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Anyone Else Drive A High-Milage Car
February 08, 2019, 04:57 PM
12GAAnyone Else Drive A High-Milage Car
My daily driver is a 2003 F150 with 193k on the odometer. I’ve owned it since 2007 and I’m optimistic about seeing it hit 300k.
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February 08, 2019, 05:03 PM
Krankyquote:
Originally posted by PASig:
I just rolled over 200,000 miles on my 07 Civic sedan on my way home yesterday and it’s still going strong, I may try to get to 300,000 now!
Anyone else drive a car with a lot of miles on it?
The highest I ever went before was 180,000 on a Honda CRX years ago, normally I’ve sold or traded cars long before 100,000 but now that I’m no longer a bachelor with a lot of disposable income, a stay at home wife and two young kids, I’m going to drive this sucker till it dies!
At a red light last night I couldn’t resist taking this just before it rolled over:
180k on my last one. Sold it when the maint costs got too high. Bought a low milage 2 yr old car. We'll see if this one can go another 150k.
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February 08, 2019, 05:03 PM
RichNI did. I had 230,000 on my 2004 4Runner before a deer jumped out in front of me and totaled it.
I replace it with a 2007. I bought it with 140,000 on it and I've added another 40,000. I guess it'll be high mileage soon.
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February 08, 2019, 05:05 PM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by deepocean:
How often do you do maintenance, and what do you do?
Change the blinker fluid regularly.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים February 08, 2019, 05:10 PM
mjlennonHave 220k on the 01 F250. No plans to retire it any time soon.
February 08, 2019, 05:16 PM
cparktd2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT just shy of 300k.
Dead now, Grandson borrowed it and blew it up on the Interstate one day.
Current DD is my '89 Jeep MJ ~ 175k.
Endeavor to persevere. February 08, 2019, 05:17 PM
egregoreNot as high as yours, but almost all of my cars and trucks have been high mileage, whether they had high mileage when I bought them and I ran it up even higher, or bought them new and put high mileage on them. My current car (bought new) is a 2009 Toyota Corolla with 148,000. Others include, but are not limited to, a 1985½ Ford Escort (new, and the year is not a typo) with 162K until I wrecked it, and a 1995 Toyota Corolla (used with 18K) that I put 182K more on before trading it.
February 08, 2019, 05:31 PM
vulrathI'm nearing 160k on my '13 Mustang, and I'm hoping to push it another 150-200k. It's been super reliable and it's paid off.
"In order to understand recursion, you must first learn the principle of recursion."
February 08, 2019, 06:17 PM
Silent1995 BMW 525i 267k
2009 Subaru Forester 178k
1993 Jeep 219k
2011 Ram 1500 58k
Silent
February 08, 2019, 06:40 PM
Bytes2003 F150 with 240K. It is starting to need stuff like starters, water pumps, break calipers, etc. but tolerable when pricing a new F150. Very tolerable!
February 08, 2019, 06:45 PM
pbramlettMy 2004 avalanche which I put 300k on is still going strong. It’s now My sons first vehicle he’s put 20k + on it so far.
Regards,
P.
February 08, 2019, 06:49 PM
hlb1406 Silverado with 235k, hope to make it to 300.
February 08, 2019, 06:59 PM
P-220Only 125,000 on 2012 CRV.
2 years ago, I donated my 2003 Honda Pilot with 335,000 miles, Original engine, tranny, exhaust and A/C.
My CRV has a long road ahead of it.
Niech Zyje P-220
Steve
February 08, 2019, 07:00 PM
ARmanJust sold my Crown Vic., It had 198,000 miles on it. I got tied of working on it all the time.
I still have my Toyota Corolla, but it's not really high mileage, it's just old.
ARman
February 08, 2019, 07:53 PM
Wishbone333000 on my 09 Maxima
150000 on the 10 Yukon
February 08, 2019, 07:58 PM
nukeandpave~217,000 '98 Chevy truck. Now semiretired since I bought an econobox daily driver.
February 08, 2019, 08:03 PM
PASigHere’s a question for you all:
This “high mileage” oil that some oil change places try to push, does that make any difference?
I just have Firestone, who does my oil changes, put in their regular oil of the type Honda calls for.
It sounds gimmicky to me, but I’m not 100% certain if it’s better?
February 08, 2019, 08:06 PM
soggy_spinoutUsually I sell when the odo gets around 100k or a little over but over the decades I've kept a few beyond 150k. Right now we have none, but I do have one 911 closing in on 140k. So many save their Porsches for weekends at most but this one I take everywhere.
February 08, 2019, 08:08 PM
maxxpower181,000 on my 2006 Corolla.
Mileage isn't all that high but the fact that it still feels like a new car is what's impressive to me.
February 08, 2019, 08:14 PM
Salty DawgMy '04 Tahoe is right at 290K. I was able to write off $25K of the purchase price on my 2004 return (179 deduction) so with the tax credit that generated, I think I only really paid around $25K or so for it. I feel like I've gotten my money's worth.
My shop started using the high mileage oil somewhere along the way. I have no idea whether it's made a difference or not, but I've never had anything other than routine maintenance issues.