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Anonymous-0
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That's a bunch....... Several years ago, an old guy racked up 1 million KM's (600k miles) on a VW Golf that he had bought new. Dealer he bought it from offered him a brand new one or to completely redo the one he was driving. He took the makeover and about 6 months after he got it back, some rearended him at a stoplight and totaled it.
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Gary from Muleshoe
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Although not comparable to this truck, I am currently driving a 1999 F150/V6 with 225,000 miles on it, to date it has only had to have an alternator, brake pads, plugs changed twice, and wire changed once. It does leak a little oil but does not burn any. Still gets around 19 mpg on the hi-way. Most miles I have ever put on a vehicle in my life time. By the way it is a daily driver.
The current Mercedes-Benz High Mileage champ is Gregorios Sachinidis, a Greek taxi driver who holds the known record of more than 2.8 million miles in his 1976 Mercedes-Benz 240D. The latest Mercedes to be recognized for surpassing the one-million-mile mark is a 1970 280SE acquired for the Mercedes-Benz Museum Collection from its original owners, George and Luzstella Koschel of Orange County , Calif. The Koschels had bought the car new and drove it for 1,019,000 miles.
Lloyd In South Carolina
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In November of 1993 I bought a new 1994 Ford Crowne Victoria. Amamzing car, drove it 260,000 miles, everything original except the torque converter (replaced by Ford at 40,000 miles due to a recall. Water pump, starter, alternator all were original when I sold the car 2 years ago. New owner is very happy with it. Never repaired this car in anyway, all original!!!
In Farm Show magazine, there was a guy had tipped a million miles on his diesel Dodge, and still beatin the pavement... However, don't know it counts, as I believe he had replaced the engine and tranny, if I recall the story correctly.
However, we had a old neighbor boy out here that had a 88 Dodge half ton 2wd.. It had about 150k on it when he bought it from another neighbor (and a lot of body damage) and when he passed away it had 550k on it, so he claimed.. His goal was to make it to a million and get a free car from Dodge.. (how he was going to prove a million on a 5-digit odometer is beyond me) LOL.. From what I can remember, shy of regular maintenance, it had front hubs/spindles, fuel pump, and tail lights replaced and that was about it (he wasn't the guy that'd dump any amount of money in it.. Cheaper to buy another old truck and start over)
Brad
However, we had a old neighbor boy out here that had a 88 Dodge half ton 2wd.. It had about 150k on it when he bought it from another neighbor (and a lot of body damage) and when he passed away it had 550k on it, so he claimed.. His goal was to make it to a million and get a free car from Dodge.. (how he was going to prove a million on a 5-digit odometer is beyond me) LOL.. From what I can remember, shy of regular maintenance, it had front hubs/spindles, fuel pump, and tail lights replaced and that was about it (he wasn't the guy that'd dump any amount of money in it.. Cheaper to buy another old truck and start over)
Brad
I know of many very high miles cars and trucks.
Seems it doesn't mean much unless the vehicle is still basically original.
A friend of mine moves boats with a Dodge-Cummins diesel truck with near 1,000,000 miles. He's replaced the engine twice, trans many times, axle work, differential work, etc. Seems you could do that with anything if you're willing to do the work and spend the money. At least if you're someone it doesn't rust out first.
I got 520,000 miles out of my 1987 6.2 diesel 3/4 ton Chevy Suburban with no major repairs on the. I resealed the injection pump, changed a few water-pumps, new injector nozzles, etc. But, by the time I had those miles, I had the trans out several times, and even the splines on the rear axles wore out.
By the way, my 1981 Chevy Chevette 1.8 diesel has 240,000 miles and the engine has never been touched. Runs perfect and gets 46-48 MPG on the highway. Manual trans has been apart twice.
Seems it doesn't mean much unless the vehicle is still basically original.
A friend of mine moves boats with a Dodge-Cummins diesel truck with near 1,000,000 miles. He's replaced the engine twice, trans many times, axle work, differential work, etc. Seems you could do that with anything if you're willing to do the work and spend the money. At least if you're someone it doesn't rust out first.
I got 520,000 miles out of my 1987 6.2 diesel 3/4 ton Chevy Suburban with no major repairs on the. I resealed the injection pump, changed a few water-pumps, new injector nozzles, etc. But, by the time I had those miles, I had the trans out several times, and even the splines on the rear axles wore out.
By the way, my 1981 Chevy Chevette 1.8 diesel has 240,000 miles and the engine has never been touched. Runs perfect and gets 46-48 MPG on the highway. Manual trans has been apart twice.
fixerupper
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Remember the Checker? The Iowa University Hospital used to have a fleet of Checkers that they used to transport patients to-and-from the hospital from anywhere in Iowa. A couple of them had a million with a few engine overhauls. Jim
showcrop
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Probably 15 years ago UPS had a Mack that went over a million miles on one engine without an overhaul. It worked in the southeast, mostly flat land, working 24-7 except for service time. It was most likely on synthetic oil and a sampling program. It probably had under 100 cold starts in those million miles, and it probably would have been under three years. The article was in a fleet magazine that I got at the time.
