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From: Mike Hunter on 25 Oct 2009 10:16
50,000 miles? In your first post you said it had 163,000 miles??


"mark hoffman" <betrtimes(a)windstream.net> wrote in message
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> john wrote:
>> Was the timing belt, water pump, and crank/cam seals changed?
>> Alternator brush assembly (~$15)? Transmission serviced and a new
>> strainer? Differential fluid drained/refilled?
>
> nothing mentioned about those items, mainly regular oil changes,
> replacement windshield, headlight bulbs, wiper blades, one alignment and
> new front tires...
>
> probably not a complete file, but enough of an indication she did regular
> oil changes
>
> I know she had to buy more than 2 tires in 5 years, she had the car 50,000
> miles. Plus the dealership just went through the brakes with new pads when
> they took it in on trade, sometime after 9/15.. thats the last oil
> change, receipt has her name on it.
>
>


From: larry moe 'n curly on 25 Oct 2009 21:14


mark hoffman wrote:
>
> Mike Hunter wrote:
>
> Mike, what brand of synthetic do you recommend? this car will be an around
> town use, with an occasional 2 hr round trip to Texarkana, etc.
>
> > Since Toyota is recommending 5K oil change intervals, I would use the least
> > expensive synthetic.

AFAIK, the cheapest synthetic motor oil currently available on the
retail market is the 5-quart jug of Pennzoil Platinum sold at Wal-mart
for $20 a jug, or $5 after this $15 rebate is applied (good through
Nov. 30).

http://pennzoil.com/documents/04946%20PZ%20online%20form.pdf

The rebate is good on either a 5-qt. jug or five separate 1-qt.
bottles. Pennzoil took about 6 weeks to pay me.

A couple of months ago, some people got this rebate plus another
rebate for a Wal-mart gift card, through a rebate offer on the 5-qt.
jug itself.



From: 01 Camry on 25 Oct 2009 22:22
On Oct 24, 7:36 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:18:42 -0500, mark hoffman wrote:
> > I just bought a 1998 Toyota Avalon, 163,000 miles, cold air, all the power
> > stuff works, good headliner, 3.0 L v-6, 24 valve engine.
>
> > Drives and rides nice, got it for an "around town and short trips" car.
> > First 30 miles was getting it home from the dealer I bought it from.
>
> > Any advice, words of wisdom, etc? I have already ordered an owners manual
> > and a dealer brochure from Ebay.
>
> > Thanks
>
> Change the oil. I think these were the sludge prone engines, and regular
> oil changes (no more than ~5,000 miles or less) will keep it from sludging.
>
> Other than that, with 163K on it, it's still a baby.
>
> These are pretty nice cars. I think they are prettier than the later
> models.

My camry is supposed to be of the 'sludge prone' models and I even
got an extended warranty for that in the mail from toyota. I never did
anything special for it and never had a problem..
From: mark hoffman on 25 Oct 2009 22:45
Mike Hunter wrote:
> 50,000 miles? In your first post you said it had 163,000 miles??

yes, Mike

163,000 now
105,000 when she bought it

58,000 or so miles she drove it.

so, I want to gas it up tomorrow.. regular or premium?


From: Ray O on 26 Oct 2009 00:13

"mark hoffman" <betrtimes(a)windstream.net> wrote in message
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> Mike Hunter wrote:
>> 50,000 miles? In your first post you said it had 163,000 miles??
>
> yes, Mike
>
> 163,000 now
> 105,000 when she bought it
>
> 58,000 or so miles she drove it.
>
> so, I want to gas it up tomorrow.. regular or premium?
>
>

Regular.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)


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