Thanks y'all.
Its not that I'm exactly having a disaster of a time, but Im asking myself why I'm pre planning thousands of $ in preventative maintenance on the worlds most reliable truck. As far as forum confirmation bias, i totally get it.
But lets face it, my radiator WILL blow. It already was hairline cracked at like 55k. @bloc has seen it himself. Lexus refuses to acknowledge the problem until it fails.
My starter WILL go out, and since im now friends with the master tech at Lexus Austin, and get to speak to him "off record" he can confirm for me by 120k, that it will absolutely happen. He drives a DuraMax... and has owned multiple Tundras in the past.
My engine will definitely develop coolant leaks as well.
Theres a chance it wont happen, but to be honest, its the absence of the peace of mind i thought i had that is bothering me now.
Its not just the cost either, its the amount of time spent caring for it that I wont get back.
And yes @tbisaacs im a special kind of obsessive lol.
I think maybe my mistake wasn't really the choice of Truck, but buying a relatively newer model.
I can see where getting a huge discount on a 5-10 year old T truck and using it hard for another 5-10 makes sense.
But right now im trying to think through dropping $10k + on a supercharger and RTT system, and my heart is just not in it anymore.
I have to feel like i can really get another 10 years out of this, "trouble free".
My bar isnt exactly lease level of trouble free, or even like the old "only done oil changes" adage that is repeated ad-nauseam.
But I kind of expected more than this.
For example my driver side mirror is wobbly as hell inside the housing, and the passenger is tight, but Lexus does not give two s***s about it.
It shakes with music to a blur, and the other does not. It will eventually fail, and it will cost at least $800.
My overarching point is that if i keep this for 15 years, with a full decade being paid off, the amount of "reliability tax" in fuel spent would buy me a new car mid way through. Im not in a financial bind, but if the new normal gas prices remain, this will only make less sense overtime.
Keep the comments coming, it does help to hear from familiar faces.

Another starter thread
Well i guess i can report after ruling out other possibilities starter is dead and my mechanic confirmed it... 2010 LX 128K. Since we all know this is a common failure on the 200 series between 120-150k I was just thinking why would i go for OEM starter if it only lasted 128k. Would it be a...

@cruiseroutfit Have you heard any 16+ starter motor failures? Haven't seen any yet. Does anyone know when the part was changed?
Both the design and the location of the original starter motor are flawed, resulting in an expensive replacement which appears to be common over 120K+. But I haven't heard of any 16+ with this issue yet.