POLL - Is your 100 your daily driver? (33 Viewers)

[atnolan94]

I am not intending hijack this thread into an 87 vs 91 thread....but you 100% can run regular in a 100. The owners manual says it. i did a 1000 mile informal experiment in my typical driving routine, and while the truck did a little better on premium, the difference in MPG did not offset the cost.

 

[Alibaster]

I definitely run regular in mine. Engine has only exploded twice.

 

[mistered123]

I DD my 2003 with 240k about 70-90 miles per day. Love it! Summer calls for the motorcycle, but I'll miss the Cruiser.

 

[Beagle]

Daily my 01 LC with 132k on it. Had it almost 5 months. I still get excited when I walk outside and see it. I don't hate my job but I actually get excited in the morning to goto work because I'll get to drive it for 22 miles on some fun roads. Still love mine and hope to have her a long time.

 

[dirtEJohnson]

I'm in the weekender category.
Gen 1 Tundra gets the most use at 3-5 days a week.
Lexus 200h for the infrequent trips to the city.
Don't really need a daily as work is a 2 block jaunt. SO has to suffer with 4 blocks. Not even worth a bike ride.
The Cruiser gets to live a garage queen lifestyle until it gets to head up the mountain or down some back road every chance we get.

 

[FJ62INTX]

2006 LC100 here, daily driving mine, at 207K all original miles, but I work from home about 75% of the time, the rest of the time, I am driving all over for work, with the days that I drive putting on 200+ miles... sometimes, I drive 1,200 miles a week.

I bought it used with 90K miles on it 7 years ago, and I paid it off 5 years ago. The typical mileage I get is 16mpg avg. between all highway, and going up and down mountains around Colorado. Also, I run a K&N air filter and it does make a solid 1+ mpg difference when driving vs. a Wix professional air filter.

I get paid by the mile when driving for work, at the IRS rate, but even at that, with the minimal maintenance cost and long tire life, even with the gas it uses, I make a profit driving it.

I can't imagine driving anything else at this point. I have a neighbor with a twin turbo 3.5L Ford F150 and I rode with him to go buy a lawnmower, and I noticed his fuel mileage was 14mpg at 1/2 tank, so I don't believe that everything else out there is much better in the real world.

I hope to keep everything well maintained and hopefully my son will get to drive this beast in 10 years or so, when I have 400K miles on it....

 

[fjcruising]

The 2000 LC is our third car at 196k on it, however, I can’t help it drive it everyday. My wife has a GX460 and we have an IS convertible for whoever is the mood, but at this point really we use the land cruiser to keep the miles low on the others. We used to take the long roadtrips with the GX but now flipped back to the bruiser. It’s jusr paying us back point. 12mpg sucks and it’s worth it every time (don’t think that would make sense to anyone outside of this forum).

 

[BudgetLC]

Does anyone want to tell him?

I've read the treads on regular vs premium. The issue is that in Colorado, "regular" is 85 octane in most of the state. The reason given is that the high altitude slows the burn so higher octane is not needed. While that might be true for older carbureted vehicles, I suspect that with newer vehicles, the computer controlled fuel injection systems adjusts the fuel/air mixture enough to somewhat nullify the effect of altitude (though we still suffer the lose of power since there is less oxygen.). I don't know enough of the science of the internal combustion engine to prove my hunch but I do know that most of the fuel injection equipped vehicles I have owned rattle horribly under open throttle conditions with regular gas, even if that is all they require.

 

[nukegoat]

Daily my 06 LX470 currently with 171K all winter. Summer I use either my 96 Nissan Skyline R33 GTR or my 06 Aston Martin V8 Vantage on nice days and the LX on inclement days. Neither of the 2 are any better on gas though. All my vehicles are pigs. But like stated above. They are paid for. View attachment 1941937View attachment 1941942

I feel suddenly poor

 

[Colorado kid]

Skyline is SICK! I dd a company 2015 ford f150 2.7 eco boost 120-180 miles a day. Full rack topper tools and such and gets it done. The 100 is my get around, and family camper. Only did 7k miles my first year of ownership. Love it!

 

[A2LX]

My 02 LX 470 with 185k makes it out maybe 3 days a week. I would daily it but I have a company work truck. Most of my commutes are under 30 miles along with some longer trips to northern Michigan and the UP (500-800 miles round trip) for camping and hiking.

 

[white_lx]

DD in the summer only. Don't want to destroy it with the salt on the roads here. GX470 as DD for the winter.

