Re: New vehicle confusion...

200,000 miles on CamryXLE: No unscheduled maintenance or repairs. Routine
oil changes, timing belts at 75K intervals, 2 sets of tires, 1 set brake
pads, 1 air filter, windshield washer fluid as needed, 2 sets of wiper
blades, 1 transmission fluid exchange. Spark plugs never changed.
If you plan to keep the vehicle for many miles, Toyota wouldn't be a bad
choice.
Jim

"Wayne.B" <waynebatrecdotboats@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:13:31 GMT, Jack Goff <jgoff@xxxxxx> wrote:

Is it the same for the Toyota? How much have you spent on
"scheduled maintenance"?

Good question but I'm not sure. Probably less than $600 during the
warranty period but that's a guess. The dealer always tried to "up
sell" required items but the actual wording in the owners guide was
not that onerous.

After the warranty on the Camry was up it was basically just oil
changes, tires, etc. The only exception to that was struts at about
70K thanks to really bad NYC/NJ roads, the aforementioned radiator at
about 120K miles, and preventive replacement of the water pump, timing
chain and spark plugs at 100K miles.

My wife's Honda Accord is now well over 100K miles and has never even
needed new struts. We did do PM of the water pump and timing chain
at 100K.



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