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Originally Posted by bcrdukes
Switching gears, time to focus our efforts on hating on more Toyotas! For context, I transitioned away from Japanese cars to European for a while, and this Corolla and the Boxster are the cars I've owned the longest.
So our Corolla iM is hitting the 150,000KM mark, and by the end of the year, I expect we'll hit 160,000KM. With that in mind, I was thinking of getting ahead of some preventative maintenance before the harsh Ontario winters hit and thought of doing the following:
1. Coolant flush - The car is running the factory coolant since we bought the car brand new in 2017
2. Spark plugs - Probably time to replace (as per owner's manual)
3. Accessory belt - It shows no signs of cracking (that I can see) but it is the original belt
4. Waterpump and thermostat - No signs of leaking. Good idea to replace both?
5. Timing chain - Leave it alone or replace?
6. Engine / transmission mounts - leave them alone or replace?
7. Brake fluid flush - it's running on to 3 years, so probably time to flush.
I was thinking DIY'ing but I don't have the time to tackle this while working and in school. I asked a few Toyota dealers and a few independent garages and most of them just laughed at me and only suggested flushing the brake fluid and coolant, and replacing the spark plugs. Everything else was  (Replace it when it breaks.)
It's weird to hear that, especially when I've become accustomed to European maintenance. You either replace it as a preventative measure, or deal with it when shit goes south. Crazy how these cars are still well built, despite how much we shit on Toyota. I don't know if I'm complaining or of this is a traumatic reaction to European car ownership. Any thoughts/opinions? |
Just do the coolant and spark plugs, it's a Toyota. Realistically you can probably skip those two as well.
Don't touch the thermostat until it leaks, it can probably go 350k so it's a waste of money.
Timing chain, if you can touch it from the oil filler cap (I can do that in my Mazdas) give the chain a tug to see how the slack is. If it's just a small amount of deflection, leave it. The chain on my Mazda didn't have problems and it's a hipo turbo. I don't think Toyota chains are known to stretch or break, it's not a Vitara.
You should know how to check for engine mounts, if it's not vibrating excessively, leave it alone.
You could do brake flush, but some people never flush the brakes after the first few years of maintenance.
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Originally Posted by supafamous
The X1 looks better in those photos than in person IMO especially when it doesn't have big wheels or lacks the M package - it looks like it's 2" too high (huge wheel gap) and the cut lines in person make it look really cheap.
The current X3 is such a big step backwards from the previous one (and the interior is cheap-ass!) - there's a couple colours that it kinda works in (and if it's a M50 trim) but the base ones are horrible.
I don't mind the iX3 - it's a bit too slab sided like the X3 but definitely cleaned up.
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The X3 is terrible, but overall BMW has been cost cutting the hell out of it's lower end cars with the 1 and 3 series cars. The G01 was already losing little things here and there at the end of it's cycle. My take is they spent a fuck ton of money developing the G01 and it shows, for this generation they are just phoning it in.
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Originally Posted by whitev70r
Saw one on the road on the way to work today after seeing this post. It wasn't the M sport version but nice strong lines, like the overall styling and didn't look bad at all. it was this blue as well. Only thing I'd do right away is find a set of lowering springs and really make it a wagon, not a compact SUV.
But does it come in a hybrid?  |
There's a iX1 in the rest of the world, the reception for that car seems to be quite good.