[Lawer Dagget]

95 Dodge cummins 2500 has 287,500 miles. Still gets 24 mpg hwy. 2wd of course with 3.54 gears. Had to replace the seats about 30K ago.

[goatmanmitch]

Did you ever get it painted, Chris? Nice that the new bed is white.

[sd7369]

Had:
70 Firebird 350 255,000 til it was totaled by my mom in 83. Used by the whole family. Never apart but timing chain.

72 GTO with 455 & AT, daily driver from 82-99 never apart, 217,000 til it started using oil. Well worn car. Sold it for about 3K in 99. Joe at parts place ended up with it somehow.

85 Grand Am 3.0L V-6 196,000 til it was sold to a guy taking it to Puerto Rico, only a timing chain.

87 Grand Am 3.0L V-6 297,000, only a timing chain besides maintenance; donated it to a friends kid learning to drive, didn't last 6 months til he wrecked it.

95 Grans Am 3.0L V-6, 286,00, original exhaust, head gaskets x2, sold it last summer. Girl still using to deliver pizzas, no problems.

My current 02 Grand Am 3.1 V-6 126,00 still going, only maintenance costs.

My 89 GMC 1500 4-wd just turned 236,000, never apart, engine or trans except fluid change. Figured I m on borrowed time on that 700R4 but still works good.

Bought the top 4 used, bottom 3 new.

I have no complaints about GM cars.

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by Andre

...The original wheel stud holes had become oval.

The rears on my 67 did that at 85K. Too much torque to the wheels, too little torque to the lug nuts.

[The Boss]

Originally Posted by goatmanmitch

Did you ever get it painted, Chris? Nice that the new bed is white.

Rockers & wheel flares will get painted this week - the rest has been painted as needed over the years, but not all at once...except for the two doors on the passenger side.

[formulabird428]

237k on my 89 Grand Marquis. Got it for free and put trans in it @ 120k or so. About $1000 in repairs aside from brakes/tires over the 6 years I've owned it. Best car I've ever owned. Drive it to work (65 mi each way) 5 days a week!

[takid455]

97 Grand Prix GT just turned 200k
3.8 V6 N/A
Bought in '01 w/ 64k. Put good used trans in at 159k

serves me well. we'll see how far it can go.

[400 4spd.]

Yesterday I ran into and old friend who bought a very similar '01 last week. It has 256K on it and he loves it. We were at an auto parts store and he was buying parts to rebuild the front end.
I know a few others with similar trucks and they all brag on them. I'd like to have a PowerStroke Excursion, myself.

[455Grandville]

Originally Posted by carbking

HOW OLD ARE YOU???

My parents never traded in a car in the 1950's with less than 100K; most more, and a 1952 pickup truck made it almost 300K.

My best to date is a 1979 Ford van that went 440K before it rusted out (Missouri winter salt and cinders) the third time!


The newer vehicles MIGHT do that mechanically, but the *&^%$ electronics won't!

Jon.

Yea, but back in the 1950s you were usually overhauling the engine around 50-70K miles.

[bossbirdta]

i got 508,000 form an 87 Ford Ranger 2.9 Liter V6. just got rid of the truck last January. i doubt i'll ever get anything close to that again.....

Thanks Ford!!!!!

[71GP76TA]

Here's a '70 Cutlass with 468k on craigslist......

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/2631640434.html

My Duramax has 191k

A few years ago I pick up a '99 Saturn SL2 that had 330k for $400.... and the car was like new.... I put another 15k on it and sold it.... I still see it running around.

[BOB VIDAN]

Have 227K on my '03 E350 Ford van. Bought it on the way to the covention in '09 when my other van quit in Boise Idaho. '03 had 186K when I bought it, had no problems at all, goes through DEQ so clean the testers can't believe it, gets to 17mpg on the highway with the cruise on. I'm happy.

