NRX

The sales guy said they offered free car washes for the lifetime of a Lexus car ownership. I pretty sure the Mercedes dealer offered the same perk.

Is this a perk offered at all Lexus / Mercedes dealerships? Just wondering about the quality of the washes etc. Do any of you use it? If so what is your experience and do you recommend it?

Thx!

Mike728

If you cared for your vehicle's finish, you wouldn't call it a "perk".

JDR76

Not all Lexus dealers offer it, and some are very limited (like 2-3pm on weekdays only).

Do a search on the forum for "dealer wash damaged my paint" and you'll find lots of reading on the subject...

NRX

Will do! Thanks!

da mayor

iTrader: (2)

when i worked at the dealership we always gave free car washes. the same brush went on the wheels but those clients don't care about swirl marks

NRX

My apologies for not searching before posting this question. There seems to be a wealth of information when I ran a search about free car washes. It looks like the collective agreement is to never get it washed at the dealer.

LexBob2

OTOH I've had a few cars washed at the dealerships (Lexus, Audi and BMW). Sometimes by accident and sometimes I just wanted the car washed and nothing bad has happened..

I don't seek out dealership washes but so far I haven't had a bad experience.

PS, these have all been light colors (white, pearl white, silver etc.)

mcomer

Disclaimer, I work for a Lexus store. I wash my car 2-3 times a month.
Only damage is that caused by driving on Midwest roads. Never am
the first through when the brushes/rails/towels are dry.

pbm317

But the people here count swirls in the clearcoat as damage, so it's highly likely that yours is also "damaged" under this definition. Nearly 100% of automatic washes will do this. Poor hand washing can do this too.

mjeds

I'm a firm believer that nothing is ever free.

free car wash means money later to fix the damage caused my the minimum wage dork that doesn't give a rats behind about my car.

ABC

It's "free" in the sense that i don't pay for it, but the dealer makes me wait up to 60 minutes for the wash. 1 hour of my time my time is worth a bit more than a $8 car wash.

litesoarer

I face hazards far worse than the dealer car wash both in parking at work, and on my daily commute (140 miles RT)

I probably picked the wrong color car for it, but i'm actually for the dealer wash when I have the time.