Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark

Yahoo News ^ | 12 Feb 2008 | Staff W. Riter

[thackney]

Silverado 200,000-Mile Club
http://www.chevy200k.com/

[al_c]

It's had so many changes that the oil pan drain plug had to be rethreaded several times, he said, and "you never hear of that."

Yeah, you do. One careless greasemonkey and you've got a stripped plug or socket. I once had a Honda that got so bad I had to replace the oil pan. I made the oil change place pay for it.

[Larry Lucido]

Al Bundy says, "Big deal!"

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

My goal was to drive my ‘86 toyota pickup past 520,000 miles - to the Moon and back.

[off-roader]

He should have used the Fumoto Quick release Valve.

[metmom]

ping-a-ling

[Sybeck1]

My 97 Nissan Hardbody has 190K on it.

[mowowie]

had 280,000 miles on my old Toyota Supra and the last 100,000 ws pretty much on the same oil.
In the end, Besides the blown head gasket, it still ran as smooth and quiet as the day I bought it.

[varyouga]

You didn’t change oil for 100k?

Dang

[Clinging Bitterly]

My ‘90 Chevy 1500 pickup has 200,000 and my ‘87 Cherokee has 300,000. The engine (V6) in the Chevy is tired and sounding a bit ratty, but it has some miles left. The Jeep runs like new and doesn’t even use any oil, but people who my wife let use it have beat it up pretty good.

[Preachin']

I went 265K mi. in my 1995 Ford Windstar.

That was pretty good, I think, because the Windstar model had a lot of issues. Mine was no exception. I went through three transmissions and was on my second motor.

At first, I could get 29 MPG on the van, which was almost a perfect mix of highway and city driving.

I gave it way a few months ago, and was only getting about 16-17 MPG.

[Migraine]

It’s a wonder he still has underside and body panels left on that hoopie, driving that salty-road corridor along the Great Lakes!

[Iron Munro]

Like A Rock!

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[Resolute Conservative]

When I got rid of the old girl I had 344,000 on my Ford 95 diesel with only oil changes, new tires and 2 serpentine belts.

[scripter]

I have 164,000 miles on my Dodge 2500 with a Cummins engine. From what many have said, I’ve just broken it in and my plan is to get at least 700,000 miles out of it.

[Fresh Wind]

One careless greasemonkey and you've got a stripped plug or socket.

You mean you're not supposed to use an air wrench on the drain plug?

Always stay away from Jiffy Lube type places! My friend had them change his oil. They told him his transmission was dry and they proceeded to dump several quarts of oil onto his clutch.

[mowowie]

I took great care of that car but towards the end i was using it for computer Field service work driving it everywhere full of parts and boxes and stuff.
at that point I didn’t care anymore.
for years it was one sweet, sharp car though.

[calex59]

I went 265K mi. in my 1995 Ford Windstar. That was pretty good, I think, because the Windstar model had a lot of issues. Mine was no exception. I went through three transmissions and was on my second motor.

If you had to change your engine then you didn't get 265K out of the van but whatever miles you made on the first engine. The body has that many miles on it but when you say you got so many miles out of a vehicle you usually are talking about the original engine along with the rest of the vehicle, or at least that has always been my experience and I have been around a long time.

[dragnet2]

I know a guy that has 750,000 on his Ford F-150. Still runs and looks great.