Does Lexus Care?
03-24-11, 04:35 PM
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Does Lexus Care?
I need a new MAF sensor for my 93 SC 300. There are only nine new ones in the USA. The price is $900. Why would Lexus do that? Are they really just interested in making me buy a new car? I love my SC. I think that these are one of the most beautiful cars ever made and I want to keep mine forever. I can't do that if Lexus is going to charge ridiculous prices for one of a kind electronic parts.
I found a used one off a car in a scrapyard and had to pay $100, but that one will eventually fail as well. Then what? Has anyone else experienced this? I am thinking twice about my philosophy of keeping this car forever and rebuilding it piece by piece as needed.
I found a used one off a car in a scrapyard and had to pay $100, but that one will eventually fail as well. Then what? Has anyone else experienced this? I am thinking twice about my philosophy of keeping this car forever and rebuilding it piece by piece as needed.
03-24-11, 05:39 PM
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The newest SC300 is 11 years old. Most car brands stop producing parts for cars once they hit 10 years out of production. Mainly because by the 10 year mark, no one is willing to shell out the cash to buy new parts and there are infinite cars in scrap yards by then. It just isn't feasible to Lexus (or any other manufacturer) to keep producing parts for an obsolete car.
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03-24-11, 06:09 PM
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I need a new MAF sensor for my 93 SC 300. There are only nine new ones in the USA. The price is $900. Why would Lexus do that? Are they really just interested in making me buy a new car? I love my SC. I think that these are one of the most beautiful cars ever made and I want to keep mine forever. I can't do that if Lexus is going to charge ridiculous prices for one of a kind electronic parts.
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Your car is two decades old. In 2000 it was pretty hard to walk into a Ford dealership and order a carburetor for a 1980 Ford Pinto.
Is this a serious question?
Ford 1980
Ford 2000
You want stock for both vehicles ON PRODUCTION and on the shelf, yeah?
03-24-11, 06:14 PM
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Go to www.car-part.com and you'll find a couple hundred at scrap yards for as low as $25.
Or you can google it and find new/refurbished ones for cheap.
Or you can google it and find new/refurbished ones for cheap.
03-24-11, 06:49 PM
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Your car is two decades old. In 2000 it was pretty hard to walk into a Ford dealership and order a carburetor for a 1980 Ford Pinto.
Is this a serious question?
Ford 1980
Ford 2000
You want stock for both vehicles ON PRODUCTION and on the shelf, yeah?
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18 years
Your car is two decades old. In 2000 it was pretty hard to walk into a Ford dealership and order a carburetor for a 1980 Ford Pinto.
Is this a serious question?
Ford 1980
Ford 2000
You want stock for both vehicles ON PRODUCTION and on the shelf, yeah?
the dealer is exploiting its customers---plain and simple
03-24-11, 07:07 PM
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Supply and demand dude, basic economics. The cost of their supply hasn't changed, those parts were likely $900 when the car was new, who should they drop the prices? That $900 part is STILL a $900 part. There is still some demand, and there is limited supply. They're going to keep prices for that steady most likely, if anything they could go up. Hardly an exploitation.
03-24-11, 07:18 PM
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Dealerships also want $10k for a new 1UZ but nobody buys 'em because you can just rebuild it. You can also do that with a MAF. They usually just need a good cleaning. Just think of it like the volume **** on our cars, they get dirty and don't tranmit a signal properly. I've taken apart and cleaned a couple Toyota "swinging door" style MAFs and it's not that hard to do.
03-24-11, 07:22 PM
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10 000$???????????????
or u can buy a near brand new motor with low mileage one for 500$
its time to put these dealers in check
Dealerships also want $10k for a new 1UZ but nobody buys 'em because you can just rebuild it. You can also do that with a MAF. They usually just need a good cleaning. Just think of it like the volume **** on our cars, they get dirty and don't tranmit a signal properly. I've taken apart and cleaned a couple Toyota "swinging door" style MAFs and it's not that hard to do.
or u can buy a near brand new motor with low mileage one for 500$
its time to put these dealers in check
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I need a new MAF sensor for my 93 SC 300. There are only nine new ones in the USA. The price is $900. Why would Lexus do that? Are they really just interested in making me buy a new car? I love my SC. I think that these are one of the most beautiful cars ever made and I want to keep mine forever. I can't do that if Lexus is going to charge ridiculous prices for one of a kind electronic parts.
I found a used one off a car in a scrapyard and had to pay $100, but that one will eventually fail as well. Then what? Has anyone else experienced this? I am thinking twice about my philosophy of keeping this car forever and rebuilding it piece by piece as needed.
I found a used one off a car in a scrapyard and had to pay $100, but that one will eventually fail as well. Then what? Has anyone else experienced this? I am thinking twice about my philosophy of keeping this car forever and rebuilding it piece by piece as needed.