tC Note Log
2009 Scion tC
Property of BDC.
Added Nov 27 2008
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Jun 13 2013
Punctured one tire on some old pliers left in the road. These tires (Fuzion HRi) have over 45k miles on them and they are terrible tires anyways, so ordered a set of Hankook Ventus V12 evo K110s in stock size. Replaced the bad tire with a snow tire for now.
Added by BDC on Jun 14 2013 at 12:26 pm
Feb 27 2013
Third brake light burned out. Tested off the car but could not get it to work. It being an LED light, cost was $101.50 for a replacement from the dealership. Ordered a new serpentine belt as well ($60.94). I purchased the Mitsuboshi belt, not the Bando.
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88,000
Added by BDC on Feb 28 2013 at 5:31 am
Feb 15 2013
Reinstalled all seasons. Snapped a wheel stud, $1.79 to replace. Last 4250 miles on winter tires.
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87,540
Added by BDC on Feb 16 2013 at 10:00 am
Jan 27 2013
Replaced cabin air filter ($13.99).
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86,550
Added by BDC on Jan 28 2013 at 2:28 am
Dec 18 2012
Oil change 120 miles into tank.
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84,092
Added by BDC on Dec 18 2012 at 3:16 pm
Dec 3 2012
Installed snow tires on a spare set of stock alloys 120 miles into this tank. Toyo Observe Garit KX in stock 215/45/17 size. I purchased these secondhand off another local tC owner who used them for one winter. Initial impressions are similar wet traction to the current Hankook all-seasons, but MUCH quieter. Snow trip next week. $250 for tires, $200 for a mint set of OEM wheels, and $50 for mounting/balancing.
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83,200
Added by BDC on Dec 4 2012 at 3:27 pm
Jul 2 2012
Kalifornia Road Trip 2012: Total miles traveled: 1955; Total gas cost: $227.09 (11.6 cents/mi); Average MPG: 32.2.
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75,400
Added by BDC on Jul 3 2012 at 3:44 am
Jun 22 2012
Oil change, about 3500 miles on this oil. Also cleaned the air filter out with compressed air.
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73,214
Added by BDC on Jun 24 2012 at 4:58 am
Feb 14 2012
The scangauge has proved much less useful than I thought. The one useful thing I have learned is that this car does not go into fuel cutoff on deceleration. In fact, idling in neutral uses less fuel than coasting in gear. Not at all intuitive, but good to know.
Added by BDC on Feb 15 2012 at 2:46 am
Jan 22 2012
Installed scangauge II, we'll see if we can find any more mileage through monitoring driving habits.
Added by BDC on Jan 23 2012 at 4:06 am
Dealership flushed and bled the brake system trying to solve an odd braking problem. Their determination is that very wet weather caused an intermittent poor braking issue.
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66,400
Added by BDC on Jan 24 2012 at 2:28 am
Jan 1 2012
Changed coolant and PS fluid. Toyota oem super long life (pink). Service interval is 100k but I thought it smart to change it now (65k). Extremely easy to bleed. Coolant looked a little orange in the rad cap, but when drained I couldn't tell it from the new fluid. PS fluid looked a little faded but not bad. No leaks found. Also added half can of seafoam to gas. Cost: $60 total
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65,167
Added by BDC on Jan 2 2012 at 8:02 am
Dec 31 2011
Clutch fluid change, tomorrow will do brakes and coolant. Brake/ clutch fluid (combined reservoir for both) looked very clear.
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65,167
Added by BDC on Jan 1 2012 at 11:02 am
Dec 26 2011
Oil change 85 mi into tank. About 4200 mi on this oil.
Added by BDC on Dec 27 2011 at 12:52 pm
Dec 11 2010
Added Mobil 1 0w-20 full synthetic motor oil and new filter about halfway through tank. We have been using the dealer's free 5w-30 oil since we bought the car; hoping to see a bit better mileage during these winter months.
