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I know this subject has come up before and solutions offered, but I can't place the exact area. So do some searching and if nothing comes up let me know please and I'll help you further.
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All of them have been claimed to have been well maintained.
How many miles should I expect either to go?
What about timing chain, drive train, etc.?
Thanks
CA
So a 150K mile car is a real crap shoot---might run another 75K, might drop the transmission tomorrow morning at 9 AM, one day after you buy it. You wanna buy a trans for an LX450? I sure don't.
I have purchased high mileage cars, but I always made it a point to pay WAY BELOW wholesale for them.
These types of cars are not scarce, so the ONLY reason to buy a high mileage example is to save lots of $$$. Buying high mileage and paying retail or even wholesale is very unsound financial reasoning IMO.
Proceed at your own risk. Basically, the engineers would place the figure of 150K as a satisfactory conclusion to the car's lifetime, as they designed it. Given that the average age of a car on the road today is roughly 10 years, and that most people put about 12K-15K miles a year on a car, I'd say the engineers prediction of 150K-225K for the life of a car is just about right. At 150K at least 3/4 of the car's life is gone, and it's the best 3/4s, too.
Passengers side floor wet (soaked), trunk was also wet in one spot, and no heat or should I say no blower, then that started working later on in the day for my hubby?? any ideas anyone? I have read about the floor being wet, clean out the evaporator hose... any other ideas for the rest?
My seal looks good on the trunk also. Thanks, everybody! conv72
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2k Impala - I did notice that your topic was not on a store-bought wax, but we already have a couple of topics on waxes and Zaino. This board really can't sustain a different topic for each brand -- the topic list gets too long too quickly, and it also spreads the good conversation too thinly over too many topics.
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I have a 1990 Mercedes 500SL that the cruise control has started to do something funny.
I noticed that when I had the cruise set, it just lost power and wouldn't reset. After a few attempts, it worked but the "accelerate" feature wouldn't work correctly. Last night, it wouldn't work at all after a dozen tries but then it did. When I push the lever up to accelerate it would start climbing then just cut out (turn off).
So, my question is this, will it be an expensive repair or did something just come loose? The car has 45,000 miles and just had it's regular service.
Thanks for any info. Mark
Marty: Do a Google search under "Toyota Parts" and see how that works. Also the dealer should have these, and I don't see why a good independent import auto parts store wouldn't have them. This type of strut doesn't always have to be Toyota specific. If you brought your old strut to the store with you, perhaps you can match something up size and width-wise.
1. It's a manual transmission, but I shift at around 3000 rpm and drive with a light foot.
2. A/C is always off when I drive.
3. Tires are properly inflated.
4. My driving habits are "normal", i.e. I don't race.
5. Finally, the reason why I think I am getting such poor fuel mileage is because my Miata is modified with a Jackson Racing supercharger and a high-flow fuel pump. Even so, I drive with a very light foot and I was told that the supercharger does not engage unless I depress the gas pedal all the way and if the rpm is really high. But still, i think 19mpg is very poor for such a light weight car.
Is my mpg number normal? Should I worry?
Also, two fill-ups isn't enough to record accurate fuel mileage. You need to be filling up on level ground, preferably at the same pump, with the same brand and grade of gas, for at least a month's worth of gas.
Why is this thread closed...this problem is still outstanding and has not been resolved.
There are still many owners who are trying to pry Lexus off it's past laurels and getting them to fix this problem.
Maybe people went to the 2003 transmission problem topic.
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This has been asked before but I cannot find an answer in any of the boards. Thanks Virgie
Here's what I've heard and pass on without recommendation:
hair dryer on low heat
"goof-off" solvent
WD-40 of all things
So proceed with caution and let us know!
Also, I don't believe your a/c is reading outside temperature at all. Techs please cover me on this one.
It's here: Okay, I'm switching to BioDiesel!
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Should I be concerned?
You might search our topic list first off, for this discussion, then also try the "search" feature or advanced Search feature to the left of this page---key words might be 3.8L or 3.8Liter and also Keywords on Pontiac might show something.
I know it's been discusssed quite a bit.
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I bought it new, waiting for your response or other people with the same situation.
Mine has just 2200 miles.
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You can also check out the Aftermarket & Accessories board, which might be a good place to post the information. Thanks, and welcome to Town Hall!
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No, we no longer host a "Classics" board on Edmunds but if you did a Google search I'm sure you could find a T-Bird forum!
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