2010 ES350 just hit 250K
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sthpawil (07-11-24)
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Filled up with 89 octane fuel this morning and set out on a Sunday drive to pick up a Yakima roof rack system for my ES350 off of Facebook Marketplace. The trip was 85 percent interstate and 15 percent mixed city/main roads and a 3 mph side wind. 243.1 miles round-trip at 34.4 mpg... not to shabby.
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Not at 250k but 203k on my 11 UL with ML. Routine maintenance, a CV axle book that needed replacing (Toyota re-booted it, axle was fine, $60 part plus labor), and the headliner needed some clips as it made a sound over bumps. Apparently there was an issue with these? Anyway, the car has needed nothing else. I replaced a faded B pillar exterior trim piece and those chrome pieces that go around the bezel for the power window buttons, but that's because they bothered me. The front seats were wearing badly, despite cleaning and conditioning them, so I had them redone in vinyl to match the OE pattern. I'm kind of wishing I'd gone with the more expensive leather, but due to the age and mileage on the car, I didn't think it was worth it. Mechanically, it's been amazing so far.
I'll be replacing mine with a 16-18 UL with ML in a year or 2. I love it and don't want to sell it, but I also don't want to start putting thousands into it. My mom has a 2022, and while I like the newest body style, the front seats are horrible. They're so uncomfortable I'm opting out of one that new solely because of that. I commute a fair amount for work and don't want to run an almost new car into the ground. I decided on an older ES again for my next one and bought a 2014 LS460 as my weekend car. Now that car I love, but it's no match for the reliability of the ES.
I'll be replacing mine with a 16-18 UL with ML in a year or 2. I love it and don't want to sell it, but I also don't want to start putting thousands into it. My mom has a 2022, and while I like the newest body style, the front seats are horrible. They're so uncomfortable I'm opting out of one that new solely because of that. I commute a fair amount for work and don't want to run an almost new car into the ground. I decided on an older ES again for my next one and bought a 2014 LS460 as my weekend car. Now that car I love, but it's no match for the reliability of the ES.
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