Almost 3 million miles and counting
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I think, if Lexus was smart, they would purchase the high-mileage vehicles from their owners and tear them apart to determine what / why they lasted so long. Was it tighter design tolerances, driver habits, materials used, etc? But, on second thought, who would want to learn why things last longer or how to make them last longer when you are in the business of selling those very same things?
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I think, if Lexus was smart, they would purchase the high-mileage vehicles from their owners and tear them apart to determine what / why they lasted so long. Was it tighter design tolerances, driver habits, materials used, etc? But, on second thought, who would want to learn why things last longer or how to make them last longer when you are in the business of selling those very same things?
Million Mile Tundra tear down
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From: AL
2001 LS430
Bought 10/19
New brakes, rotors, front wheel bearings.
Needs control arm bushings and motor mounts.
Otherwise clean bill of health.
21mpg around town.
4th owner, bought and stayed in Alabama its whole life.
301,800 on odometer. Looking forward to 400,000
Bought 10/19
New brakes, rotors, front wheel bearings.
Needs control arm bushings and motor mounts.
Otherwise clean bill of health.
21mpg around town.
4th owner, bought and stayed in Alabama its whole life.
301,800 on odometer. Looking forward to 400,000
i get the self-congratulating here, but really a million mile car is hardly exclusive to lexus or toyota...
all kinds of brands do it.
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/going-t...gone-1m-miles/
all kinds of brands do it.
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/going-t...gone-1m-miles/
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At one time, decades ago, I had some truckers tell me that the average life of a big semi-freight truck is a million miles on the road, but that is with multiple engine/transmission overhauls and or replacements. Typically (at least from what they told me), when a semi's diesel engine is worn, they pull it every few hundred thousand miles, replace the internal moving parts as needed (bearings/valves/pistons, etc...), and simply re-use the block. The block itself often goes a million miles or more.
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At one time, decades ago, I had some truckers tell me that the average life of a big semi-freight truck is a million miles on the road, but that is with multiple engine/transmission overhauls and or replacements. Typically (at least from what they told me), when a semi's diesel engine is worn, they pull it every few hundred thousand miles, replace the internal moving parts as needed (bearings/valves/pistons, etc...), and simply re-use the block. The block itself often goes a million miles or more.
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Remember, that was decades ago. Today's semi-diesel engines may be lasting longer. I can't say, because I myself don't have much experience with that type of vehicle, although my best friend in high school (who, like me, was a big fan of American full-sized luxury cars of that era) went on, after several local jobs, to become a long-distance truck driver.
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Remember, that was decades ago. Today's semi-diesel engines may be lasting longer. I can't say, because I myself don't have much experience with that type of vehicle, although my best friend in high school (who, like me, was a big fan of American full-sized luxury cars of that era) went on, after several local jobs, to become a long-distance truck driver.
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