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46,840
Added by BDC on Dec 12 2010 at 10:46 am
Oct 22 2010
New fusion hri tires in stock size. 44400 miles out of the original tires. Not driving this car much lately and mostly short trips. Also weather is much cooler. Cost: $400 mounted/balanced.
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44,400
Added by BDC on Oct 23 2010 at 10:54 am
Oct 5 2010
I just found out that Toyota changed the recommended oil from 5w-30 to 0w-20 in 2008. I had not consulted my owner's manual and have been using 5w-30 since that's what is available at the dealer (we paid for free lifetime oil changes). I think I'm going to put a jug of synthetic 0w-20 in it at the next oil change, run it for 10k miles and see if we can eek out a bit more mileage.
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43,000
Added by BDC on Oct 6 2010 at 9:53 am
Aug 17 2010
We've only had one tank below 30mpg since I switched to lower-viscosity synthetic trans fluid in late spring. The weather has been largely warmer though since then. Our average is much higher this summer than it was last summer. But average mileage has been increasing ever since we got the car too. We'll see if mileage drops off to the usual 26-29mpg this winter, or if we can keep this 30mpg average up.
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41,500
Added by BDC on Aug 18 2010 at 9:02 am
Jul 21 2010
Oil analysis said this motor (like most Toyotas) is very easy on the oil. I had 3500 miles on the sample and they said to try 5,100 next time. No fuel or water or warning signs at all. I probably could have told you that, but it was interesting to see the results. Will test again in another 20k miles or so.
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39,000
Added by BDC on Jul 22 2010 at 2:58 am
Apr 27 2010
Changed oil and trans fluid at end of tank. Redline MTL full synthetic 70w80. Cost: $12
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34,951
Added by BDC on Aug 4 2014 at 2:08 pm
Jan 2 2010
Installed K&N panel filter in place of original air filter. Cost: $18
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28,250
Added by BDC on Jan 4 2010 at 2:35 am
Dec 30 2009
Total spent 2009: $1704.39 = $4.67/day (or about $3.75/day excluding road trips)
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28,250
Added by BDC on Jan 8 2010 at 3:09 am
Dec 26 2009
Christmas Road Trip 2009: Total miles traveled: 1693.5 at average 30.1 miles per gallon Total cost: $164.94, which is 9.7 cents/mile Three passengers and luggage and gifts from Eugene, OR to Fresno, CA, then to Atascadero, CA, and back.
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28,035
Added by BDC on Dec 27 2009 at 5:10 pm
Dec 21 2009
Changed oil and aired tires to 40psi
Added by BDC on Dec 24 2009 at 5:21 am
Nov 13 2009
Changed oil, rotated tires, aired to about 35psi all around
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24,500
Added by BDC on Nov 16 2009 at 2:49 am
Mar 28 2009
Kalifornia road trip #2: Two passengers from Eugene, OR to Fresno, CA, to San Luis Obispo, CA, to Los Angeles, CA and back. 2234 total miles at average 29.5 miles per gallon Total cost: $166.38, 7.4 cents per mile average Oil was changed at the dealer (free 10k service) the week before we left, but dealer overfilled about halfway past the "full" mark on the dipstick. >:| Tire pressure was maintained at 38-40 cold psi throughout the trip. Mileage is fairly disappointing, though we did just about hit 32mpg on a 400 mile tank, which is 18% better than highway EPA estimate. Compared to taking the same trip in August, mileage was about the same (the first trip started before 2000 miles on the odo, still within the break-in period) though gas cost about half as much. Odo is now just below 13,000 miles.
Added by BDC on Mar 31 2009 at 3:51 am
Sep 11 2008
Kalifornia road trip #1: From Eugene, OR, to San Francisco, CA, to San Luis Obispo, CA, to Los Angeles, CA, and back... 2430 total miles at 29.97 average miles per gallon... $312 total gas cost... 12.8 cents per mile average.
Added by BDC on Dec 29 2009 at 3:05 am
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