“I stick with Toyota/Lexus now.”
Same here. I bought my wife a RX-350, what a great car! I got a chance to get under it at the dealership when we had it in for service. Anything that would ever need to be fixed is easily accessible with hand tools. Same thing under the hood after you remove the engine cover. Lexus is currently rated #1 in the automotive industry, Toyota is #2. The only time I ever drive it is when it needs gas or service.
Yep, about 4 years ago I picked up a high mileage (156K)/”cream puff” 2015 RX-350 for pretty cheap at the local Lexus dealer after I had a look at the service records (20-something commuter lady had “driven the the wheels off” going back & forth to the Bay Area from the CA central valley)...she had all service done at the dealer including tires (she got robbed by the Lexus dealer...$2,200. for 4 Michelin tires) & battery, etc.. The RX now has 171,000 miles and I have just put new wiper blades on it since buying (+ oil changes & air filters). So 171K miles with just tires, a battery, filters, and wiper blades. Used to be a MOPAR guy (my grandfather who taught me car repair on my “in High School” ‘65 Plymouth Fury III as a teen was a MOPAR fan) but the ‘90’s/early 2000’s Chrysler T&C minivans I owned soured me on the brand. (Post “Lee Iacocca” and at the start of “Fiat”).