[thamlin000]

Here's my experience with Toyota/Lexus. I drive around 35k mi per year for work, so reliability is #1 priority in my book.

Lexus:
1. '01 Lexus IS300 automatic: owned 2008-11. Mileage during my ownership 73k-151k. No repairs. Oil/tires/brakes/wipers only.
2. '05 Lexus IS300 5-speed: owned 2011-present. Mileage during my ownership 82k-217k. Repairs so far are two O2 sensors. Other than that, only oil, tires, brakes, wipers, windshields and belts. Everything still works on this car!

My folks and bro-in-law have a Lexus too:
3. '10 250 IS: approx 50k mi. No repairs needed ever. They owned since '12.
4. '05 350 ES: approx 100k mi. No repairs needed ever. Owned since new.

I also owned a 04 Tundra and 96 4Runner in the past. The 4Runner ownership was brief; 170k-190k mi. It needed a starter at around 180k mi. The Tundra was perfect from 12k-38k mi when I sold it.

So.....there is my first hand experience.

Me = Lexus and Toyota: 259k mi: one starter and two O2 sensors.
Family = Lexus: Approx 130k mi: no repairs

Another interesting takeaway; aside from the Tundra, my cars were already mid-high miles when I bought them. All those trouble-free miles were/are in high mile cars; not new cars where you expect reliability under 50k mi.