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Yeah you’re right, they have a HUGE portfolio of vehicles in their lineup, and that’s just the United States, never mind Europe and everywhere else. Every time I go to Canada/Europe/the Caribbean, I see Toyotas I’ve never seen or heard of before. Regarding transmission fluid changes - 25,000- 30,000 miles is my preferred mileage mark, but many will argue that is too soon/too frequent, but I also only prefer drain and fills over flushes and pan removals.

I’ve heard the opposite on repairs for Tesla, BUT I personally don’t have experience working on Tesla’s. Good to hear there are instances with the EV’s being reliable and inexpensive to own and operate. Someday I’m sure I will own an EV, but I’m not ready to take that plunge right now. Tesla is a company I’ve been told multiple times to buy stock in, and I haven’t pulled the trigger when I should have. I’ve been told this is a company that has so many other revenue sources that their EV segment won’t be the driving factor…instead it’ll be AI, batteries, charging networks, electric strobe, solar roofs, market share. Next time it drops bellow $200 I’m buying in.

I actually do like these things a lot, but there are a few things I’m concerned with, then again maybe I shouldn’t be? I’ll find out soon enough, I haven’t worn these all summer but in a couple weeks when it gets a little cooler where I am I’ll be wearing these everyday.

I have to agree. Good points.

The 50,000 mile a year folks always impress me. That’s a lot of driving and a lot of maintenance to keep a car going!

My next boot purchase may be the blacksmiths in black. I’m looking for a boot I can wear with a suit and the eyelets being black should be ok wearing a suit. I’ve been wearing my Iron Rangers with suits and yeah, it doesn’t look good. Haha.

That’s a lot of miles for a little four cylinder turbo but supposedly those engines are more reliable than the 1.5 liter. But he took good care of it, and you are getting a good deal. I guess it depends on how long you plan to keep it and how much driving you plan on doing. Will it be your primary vehicle doing 25,000 miles a year? Or will it be a backup vehicle putting 8,000 miles a year?

Sounds like you’re a fan of the Mobil1 0W30 ESP…some PAO and Mercedes 229.5 certification. Better HTHS than their regular 0W30

I don’t want to sound rude, but I’ve owned one of those before, you must have put a couple transmissions in that thing, right? I had an earlier model, I sold it at around 75,000 miles - it served me well up till that point but it was horrible in the snow/winters. The balance of weight wasn’t great on the front wheels for traction, I wish I had the AWD. The transmission blew a year after I sold it. What repairs have you done to yours?

These just didn’t agree with me initially. It’s funny because I do wear boots for work in harsh conditions all day long…cement floors, lot of standing, lot of walking/working. I can’t wear these things for what I do (automotive), there isn’t enough separating me from the floor. I wear Thorogoods, Whites, Red Wing work boots, Duradero, for that stuff. The Iron Rangers are strictly casual boots for me, I’ll never be able to work in these things. But I do love them!

I love this engine! Most reliable engine I’ve owned. I’ve used a number of different filters since I’ve owned it…Fram Ultra synthetic, Toyota OE, Super Tech, Carquest. I haven’t had any issues with any of them. And I’ve experimented with maybe 10 different brands of oil, this engine just doesn’t care, it always performs flawlessly with excellent used oil analysis.

Nice! I don’t see many 2006’s in one piece in my area anymore. All rotted out. Dodge Rams even worse

@@doublebase6509 very true if you live up north, I still see some second gen RAMs here some times in South Florida. One of the better states to keep your car in due to lack of road salt lol. Ima drive my Silverado till the bearings fall off tho 🤣

Big part of it, agree 100%

I’ve never not topped off brake fluid, I’m more concerned with the level going too low and allowing air into the master cylinder. I’ll siphon some out if I’m doing a brake job. You’ve never had the level drop enough to cause problems? If you haven’t, maybe I’ll stop topping off…no use doing it if it’s not needed.

Paid software programs… Mitchell On Demand, Alldata. There may be a few others. They’ll give the labor times on every repair on every vehicle. You could probably google a repair to get a rough estimate but it may not be accurate.

I’m not able to wear these things everyday, all day. I have work boots I have to do that in. Work boots I can usually break-in in a week, unless they’re Pacific Northwest loggers, those take me a good month. I can only go a few hours a day at first in those types of boots.

@@doublebase6509 Red Wing states the iron rangers take 80 hours to break in. I’d recommend making your own boot stretch liquid (1 part isopropyl alcohol and 3 parts water). Soak em down and go cut the grass. Then condition em. Will help you immensely.

Got to love those rust free southern Toyotas!

Amazing cars!

Well said! Thank you!

I wouldn’t recommend anyone to do anything against the owners manual, but essentially yes, there doesn’t appear to be many internal changes to the 2GRFE in those years, and I have been running 5W30 for 50,000 miles now with oil analysis tests showing virtually no difference in wear (and so have many other people). But I will say that the 0W20 seemed to test out just as well in oil analysis too. I made the switch at higher mileage figuring a slight increase in viscosity and high temperature high shear, oil would help.

I’d worry about the hybrid battery going if I’m trying to reach 500,000 miles. Then again Toyota does make some of the best, if not THE BEST, hybrids on the market. I’m averaging 27.5 mpg with the V6 in a large car…with plenty of useful power and acceleration, but you probably are right…the hybrid Toyota might be a better choice.

