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re: Houma man puts a million miles on his Tundra
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:44 am to X123F45
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:44 am to X123F45
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Waiting on this mythological filter?
It's just a renamed X2. Not a great filter. You have been honeydicked by marketing.
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With a good maintenance schedule most modern cars shouldn't have a problem rolling past 300k. Transmission failure would be my only concern. The actual rotating assemblies should be mostly trouble free, especially if they are interstate miles. My runners drive a Volvo 3.2 with over 300k miles, and it's never had a single problem. It chews up rear wheel bearings and front ball joints but that is a by product of Baton Rouge city roads more than an engineering flaw.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 8:49 am
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:46 am to Feral
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I'd always thought I'd wind up in a Ford -- my dad has had two King Ranches -- but I couldn't get past the Tundra reliability and bought a '16 Crewmax SR5.
I had an 09 F-150 and it was a great truck, put 130,000 miles on it with nothing breaking. Earlier this year my dad offered to trade me his 2012 F-150 with 75,000 miles, then he traded in my old one in for a new 2016 F-150. I'm not going to go as far as to say I made a mistake because in the end I still have a truck that is more valuable than what I had, but the same day we traded the fuel pump went out ($1,000 for parts and labor) and the A/C went out this past Wednesday (don't know how much it is going to cost me yet). So hit and miss has been my experience. I don't think I'll be getting another Ford truck though.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 8:47 am
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:48 am to X123F45
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Wix is a good economy filter. Excellent construction. But the media isn't designed to be pushed out to higher mileages. It also doesn't filter anywhere near as well.
If I'm restricted to that price point, motorcraft is much better.
My thought is if Wix is good enough for my exotics and multi-million dollar Waukeshas, they are good enough for my Toyota.
I've seen too many catastrophic failures with Fram, I would never consider one.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 8:51 am
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:48 am to VetteGuy
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He always posts off the wall crap.
Ask him about all the high mileage Hondas still running.
FWIW, I think Cam will choke in the clutch. That's my gauge.
ETA: My bad, it is Toyota he is confused about.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:49 am to Rouge
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by classes, you mean drug runs
To be fair, he did get a degree from MIT.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:51 am to X123F45
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They are cheaper at home.
0w40 mobil1 on amazon for $23 a jug.
One fram ultra filter for 6 bucks from rockauto if you order a half dozen and save on shipping.
But... Even I wouldn't want to change my own oil if doing it every 2 weeks.
And changing the oil in a Tundra is a MAJOR pain in the arse. You have to take the skidplate off and it has those stupid cartridge filters.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:51 am to Jim Rockford
I met this guy at a heliport in Boothville.
He's a hotshot driver.
He's a hotshot driver.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:52 am to VetteGuy
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He always posts off the wall crap.
I am here to troll and offer sound mechanical and sexual advice.
Nothing more.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:53 am to Restomod
Toyota used to be head and shoulders above everyone else w/ reliability, but since they started squeezing suppliers for cheaper parts, they are right in line w/ everyone else.
Look at their recalls over the past 5-8 years as proof of that.
The truck in the OP was meticulously maintained. I would expect he would get a ton of miles.
Still, 1M is impressive.
Look at their recalls over the past 5-8 years as proof of that.
The truck in the OP was meticulously maintained. I would expect he would get a ton of miles.
Still, 1M is impressive.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:54 am to BoostAddict
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And changing the oil in a Tundra is a MAJOR pain in the arse. You have to take the skidplate off and it has those stupid cartridge filters.
Yeah, even the new highlander we have is a pain in the arse to change the oil.
I've always changed my own oil, but they won on this one and i bring it in.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:56 am to X123F45
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offer sound mechanical advice
Don't believe.
quote:
offer sexual advice
Don't need.
Carry on.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:56 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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There's lots of industrial engines out there that log hundreds of thousands of hours without catastrophic failure. Quality stuff lasts forever if it's well taken care of.
Yeah I'm not sure people understand how engines work either. An engine is designed to run, not sit around in a garage. If you're driving hundreds of highway miles everyday at 2-3k RPMs that SOB is going to purr if you take care of it. Assuming he took it in the shop for every oil change he actually was behind schedule from a recommended standpoint.
I want to know how many sets of tires he went through.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:57 am to VetteGuy
People talking about the maintenance on the truck are confused IMO. He got a million miles on it and changed the oil regularly. When you rack up that amount of miles in that time period, you'll be in the dealership for oil changes, tires and other little issues here and there way, way, way more often than typical.
That isn't indicative of a higher level of maintenance. It's indicative of someone paying attention to the same schedule we all do, just with a far more intense mileage amount.
That isn't indicative of a higher level of maintenance. It's indicative of someone paying attention to the same schedule we all do, just with a far more intense mileage amount.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:59 am to GFunk
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That isn't indicative of a higher level of maintenance. It's indicative of someone paying attention to the same schedule we all do, just with a far more intense mileage amount.
I'm not confused. That's what I meant.
He paid attention to the maintenance schedule and followed it.
Most people don't, IMO.
At least not "by the book".
Posted on 5/13/16 at 9:00 am to VetteGuy
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Don't believe.
Troll pause for the moment.
I can build some excellent single cylinder and vtwin bike engines.
I've only built one inline four engine for a little 4x4 I had. Mild performance build, but held 7k rpm through Monarch pass in colorado and 4500 rpm the whole way home.
Troll reengage.
I love my fram.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 9:01 am to Jim Rockford
I've only got 785,000 miles to go on my 4Runner. 
Posted on 5/13/16 at 9:02 am to VetteGuy
I would like to know how many alternators and water pumps he went through. The brushes on the alternators wear out, there is no way it made it without at least a handful of them.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 9:02 am to 3rdRowTailgater
Sir " do you want the extender warranty". Sir the 100k extended warranty will expire on me in 9 months.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 9:02 am to slackster
I would imagine that engine spends (spent) 90% of it's life at around 1800 RPM.
That is a real sweet spot for fuel economy and power in a any modern V-8.
That is a real sweet spot for fuel economy and power in a any modern V-8.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 9:04 am to X123F45
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I can build some excellent single cylinder and vtwin bike engines.
Yeah, I believe that. I remember that post.
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