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Old 06-26-13, 02:27 PM
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Default What is the per hour labor rate at your Lexus dealer?

Let's see how much the cost is all the country and Canada.Heck,everywhere..
$129 at my dealer in NJ..
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I believe is $135...
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I think it's like $105/hour in Texas, but the cost of living in Texas is absurdly low. We have no state income tax as well.
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Originally Posted by dmvp29
I think it's like $105/hour in Texas, but the cost of living in Texas is absurdly low. We have no state income tax as well.
Cheaper and no sales tax too.
Add another $9 to my $129.

Steve's dealer is $135 + tax.Maybe in the Philly area.
I'm surprised that dealer costs more than mine which is in the NY metro area and in a affluent part of Jersey.
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$40 after 25% tax?

Yet oil and air filter change is $300?

Gotta "love" living in Eastern Europe.
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Originally Posted by spwolf
$40 after 25% tax?

Yet oil and air filter change is $300?

Gotta "love" living in Eastern Europe.
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Originally Posted by Joeb427
Cheaper and no sales tax too.
Add another $9 to my $129.

Steve's dealer is $135 + tax.Maybe in the Philly area.
I'm surprised that dealer costs more than mine which is in the NY metro area and in a affluent part of Jersey.
Metro DC, dealers are very expensive here. Rates vary a lot though, my dealer is right in the middle of a very affluent area, if you go to Silver Spring or out to VA it gets cheaper.
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I had the timing belt/water pump on my SC with the 2JZ done at a Toyota dealer for $800, taxes and everything. Lexus dealer wanted $1100.
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Originally Posted by SW13GS
Metro DC, dealers are very expensive here. Rates vary a lot though, my dealer is right in the middle of a very affluent area, if you go to Silver Spring or out to VA it gets cheaper.
Steve,for some reason even with the MD under your ID, I thought you were in PA.Duh!
Do you go to Pohanka?
I bought a '12 ES UL there.The place looked pretty much like a dump but they were doing construction when I was there.
Pohanka is the second biggest selling volume dealer in the northeast region.

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Try taking your Lexus to a Toyota shop. They use many of the same OEM parts/filters that Lexus does, and, for routine service and some minor repairs, do some of the same work at a substantially lower cost....and Lexus usually recognizes Toyota service for warranty coverage. For actual warranty work/repairs, though, it usually has to be a Lexus shop.

I had an IS300, for example, and, for the stuff I couldn't do myself, often took it to a local Toyota shop where I was good friends with the service-manager there.
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Originally Posted by Joeb427
Steve,for some reason even with the MD under your ID, I thought you were in PA.Duh!
Do you go to Pohanka?
I bought a '12 ES UL there.The place looked pretty much like a dump but they were doing construction when I was there.
Pohanka is the second biggest selling volume dealer in the northeast region.
I'll let it slide THIS time!

I've been to Pohanka, I've shopped there for new and CPO cars (they have a huge CPO inventory). Its too far away to use for service, and the couple of exchanges I've had with the sales department have been less than exciting lets just put it that way.

Originally Posted by mmarshall
Try taking your Lexus to a Toyota shop. They use many of the same OEM parts/filters that Lexus does, and, for routine service and some minor repairs, do some of the same work at a substantially lower cost....and Lexus usually recognizes Toyota service for warranty coverage. For actual warranty work/repairs, though, it usually has to be a Lexus shop.
Even better I have an independent mechanic who was a Lexus master tech for 16 years, he uses all OEM parts, filters & fluids, and his labor rate is $85 an hour vs $135. Mine goes into the dealer next week for the free 10k service, then it won't be back to the dealer unless its a warranty item.
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Hmm so I went ahead and looked at one of my recent invoices.

My 60k service for my IS350 cost $641.34 total.

$225.62 in parts, and $415.72 in total labor. But, they don't mention how many hours that $415.72 constitutes.

Assuming 4 hours of labor, that comes out to $103.75/hour. Assuming 3 hours of labor, it's $138/hour.


By the way, how does $641.34 rank for a 60000 mile service? Is it right around average?
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