My daughter has a 2012 Lexus CT-200H…It has a “Service Recommended” nag message that is displayed every 4500 miles (odometer driven) which changes to “Oil Maintenance Required” at 5000 miles. The recommended oil change interval is either 5000 or 10000 miles, depending on weather the car is used in severe service or not…Three items are listed as needing service every 5000 miles…Tire rotation, brake inspection and fluid check…They expect you to surrender the car to the dealer for these routine service items…The owners manual contains over 600 pages, with a separate 100 page “Quick Start” owners guide…Resetting the nag message requires visiting 3 different sections of the manual to get enough information to reset the information display, which took me several tries to accomplish…If you follow Lexus’s recommendations, you are going to be spending a lot of time and money at the dealership…
I hear you about those nagging messages
My Camry has 5K oil change intervals
The oil change symbol starts blinking 500 miles ahead of time, when you start up the engine. Then it turns off
When you’ve reached 5K, it stays lit up
Mine works that way too. I simply put a post-it in the owner’s manual to mark the page that tells me the reset protocol. That works for me.
“Now I always flush my toilet twice whether it needs it or not, it makes me happy and I don’t want any clogs…”
I hear ya; the unintended consequences of the 1.6 gpf law.
I just installed two toilets at my church that have two flush buttons marked “1” and “2”. 1 is for liquid waste and 2 is for solid waste. The button one should push depends on conditions.
I still believe the same is true for oil changes–the oil change should b based on conditions. For highway driving with the engine fully warmed up, the oil change interval can be extended, we can call this condition 2. For short distance city driving when the engine is not fully warmed up, a shorter interval is needed. This is condition 1.
Oh, good Lord, don’t tell me toilets are going to have separate buttons for liquid and solid waste now. Where will the overkill end.
TSM, it’s true. One requires a more aggressive flush, if you will. I’ve seen them around the city.
I’m glad I’m getting old and on my way out. This is getting ridiculous.
Another thread that has fallen out of orbit. But seriously dual flush toilets can save a lot of water in a years time. We have converted all of ours plus the handicap height.
My home facility would save a lot of water of it were allowed to use the volume that toilets used to use before the 1.8L mandate. I’d only have to flush it once.
I’m not looking forward to learning the unintended consequences of the dual choice commodes.
Everyone is right, however. The thread has really gone sideways. Perhaps it’s time to return to the original subject. }|-P
^ The toilet subject is more interesting!
Wish we could recycle the gray water from shower and sink and laundry to flush our toilets.
Just a sediment filter. The soap in that water would keep the toilet bowl cleaner!
I remember when I bought recycled motor oil for 10-cents a can. Was it in its own quart can?
I did I buy it dispensed into a container I brought?
TSM, they have had these “intelligent” toilets in Arizona for many years…You have two flush options depending on need…Today’s pressure flushed toilets can move an amazing amount of waste with a fraction of the water required by the old gravity-drop designs…I guess we are done with the Lexus oil change…
Good point, Caddyman. Commercial units do have high pressure options not available in the average town water supply.
Robert, grey water from the shower and laundry maybe, although I wouldn’t want to, but I wash my dishes in the sink. I’d have to pass on reusing that water.
I’m not going to get into toilets and I’m sure by now the car has got 10,000 miles on it so a moot discussion.
"grey water from the shower and laundry maybe, although I wouldn't want to, but I wash my dishes in the sink. I'd have to pass on reusing that water."Best to fill a dishwasher until full and then operate it. Far less water than hand-washing. The gray water would have to run down and fall through a fine screen to remove particulates. Very unfortunate to use cleaned water for toilets and lawn irrigation.
I get “smart” toilets and toilets with different flush cycles, when you consider two things. First, how much water toilets in general use throughout the US ( or anywhere) and second, how much we over use and abuse our fresh water supply. Abuse comes in two forms…over use and pollution. It is related to oil change intervals as it’s just another way of polluting our planet that has to be dealt with.
The only dishwasher in my house is me. I’ve installed dishwashers before, and done plenty of plumbing and electrical, but I don’t dirty enough dishes to justify installing one. And honestly, I don’t miss having one.
You make me feel guilty about flushing now so I’ll just go out back by the pine tree.
When you consider that every barrel of oil consumes from 2 to 4 barrels of oil to mine and process with tar sands using a significant amount, doing things like extending oil change intervals can help fresh water supplies on both ends…processing and polluting.
^ I bought Corelle dishes at garage sales and have enough to fill the dishwasher after many days.
Then do all at once and it’s done. Far cleaner than hand-washing and much less water used.
When there were none, I.nstalled dishwashers. My favorite home appliance.
I have to admit, when I said I flush my toilet twice because it makes me feel good I was joking. That being said I do have a water saver toilet, Its a Glacier Bay installed in 2009. If you just push the lever and let go it will only use a gallon or so, if you have solids you hold the handle down longer and it uses a full 1.6 gallons. It works -perfectly- I have never taken a plunger too it and I am known for my ability to clog toilets.
Now the toilet in my basement, its from 1977 when this place was put up and it clogs all the time and usually requires two flushes to get all of the toilet paper down.
My parents have a trailer from 2001 and those water saver toilets are horrible, They clog alot.
The worst toilets I have every used was at my aunt and uncles house. They are from 1990 or so and for whatever reason they clog so easily its almost a sin.
At work we have a toilet from the 80’s that hangs on the wall (i don’t know the proper terminology) It has the biggest tank I have ever seen and it clogs all of the time. Its horrible, and if your going to use 5-7 gallons of water to flush, it needs to work perfectly.