Yea I rip it a good amount but not 24/7. Just whenever the opportunity presents itself. Maybe I’ll take it in just to make sure all is well. And to the guy who said this car isn’t designed to be driven hard, then what are sports cars for? Lol that’s a wild take.

 

I’ll make sure to include 2024 IS500 **lightly used** when I sell it 😂

pretty sure the assumption when anyone buys a used sports car is that it’s been driven pretty hard as that’s the reason someone buys a sports car in the first place, we aren’t buying these to drive them like a grandpa lmao

 

Go rip on a McLaren 720 like that and see how quickly you end up at the service center.

This is a luxury sedan more than it is a sports car but I will even give you sports car. Call it a "sports car" all you want but it doesn't mean you can rip it around 100% of the time WOT and not face consequences. The car by all intents and purpose is not a true sports car IMHO.

Not saying the way you drive is causing it but it might, given the fact that the two you've owned have done the same thing. Nobody else is having this issue.

 

mclarens are the most unreliable super car out there so yes I agree, you don’t even have to drive them to have an issue. I own a Porsche gt3rs and have had zero issues with that. I also own a 05 Tacoma with 250k miles that 3 teenagers drove throughout highschool so safe to say that’s been ripped on, still no issues. Porsche/toyota/lexus make bulletproof stuff.

yea it might be the way I drive it but wanted to make sure since at the dealership they told me ISF’s commonly do this as well. The tech I worked with owns one. Interesting that I’m the only one with this issue in an is500 though

 

Not sure what year your RS is but I have thrown two rods in two different GT3 RS. Huge problem with the GT3. Bulletproof and reliable are relative terms. I can blow anything up, no matter the reliability. Reliability just means it will take longer, but nothing is bulletproof.

 

2022 and that’s surprising to hear, I’ve heard about it but never met anyone who actually has. And yea I agree - I’m just talking about in comparison to other manufacturers.

 

Yea one was a late 2022, the other was a 2023. They weren't my cars which made it even worse. The 2022 was already on its second engine.

 

To be fair the 2UR-GSE is a performance-oriented engine and is, for all intents and purposes, expected to be driven hard from time to time.

Also to be fair, you're not the only one who has seen oil issues, but yours do seem pretty severe compared to most.

 

So after adding more oil, do you end up in the same spot? Toyota' oil consumption standard when they used to publish these things was 1 qt/1k miles is normal.

If its a thing, where you exceed that, whats the mfg say?

 

Add me to the list of never seeing the oil light ever with just over 33k on the odometer. I even went about 6k instead of 5k due to a road trip that made me go over on the mileage. Everything has been great with oil on my car.

 

ok well praying this doesn’t happen to mine lol

 

One of the best cars ever made, period, end of story. They just have a slight rod issue lately lol.

 

Oil change at 3500 miles, added about 2 quarts at 6000 miles when it gave me the warning - I took it to the dealership to get this done. They didn’t seem to think it was anything to worry about. Oil level is not too high on the dipstick.

My first 500 I got this warning before any oil change, don’t remember the exact mileage but around 2000 miles. Also got it about 2000 miles after the oil change on that one too.

Gotta believe it’s how I drive the car but I’m not a maniac with it. Curious does everyone else drive it in manual mode only when warmed up ? Whenever the shifts get quick I go manual mode only for the most part, I wonder if the more aggressive shifts and higher RPM ranges cause more oil consumption. I sit mid 2000’s low 3000’s at all times in manual mode which is slightly higher than auto shifts even in sport +.

 

agreed, have gintani exhaust on the way.

 

I stay in auto mode unless I'm having fun. It is not really worth it to shift manually if I'm not going fast because the shifts are not very smooth or quick at low RPM. Granted, I do use manual mode often. If I'm doing any fun driving at all, I'll use manual mode for the most part.


Honestly if you're waiting till the car is at operating temp to do any spirited driving, that doesn't look bad on paper.