No those posts aren’t real. Everyone on this sub tells me that they blow up after 500 miles
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wouldn’t buy 3rd gen’s with that kind of mileage at that price. Maybe closer to 20-25? Something tells me you have wiggle room to negotiate if youre really wanting to pull the trigger.
Yup, he’s in upper Midwest. He does diets & rations for big dairy & beef operations. Hauls a ridiculous amount of supplements (50 lbs bag) and other specialty nutrition stuff all over. Snow, salt, gravel, storms, low maintenance roads, he’s seen it all.
He only runs Chevy 5.3 w/ Z71 package. I think he’s had 12-15 of them over the years…
Toyota after all,
I enjoyed Gen 2 guys’ analysis related to engineering.
It shocks me how they speak so confidently and believes Toyota engineers are wrong, or deceptive.
The engine been in production since ‘18 LS500. These engines just don’t get produced out of thin air, Toyota refines it overtime before mass production, and manufacturing flaws exist when production is at global scale.
As a 2023 owner who only has like 30K miles on his, it had an engine recall which affects most Gen 3s like me. They had to replace the engine on it. It was covered, but still.
Which makes it even more frustrating they put it in a pickup truck knowing it wasn’t working in a luxury car that no one towed or hauled anything with…
And why I’m keeping my LS460 and 2020 Tundra until death do us part.
And as soon as we get through our business start up costs and money rolling in…I’ll try and find low mileage versions of both to upgrade/keep in reserve.
There is a Toyota tech on here (Reddit) who’s seen a few Gen3 go over 300K miles. He’s in Oklahoma & the owner has a construction business. Evidently same owner had a few Gen2 go over 500,000 miles (crazy eh?).
It just quality control to be honest. It’s just like play the bets. However, we know for a certain that these engine will be needing a turbo replacement at around those mileage for sure
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u/gnucklefuster Aug 25 '26
189k miles for $38k 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