I am still excited to drive. If I go on the highway I might get 20 mpg max. Unfortunately without a teardown after a breakin on the dyno, you can't tell what the session has done to your engine in terms of longevity for an engine expected to go 100k plus. It gets suprisingly good mileage for an 8 cyl car up to 30mpg on the highway. Most Toyotas, for instance, are designed to run on regular or midgrade, while the automaker's Lexus luxury brand prefers i. That racks them off more than beating them off the lights I feel! It may be worth trying Texaco Clean system 3, Texaco make some grand claims and were perhaps still are? I keep track of the mileage using an app on my iphone, always fill up. This car has every option that you could want.
On hills, speed up as you go down them, and try to coast as much as possible when going up them roller coaster effect. All simple stuff to remember costs fuel mileage. I had the strut bars replaced, lower ball joints replaced, on the front end, both sides right before the alignment. I would also never consider it a 'failure' if it doesn't happen. A sign of quality is the clean clear oil after 5k of driving on a car with over 60k on it.
The ride is serene in an ultra-hushed cabin replete with high-quality interior details. Had the plugs changed last month at the toyota dealer as part of regular maintenance after changing everything else. Get rid of the spare tire too. You can even tell if one cylinder might not be firing correctly by targeting the exhaust manifold at various points. Its very smooth to drive and it has padding every ware so that you don't have much road noise or any rattle from inside at all. I've spent a lifetime going fast, what's wrong with a few days of going slow? Perhaps even factory trained technicians don't customarily check every customers filter if no problems were reported.
It is slightly denser than lower-octane gas, meaning there's a little more energy in a gallon. The price was very reasonable, and it has held its value extremely well in the subsequent six years. It has heated and cooled leather seats that are extremely comfortable, with massage and recline options in the back seats. Obviously 4 litres is a big engine, but what sort of fuel consumption are people genuinely getting out of theirs? Are you racing - Typically race engines get broken in on the dyno under full load at wot. It is a priviledge to be in a car that really drives itself!!! The only thing that I have had to do with this car is change the oil every 5000 miles. Obviously around town and for shorter journeys that figure can usually be halved.
The old way to check is to fill up and note the mileage or set the trip meter, drive your trip and fill up again, note how much fuel you put in and the mileage again, this will give you how much fuel you actually used in the distance. The old car was one of the smoothest and quietest made, and the updated version is not only quicker but it handles slightly better. I manually calculate as well, the app just helps me keep a record. Mobil-1 synthetic 75w90 gear oil in the differential. I wasn't challenging anyone else to try for the 35 mark.
If you're in the neighborhood, stop by and we'll have a brew while discussing the finer points of valve overlap and injector duty cycles. Without dreams and high aspirations very little is ever accomplished in this world. Loaded and revved through the entire range, engines do require to be stressed during the breakin period differently from other systems such as the tranny, clutch, diff, brakes, where a gentler approach would be well advised. Other than that, regular oil changes, battery changes every five years, tires and wiper blades replaced at they expire. Toward that end, here's some cool info I found on Wikipedia: Straight off they mention low-friction lubricants, which is a great starting point I'm already pursuing. . A cool er running engine is a rich running engine.
There is also special break in oil available. I think it is easily doable. My daughter loves the heated seats in the rear, my only complaint is that I didn't find one with the Ultra luxury package that has the cooler in the backseat and the reclining rear seats. Engines can't read - they don't know what the valve covers say. Maybe I just have too much free time.
Even though its 11 years old it still feels like a brand new car every time I get in and drive it. When its 6:00pm, freezing outside and everyone around is battling with their neighbour on the M6 in the rush hour to get home, it is really pleasant to relax in heated leather comfort, something soothing on the autochanger, cruise set at 70 if you're lucky feeling smug. I live in Gosford and a drive to my mums up the hwy to Port Macquarie is 400km. Shouldn't it change to 640 km? A lively discussion is great - let's keep it going! So, are Lexus fuel consumption figures total B. New air filter as well, new coolant temperature sensor. The first thing I would do with such a device is check to see what long term fuel trim is on each bank.