I’ve seen some relatively small 4s with turbos last well over 100,000 miles with proper maintenance.
“I’ve seen some relatively small 4s with turbos last well over 100,000 miles with proper maintenance”
100,000 miles? That’s all you get? That’s NOTHING in today’s market.
100,000 miles - to me - is a “disposable car”.
Unless the new direct-injection engines can deliver 250,000+ miles (based on routine maintenence), they aren’t suitable for service, in my opinion.
100,000 miles is what OLD-technology cars got back in the fifties, if you were lucky.
My first new car was a 1979 Honda Accord (carbureted). It went 170,000 before I sold it, and bought my second, a....
1986 Honda Accord (carbureted). It went 192,000 before I sold it, and bought my third, a...
1993 Acura Integra (fuel injected). It went 300,000 before I sold it, never needed an engine rebuild, and still used hardly any oil when I let it go.
Unless GM can build a car with consumer expectations of that kind of longevity, they’re just building a 2009 version of the Vega....
- John