BjCaleb

Hey Peoples,

Do you think I can get 250,000 miles out of my 98 GS 300, right now I have 77k. I wanna keep this car as long as possible. I drive alot and this is my only car and I drive about 30,000 miles a year.

D-MAN63

If properly maintained, it should last you 250k easy !

rominl

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if you maintain it well, that's not a problem at all

i have seen a camry with 400k miles, a corolla wih 300k mile and one with 500k

LsportGS4

Alot of people have. Toyotas are built to run forever. So keep oil changes and services up and you should be striaght.

bluelex

honestly thats a long ways almost 6 years from now if u avaerage it out, i think the car will last tha long if u stay on top of it..good luck. let us know how it turns out in 6 years

TRULUX

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if u do all maint it will be fine not just fluid chang, filters,gaskets, ect. all preventive maint. u should be fine to three

russ29

I plan to get about 300k on my 99 GS300. I have 110,000 now and do about 40k a year. So in three years (I bought it used) I should be there!

D2-AUTOSPORT

There was a post a long time ago about a 90 or 91 LS400 that had over 500,000 miles on it. These cars are built to last, provided they are maintained properly. Good luck on your journey!

morris

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I have over 205 on my GS400 so I wouldnt be surprised.

-J-P-L-

It will just be warming up!
The potential on pretty much any Lexus is over 400K.
As mentioned, LS's have seen 500,000! I've seen SC's
with almost 400K. What's more amazing is that these
cars still looked very good with those miles.

MY GS300

Toyota/Lexus cars are built to last.

It should not be a problem at all.

-Donald

rominl

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boy that's good

honestly you will probably sell your car coz' the body style is way too old before the engine dies

00lexondub

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ive sold a ls400 with over 300k miles and sold many toyotas will over 200k.. it shouldnt be a problem

XYZLexus1

The weak point in todays cars is no longer the engine. Every manufacturer has mastered engine building. I would suspect your automatic transmission will fail at 150K, especially if you do frequent transmission flushes. You will loose the AC in the 130K range. Any car can go 1,000,000 miles if you replace components as they go bad. I would do the minimuim maintenance outside 5K oil changes. It has been shown in the nuclear industry, highly regulated and qualified people that if you work on a piece of equipment with human intervention there is a 55% chance you will have to rework the piece of equipment within 28 days due to issue that was created by the human intervention. I can assure you the percentage is much higher in the unregulated, non-qualified, GED plagued auto repair business. That is why I suggest performing minimium maintenance outside the 5K oil changes. For example bleeding the brakes at 30K only invites problems, we have all had cars 25 to 30 years old with the original brake fluid. You bleed the brakes, you strip out the bleed screw, you get contaminants in the system, you get air in the system etc. Coolant changes should occur no less than 100K miles.

I just sold a Bonneville with 130K miles, never used a drop of oil, had the original alternator, water pump (I never changed the coolant, I was waiting for the water pump to fail). Never changed the brake fluid etc.

Pokeham

One last comment regarding the engine - the inline 6 has been around in some form or another for over 20 years and if properly maintained should get at least 250K. I'd agree with the previous post that the tranny is more likely to give problems before the engine ever does.