I'm a Ford convert from Chevy. I'm still driving "Old Blue" which is an 89' F-150 w/ 5.0 and 5 speed stick. It has 224,000 on the clock as of last Monday. Just put new front rotors on it. It has more body patches than the town clown. That more than anything here in northern Pa spells doom for vehicles, RUST! I'm not sure if it's reached the point where it is 'so ugly rust wouldn't touch it' but the tree huggers hate it and the 60,000 dollar SUV bunch stay way away. What's not to like about it? (except the 10 MPG thing).
Once I stopped buying General Motors stuff my miles improved dramatically. 309k on a car that got totaled. 376k on a truck that I sold to a kid for a song. He thanked me every time he saw me. I now have 3 trucks in the family each has way over 250k. They're on the road every day. Just bought a brand new one with literally everything on it. My last GM car was purchased new in 1970. It was as big a piece of junk as the previous one. What I can't understand is why they stayed in business so long.
Bruce from Can.
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Hey , go easy on the old chevys , I don't need any bad vibes worken there way out to my drive way . My 98 chev pick up has 347000 KM , and still has to go on a bit farther.
A guy here in town hauls trailers all over the country for some outfit out of Indiana. He had a four year old Ford F350 diesel dually that had over 600,000 on it before he replaced it. The neighbor bought it and resold it. That's been three or four years ago. As far as I know it's still on the road.
Anonymous-0
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My 1999 Chevy C1500 Suburban has 267,000 miles on it. Only major replacement has been transmission. 5.7L Vortec still runs good with no oil burning. Paint and everything has held up real well. The only thing right now that needs replaced is driver's seat bottom leather.
Fordfarmer
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My brother's Ranger (bought new in '95 - 2.3L, 5-speed manual) has over 300,000 and going strong, only routine maintenance and some brake work. Engine hasn't been touched beyond plugs and 2 timing belts. My '01 F350 (bought 2 years ago - V10, 5-speed manual, 4x4) has just under 200,000 and runs good - good oil pressure and no oil usage. But since I only drive it 5-6000 miles per year, I expect it will rust out before I wear the drive train out.
Anonymous-0
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I consistantly run my GM pickups 300000 before I give them to my kids to finish out. Never had a major breakdown yet.
John Hankel
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All of you guys are doing pretty good with your trucks. I have a 2005 Dakota that has had new brakes, rotors, struts, rear shocks and currently needs new ball joints in the front end.
How many miles you ask? 64000..... @&*&%$ Chrysler.....
Mel in SW Iowa
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I have a 5 speed 93 Dodge D350 diesel with 3.55 rear that I work out of with 317k on it. It needs repainted soon, but still gets 20mpg on summer fuel most of the time that I don't drive over 65mph with a cab high contractor's topper and weighing 9,400# every day. I put a nice 96 Ford 60/40 split bench
seat in it with lumbar adjustment that makes it comfortable enough that I hope it will last another 2 or 300k before I have to replace it. What I really appreciate about the Cummins and the first generation Dodge truck is that I can change oil, filter, and grease it in 30 minutes even if I take a 10 minute nap in the middle.
seat in it with lumbar adjustment that makes it comfortable enough that I hope it will last another 2 or 300k before I have to replace it. What I really appreciate about the Cummins and the first generation Dodge truck is that I can change oil, filter, and grease it in 30 minutes even if I take a 10 minute nap in the middle.
A friend of mine has 225,000 on a 2000 Ford Ranger.
I remember a delivery guy getting 1,000,000 miles on a chevy truck and then getting a new one from GM free of charge as long as he did the commercials and crap. (works for me)
I had a 1992 F-150 that I sold for under $1000 in 2003. It only had 106,000 miles on it and the oil pan rusted, the body, the wheel wells too. Just a heap. Yes the oil pan rusted, quite common I am told. Crappy metal from scrap yards was used to melt down to make bumpers, oil pans and other stuff.
I remember a delivery guy getting 1,000,000 miles on a chevy truck and then getting a new one from GM free of charge as long as he did the commercials and crap. (works for me)
I had a 1992 F-150 that I sold for under $1000 in 2003. It only had 106,000 miles on it and the oil pan rusted, the body, the wheel wells too. Just a heap. Yes the oil pan rusted, quite common I am told. Crappy metal from scrap yards was used to melt down to make bumpers, oil pans and other stuff.
Adirondack case guy
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I watched TRUCK U on speed channel today Fri. They featured servicing high milage trucks. They were changing filters etc. on a dodge ram with 897,000 miles. The owner transports boats with it all over the country. Apparantly Dodge has a high millage club. Owners get a madalion to put in the grill with their milestone listed in even 100,000mi. increments.They mentioned that there were some owners with 2.6M on them. They made no mention on how many$$$ were spent to maintain the chassis and driveline. I have 187,000 on my 99, 1500 Ram, and the body is getting bad.
Checkers were made in Michigan until the 1980's. We had a neighbor that had one, I got to look at it up close once. I was surprised at the sheet metal, much thicker than normal. Overall, the thing was built like a tank. The guy who owned it was an actuary for an insurance company, he felt it was the safest, most durable thing he could drive. He drove it until he died, pretty close to 20 years.
Amarillo Doug
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'88 Ford Bronco 687,000 miles and still going strong.Original engine and 5 speed manual trans.
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