Toyota parts reviews

The alternator is a Denso 210-1165, 150-amp unit.

My wife's Prius is awesome in the snow. Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 tires. Glad to hear you are going that route, just be aware there are different models of blizzak tires.

$30 total.

$25 for 5qt oil, $4.5 for oem filter from Toyota dealership.

This is a solid car at a fair price. I had 3 of these over the years and put over 1 million miles between them. Timing belt every 90k with oem or gates belt only is the only real thing to worry about.

With Toyota we normally will get reman denso alternators. Napa has the best stock in my area of the denso alternators

Alternator replaced last year with OEM Denso, 13.5V when car is running

Used Duralast gold ball joint on older toyota. It was ok. Replaced their grease fitting and used existing nut but otherwise ok.

SU1 is not the top of the tires for performance cars... they get hard and noisy with time.

the Toyota aisin manual transmission shifts like a bag of fucking rocks.

I have a 2025 automatic transmission and shifting from 1st gear to 2nd gear also feels quite rough sometimes, especially when the transmission is cold. I’ve looked into it and it seems to be a common issue for the 4th gen and has been deemed a characteristic of the drivetrain.