Yo, my wife bought a new Solara in '05, it's been flawless, looks new, and has just turned over 100,000 miles. What a fantastic car!
Since I'm the chief mechanic around here, its modest maintnence requirements fall to me. So far, that's amounted to um, de nada. (oil/filter changes are done at a quicky lube place -- since the local Toyota dealer left the drain plug finger tight on their first attempt) Lucky for me, but I have noticed just lately (I rarely drive the car) a rumbling noise which I attribute to a wheel bearing in the left front. I have three questions, one regarding that noise, and two others of a more general tenor:
1: There's an excellent DIY write-up for the front wheel bearing replacement
here. I've PM'd its author, BMR, to inquire whether it would apply to an '05 Solara. Anybody know?
2: The navigation system's maps are getting a little stale. Any cheap update for this?
3: The radio cries out for an iPod port (jack?) so that one can feed the iPod audio directly into the radio. Anone know of any product for this? (PS: I've tired those little puppies that work on an RF signal to the FM radio. They're non-starters for me. Want to hard wire it.)
Thanks. Any comments welcome, including whether I should put these questions in the more specific sections of the forum.
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