Who's car has the most miles?

[OS]

oh I know, I was just kidding. Seriously, the way I drive simply cannot be good for the longevity of my car.

 

[urbantechie]

My dads 88' Dodge Caravan has 400K on it.

All we have replaced is the transmission and that was at 270K.

 

[N8Magic]

I got 115,000 miles on my '95 Crapalier Z24 with a quad 4 engine. And people said the quad 4 wasn't reliable!

(it better be, I need 6 more months outta this thing!)

 

[Viperoni]

I rev mine too, but not past about 5000rpm
My red line is about 550rpm, plus the engine is so loud (you expect a 5 liter 305 to be quiet?), I'd be scared to go any higher :Q

But generally, transmissions are tuned stupidly.
Mine shifts way too early, especially in first.
Shifts into second at 2.5k then shifts into third at 3.5k
*sigh*

These new electronic transmissions are much better though.
Downshift right then and there

 

[Zenmervolt]

<<Not only that, but having big torque down low makes driving more enjoyable.>>

Personal preferance, and I respect that. I can see the allure of gobs of low-end torque, but I personally love the mechanical cacophony of a small engine at high RPM. It's all in your driving style, and probably a good degree of what you have gotten used to. I like the peakiness (is that even a word?) of an engine that needs and wants to be revved. As for your complaint about automatic transmissions, depends on the car. The 4-speed autobox in my Accord shifts depending upon engine load or redline. If I accelerate hard and then lift of abruptly at 4000 RPM, it shifts at 4000 RPM. If I accelerate lightly, it shifts at 2000-2500 RPM, and if I keep the throttle firewalled it shifts at 6,250 RPM (redline). Redline in second is 65 mph, and if I am cruising at 60 and firewall the throttle, the transmission downshifts to second! I swear the dang thing rev-matches on a downshift, because if I'm coasting through a corner at 30 mph or so (redline in first is 35 mph) and jump on the throttle, the engine revs to ~5,750 RPM before the transmission slams into first. The thing is the roughest stock transmission I have ever encountered. Of course, I love it because it has great response for a slushbox.

Zenmervolt

 

[Adul]

Our mini van has 265k and still going.

 

[amdskip]

My dad's truck is a 1989 silverado with just over 50,000 miles on her. It never sees snow and is mainly used on the weekends to pull the enclosed trailer to the dragstrip

 

[bigshot]

my 1980 chevy mailbu station wagon has 587k miles on it
granted i rebuilt the engine 2 years ago but on 2 engines there has been a total of 587k
still running smooth too!!
chevy makes the most dependable engines!
this engine is a v8 4.6 l
nice engine

 

[achelmer]

My faithful 1986 Chevy Clebrity Eurosport has 239015 miles on it. Still running strong. I love my car!

 

[Blayze]

around 63,000 on my 1995 Chevy Camaro

 

[UN1Xnut]

1983 Olds Delta88 Royale: 245K miles

The most major work done are a new carb, radiator, and water pump. Never had the valve covers off or any major tranny service ever.

The engine in this, and only engine, was the Olds 307 (5.0L) V8. The most reliable V8 ever made by GM until the fleet version of the steel block/head LT1 came along in 91.


-nut

 

[Pocatello]

I used to drive my dad's 1977 Chevy Nova, it had like 240K miles on it before I sold it to another student, the V8 engine still sounded really sweet. I'm sick of seeing posts how American cars don't last long, I'm glad I'm not alone in having a long lasting American car.

 

[UN1Xnut]

I still hold my opinion that American cars from 84-95 should be avoided. Seriously do you know of any American cars in this area with >100K miles that are not either a K-car or a V8 rwd? Like I know of zero Caravans with >100K and the original tranny still in it.


-nut

 

[Pocatello]

I used to work for University of Idaho Research Station of Aberdeen, and we had these Tauruses (5) that had like 125K to 200K miles on them before dumping them for Chevy and Dogde pickups, they still run pretty good.

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I'm around 8,700 with my '00 Civic LX

And now that i'm not traveling downtown to work every day.. i'm saving myself 250+ miles a week

 

[Moltnrok]

I've got an '85 Chevy S-10 pickup 2.8l V-8 that has turned over AT LEAST 5 times and currently reads 78,562.9, meaning there is AT LEAST 578,562.9! It has been rebuilt only once at about 180,000!
Not bad huh?
Still runs like a charm and the only thing wrong with it (other that a dent in the passenger side) is the steering column is going out. Should turn over 600K by this summer.

UPDATE: after some checking, I've discovered that I had missed a turn over....looks like I'm approaching 700K!!:Q

 

[Stallion]

My 71 Olds has a bunch but I'll never really know for sure. I pulled the 350/350 combo at 143,000 in 1986 and my Turbo 400 does not have a place to put the speedo cable so for the past 15 years I haven't had a speedo or odometer. For the last 10 years though it has just sat in the garage waiting for sunny days as I bought a second car and since I got it painted a few years back it I would imagine it gets less then 500 miles a year put on it. It might have about 200K on it if I was to guess.

About the only mechanical part that has not been replaced is the steering box.

 

[warcleric]

Just sold my 87 300D with 324K on it....still ran and drove like new too.

 

[3615buck]

49,000 only
I'm a loser

 

[Engine]

My 97 Chevy Lumina has 120k on it... quite a lot for a relatively new car.

My parents once knew a guy who worked as a traveling salesman and owned one of those Mercedes with the diesel engines. They said that he finally got a new one at about 900k miles

 

[Demon-Xanth]

1991 Grand Prix with about 215,000 (odometer stopped working all the time at 203,000)

We used to have a 1978 GMC pickup that somehow lived through about 400,000 miles of pure abuse (yes, we beat this thing to hell and back)

 

[Demon-Xanth]

DP

 

[Sigity]

96 camry

85k

not the highest number...but that rate is quite ridiculous...don't ya think?????

drive cross country on countless roadtrips...favorite place:gouthport, miss.

check it out

 

[Engine]

Molntrok: Damn, that's a helluva lot of driving. 700k in fifteen years is something like 46 thousand miles per year. What, do you have an hour and a half commute to work each morning?

 

[Revenge786]

I got 213 K on my honda accord. I thought that was aLOT...but u guys are something.lol