[yak]

200000 miles is only 321000 kms. my 6.5 has 500600 kms on the original bottom end and tranny and there is lots of cummins dodge here with tons more that that . the courier guy has 1.2 on his 98 dodge. his odometer locked at 999999 so he keeps track of it with the tripmeter

my shop sees the odd pre 98 chev gas job with 450000 on the original motor, even some indian trucks afdter 99 with well over 400000 kms. ford needs to learn how to build a truck

[60man]

Originally Posted by The Boss

SHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I won't rebuild it, can pick up a junkyard one for 300.

I've found that fewer things go wrong with it when it's driven regularly. When it sits for weeks on end, I am sure to have something wrong with it when I need to use it again.

My 96 Ford Xtra cab has 134K so far..last 60K pulling my stuff around. I've heard a lot about the shortcomings of the E4OD/4100 trannys..I put a big aux. cooler and run synsetic fluid. When I bought the "tuner" I was sure to get that did trans enhancements as well..drive it like I got some sense..LOL Love my old 96 F-250 HD with ye old 7.3 PS !! Damn thing pulls anything and I work it hard. Gets 12-15 MPG with camper + 9K trailer...21-24 with out load...NO RUST !! The oil & filters get changed per scheulde. Alaway drive it at least once a week..

My '03 Bonni with Gen II 3.8 turned 125K. Gets damned near 30MPG on open highway !! Looks and runs well...very little expenses other than maintenance. Nice car...and US made..

[68lemansman]

This is my daily driver! (foreign car i know but when gas is up Im saving maoney on this rice beater) My 2005 lancer has not failed me yet. I am up to 145k on the odometer its great on gas,paid off and it has not had any mechanical problems yet!

[beemergary]

Like keith said you guys are rookies. Me and my wife have always put atleast 250,000 mi. before thinking new. Just bought a new Jeep Wrangler but kept her older Grand Cherokee with 287,000. Here 84 Monte Carlo had 330,000 mi. V6. Her 72 Monte Carlo had 250,000 and the timming chain went and I gave it to my nefhew and it became a pizza delivery car. Shoulda keep that one to restore. My 2003 Ford deisel has 190,000mi. and I've been retired for 2 yrs. My 1990 chevy pickup is all restored and sits in the garage with 330,000mi. at 230,000 I let my brother borrow it and the thermastate stuck and the bonehead cooked the motor so I got a crate motor.

[71GP76TA]

When I was a kid my dad had a '72 Monte Carlo that was his company car..... It had 250k when he turned it in.

I have a '96 F-250 4x4 Powerstroke in the backyard with 392k. I bought it as a wholesale for $600 and drove it home 60 miles.....and now it won't start and a tree fell on it.

Earlier this year I bought a '97 Grand Cherokee 4.0 2wd as a wholesale with 482k. The vehicle was in better shape than most 100k vehicles I see.... it still ran and drove pretty good... but you could "feel" the miles.

My '03 Avalance had 228k on it when I bought it.... I ran it up to 256k and sold it. The vehicle was still in excellent condition and drove great.

In my business I see a lot of high mileage vehicles and usually buy them if they are in good shape....

[71GP76TA]

Here's a '66 Chrysler for sale with a claimed 535k on it...

http://classiccars.com/listing-16499...nia-94523.html

[60man]

I'm no rookie...just starting the cycle over with my "newer" vehicles..
They are just getting broke in...especially the PowerStroke..

[RAIVJUMB]

My 98 GMC 1500 Z71 has 254 K on it and still runs very well. Just starting to show a very little bit of rust in the cab corners (you can't see it yet but i can see the bubles when I get down up close so work is in order). I have run lucas additive in it from about 180K and oil pressure runs a bit over 40 going down the road and 20 + at idle. I had to do a valve body in the trans when i first got it, had a fluke rear axle issue and the bypass got stuck and full O/P to filter made a mess. Other than that did intake gaskets, some front end stuff, radiator, WP, Alt, Starter. Starter was my fault, the rest was just wear type parts, interior is showing it's age but the truck presents well. most people guess it has a bit over 100K. Mark