KrazyLexus

To what bobtheoilguy forums shows it is most of their engines.

KrazyLexus

Mine was straight from Nissan/Infiniti. The Lexus was was from a third channel. So how can you call bs on that? lol. Yes I am a NIssan fan boy as well as a Lexus and Honda. I have owned many of the vehicles. I am just not overly biased like some of you guys are.

KrazyLexus

Like I said, I heard from Freshalloy.com the M35 wasn't going to be sold right away. The M45 would be. And that was backed up by only showing the M45 on the listing of the sales sheet. You need to be more mature then act like a spoiled kid on the internet. Because your posts are starting to act like it.

Lost credibility. Like I care. It's the Internet. And only half my info was 3rd part (the Lexus side). Obviously your blind and can't tell that.

And obviously you can tell I am pissed off at you right now.

KrazyLexus

Here you go again saying mine was a 3rd party when mine wasn't except for Lexus which I have said 3 times now. lol. I do not have my 2005 yet, but I have a loaner 2005 for the time being. Your right, people don't but 90% of the time you will see more complaints on the message boards than on the street about the cars. It's a given, and there hasn't been any "yet".

KrazyLexus

Funny part is I have also read the same thing on toyota and Lexus boards as well. Don't believe everything you read. And truthfully I am done with this childish discussion where it has lead too now.

LexFather

Thread will remain open for now. Lively conversation is what Clublexus Car Chat encourages.

My 2 cents, no car is perfect but Lexus and Toyota using the "Kazien" method prides itself on improvement.

flipside909

No because I live in Riverside and travel the 91, 55, 22 freeways daily. I see a mix of cars everyday...I even take the 57 to the 60 home sometimes. Are you sure all the M's you see around are M45s? I was fooled at first when I thought I saw mostly M45's just based on the Sport Package and the 19" wheels. Lately i've been looking at the trunk badge to make sure it's not a M45...instead it being an M35 Sport Package. Costa Mesa Infiniti gets a good mix of M35 and M45. More M35s than M45's which is to be expected. There is a Nissan North America regional office down the street from me where I see plenty of M35's and that one M45 i've seen on the road. I do think the M45's exhaust tone is unique and awesome. Just like the M35, G35, FX35 and the Z's.

flipside909

Again, internet searching. That's the only info you can come up with?

If you want to see a listing of Toyota engines, you can find them here on Toysport's webpage here:
http://toysport.com/webpages/Techinf...ginefamily.htm

This is organized by engine series and generation. Again unlike Nissan, Toyota has a variation of engines/configurations and applications. This list doesn't even include the newest GR series and the hybrid powertrains. Are you telling me most of Toyota's engines have sludge? Again you have no clue.

flipside909

Oh really? And the websites you quoted to us previously are just internet enthusiast and 3rd party sites which have the disclaimer "NOT AFFILIATED TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA". So it is BS because you linked us non Corporate Nissan websites.

flipside909

We're discussing comparisons here. It's clear the original guy that posted here hasn't really participated until you guys jumped in. Hey you're the only one here trying to preach Nissan/Infiniti here. I don't go on FreshAlloy or G35driver and preach Lexus to them. Why not? Because it's pointless and childish. I don't have to "ACT" in posts to make a point.

FYI, you don't know who I am or what I do. I'm a 25 year old who bought my own brand new 2004 IS300 after I graduated from the University of California. Having a nice stable job w/awesome benefits definitely helps. I financed this vehicle on my own w/a nice down payment through Lexus Financial Services and qualified w/aTeir 1 (700 club) credit score rating. Spoiled? Hardly. I worked hard to get where I am. Most people can't say the same. I spoiled myself, no one else.

I don't really have to bash other manufacturer's interiors to prove a point. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Cheap shots are juvenile. Here's an example of one and totally off topic on top of that...now who's acting mature here?:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=13

You state: "Well when I look at this picture of the new IS350 interior, it makes me barff.....
Look at the cheap design of a center console and cheap hard plastic. lol"

Here's another:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...63#post1005563

Again, hearing and actually knowing are two different things. Nissan's sales figures are shown here and we've shown you over and over again but you fail to agree with it. Here it is one more time from Nissan's corporate PR site www.nissannews.com:

How shady is that? Nissan can't even seperate the M35/45 and FX35/45's numbers. Do they have something to hide? Obviously they do. Are they ashamed to show that the M45's sales are not what everyone expected?