If I had extra garage space I'd buy a $20k LS460 with fancy cruise control, but short of that I can't imagine commuting in anything else.

Psssst, if you keep it a secret: look at an LS430 in stead of the LS460. Some LS430's have the fancy cruise control as well. For errands in an urban area, I tend to prefer the LS (and GX) over the LX.

 

[FJ62INTX]

I've read the treads on regular vs premium. The issue is that in Colorado, "regular" is 85 octane in most of the state. The reason given is that the high altitude slows the burn so higher octane is not needed. While that might be true for older carbureted vehicles, I suspect that with newer vehicles, the computer controlled fuel injection systems adjusts the fuel/air mixture enough to somewhat nullify the effect of altitude (though we still suffer the lose of power since there is less oxygen.). I don't know enough of the science of the internal combustion engine to prove my hunch but I do know that most of the fuel injection equipped vehicles I have owned rattle horribly under open throttle conditions with regular gas, even if that is all they require.

Toyota ECUs can easily compensate for lower-octane fuels with knock-sensor feedback to adjust the ignition timing curve and fueling curves when needed. As long as you aren't running any type of supercharger or turbo, you will likely never notice more any more harm than a little power loss and a drop in mileage by 1-2 mpg on the highway, and this is at lower elevations nearing sea level.

The high elevation here on the front range in Colorado with its reduced air density effectively reduces both the static and dynamic compression ratio, thus reducing the power output and required octane of the engines of all kinds. Barometric pressure runs about 24.5 here, vs. 29.5-30 at sea level, so less atmospheric pressure pushing into the engine.

We recently ran our Olds engine at an engine dyno in Colorado Springs, and the Density Altitude (elevation combined with temp and humidity) was effectively 6400ft. The engine only pumped 115psi of cranking compression at this Density Altitude and many engines with 11:1 only pump about 135-140psi here, and it had what we calculated as a static compression of 10:1 and a dynamic compression of 8.5:1 counting the cam timing.

There was a 28% power loss on the observed power at the 6400ft elevation vs. the power corrected to sea level, in this case, it made 341 hp true observed, and 474hp corrected to sea level with a good Density Altitude. We are in the process of a re-do on some things, trying to get the corrected number above 600hp, just so we can have the observed number around 430hp.

 

[BeEvil]

I feel suddenly poor

I'm not rich. I got in on the Skyline early and had it imported to Canada. Had it for 6 years now. They were cheep for a supercar then...now, not so much. The Vantage I picked up in an auction locally. The lady had not taken very good care of it. I think it was above her means and couldn't keep up with it. I picked it up for a song and did most of the work myself to get back up to snuff. Saved a bundle!! Was going to flip it actually but my wife stepped in and said "When will you ever have another?" How could I argue that most excellent point? God I love that woman!

 

[Alibaster]

I'm not rich.

Thats funny, I just found this picture of you.

 

[fooldall1]

Loving every single day of it.

 

[Captndcoke]

DD in the summer only. Don't want to destroy it with the salt on the roads here. GX470 as DD for the winter.



Psssst, if you keep it a secret: look at an LS430 in stead of the LS460. Some LS430's have the fancy cruise control as well. For errands in an urban area, I tend to prefer the LS (and GX) over the LX.

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I'm not rich. I got in on the Skyline early and had it imported to Canada. Had it for 6 years now. They were cheep for a supercar then...now, not so much. The Vantage I picked up in an auction locally. The lady had not taken very good care of it. I think it was above her means and couldn't keep up with it. I picked it up for a song and did most of the work myself to get back up to snuff. Saved a bundle!! Was going to flip it actually but my wife stepped in and said "When will you ever have another?" How could I argue that most excellent point? God I love that woman!

how on earth are you affording the insurances there? my family is up there paying $300CAD for a junk a month

 

[mdcoa]

Nearly daily driver...ride the ktm 990 adventure r to work 2-3 days/week all year long; take the lc (2004 with 134k miles) the rest of the time, either because I have mid day appts at work or because it’s raining and I feel weak....60 mile round trip. The lc is roughly 100% more fun in traffic jams than the ktm.

 

[BeEvil]

@Captndcoke - I have my house, travel trailer and all my vehicles with the same insurance company. I don't pay any more for the Skyline than I do for my other vehicles per year. Clean record helps among other things too.

 

[neckbone]

I have company truck, and my wife has a Q7 that she loves. That makes mine spare weekend cars. But, even though I can use my truck for personal use as well as work, I still take one of my LX’s when I go anywhere on the weekend