Recent content by RetiredSteelWorker

The care and feeding of a luxury vehicle. If you are ok to DIY oil changes, such as at 5k between the 10k, 20k, 30k, etc, mile dealer maintenance intervals, and you watch for the irregular sales (two so far this year from the linked source), you can get 8 qts oil, a filter and a gasket for just...

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My thoughts exactly, every time I use my $9 kitchen timer! It's even spec'ed in the owner's manual, (2025 MY, section 4.1). Car care nut has a stricter interpretation, he says 1 - 2 minutes under all driving conditions.

I'm in the 'run engine for a minute to cool down' camp. Based on past industrial experience and watching car care nut's YT videos. On impulse, I bought a small digital timer when I was in a kitchen/restaurant supply store. I keep it on the center console, mostly to remind myself to use it...

The 25% off parts + no cost shipping (+ no sales tax out of state) is back again, Feb 19-28, 2026. Excludes accessories. https://autoparts.fredandersontoyota.com/promotion-terms

Once again nice find! The snowstorm they got in NC two weeks ago must have slowed down the supply chain. The oil, filters and gaskets I ordered under the 25% discount + free shipping (+no sales tax) just shipped out yesterday. I checked UPS, shipment weight of the oil, 24 qt bottles, is 48...

Two to four months wait is actually good, if anything better then you're doing really, really good. Or you're in the right place at the right time. See the 5th post in here. If you are referring to the Lexus dealer in Lancaster County or Mechanicsburg, (Rahal), then they fall into the category...

There's another thread on here where GX theft is described, search for Quebec, shopping mall and shipping container. The same thing happens in US East Coast port cities with high-end Dodge Durangos.

He is not blowing smoke, this is how it works with Lexus. There's lots of advice and boatloads of actual experience reported on here to back this up. At first I was like others, and perhaps you, I had to test the waters (went in and talked to several different dealers) to be sure it was true...

The 2025 MY Brochure says the OT+ and Prem+, and therefore both Lux and Lux+, have Thematic Ambient Illumination. I can confirm my Lux has it. Color themes and config explained at 1:57:03 here, one of the always helpful Northside Lexus deep dive videos.

Me too. I read all the TSBs mentioned on here -- hood flutter, brake-pad squeal, clunky downshift -- but I do not experience any of them. However this one I am interested in having addressed.

** Forgive me, I mistakenly posted this in the Nebula Gray Pearl Photo ** Picture of a Nebula Gray Pearl Incognito Prem or Prem+ being transported. This is not my vehicle I just spotted it in the wild today (Sat Jan 31, 2026). Location is on I-76 (the Pennsylvania Turnpike) westbound between...