Of course you care. You keep replying with baseless facts. And don't have an answer to why Nissan/Infiniti continues to fail to seperate M35/45 and FX35/45 sales. Do you want more proof based off the links you gave us? No need for name calling.

Sorry you feel that way. All of us here that have replied to you with facts and laughing everytime you reply with answers that are truely false...even after we've posted our answers with credible sources you find more stuff to throw into that ever growing pile.

flipside909

Okay...well I sure hope you do experience the same trouble free service on the 05 G35 you have on order just like the loaner car that you don't even own. It sure would be a shame to find out your 05 G35 is a lemon just like your 04.

Throwing in the towel...
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...71#post1059971

mmarshall

[QUOTE=flipside909. You should buy the car that best suits your needs. .

.[/QUOTE]

Exactly. This is what I tell people time and time again. Some people......like you and me........are capable of determining for themselves what those vehicle needs are and how best to meet them. For those who can't, there are those of us here at CL who are knowledgeable and other good sources like Consumer Reports, Consumer Guide, Edmunds, etc........

I agree with your earlier statement that auto mags or surveys alone should not determine a purchase but there are some good magazines out there.....I particularly like Car and Driver and AutoWeek myself. and of course there is the excellent reliability database of Consumer Reports. These publications give out a lot of good useful information. I test-drive a lot of new cars myself, but it is nice to compare my opinions with theirs....and the fact that they test under harsher conditions than I do. I especially note Consumer Reports' database and the Four Seasons' durability tests of the auto mags for reliability.

LexFather

U must really agree. I don't think I've seen u use the smiley before

Just messing with ya mahn

mmarshall

Please, G35...try to understand. Several other CL members here have tried to explain it to you...now I will.

Toyota / Lexus has had significant gelling and sludge build-up in only ONE of its engines...the 3.0L V6 used from the late 1990's up to about 2002 or so in several of its vehicle lines. Among vehicles sold in the U.S. this generally included the Camry, Avalon, Highlander, ES300, and the RX300. That engine has since been replaced by the redesigned 3.3L V6.

Now....the 3.0 was indeed prone to oil-related problems but ONLY if the recommended 3-to-5 month interval of oil changes was not adhered to. Some of the people who owned these vehicles, for whatever reason, were lax in keeping the oil changed or did not use approved oil and filters, ( I am a fan of Castrol GTX myself ) and UNLIKE other Toyota engines, this engine was NOT forgiving of that for several technical reasons including narrow oil passages that made the oil run hot.

I'm not going to re-hash all of the details of this campaign, the issues involved, and how Toyota handles them on a case-by-case basis. I myself, Flipside909, and 1SICKLEX, among others, have posted and written on this issue at length in CL....entire threads and lengthly discussions have been devoted to it. You can search the CL archives and get almost anything in detail.

So.....regardless of what "Bob the oil guy " or any other source wants to say about it, those are the facts...it was an ISOLATED problem with ONE engine and confined to a FEW years of production.....and then ONLY with poor maintenence.......NO MORE. It is NOT a Toyota-wide problem. Just stop and think for a minute. If it was a Toyota-wide problem, you would see millions of Corollas, Toyota trucks, Tercels, Land Cruisers, 4-Runners, etc......sludging up. You DON'T. The average Toyota and Honda engine, with proper maintenance and valve inspections, goes 200,000 miles without major problems....and even the 3.0L V6 is generally reliable IF you keep the oil changed at the 3 month/3000 mile or 5 month/5000 mile intervals you should be using anyway depending on driving conditions.

chuckb

I have a 95 ES300 with the 3.0 V6 with 88k, I bought it w/37k and I've always used castrol and never had sludge problems.