Originally Posted by zerosoma
The 2001 RX scares me to death that I'm going to end up without a transmission in two years.
RX300 gets my vote here. Cheap to buy, and, if & when you do have to put in a $4,000 transmission 2 or 3 years down the road (dont' know when of course), you never paid much for it in the first place anyway, so its fine. Great vehicle, mechanics know how to work on it, lots of parts for it available. ... Makes me want to look for an old RX300 now!.... I assume they fixed the Unintended Acceleration (stuck throttle) infamous recalls & TSB problems, right?! Anybody know?
Edit: I did find that some cases of Unintended Acceleration of the RX300 2001 model have been reported.
https://www.southcarolinalawyerblog.com/toyota_recalls_38_million_cars/
I don't think Toyota ever fixed that particular model year and model though, bad news.
The good news is, one can maybe practice against it by rehearsing shifting out of D in case of runaway throttle, or maybe install a kill switch for emergencies. Hope it never happens pulling into or out of a garage or parking spot though.
The 2001 RX scares me to death that I'm going to end up without a transmission in two years.
RX300 gets my vote here. Cheap to buy, and, if & when you do have to put in a $4,000 transmission 2 or 3 years down the road (dont' know when of course), you never paid much for it in the first place anyway, so its fine. Great vehicle, mechanics know how to work on it, lots of parts for it available. ... Makes me want to look for an old RX300 now!.... I assume they fixed the Unintended Acceleration (stuck throttle) infamous recalls & TSB problems, right?! Anybody know?
Edit: I did find that some cases of Unintended Acceleration of the RX300 2001 model have been reported.
https://www.southcarolinalawyerblog.com/toyota_recalls_38_million_cars/
I don't think Toyota ever fixed that particular model year and model though, bad news.
The good news is, one can maybe practice against it by rehearsing shifting out of D in case of runaway throttle, or maybe install a kill switch for emergencies. Hope it never happens pulling into or out of a garage or parking spot though.
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