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Does Toyota have an electrical defect or just a handful of bad drivers?

Submitted by greg on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 09:13
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There's a post on Overlawyered about Toyota Acceleration and ages of drivers.

Some choice snippets:

The median age is 60.5; the majority of drivers are 60 or older; a third are older than 70. And I left out the case of a driver who was the son of a 94-year-old victim rather than guesstimate his age to be 65.

While "the customer is always right" is a prominent business adage, sometimes the customer is wrong.

Related Car: 
1989 Lexus LS 400 - One of the First 300 Lexus
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Rotating tires, oil pressure sending unit, transmission flush on 1989 Lexus LS 400

Submitted by greg on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 11:39
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This was the first real maintenance on the Lexus, but it certainly needs a lot of help.

  • Rotating the tires, labor cost $20 for this service.
  • The snow tires were bald enough as to be providing very little benefit in snow compared to the summer tires so we swapped to the summer tires. In the fall we will need new winter tires. Cost: $15 service and $27 materials.
  • They advised that the oil pressure sending unit was leaking so we had them replace that. This was $156 in labor and $33 in parts.
Related Car: 
1989 Lexus LS 400 - One of the First 300 Lexus
Mileage: 
153,327.0
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another mileage check on the 2005 scion XB

Submitted by greg on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 11:28
Car fueled: 
2005 Scion xB - First Generation
Mileage on odometer: 
44,361.00
Miles driven: 
288.1
Fuel added: 
9.895
Fuel type: 
85
Cost: 
25.52
Calculated Mileage: 
29.1157

Mileage for this trip:

29.12 miles per gallon.
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scion xb first generation winter mileage

Submitted by greg on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 10:44
Car fueled: 
2005 Scion xB - First Generation
Mileage on odometer: 
44,073.00
Miles driven: 
250.9
Fuel added: 
9.617
Fuel type: 
85
Cost: 
24.99
Calculated Mileage: 
26.0892

Mileage for this trip:

26.09 miles per gallon.
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scion xb 2005 mileage first generation

Submitted by greg on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 13:08
Car fueled: 
2005 Scion xB - First Generation
Mileage on odometer: 
43,822.00
Miles driven: 
278
Fuel added: 
9.3
Fuel type: 
85
Cost: 
23.65
Calculated Mileage: 
29.8925

Mileage for this trip:

29.89 miles per gallon.
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Audi Greenwashed Car of the Year - Superbowl Commercial Edition

Submitted by greg on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 10:06
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Apparently my post about the hypocrisy of the Audi A3 TDI Diesel as a Green Car wasn't read by the advertising folks at Audi.

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more scion xb 2005 winter driving mileage

Submitted by greg on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 18:00
Car fueled: 
2005 Scion xB - First Generation
Mileage on odometer: 
43,544.00
Miles driven: 
309.9
Fuel added: 
9.83
Fuel type: 
85
Cost: 
24.76
Calculated Mileage: 
31.5259

Mileage for this trip:

31.53 miles per gallon.
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winter mileage in scion xb 2005

Submitted by greg on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 18:00
Car fueled: 
2005 Scion xB - First Generation
Mileage on odometer: 
43,234.00
Miles driven: 
295
Fuel added: 
9.23
Fuel type: 
85
Cost: 
23.44
Calculated Mileage: 
31.961

Mileage for this trip:

31.96 miles per gallon.
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2005 scion xb driving mileage

Submitted by greg on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 08:25
Car fueled: 
2005 Scion xB - First Generation
Mileage on odometer: 
42,939.00
Miles driven: 
287.2
Fuel added: 
9.775
Fuel type: 
85
Cost: 
25.01
Calculated Mileage: 
29.3811

Mileage for this trip:

29.38 miles per gallon.
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more scion winter mileage data

Submitted by greg on Sun, 01/24/2010 - 12:45
Car fueled: 
2005 Scion xB - First Generation
Mileage on odometer: 
42,652.00
Miles driven: 
326.1
Fuel added: 
10.32
Fuel type: 
85
Cost: 
25.79
Calculated Mileage: 
31.5988

Mileage for this trip:

31.6 miles per gallon.
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