waygreen

Just joined the club. How many other members do we have? Here's to hoping for another 200k


(Passenger reached over to snap the pic. Safety first.)

Hues10

First Congrats. Second, how many people have kept a car to 200k miles, let alone 300k? Now if you drive 20k miles per year, maybe. I had a 2004 Saturn Vue I bought new, kept it 15 years and 175k miles until I traded it in (or turned it in) on a 2013 GS 450h. After 15 years, I wanted something different. The Saturn still ran great. Made creaking noises, but started and ran because of the Honda V6 engine and transmission in it. As long as car companies keep innovating with new features, the newer car bug will hit. That is what the car companies plan on. Us all wanting something newer and upgraded, no matter how much our current car is working (the new car bug). So enjoy your current car no matter how long you keep it. Not trying to rain on your parade, just my opinion of how long people keep vehicles, which is OK.

JDR76

Congrats! You’re 97k ahead of me. Give me time....

waygreen

No worries and you haven't rained out my parade! I've got two vehicles in the driveway with 190k+ on them. I bought this car as my commuter and do 20k per year. Because it's only used for boring drives down our arrow-straight FL roads, the new car itch won't affect this ride. When my next rash starts itching, I think I'll be building the caterham I've always wanted.

waygreen

Enjoy putting them on there!

ethalien

Hit 110k miles yesterday! Runs the same as when I purchased it used with 46k on it. Great car.

uibalnme

I drive ‘em ‘till the wheels fall off. Then, put the wheels back on and keep going.

‘13 GS350 F-Sport RWD = 120,xxx miles and counting

’96 Camry LE 4cyl. = 247,xxx miles and counting

’98 Sienna XLE = 285,xxx miles and counting

waygreen

Nicely done, gents

bob256k

AWESOME!!! glad to hear, I want to keep the 4GS for a long time so ill probably just do small mods, if any , and just keep it stock; ill pick up a IS-F or a GS-F for REAL fun . Love it! I have a Honda with 288xxx that still runs great, I'm glad the lexus should last at least as long. Handwash only, baby!

Dcerna

I'm at 127,XXX right now with no issues It's my commuter car lol. I change the oil every 5,000 miles though instead of at 10K

I also have a 2008 Cadillac CTS with over 200k that I still drive around some times. No issues either

drgrant

Lots of Lexus and Toyota buyers keep stuff well into 200+. That's kind of the whole point of these brands. (if you keep your eyes peeled, the old Lexus and Toyota cars probably dominate in terms of year+miles-span vs retention etc. )

I don't care much about new features. 8 out of 10 "new features" is stuff I don't want in a car anyways. Unless it involves more HP or similar, I'm just not that interested. Like I have friends that get all prophetic about apple car play and crap like that, I could care less. Long as I can pump my music through the stereo and answer the phone that's all that matters from that end.

Most peoples idea of "car upgrades" are only small increments. Paying big money for a tiny incremental upgrade is generally setting cash on fire, unless there's something seriously wrong with an existing car. If they "got bored with it" there's an excellent chance that they didn't spend a serious amount of time investigating the new car they bought before they got it, I'll just leave it at that.

-Mike

NickMayer

about to hit 70k, lol. At the rate I'm driving, I should hit 100k in the next few months, lol.

praetor

2013 and barely broke 40K miles. At my current rate, I will hit 100K miles in the next 9 years. LOL

bclexus

You've got me beat on the low side. 2013 here and I just hit 55k miles. I only drive the GS about 7k miles a year.

AJLex19

OP: Congrats on hitting that 100k! Did that with my previous 2GS and snapped a pic as well...i'm sure your 4GS will run strong well into its high mileage years! 58k miles on my '13 which I plan to keep for another 4-5years.