Anybody have car with over 200,000 miles?

Question

I have 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 with 3.9 V-6
it has 209,000 miles and still runs as good as when I bought it 3 years ago. It don't burn oil
I drive it 110 miles a day to work and back.
I am thinking it will get too 300,000 miles
Does anybody have a car with high miles like this and does it ever break down on you?

Answer 1

I have an Olds 442 that has 203k on her now. It's 20 years old and I have no complaints. All vehicles new and old will need some service from time to time. A good rule of thumb I consider in replacing a vehicle is if it cost less to fix it a year than 12 new car payments..........keep what you have. I don't believe mileage is what kills a car(truck). Poor or lack of preventitive maintenance does more harm. The sooner you fix a problem the less you'll have to fix.

Answer 2

I had an 88 olds cutlass ciera with a 2.8 liter V6 that I drove 120 miles each day round trip, when I traded it in it had 230,000 on the odometer....which was the mileage that the odometer quit working, and I drove it another 2 years after that. I estimate the mileage at 280,000 when I traded it. Good maintenance is important, just keep doing what you are doing and you may see that 300,000 mile mark. Every vehicle has problems now and then, and sometimes it's the luck of the draw, you may have that one in a million. I have a customer with a 94 aerostar that has 585,000 miles on the original engine, and all he comes in for is regular maintenance, it just keeps on going........

Answer 3

Well I can say I do
belive it or not its a
94 Ford Aerostar
cargo van
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And motor wise i have only done the oil change and trans-fluid change
plugs and wires and so on but nothing else
the Van runs like a champ
I would jump in it and drive coast to coast and back again without pause.
Im glad to see someone else out there has a high mille Auto thats still driveing it!

Answer 4

Yes, 203,000 on a '71 Chevy 350. 1 ton pickup. I bought it new! Tows 8,000 lb. Legal for 10,000 lb GVW on 4 tires. I get 325 hp outa that slightly modified smallblock chevy. Care to race me loaded with over a ton? U gonna lose. Gas mileage around 13 at 8,000 lb GVW with a 12 foot camper loaded. Sleeps 6. Newer is not necessarily better.

Answer 5

I have a 1990 Chevrolet Lumina with approx 225,000 and still running strong - I also have a 1965 Plymouth Belvedere my great grandfather bought new and we ahvent rebuilt it yet and we think it is around 350,000 miles and still running strong as well

Answer 6

got a jeep with with 256.198 and it runs good no leaks oil dont burn trannys good im the second owner and im 98.3% postive the first owner dint do any work to it just the basics the fluids and tires and wipers and a new battery thats about it for work done to this jeep i drive it every its gets about50-100 miles on ti a day

Answer 7

distinctive THEM DO. almost ALL europeqan vehicles HAVE MILLION MILE golf equipment. ANd vehicles like VOLVO and VW/AUDI PORSCHE and BMW and BENZ will require NO engine swapping or important engine paintings to get there. jap vehicles usually recover from 3 hundred,000 miles, and same with FORD engines in maximum vehicles and trucks. GM engines do no longer do besides except they're on a SMALL record of engines examined and shown to final. IT relies upon on the IDEATION of the carmaker and the form of gaskets and factors used in engine block and heads. and how nicely the gas injection device meters. TOYOTA and HONDA truthfully lope alongside to 3 hundred,000 miles. I actual have in my opinion owned and worked on countless dozen vehicles with extra desirable than 250,000 miles and NO sign of engine placed on or deterioration. sturdy success!

Answer 8

i have a honda civic hatch 95...wit 215,000 milez nd it runz extremly well....it hasnt broke down runz fine.....im gettin an engine swap with 30,000 miles (dohc-vtex babii) soo yea...later

Answer 9

yep,I have a toyota hilux that has done 468,000 kms,only had the services done