Total miles will a 2001 will be good for?
Racer
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I sold my 2001 LS430 with 244K on it, it was running great when I sold it and the new owner is still driving it with no problems 4-5 months later. I've hear people hitting 350K or higher on it. So it's a car with normal maintenance could last way past that.
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From: Quebec, Canada
Motors and transmissions for these cars are bulletproof if you do the maintenance (timing belt, water pump, spark plugs, etc). You will have the most issues with the electronic luxury gimmicks that will eventually fail over time (headlight leveling, parking sensors, power door locks, etc). You can usually pull the fuse and disable them or try and repair them yourself with guides on this website.
You can keep most cars going for long periods of time if you are prepared to do the maintenance and inevitable occasional issues. Toyota's systems are relatively simple, well-engineered and common to many of their platforms so you will normally have less trouble than that of other makes.
I have nearly replaced every part on my wife's car (SAAB 93) when many would have scrapped it long ago. However I choose to drive and maintain exclusively old vehicles in an effort to avoid recurring car payments.
It is more will you get bored of the car and want something else. That is what drives most people to change the car.
You can keep most cars going for long periods of time if you are prepared to do the maintenance and inevitable occasional issues. Toyota's systems are relatively simple, well-engineered and common to many of their platforms so you will normally have less trouble than that of other makes.
I have nearly replaced every part on my wife's car (SAAB 93) when many would have scrapped it long ago. However I choose to drive and maintain exclusively old vehicles in an effort to avoid recurring car payments.
It is more will you get bored of the car and want something else. That is what drives most people to change the car.
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Motors and transmissions for these cars are bulletproof if you do the maintenance (timing belt, water pump, spark plugs, etc). You will have the most issues with the electronic luxury gimmicks that will eventually fail over time (headlight leveling, parking sensors, power door locks, etc). You can usually pull the fuse and disable them or try and repair them yourself with guides on this website.
You can keep most cars going for long periods of time if you are prepared to do the maintenance and inevitable occasional issues. Toyota's systems are relatively simple, well-engineered and common to many of their platforms so you will normally have less trouble than that of other makes.
I have nearly replaced every part on my wife's car (SAAB 93) when many would have scrapped it long ago. However I choose to drive and maintain exclusively old vehicles in an effort to avoid recurring car payments.
It is more will you get bored of the car and want something else. That is what drives most people to change the car.
You can keep most cars going for long periods of time if you are prepared to do the maintenance and inevitable occasional issues. Toyota's systems are relatively simple, well-engineered and common to many of their platforms so you will normally have less trouble than that of other makes.
I have nearly replaced every part on my wife's car (SAAB 93) when many would have scrapped it long ago. However I choose to drive and maintain exclusively old vehicles in an effort to avoid recurring car payments.
It is more will you get bored of the car and want something else. That is what drives most people to change the car.
About 2 yrs. ago, I got a tour of a Saab parts warehouse...it was like visiting a graveyard. GM of the place said very few of anything ever goes out, it just gathers dust....there were also GM parts inside. Interesting to see a complete exhaust system, maybe 1/2, took up a lot of space...
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