I have no tolerance for Lexus:) Never will. Toyota as a company irks me. My three most hated cars: 1. Lexus (all models) 2. Prius 3. Camry
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2012, at 5:48 PM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: You must learn to be more tolerant, Dimitri. I felt the same way until I read the road test report. On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: Lexus. Ughh:( Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2012, at 12:13 PM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: My son experienced two 300SD overheating snafus, cooking the engine in the process both times. Each time the cause was a cracked plastic radiator neck, while he was driving fast on the h'way and didn't notice in time. Since then he was switched to Miatas, Subaru Outbacks, and most recently a Lexus under warranty. On 7/9/12, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: So this morning mama rings me a 4:26AM (don't ask) and in fumbling for the phone I did not get the call. Try to call her like 6 times, then a voice mail pops up, she says the car is dead, was smoking bad, would not start again after stopping. Anyway I finally reach her, she has called AAA to get a free tow back to the house, says some guy (at 4:30AM...) saw a puddle of oil under the car. Ohsh*t. So anyway after awhile a flat bed arrives with her and the car, she goes on her way. I checked the oil, it was fine. Car then started right up and ran OK. hmmmm. So then I check coolant and it is completely dry. Ohsh*t. I filled it back up and see it leaking out the front of the engine, I guess it is coming from the water pump which must have munched. Looks like the water pump is in some sort of aluminum housing with a little banjo bolt/line coming out of it then going to the block just above. Anyone know what all that is about? I am figuring the car did overheat and the "smoke" was steam blowing out, but maybe she was lucky and caught it (or by circumstances was caught) before the engine got damaged. Given it started and ran fine, I am hoping.... --R _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
