Future Owner of 4th Gen, Have Questions

[NJshadow93]

Searched through a little and found out the rear window switch won't work if the second row windows are locked.
Now I feel smart :facepalm:
^Sarcasm

Haha at least you investigated a little before starting a new thread. :yo:

 

[Ryker]

Haha, yeah, I was about 5 seconds from starting one.

While I'm on the topic of rear window, it looks like the rear wiper arm is two pieces, but my wiper only has one of those pieces...I was completely oblivious to this until leaving the dealer. I felt extra stupid for that one.
I'll upload pictures tomorrow, but if anybody knows what I'm talking about, do y'all know where I can get one?

Edit: I might not know what part I'm talking about. It was dark by the time I noticed.Could just be missing the blade.

 

[Ryker]

Okay, here's some pictures.

2005 Sport Edition with 133,800 miles.


















The paint that's stuck to the bumper (not the cars paint itself) seems like I could get it off, and there's basically no damage under it. But I don't want to use a rubbing compound just in case some of my paint is scraped off under there. I feel like it could remove my paint. Any advice? Picture below:


Small bit of damage on passenger side:


Rear wiper below. Do I just need the blade or is there a piece missing?

 

[Ryker]

If the display is accurate, I'm getting 19 mpg combined.

 

[Martinjmpr]

If the display is accurate, I'm getting 19 mpg combined.

Trust me, it's not. :laugh:

 

[Martinjmpr]

I see two dipsticks in the engine bay: Does that mean it has the 4 speed A340 transmission? Or was there ever a year where the 5 speed auto had a dipstick? I know the 5 speed auto in my '07 SR5 is sealed, with no dipstick.

19mpg is possible especially in a 2wd, but don't ever count on that silly little dash gauge being accurate. If you need or want accurate, real-time MPG get something like a Scangauge II (SGII) or an Ultragauge (UG).

The UG is half the price of the SGII but not quite as easy to mount, and it doesn't monitor transmission temps. With the SGII you can monitor real-time trans temps which is nice to know, especially if you are pulling a trailer.

 

[earthrealm]

its one dip stick -yellow, the red one at the inner right isnt a dip stick its cable

 

[Ryker]

On the way home from buying it with mostly interstate driving, I reset the MPG and it read 18.6 mpg from a 2 hour drive at 80mph. This was with me unknowingly driving in 4, so I never reached 5th gear. If I did it would have read better.

 

[JB.]

On the way home from buying it with mostly interstate driving, I reset the MPG and it read 18.6 mpg from a 2 hour drive at 80mph. This was with me unknowingly driving in 4, so I never reached 5th gear. If I did it would have read better.

Congrats on the new ride.

The mpg display is pretty consistent and therefore pretty accurate if you establish the error factor. Depends on your error tolerance whether you'll find it useful or not.

Mine currently averages .6 mpg optimistic with my tires. Most of my fillups fall within .3 mpg of that number. When they don't, I suspect the gas pump shutoff valves are more likely to be the culprit since the mpg error always corrects to that tolerance when I group a few tanks together for computation.

 

[Ryker]

Congrats on the new ride.

The mpg display is pretty consistent and therefore pretty accurate if you establish the error factor. Depends on your error tolerance whether you'll find it useful or not.

Mine currently averages .6 mpg optimistic with my tires. Most of my fillups fall within .3 mpg of that number. When they don't, I suspect the gas pump shutoff valves are more likely to be the culprit since the mpg error always corrects to that tolerance when I group a few tanks together for computation.

The next few tanks, I'll be sure to get an average.