coolsaber

Congrats, dont get the extended now. You have until the factory warranty is almost over to decide since you purchased new soo unless the GX is giving you signs that this might be a friday build, enjoy!

jtrue28

Congrats! Yeah, don't buy any of their additional items they're trying to sell you during the sale process. It's 100% profit to them. Pretty much negates the discount you negotiated off of the new vehicle.

RoadDawg

Nice thing about Lexus is that the quality and reliability is engineered and built in. Those are your extended warranty (and you did pay a li'l more for it already). Also, this particular model benefits from nearly two decades of continuity in design refinement. Congrats. Your wife will love the Luxury.

CFAI

If you did want to get an extended warranty (I'm not suggesting that you should buy one or not), I believe you can buy it from any Lexus dealership in your state, which may give you leverage in negotiating the price of the warranty. I was able to get a much lower price on a 3 year extention on my L/cert warranty this way.

SDGT3

Thanks for the direction. I've purchased several Toyota cars and trucks over the years and never bought an extended warranty for them and haven't been disappointed with the quality and reliability. The only reason I even considered it on this one is:

1. Even though the GX it's a tried and true product, there's considerably more electric toggles and switches on this Lexus as well as the air suspension than on a Toyota. My old GMC Yukon had the air suspension with self leveling etc. and when it went out it wasn't cheap to repair.

2. Our SUV prior to this one was a German brand on which I did purchase the extended warranty. Once it was off that warranty, the cost of repairs was not simply nickel and diming me but a whole lot more!

The saying " You lease a German vehicle, but buy a Japanese vehicle" is still true!

Woodyboy

Congratulations on the Luxury. I think in the long run you'll be glad you did. On the extended warranty, I agree with the others and I would pass. It is obvious profit for the dealer and only benefits you in the case of catastrophic failure which is highly unlikely with a well maintained Lexus/Toyota. Really outside of of an engine rebuild what would cost 3500 to repair or replace ?

louscrw

+1000. I lease my wife’s BMWs, but always buy my Lexus and/or Toyota vehicles

tecman

can’t get the wife in a Lexus, Toyota?

louscrw

The only Lexus my wife wants right now is the RCF. But, it has got to have the worst resale value of any Lexus ever produced and I wouldn’t want to buy one of those CPO or used for fear of it having been driven hard.

When we got the 2019 3 series, I cross shopped the IS350. The 3 series is roomier, quicker, and has way more tech in it. Overall, the IS350 felt identical to the 2014 version we had. We like the BMW, just not convinced of their reliability. A friend of mine swears by BMW and says that they aren’t as bad as people think, you just have to maintain them like anything else. Who knows?

I’ll be taking another look at Lexus for her next year when this current lease it up, but I believe the wife is going to want another BMW, unless I find a way to put her in a RCF.

CFAI

If it has low resale, maybe that also means you can get a CPO for a good deal - assuming you did due diligence before buying, wouldn't anything major likely show up within the 2 years of CPO coverage?

coolsaber

You might get lucky, some dealers keep old new stock around...18-19RCFs just sitting on the lot