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Lexpedient

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  1. Just bookmarking to see if any of this schtuff is still available....
  2. Hard to imagine that no provision was included for mounting a front license plate/tag, as is required here in the 'Commonwealth'....but, I see no punch-outs, etc. Is there something I have failed to note/find...? Thanks.
  3. Thanks very much for your reply and input... The vehicle has 92K miles. The wife's sister gave this one to her and, while the BIL does seem to have kept up with general maintenance, it doesn't seem that he followed recommended periodic service such as timing belt. No suprise, there... This is, indeed, an assess-to-determine-state situation, so I do need to take a critical look at everything. If the timing belt was not done, I'm sure it is quite overdue, mileage-wise. And, I'm sure it'll be a fun job...! Regardles of OCI claims/representations, I like to change oil twice annually. That, in no small part, due to my comfort level in having a synthetic with a 'low bottom-end' viscosity for winter, sometimes '0W', for those sub-ten-degree starts.
  4. The wife was just given a '97 ES300, and thus I need to get up-to-speed on everything-ES300...... Great to find this Forum, and thanks to the owner(s) and mods. I was told by the dealer that, except for a couple/few models designed with synthetic motor oil usage in-mind, non-synthetic is still recommended by Lexus....... Hard to believe, given the qualities and performance of synthetic, especially under more-extreme conditions. I would appreciate any knowledgeable input re the relative merits of using syn vs. non-syn in this machine. Is there ANY reason, whatsoever, why one would not want to use syn.....?? Also, opinions re viscosity for a typical 70-95 degree summer season...? [ I've never been one to accept, absolutely, any mfgrs. viscosity recommendations, given the 'CAFE' standards influence, etc. For me, it's about max. protection, period. Not emissions, not fuel economy, just longevity....] Also.....recommendations re transmission fluid? Thanks.
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