As a daily commuter for someone who spends quite a bit of time in the car, I think this Lexus which has run more than 2 lakhs kms continues to impress me a lot.
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2024 Year end update [1 year 10 months of ownership so far]
Last update was back in October 2024 – so not a lot changed since then, however I thought its worth creating a summary of year 2024.
- The biggest update since last one is about me completing 50,000 kms, now taking the overall odo to 227195 (more detailed numbers below).
- Car has been munching miles as you can imagine with daily routine of school / office runs.
- Had a bit of short trip to Brussels to catch up on Christmas vibe.
- The only issue to report was about the wiper assembly part getting damaged as the auto wiper kicked in when the glass was covered with snow last week. Bought a new pair and replaced it myself as it was plug and play. Lesson learnt: Keep auto mode off during winter
As a daily commuter for someone who spends quite a bit of time in the car, I think this Lexus which has run more than 2 lakhs kms continues to impress me a lot. As I said several times before, its comfortable, has most of what one would need for long cruising, stable, powerful, silent cabin, very fortable seats and ride – list goes on.
What is coming up?
- Next service is somewhere in March which will be combined with annual mandatory inspection (APK). I am expecting another 6-7k kms to drive before the service.
- Tires are nearing its life. About 2.5 mmm left, 1.6 or before, I think, is when I need to change.
- Planning to go for all seasons next time – again that is likely to also happen around the service time.
- Kid has two weeks off towards end of April and I have my vacation booked and I wanted a roadtrip to a new destination this time – Now need to find a good location. Research in progress
Time for some numbers as usual (As of Dec 26, 2024):
- TOTAL ODO: 227195
- Kms under my ownership of 1 year 10 months: 50260 [25508 in last 12 months]
- Average Kms per day: 75
- Average per month: 2302
- Average fuel efficiency: 14.40 kmpl (at high level, there is a drop of 1.5-2 km/l in winter)
- Average fuel price: 1.911 EUR/L (Primarily Netherlands rates)
- Total number of refuels: 102 (all full tanks) which is a total of 3528 litres, leading to 497.7 km on average / refuel. Max was 646 km / refuel.
And finally time for some pics.
There is a lot of nature where I live and its a pleasure to drive around during fall/early winter days.
A few picks from Brussels (Christmas season visit)
Another click from fall / early winter time.
Click from last days of summer 2024.
As usual, thank you for reading and I wish you all a very happy new year 2025!
Best,
Dileep.
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