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Old 08-17-07, 08:21 PM
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I read the whole thread on YW. He's a delivery guy and drives about 550mi. a DAY, 6 days a week, pretty much all FL highway and turnpike. He does an oil change every 2 weeks, rofl. And he's on original pads and rotors!

I have to say, that's a great testament to Toyota reliability.
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Old 08-17-07, 09:05 PM
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I bet if he keeps this up, he can start doing Toyota commercials.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
I read the whole thread on YW. He's a delivery guy and drives about 550mi. a DAY, 6 days a week, pretty much all FL highway and turnpike. He does an oil change every 2 weeks, rofl. And he's on original pads and rotors!

I have to say, that's a great testament to Toyota reliability.
yeah i read pretty much the whole thing too. unbelievable that he's still on so many original parts, including brakes and the clutch. he must be a very very good driver as well
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Old 08-17-07, 10:16 PM
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so he ran out of standard warranty within 3 months or so
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
I read the whole thread on YW. He's a delivery guy and drives about 550mi. a DAY, 6 days a week, pretty much all FL highway and turnpike. He does an oil change every 2 weeks, rofl. And he's on original pads and rotors!

I have to say, that's a great testament to Toyota reliability.
Considering that it's all highway driving, there's not that much need for braking then.
He probably has 10 ipods in his car to keep the tunes going

Everytime I see those 2 door one, I want to get one too.
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Old 08-18-07, 01:15 AM
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wow!! That guy lives in his car. I do about 9K miles a year!!
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Old 08-18-07, 07:41 AM
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Putting that many miles on the yaris is one thing. I’m think about the strain that must put on him driving that much every day. I drive for more then an hour and my back, legs and butt start to cramp up. That is just CRAZY. I'm out.
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Old 08-18-07, 08:51 AM
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Wow that is some crazy stuff, he could possibly get that car to 1 million miles the fastest, if it can make it
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Old 08-18-07, 10:32 AM
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odd coincidence that he started filming at 12:00 and at 12:01 he rolled 150,000?

Anyone that has ever taken their cluster out of their car (read:SC owners) knows that the cluster has the ability to glitch at random numbers (like 199999) and when you stick it back in the clock will read 12:00.

The event that follows is that you end up rolling over the next marker (like 199999->200000 and it happens at the next minute mark (12:01)

Not saying he didn't do it, but I've seen this happen nearly 20 times with my own eyes in person and the 12:00 is an indicator that it's either the most coincidental thing that has ever happened to him - or he just shoved the cluster back in and started filming..... happened to have a video of him doing this, and happened to post it on the web.

EDIT: like this glitch: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...1&postcount=39

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Old 08-18-07, 11:39 AM
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Holy Moly, Now that's how you do it...
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Old 08-18-07, 11:59 AM
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I have a client who has about 98k miles on his '07 Ultra-Lux ES350...it's been only a year and 4 months.....I didn't think there was another person out there that drove more miles...LoL
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Old 08-18-07, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
And he's on original pads and rotors!
Well he must not do much braking because in the YW thread he said its virtually all highway driving so I guess since he doesn't really have to brake much.
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Old 08-18-07, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by O. L. T.
odd coincidence that he started filming at 12:00 and at 12:01 he rolled 150,000?

Anyone that has ever taken their cluster out of their car (read:SC owners) knows that the cluster has the ability to glitch at random numbers (like 199999) and when you stick it back in the clock will read 12:00.

The event that follows is that you end up rolling over the next marker (like 199999->200000 and it happens at the next minute mark (12:01)

Not saying he didn't do it, but I've seen this happen nearly 20 times with my own eyes in person and the 12:00 is an indicator that it's either the most coincidental thing that has ever happened to him - or he just shoved the cluster back in and started filming..... happened to have a video of him doing this, and happened to post it on the web.

EDIT: like this glitch: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...1&postcount=39

what about the second video that shows 155k at a stand still?
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Old 08-18-07, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by lighthalo
what about the second video that shows 155k at a stand still?
Yeah, there is no doubt that this is legitimate. Notice the clock is at 3:27 with 155K in that 2nd video.

Remember, this guy has an unusual transport job that requires him to live on the highway. He says it's worth it for what he is paid. Wonder how much that is?
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Old 08-18-07, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by lighthalo
what about the second video that shows 155k at a stand still?
So? I glitched an Sc cluster and drove it for 2200 miles showing 299999 and rolling to 302xxx. The date of the second video is irrelevant.

Still, I wasn't saying he DIDN'T have the mileage, just that it is entirely possible to screw the numbers quite easily.
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