chat to get a broader range of responses.
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I've always been given either an ES or RX. But to put it in perspective, when my sis took the Benz in for service, she got a Ford Focus. So i think the Camry you got is alot better than a Ford Focus.
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Originally Posted by lexus96817
Not sure if this is the right area, so i figure i start here.
Serviced my 03 ES at the Lexus dealership in Honolulu for the third or fouth time two month ago. Overall service was great, but the thing that bothered me a bit was that my loaner was a 04 blue Camry. My previous loaner was a maroon one but this time I had the blue one for the weekend.
Don't get me wrong, the Camry is a great car, I owned a 2001 Camry before I upgraded to the ES. It just didn't feel right with my co-workers driving thier Infiniti and Benz loaners from their dealerships. I figured that the company that runs the Lexus dealership also operates the entire Toyota dealerships in Hawaii would be the logical reason why they gave out Camrys.
To sum up the Camry loaner experience, it felt as if I was riding a girl's bicycle.
Someone did tell me later that Lexus loaners are given on a requested basis only, so I guess the next time I'll request a SC or LS430.
Did any of you Lexus owners get a Camry for a loaner from the Lexus dealership?
Serviced my 03 ES at the Lexus dealership in Honolulu for the third or fouth time two month ago. Overall service was great, but the thing that bothered me a bit was that my loaner was a 04 blue Camry. My previous loaner was a maroon one but this time I had the blue one for the weekend.
Don't get me wrong, the Camry is a great car, I owned a 2001 Camry before I upgraded to the ES. It just didn't feel right with my co-workers driving thier Infiniti and Benz loaners from their dealerships. I figured that the company that runs the Lexus dealership also operates the entire Toyota dealerships in Hawaii would be the logical reason why they gave out Camrys.
To sum up the Camry loaner experience, it felt as if I was riding a girl's bicycle.
Someone did tell me later that Lexus loaners are given on a requested basis only, so I guess the next time I'll request a SC or LS430.
Did any of you Lexus owners get a Camry for a loaner from the Lexus dealership?
By the way, the Camry fleet that Servco Lexus uses is not their own cars. They rent them from the rental company down the street. I know this because on many times I had the rental car attendent drop the car off to me at the Lexus service bay and then simply walk back to the rental car lot.
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Originally Posted by lexus96817
To sum up the Camry loaner experience, it felt as if I was riding a girl's bicycle.
Did any of you Lexus owners get a Camry for a loaner from the Lexus dealership?
Did any of you Lexus owners get a Camry for a loaner from the Lexus dealership?
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Originally Posted by lexus96817
To sum up the Camry loaner experience, it felt as if I was riding a girl's bicycle.
I'm VERY interested with this concept. To me a Camry & an ES330 look so much alike.....if you're not a "car person", they'll probably think it's the same car.
The way I see it is that the ES3 is a well polished Camry wearing an expensive Tux (which is a great thing).
But I would have to imagine that the driving feel of both these cars should be similar. Same engine, same tranny, etc.
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My Lexus dealer gives out ES330 and RX330, now when I got a Camry loaner at the Toy dealer the Camry was a base model, 16inch wheel, 4cylinder, that was a big difference to my ES300, compared to that the ES was a 5series.
Someone has to compare a loaded V6 SE or XLE Camry to an ES cause thats tight, still I'd rather the Lexus but 4cylinder is no match unless maybe it's a loaded XLE model so then, that would just leave it with a weaker engine
Someone has to compare a loaded V6 SE or XLE Camry to an ES cause thats tight, still I'd rather the Lexus but 4cylinder is no match unless maybe it's a loaded XLE model so then, that would just leave it with a weaker engine