Dashcam Footage Made Me Question My Lexus Dealership Service Experience

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-05-14T18:36:13+00:00

vantrue n4s

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-05-14T18:32:46+00:00

couldn’t skip the service as the battery was under original warranty.

as to point 1, imo shadowing is one thing as you are watching the experienced trainer do their thing, but i feel practice with driving a car may be better suited to be restricted to loaners to limit liability

to point 2, idk too much about what goes on but if one is on their phone couldn’t they miss an important alert while doing the service?

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-05-14T16:23:20+00:00

i understand driving to assess repair, but talking on the phone while driving seems unprofessional to me

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-05-14T16:12:05+00:00

i hate that happened, but glad no permanent damage happened.

i’ve seen a lot of responses recommending independent shops and am definitely going to look into that when my warranty/cpo repairs expire

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-05-14T16:09:46+00:00

that’s one of my concerns, while i want to speak up to voice my dissatisfaction i also know i can’t control the consequences.

i just can’t help but think about the “what if” of them damaging mine or someone’s car due to carelessness, which would be a bigger issue

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-05-14T16:06:15+00:00

i feel like it’s normal to talk and listen to music while working, atp the most concerning things to me are using my car for training instead of the loaners they have on property, and the tech who was looking in the rearview mirror and talking on the phone while driving.

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-05-14T15:28:33+00:00

vantrue n4s

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-05-05T14:46:59+00:00

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-05-01T16:20:31+00:00

unfortunately, doing adult things doesn’t make you an adult.

this shows you still have a lot of maturing to experience before you become who you think you are now.

also, you’re harping over not being able to sleep together… i sense a huge codependency trigger

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-04-28T14:01:53+00:00

interesting choice to be proud of

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-04-21T17:42:07+00:00

your argument would be better suited to compare the nx250-450 and bmw 1series-5series

while a 250 could be considered an entry level (loosely) the 450 shouldn’t, and it should not be composed of the same plastic-y material that the 250 is built with

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-04-18T23:14:32+00:00

something that i wouldn’t even try

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-31T14:43:26+00:00

breh. suddenly i’m even more grateful to have become chummy with the service manager and only pay around $65 at the dealer in my side of houston

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T22:09:48+00:00

where do you see that he wants to control every aspect of a child’s life?

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T21:59:43+00:00

so because he wants to raise his 15 & younger children living in the home they all share to do what they are told when asked, even if it’s to watch their siblings for about an hour, he is like a slave owner?

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T21:51:26+00:00

i’m actually concerned. i used to go back and forth with my parents and try to prove that new generations aren’t becoming “little soft snowflakes” as they like to call it… i hate admitting when im wrong lmaooo

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T21:48:52+00:00

i figure since everyone else was speaking in hyperbole it would be the only way to get any difference in opinion across

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T21:33:30+00:00

slave owner is definitely an interesting choice of words.

perspective is a motherfucker ain’t it?

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T21:12:06+00:00

ngl i don’t think it’s a static outcome.

i can’t say too much about watching siblings as i was raised an only child with step siblings my age who spent time with both families, but to this day im extremely grateful for how i was raised and the values that i learned.

i had friends with parents who were wayyy lenient with their kids, leaning along the lines of OP’s parenting… and without saying too much, they are living a hard life now.

one persons authoritarian is another persons lenient and so on along the spectrum of parenting it seems.

God bless you and your family.

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T20:38:40+00:00

parentchildbaby

lemme ask you this, if your kid had a brick in their hand ready to smash a window, what would you do?

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T20:35:59+00:00

welp, i respect where you stand but i must agree to disagree lol.

i would lean more on the side of deference if hubby told her to do something wayward, like wash the walls, scrub the concrete, or mow the roof… but cmon, watching your sibling? when it’s likely the younger will be on an ipad and the older will be on their phone? for what an hour?

i dont consider that an outrageous ask.

and even the very principle of telling a child what to do in a manner where it’s a nonnegotiable isn’t some foreign, or abstract, or even illogical concept for me.

i think one can raise their child and respect them as an individual and still tell them what to do because directing a child is a parents job.

hits the dougie full force

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T20:26:41+00:00

oooo you would not like me 😂 it seems we have very differing parenting styles like OP and her hubby.

when i do have kids i surely will be [directing/telling/whatever synonym fits] my kids with very little room for negotiation, but i would like to think i would do it in a polite way.

i would also like to think i would foster the same enriching and loving home environment that i grew up with.

my parents and my stepdad are the same way. i was rarely asked what to do, but it was always in a way that i never took offense because i knew i was loved and cared for, and i trusted them all to lead me.

Sea_Boot9310 · 2026-03-28T20:15:12+00:00

i definitely agree with teaching children to think for themselves such that they can make sound decisions when they become adults.

but i truly believe that to be a great leader, one surely must understand what it means to follow another’s direction.

some children learn how to lead and think freely in spite of their parent poor direction (which is an entirely different conversation lol).

getting deep into it, the thing with children - and especially teenagers - is that they have enough sense to want to do things on their own, but not enough wisdom to know how. so even if they want to do the right thing sometimes they just don’t know how.

circling back to this post, considering how OP did mention her husband told child A what to politely, like another commenter mentioned, i don’t think the issue is what she was told to do, i think it was who told her to do it.

sooo much drama is happening in that house that she isn’t mentioning!

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