@@doublebase6509 OEM hybrid batteries don't cost that much. The median working-age American spends around $10k a year to drive. $4k for a hybrid battery replacement ($400 per year, if done every 10 years) is chump-change compared to that. And hybrid batteries can last far longer than 10 years with proper care and maintenance (need to keep it cool, which means keeping the fan clean). Fuel-cost is not the only reason to go hybrid. Reliability is my #1 reason. You have a ton of maintenance items in your V6 Camry which simply don't exist in my 2016 Prius c. A caveat is that my car has two coolant loops (the 2nd one is for the inverter). But my car has no belts. All accessories are electric, including the AC, power steering, and power brakes. There's no alternator. Regen braking means my brakes last forever. The list goes on and on. Toyota Hybrid is the only sane choice today for a half-million-mile vehicle investment.

A ton of maintenance on a V6 Toyota Avalon/Camry? Two oil changes per year, a transmission service every 50,000 miles and a coolant change the first 100,000 miles. Spark plugs at 120,000 miles and air filters every 30,000-45,000 miles. This is not a ton of maintenance, this isn’t a Ferrari we’re talking about here. 🤣🤣

Love this! That’s a lot of work, do you have a lift at home? If not, that power steering rack must have been a royal pain to do. Nice job on the car. The no airflow to the AC vents makes me wonder if a mode door is stuck or something.

I agree 1,000%. Absolute biggest mistake I’ve made was buying a newer Silverado with the 5.3 with AFM and direct injection. Barely made it to 30,000 miles before I started having problems.

33 year old Toyota!!?? Wow, how many miles?

I don’t.

What kind of vehicle? That’s very rare to only repair one thing. Wow.

I think it’s probably a good idea that you do skip, grandpa.

Honestly, doesn’t sound like a bad idea if it’s working for you. I have run 10,000 Mike intervals using a high quality oil/filter, with oil analysis. I also did it in the right engine, with the right driving conditions. I’m doing it right now actually (and I’m the guy that made the video).

Have had any issues with it yet?

@@doublebase6509 I had to replace a couple bad sensors which only costed me a couple bucks to replace. I just make sure to baby the turbo. Not revving it up that much and giving the car a minute after starting before driving.

@@ninjadeamon nice! Sounds like you have a plan. I ran a catch can in a newer Silverado for a year until I sold it…winter time I got a lot of condensation and I had to be careful to empty it more frequently because if you’re not careful they’ll freeze and stop the PCV system from working. But I liked having a catch can. Good idea to baby the turbo too.

Yeah, mountain driving is interesting, isn’t it? A lot of strain on the transmission going up and down. I’ve watched my tranny temp just climb and climb going up smaller mountain roads in the summer. My brake rotors have been ruined going down some mountain roads before too. Weather has also turned on a dime on me in winter…from bright and sunny to a complete white out in a matter of minutes, dumping three inches of blinding snow on the ground. That was scary. Drove through a few hail storms before too (had to pull over). Seen a few horrific deaths too over the years…cars going over cliffs, lot of motorcycle fatalities. I would want my vehicle to be in very good condition if I were driving mountain roads.

Hopefully that will be a long time! 🤣🤣

I’d change it, no harm can come from changing it and keeping up with it. Albeit probably less maintenance frequency than an automatic, but that wouldn’t stop me from even over maintaining it. It’s pretty a Inexpensive fluid.

Yeah it’s hard to hide my accent. Boston heavy…pahk the cah. I’ve tried to tame It but it usually wins every time. 🤣🤣👍

Yeah I just won’t have any room in the toe box area to add an insole in virtually any size with these things. But I get what you’re saying and I’m sure it works for some people. The boots do feel a lot better now than before - I just haven’t worn them much of lately because of summer - but as soon as fall rolls around I’ll have these on a lot.

@doublebase6509 maybe after you wear them in a bit you could fit them in

I put 289,000 on a 1999 Honda Accord before the rust took over (and oil consumption). Loved that car though!

Those things are indestructible!

Agree, and depending on what year Chevy truck you have with that 5.3, that will have displacement on demand or AFM, which have been known for oil consumption (among other things). I would run the 5W30 in those without a second thought…might help a little bit, not much but a bit. I’d be more concerned with the transmissions in those things. Torque converters specifically. They just don’t seem to make it much further than 120,000 miles paired with that 5.3 AFM. Too much shifting going on when it drops down to 4 cylinders. I owned one in 2018…didn’t have great luck with it, and a I babied that thing while maintaining it meticulously

Yeah I agree, time matters too. Some of the new coolants supposedly can go up to ten years, but that seems excessive to me.

Nice vehicle! I’d say you picked the right one to try it in. I owned a Lexus LS460 for years, loved that thing!

Yeah, honestly from the lab reports I think the 0W20 is fine for typical driving conditions in these things. I prefer the 5W30 but that’s just me.

Don’t feel bad, we’ve all been there!

I’m trying to remember if I’ve done a pan on a suburban…I know I’ve done them on the Silverados…and the exhaust removal is no big deal, it’s just a disconnect so you can squeeze the pan out of there. On some you don’t even have to disconnect the exhaust, just a tranny mount and a pry bar. What I would do is take it somewhere else and get the exchange done without the BG flush. And make a point to mention/demand that you want OE GM fluid, NOT a universal fluid with an additive. That’s sometimes the problem with places that use those transmission flush machines - they only want to use one universal fluid, with an additive, and then sell you a cleaner additive to go with it. To just get someone to hook a machine up and use factory fluid can take some research and effort. I have a video on tranny services, check it out, I talk about the benefits and drawbacks of those machines.