Oh, you'll get to see the dogs too.
One (suprising) stat that I read recently is that the Ford F-150 truck accounts for 4% of all vehicle sales worldwide.
When I was in my early 20's, I worked at the Ford plant in Freemont, California making Ford F-150's...that job lasted five weeks till the union guys ran me off for working to hard. (no kidding)
I had a 1985 T-Bird Turbo Coupe; bought brand new.
We put 300,000 miles on it. It had the original clutch when we sold it.
I had a 1988 Plymouth Voyager Minivan. Sold it with 247,000 miles on it.
I have a 2009 Chevy HHR SS with 195,000 miles on it.
My daily driver is a 2006 Honda Element. It sat idle in my driveway for 4-1/2 years (it had green mold on it... yuck). I rehabbed it; drive it 45,000 miles a year. It has 150,000 on it. I’m expecting 400,000 before I replace the engine.
Maintenance, good driving habits, and some TLC every now and then will yield a car / truck that lasts damned near forever.
Funny - I don’t see the GM Volt on this list...
Roger that on the Ford Ranger! I have a 1990 with the 2.9 V-6. It is our backup vehicle and has close to 300k miles on it. It survived having BOTH of my sons driving it while they were growing up.
My Toyota Tacoma has 168,000 and only repairs to date have been shocks, tires, brake pads, and alternator. They were hard miles, including hauling stone, firewood, etc. over very tough roads,so I’m quite impressed.
Had a 1986 Corolla that had 215,000 miles on it when I traded it in and had nothing wrong with it ‘cept needed the power steering replaced.
>> Click on my name to see my Ford Ranger that has 238,000 miles on it.
Still looks pretty good, too! (As much as I can see of it.)
Mine has almost 200K on it. I love that truck. Only major repair has been the clutch slave cylinder, which I did myself. Plan to drive it until it disintegrates (or explodes).
Looks like the “strawberry milkshake” certain models of Nissan known for, is preventing them from achieving 200K miles. Except for Maxima.
Any car can last that long if you take proper care of it. I hit 250K in an ‘88 Honda Accord before getting rid of it. 175k in a ‘97 Olds Cutlass before getting my current car … which I plan on keeping just as long as the previous ones.
Both of those cars, while having normal high mile issues, were running just fine when I was done with them. The Honda had a busted A/C hose and the Olds was just at the very beginning of transmission issues. Could’ve fixed both, but decided it was time for something new instead. Traded in the Honda in 2002 for a Trailblazer and the Olds in 2011 for a Mazda 6.
My Honda civic had 167,000.
Interesting. Once you take out the US companies, the Japanese ones are on top.
I think my ‘04 Honda Accord was a lemon, relatively speaking. At about 170,000 miles, when I sold it, it had a CEL and code which indicated that most likely it was going to need valvetrain work - probably a new chain and sprockets at the least. It also used a quart of oil every 1,500 miles or so, starting from when I’m not sure - I had (lazily) gotten out of the habit of checking oil levels because my previous Nissans had spoiled me by using hardly a drop between changes. Nissan builds really tough engines. Anyway, too bad about the Accord, because otherwise it was in excellent shape.
I think the large pickups and SUVs have another factor in play - these things actually have utility, and people are often willing to put money into them to keep them going. Older cars aren’t so desirable - the people who can afford to fix them want newer cars, and the people who end up with those older cars often don’t have the money for major repairs (transmissions, major engine work), or it’s just not economical for a vehicle that’s not worth much anymore.
I also find that small engines with automatic transmissions tend to burn out relatively young, because they spend so much time turning higher rpms. It’s not as bad with manual transmissions where you have more control over rpms.
My 98 s-10 has 90,000 on it and is running great. I expect it to rust away before the engine pukes. (And that’s a long ways off yet)
My 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac has about 115,000 miles now. In any case, I will never buy a G(overnment) M(otors) vehicle.
200,000 miles bookmark
Dodge Durango I’m not buyin that one. Or Ford Explorer.
Toyota 4 runner should be numero uno on the list.
My 2004 F-350 Super Duty has over 214,000 on it and still going. I’ve had to put a lot into repairs on it though.
My Plymouth Neon has 217,000 miles, and I treat it like a rented mule. I bounce off the rev limiter like a banjo. Off course, I do all my own maintenance and mods.
The only vehicle I have from the list is a Ford Expedition. It only has 180k miles, but should make 200k with no problems.
I have been especially impressed with my newer vehicles, a 2007 Ford Focus and a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country. The Focus is past 80k miles with zero issues besides regularly scheduled maintenance. The T&C is at 120k with only a leaky heater hose replaced.
I sold my stick-shift 1992 Toyota Camry after driving it 14 years. It had 333,000 miles on it, burned no oil, and ran smoothly. I did use Marvel Mystery Oil on fill-ups and oil changes.
Coming up on 200,000 in our Honda Oddysey.