Recent content by Barry694

2011 4runner I have exactly what you are looking to buy. I bought it new and it is solid as a rock. This is probably one of the top 4WD off road vehicles built. I previously had an earlier model (Gen 3) and it was awesome. I lived in Northern California at the time and traveled all over the...

Navigation Orientation My 4Runner does not have Nav, but starting in 2011 the Lexus no longer allows this option. My 2010 Lexus allowed this but not my 2012. I complained to Lexus and their comment was we are looking into this, but it has been 2 years now and no change. I mention it to them...

Bug Deflector Repair the spot, get rid of bug deflector, and just use clear bra instead. I have that on my 4Runner and I have the entire front end clear bra on my 2012 Lexus. Two years old and front end still looks like new. Great Stuff! Mine is 3M. Just think they make a superior product.

Buying online Purchased my previous Toyota through internet sales and dealer delivered the vehicle to my house (about 20 miles away), and signed the papers at my house. They had another person follow them in a dealer vehicle to pick him up and to return to their dealership. I guess it depends...

lst Oil Change Ask around about competent dealer service. I have owned 25 Toyota and Lexus products over my lifetime. They were all serviced at my preferred dealer and never had problem one. There are definitely some dealers who I would not have service a wheel barrow grease fitting.

Competing Dealers The dealer can keep the car on his lot for up to 30 days before his first interest payment comes due. If you like the price and want the vehicle buy it for Christ Sake. Or you can try a Dealer C somewhere else for a different price. You need to make the decision now that a...

Competing Dealer As far as you are concerned, it does not matter which dealer it goes to, if you put down a deposit at Dealer A, Dealer A will do vehicle swap to get your vehicle. When I purchased my 4Runner it had left port and was on the transport truck to another dealer in an adjacent...

Extended Warranties Yes, I have one. It is like any kind of insurance. You hope you do not need it. I was at the dealer last week for scheduled service and an individual right behind me was talking to a service advisor. That had a few items wrong with their vehicle. One was the water pump...

Rental Purchase A good friend of mine is a retired fleet manager for a major rental agency and he has told me some horror stories about in shop maintenance at the facilities and I would not take one for free, if I had to keep and maintain it.

Extended Warranties For all Toyota and Lexus products you can purchase the extended warranty up to and just before the original factory warranty expires. The only thing may happen is by waiting that couple of years is the price of the warranty may increase in costs. With my Toyota and Lexus...

XM Renewal Never kept it after the initial trial period. Same tired old songs, over and over. The sound quality is terrible. Spent the extra money for the ML Sound and get Corolla quality sound from XM.

New or remanufactured It has been a while since I have read the warranty booklet, but I believe it states at Toyota's discretion that may replace with new or remanufactured and your original warranty still exists, however, if your original warranty is about to expire or has already expired the...

Xm I have owned several Toyota's including two 4Runners, and 3 Lexus vehicles. The XM sounds terrible compared to a good audio system in your vehicle playing other music systems.. One of my vehicles, a 2012 LEXUS LS460AWD with the Mark Levinson surround sound system with 19 speakers sounds...

OTD prices So called "invoice price" is not what the dealer paid for the car. They will never show you that price. Read the entire invoice and you will see a bunch of dollars added on that do not relate directly to the price of the vehicle. Just do your research and tell them what you are...

Clear Bra The cost quoted at $1500 is really over the top. I paid $775 for my LS 460 AWD Lexus. An independent contractor provided the service through Lexus' service department. I did ask for a quote on my 4Runner and was told it would be about $500. I opted out as my previous 4RUNNER had...